Fool and Money Parted

Scammers fleece £2m from Pierre van Hooijdonk

Striker’s fondness for woven textiles proves costly Pierre van Hooijdonk

As a karmic punishment for sporting a ropey perm, former Nottingham Forest goal machine Pierre van Hooijdonk has been conned out of £2m after investing in a Chinese textile company. The Dutchman, whose hair stylist may not [...]

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Daily Democracy

Vote: Is FIFA’s foreign quota proposal a good idea?

Xenophobes rejoice over Sepp’s latest masterplan

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During a congress held at the home of football, Sydney, Australia, FIFA delegates have overwhelmingly voted in favour of Sepp Blatter’s ‘six-plus-five’ plan, which would could limit the amount of foreign players in a team to five. The BBC sez:

Blatter [...]

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Gambling News

Make money on Bentley’s move to Chelsea – NOW!

David Bentley IS going to Chelsea (apparently), so get betting!

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The great big money making news from the more discerning characters over at chickendinner is that some hapless turf accountants have odds of around 5/1 on David Bentley moving to Chelsea. As mentioned, like, decades ago

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Pictures of the Day

The web is still teasing Chelsea

Photoshoppers won’t leave Europe’s second best team alone

Dider Dogba and John Terry

The internets have been rife with Chelsea-based torment since last week’s Champions League finals, and my two favourite virals arrived in my inbox this week. Who do you prefer – John Terry the [...]

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WAG of the Day

WAG No. 100: Victoria Beckham

Queen B helps commemorate a Spoiler landmark

Today, Spoiler readers, is a momentous occasion. Not only does it mark the fact that I have held down a job for 100 consecutive working days (take that, Mr Parole officer!) but it also means we have been celebrating the weird and [...]

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Transfer Talk

Carvalho to Inter, and Roy Keane buys Ireland

All today’s transfers in a scroll down listy thing

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Think about it: Italian men always seem to be wearing hair product, they probably look at us and wonder why we don’t bother. Well, riddle over, Italian friends – you obviously haven’t heard of something called rain. It’s a [...]

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