Its not just Manchester United who score late, by Danny Harris

Republic of Ireland were robbed of a credible draw at the weekend, after scoring late only to see their opponents Italy equalise with stunning impertinence.

After the jump, we choose our six favourite similarly chaotic upside-down closing stages:

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What Alex Ferguson really said to the fourth official
[Dirty Tackle]

Look who turned up in The Telegraph’s Top 25 Football Sites
[The Telegraph]

In spite of the obvious auto-tuning and dodgy dance moves, Queen WAG Cheryl Cole looks good in her new music video
[Kickette]

It turns out that Craig Bellamy is a great guy
[The Times]

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Should football games have a visible game clock like stupid American sports do?
[The Offside]

Milan and Juventus target Gary Cahill
[Daily Mail]

Steve Bruce wants to see some backbone
[The Mirror]

Some fun and games from the Russian Premier League

While any pitch invaders in the Manchester derby were liable to receive the fist-based justice of Craig Bellamy, an encroaching fan in this week’s Moscow derby fulfilled a lifetime ambition.

Spartak Moscow were 1-0 down during their visit to fierce rivals Saturn Moscow Oblast when they were awarded a penalty. As Brazilian forward Alex was preparing to take the spot kick, an over zealous fan stole the limelight with his hilarious antics.

Undeterred by the distraction, Alex eventually took his turn and levelled the score, but his efforts were ultimately in vain as Saturn scored a winner three minutes later.

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The Spoiler didn’t think professional footballers were allowed to ride motorbikes, but that hasn’t stopped SWP, Wayne Bridge and Steve Sidwell from having some two-wheeled fun.
[Dirty Tackle]

The Premier League Champions 2010 REVEALED!
[Interestment]

Fulham agree £2.5m deal for Almeria striker Kalu Uche
[IM Scouting]

Milan have £11m and for some reason they want to use it to buy Gareth Bale
[Goal.com]

Sylvie van der Vaart is not unattractive
[Kickette]

Craig Bellamy continues to sabotage his international career
[The Guardian]

The latest transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies

Franck Ribery to Chelsea
Despite expressing his desire to join old pal Zinedine Zidane at Real Madrid, Roman Abramovich will personally fly to Deutschland to thrash out a £40m deal for the handsome winger, say The Sun.

The Spoiler truth-o-meter: Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge has made it very clear that no amount of money will persuade the club to part with the Bundesliga’s best player, and the man himself has always said he would prefer to play somewhere sunny. Somewhere like Spain, not Munich or London. We can’t see Ribery going anywhere this season, but next year he will almost certainly leave Germany.

Joleon Lescott to Manchester City
The Daily Mail believe the England defender will finally make his dragged-out move to Eastlands in the next 36 hours, as Everton have begrudgingly accepted a £20m plus add-ons deal.

The Spoiler truth-o-meter: It’s clear that Lescott is keen to move on,

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Awww, Becks and Landon are patching things up
[101GG]

Premier League clubs to reveal agent fees for the first time
[IM Scouting]

Villa agree a £12m fee for Stewart Downing
[BBC]

Craig Bellamy will make way for Manchester City’s army of strikers with a move to Sunderland
[Daily Mail]

Hull agree a £5m deal for Bobby Zamora
[Sky Sports]

For some bizarre reason, NFL quarterback Tony Romo broke up with Jessica Simpson
[Jersey Chaser]

A further helping of transfer gossip, rumours and damned lies 

Gokhan Inler to Arsenal
With primary target Melo almost certain to join Juventus, Arsenal have been forced to look elsewhere for a new midfielder. However, reports suggest Arsene Wenger is restricting his search to Serie A and now wants to sign £10 million-rated Gokhan Inler from Udinese.

The Spoiler truth-o-meter: Arsenal were linked with the Swiss international a lot last summer so hopefully this doesn’t drag on as long as the Andrey Arshavin saga did, especially as this transfer window has been fairly interesting and unpredictable so far.

Tuncay to Everton or Aston Villa
Middlesbrough’s local paper the Evening Gazette states that Aston Villa are looking to complete a £20 million double deal for Stewart Downing and

Welsh striker suffers his 13th knee injury in six-and-a-half years

Mark Hughes has endured another blow in his difficult first season as Manchester City manager, with the news that Craig Bellamy is unlikely to play again in 2008/09.

The Welsh manager, who 55% of Spoiler readers believe should be replaced in the summer, spent £14 million on the 29-year-old striker, who started just 20 league games in 18 months at former club West Ham because of injuries.

Bellamy has scored twice in eight league games since signing but