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First, very sad news today about the passing of Sir Bobby Robson at the age of 76 after a long and very public battle with cancer. ITV has put together a tribute to the great man, it’s well worth a watch. Darren Bent is growing frustrated at not being allowed to move to Sunderland as [...]

James Vaughn gives his shout for the award.  It’s the first PK you can just close it after, but its actually a good shoot-out so watch it. What makes this appear to be the worse is the hilarious camera angle.

Nedum Onuoha has signed a new 5 year deal at Manchester City, while Kolo Toure, the last of the Arsenal ‘invincibles’, has been signed for £15 million on a 4 year deal. City have had an improved £19 million bid for Lescott rejected as they look to further strengthen their defense. Further up the pitch at Eastlands [...]

First, a very observant caller And second, a very persistent P.A. announcer before the United vs Liverpool match last March. No wonder United got trounced with this to get them up for the game.

A Chinese team has completely lost the plot and attacked the referee for sending off three of their players. This makes John Terry and Roy Keane look like saints!

Portsmouth have moved to replace Peter Crouch by lodging a bid from 22 year old Cardiff City striker Ross McCormick. Also, Mark Viduka has been offered an incentive based 1 year contract according to reports in the Australian media. Still with Pompey, former Liverpool fullback Steve Finnan has signed for the club on a 1 year deal. [...]

There is no doubt the biggest movers in the English transfer market has been the blue side of Manchester. Whether or not City will have what it takes to break into the long standing top four will depend on a lot of things, no more important than how Mark Hughes handles a dressing room full [...]

Peter Crouch has officially signed with Tottenham for an undisclosed fee which could be anything from £9-12 million depending on which report you believe. Darren Bent was withdrawn from the Tottenham squad for their tour of China, but not before taking his seat on the plane, this would suggest the transfer to Sunderland is going [...]

Portsmouth manager Paul Hart says the club are aiming at five or six new signing to improve the current squad. The first of which could well be  Steven Finnan who has been released by Spanish club Espanyol leaving him free to join Portsmouth. Fernando Morientes is expected to be a Marseille player in the next [...]

Haha, Check out this gem from the Milan derby that took place over in the World Football Challenge today. Fair play to the ref and Ronaldihno for laughing it off.