Friday, October 12, 2012

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• Wayne Rooney’s top five least ‘England captain material’ moments
• Toddler goalkeeper goes viral on Youtube after keeping his competitive dad off the scoresheet
• Video: Chelsea defender David Luiz takes a punch from the face Brazil team-mate Diego Alves
• It’s a huge weekend for… Wayne Rooney, Steven Fletcher, Chris Coleman and Josep Gomes
• Bet’s be ‘avin you: Football betting tips for the 12-13 October
• Liverpool striker Fabio Borini out with broken foot
• Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio eyes the England job
• Edgar Davids joins Barnet as player-coach
• Chelsea’s Ryan Bertrand apologises over sweary England tweet

Wayne Rooney’s top five least ‘England captain material’ moments Posted: 12 Oct 2012 06:16 AM PDT 1. “Nice to see your home fans boo you.” Line one, paragraph one of Being An England Captain reads: “Do not under any circumstances criticise the fans.” Rooney chose to do just that with an impromptu piece to camera following the 2010 World Cup group match against Algeria. 2. Getting himself suspended for the start [...]

Toddler goalkeeper goes viral on Youtube after keeping his competitive dad off the scoresheet Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:51 AM PDT Forgetting the loose morals of the issue, we are thinking of creating a baby football team. Last year we scouted our striker: the one-year-old Dutch baby who was given an eighteen month contract by VVV Venlo after showing his skills in the playroom. We now also have our goalkeeper, who showed incredible bravery in saving [...]

Video: Chelsea defender David Luiz takes a punch from the face Brazil team-mate Diego Alves Posted: 12 Oct 2012 01:22 AM PDT Chelsea defenders are finding themselves under-fire from all angles at the minute, not least David Luiz. The curly-haired centre-back took a double punch to the face from goalkeeper Diego Alves during Brazil’s friendly with Iraq. Alves came for a cross, got nothing on the ball and everything on Luiz. A clearly dazed Luiz received treatment [...]

It’s a huge weekend for… Wayne Rooney, Steven Fletcher, Chris Coleman and Josep Gomes Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:59 AM PDT Wayne Rooney This arguably isn't a 'huge' weekend for anyone in England colours. San Marino will be beaten at a performance approaching 10% of potential, and is more an advert for pre-qualifying for the World Cup. However, with Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard both injured, the captain's armband falls to Rooney, who last captained the [...]

Bet’s be ‘avin you: Football betting tips for the 12-13 October Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:57 AM PDT Another slightly frustrating weekend last time out. Not a disaster in that we got £37.50 return from the £40 stake, but extremely close to another winner. Must do better Daniel. Luckily it’s international weekend, which means absolutely no value knocking about and short odds on all the teams you want. Odds of 6/4 on Gary [...]

Liverpool striker Fabio Borini out with broken foot Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:54 AM PDT Come back, Andy Carroll: all is forgiven. Liverpool’s threadbare strikeforce is looking even thinner this morning after it emerged that Fabio Borini will be out for some time with a broken foot. The 21-year-old striker broke the bone in his foot during a training session with Italy under 21s. That’s likely to see him sidelined [...]

Swindon boss Paolo Di Canio eyes the England job Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:47 AM PDT Paolo Di Canio says he ultimate aim is to become England manager. The Swindon Town manager was asked about reports linking him with the vacant Bolton job. He said he was flattered by those rumours, but he clearly has bigger fish to fry. He said: “But the dream is, once I’m well known here and [...]

Edgar Davids joins Barnet as player-coach Posted: 12 Oct 2012 12:34 AM PDT San Siro, Nou Camp, Underhill. Dutch midfielder Edgar Davids has confirmed he has joined League Two side Barnet as player-coach. The former Ajax, Milan, Inter, Barcelona and Tottenham player was most recently in action for Crystal Palace and is still based in London. He tweeted: “Happy to say I will join my local football club [...]

Chelsea’s Ryan Bertrand apologises over sweary England tweet Posted: 11 Oct 2012 08:55 AM PDT Something about the FA is currently driving Chelsea left-backs to post sweary hashtags on Twitter. After Ashley Cole’s “#BUNCHOFTWATS” controversy, Ryan Bertrand is the latest Blues full-back to turn the air on the social networking site blue. Bertrand withdrew from the squad this morning, with the FA citing a sore throat as the reason for [...]

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