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Rafa has finally lost it, Ireland vs France turns political and more angry female players


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The Spoiler might quit the day job and get into the growing “women’s football violence” industry [spotted on Dirty Tackle]

Really classy bunch at The Mirror - top 10 footballers who survived car crashes
[The Mirror]

Rafa Benitez is delirious
[Daily Mail]

The Premier League’s best benchwarmers
[Caught Offside]

Man City have their own pointless friendly, lose
[101 Great Goals]

‘R.O.I.’ and ‘France’ get into it, vis-a-vis executive boxes
[Off the Post]

Brazil friendly update: JT injured, Wayne Rooney could take the captain’s armb..ZzZzZzZz
[Football365]

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Posted: November 13th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

John Terry gets down and dirty in this week’s “Angler’s Mail”


Mr Chelsea loves fishing around in wet, smelly muck…

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Out now!

Full front page here

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Posted: November 10th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

Drogba auditions for Casualty, Spiderman forgets his mask and a ten goal thriller


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Didier Drogba takes football theatrics to seizure-tastic new levels

Jonas ‘Spiderman’ Gutierrez finally scores… but leaves his Spidey mask in the dressing room
[The Sun]

Game of the weekend: Lyon 5 - Marseille 5
[101 Great Goals]

6 stadiums which have sold their souls - although ‘Bargain Booze Stadium’ conjures fond memories of The Spoiler’s student days
[Telegraph]

John Terry will now have a special chant for every member of his family
[News of the World]

Are Eboue and Sagna ready to quit Arsenal’s goal party?
[Caught Offside]

Wee Gordon Strachan thinks marriage is the key to Boro’s problems
[Off The Post]

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Posted: November 9th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

Elen Rives, Notts County’s attempt to lure Roberto Mancini and who is the best footballer in the world?


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Elen Rives

Insert your own smutty innuendo-laden intro about this pic of Lamps’ ex surrounded by cats
( Kickette )

Notts County fail to sell Meadow Lane to Roberto Mancini
( Eurosport )

Ten great Serie A disasters
( The Offside )

John Terry in the running to be FIFA World Player of the Year. No, really
( Pies )

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Posted: October 30th, 2009 by Eliot Pollak

Video: John Terry and Frank Lampard play the Chelsea Corner Challenge


It’s like the Crossbar Challenge, but more corner-y and Chelsea-ish

Piror to their Champions League encounter with the acronym-tastic APOEL this week, Lampsie and JT were in a competitive mood. With Signor Ancelotti looking on, the Chelsea stars squared off against one another in order to see who could score directly from a corner.

Have the Blues found themselves a new set piece specialist?

[Footy Factor]

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Posted: October 2nd, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Carlos wants to be friends, Arnesen could get the boot and Rooney’s hissy fit explained


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Even in pipe and slippers, Dennis Bergkamp has still got it

A Besiktas fan’s (amazingly accurate) gob caused Rooney’s hissy fit
[Daily Star]

Frank Arnesen’s time might finally be up
[Goal.com]

Mr Chelsea volunteers for a job no-one wants him to do
[The Mirror]

Slightly naive Carlos Tevez could be in for a surprise on Sunday
[The Telegraph]

Sylvie Van der Vaart stands about, looks lovely
[ONTD]

A week in the life of the World’s Angriest Goalkeeper
[Dirty Tackle]

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Posted: September 18th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

Revealed: The clubs that footballers really support


The boyhood teams of some the game’s biggest names

Andrei Arshavin loves him some Barcelona

Generally speaking, Premier League footballers are well advised to be discreet about the team they truly support. Nowhere is this more evident than in the case of David Bentley, a supposed lifelong Arsenal fan who suddenly professed to be a boyhood Spurs fan upon switching to the north London side. With this imprudent declaration in mind, Spoiler correspondent Ben Baker has rounded up ten footballers whose loyalties don’t necessarily lay with their employers…

Andrei Arshavin
Despite only recently joining the Gunners, fan favourite Arshavin has never hidden the fact that Barcelona are and always have been his team of choice. He has said he was devastated when a move to the Catalan giants never fully materialised when he was at Zenit and has even stated that he would love to play for Barca since he has been at Arsenal. Now if that isn’t a ploy to gain a bigger contract…

John Terry
Mr. Chelsea didn’t make it to Manchester City in the end this summer. Many Chelsea fans will like to think that it is because he is Blue through and through. However, Terry was actually a Manchester Utd fan growing up. Could this be why he couldn’t bring himself to join the Citizens?

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
The baby faced assassin made a name for himself at Manchester Utd,

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Posted: September 15th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Chelsea fans boo players during their own open day training session


Lampsie, JT and co are told not to make time for the fans

Chelsea open day training sesh

It’s the sort of thing that usually happens before the start of the season, but yesterday 8,000 Chelsea fans gathered at Stamford Bridge for an open day training session.

Such events are usually conducive to a positive and relaxed atmosphere, where lucky fans can get pictures and autographs with their heroes, who are not distracted by the pressure of a big matchday.

Not so at Chelsea. Supporters who made the effort yesterday were told over the tannoy system that the players would not sign anything, citing “safety concerns”. The club’s decision to protect their players from RSI and carpal tunnel syndrome was not well receieved:

After a 90-minute practice session

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Posted: August 26th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey