Friday, December 21, 2012

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• Champions League draw was exact copy of rehearsal, no-one agrees on the odds of it happening
• Ex-Chelsea midfielder Raul Meireles given 11-game ban for spitting at referee
• Advent Calendar: Spurs’ strangest Christmas gift
• It’s a huge weekend for… Newcastle, Reading, Wigan, Spurs and Jose Mourinho
• What does the festive period have in store for the Premier League big boys?
• Chelsea fans taunt Leeds with Jimmy Savile chants
• Diego Maradona ‘set to manage Iraq’
• Everton manager David Moyes plots Germany move

Champions League draw was exact copy of rehearsal, no-one agrees on the odds of it happening Posted: 21 Dec 2012 07:11 AM PST One of those weird things that football inevitably throws up occurred yesterday, when it was revealed that the draw for the last 16 of the Champions League had created the exact same fixture programme as the rehearsal the day before. Clearly the odds on such an event were incredibly long, but it appears that no-one [...]

Ex-Chelsea midfielder Raul Meireles given 11-game ban for spitting at referee Posted: 21 Dec 2012 07:00 AM PST If Raul Meireles does something wrong, then he does it in style, ok? The Portugal midfielder, who now plays for Fenerbache after leaving Chelsea was sent off for his side in their big derby game against Galatasaray at the weekend, a match which Fenerbache lost 2-1. Not happy with his dismissal for a second yellow [...]

Advent Calendar: Spurs’ strangest Christmas gift Posted: 21 Dec 2012 06:39 AM PST For each day of advent we will be looking at the club shop of each Premier League club to pick out the strangest or oddest gift. Today is the turn of Spurs, and we have left such oddities as a Spurs pen bracelet and a Spurs stepping stone, and instead opt for the intended sexy [...]

It’s a huge weekend for… Newcastle, Reading, Wigan, Spurs and Jose Mourinho Posted: 21 Dec 2012 06:22 AM PST Newcastle It is a crazy thought that should QPR win at St James' Park on Saturday, they will sit just four points behind their hosts. Only Reading are in worse form than Newcastle, and Alan Pardew has conceded that his side are struggling. It also doesn't seem a great time to face QPR, given the [...]

What does the festive period have in store for the Premier League big boys? Posted: 21 Dec 2012 02:57 AM PST Will Santa be naughty or nice to the Premier League's big clubs this Christmas? Forget Newcastle; will he bring coal to the big guns, or will he gift-wrap some new talent for the new year? With the season half over, let's make some predictions as to what might happen the rest of the way. Arsenal [...]

Chelsea fans taunt Leeds with Jimmy Savile chants Posted: 21 Dec 2012 01:13 AM PST Chelsea supporters used this week’s Capital One Cup clash with Leeds United to taunt opposition supporters over the city’s connection to sexual predator Jimmy Savile. In reference to the late broadcaster hailing from Leeds, Blues fans chanted: "He's one of your own, He's one of your own, Jimmy Savile, He's one of your own!" Not [...]

Diego Maradona ‘set to manage Iraq’ Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:26 AM PST Diego Maradona is reportedly on the verge of becoming the new manager of Iraq’s national team. In an unlikely union between two of the world’s main sources of chaos, the Argentine legend is set to be confirmed in the role before the end of the year. Spanish newspaper AS quotes Maradona’s agent Hernan Tofoni as [...]

Everton manager David Moyes plots Germany move Posted: 21 Dec 2012 12:12 AM PST David Moyes has revealed he would like to manager abroad one day and has singled out Germany as a possible destination. The Everton manager said he was ‘fascinated’ by the Bundesliga and suggested that he and German football would be a great match for each other. Moyes told France Football, home of the slightly controversial [...]

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