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Cristiano Ronaldo’s top ten goals, AC Milan fans protest, Newcastle players plan revolt


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The ten greatest goals of CR9’s career to date
[101 Great Goals]

AC Milan fans start protesting against Kaka’s sale a month too late
[Fox Sports]

Newcastle’s players are revolting
[Evening Chronicle]

How Nike helped Manuel Almunia become a better goalkeeper
[Off The Post]

The top 15 curtain hairstyles in the history of the Premier League
[Pies]

Could the flawed Lord Griffiths ruling that forced West Ham to pay compensation to Sheffield United now be used against the Blades?
[Knees Up Mother Brown]

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Posted: July 7th, 2009 by Michael Lintorn

Beckham’s AC Milan deal, Adriano’s aggression and Danielle Lloyd’s hotness


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Manchester City cartoon

Cartoon exclusively for The Spoiler, courtesy of Chris at Studs Up

Beckham admits he would like a Milan deal
[The Sun]

What lovely tattoos
[WithLeather]

Video: Adriano gets punchy
[The Offside]

A bizarre on-field protest in Spain
[101GG]

Wenger: Van Persie is the key
[Daily Mail]

Strange video: Player tackles a topless streaker and gets booked
[Dirty Tackle]

Danielle Lloyd is back, naked
[On205th]

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Posted: January 28th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Derby County refuse to accept inflated ticket pricing at QPR


West Londoners vastly overestimate value of watching their team

Loftus Road

Standing firmly on the side of fans who are tired of being ripped off at stadia up and down the country, Derby County, have refused to accept a ticket price hike imposed by QPR for their visit to Loftus Road on September 27:

The club said a pre-season price of £30 for adults and £20 for concessions had been agreed but had been sent tickets priced £10 above those amounts by QPR.

Club spokesman Matt McCann told BBC Radio Derby: “We think it’s too high and we don’t think that’s fair.

“We have stood our ground and QPR have exercised their right to appeal that to the Football League.”

Regardless of our completely fudged economy, how many Rams fans would be willing to pay out £40 to see a side that has not won a league match on the road since March 2007 (excluding the May 2007 play-offs, that is)?

It’s pretty extortionate for a Championship tie, particularly considering that Manchester Utd are charging £41 for most Premier League away fans who visit Old Trafford this season.

If Derby fans are looking for a way to protest against against Queens Park Rangers’ co-owner Flavio Briatore, perhaps they should pelt him with wet sand, much like disgruntled Italians did when he and his billionaire cohorts recently crossed a Sardinian beach.

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Posted: September 18th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Levante set to ruin Real Madrid’s title celebrations


Rubbish team will strike, but English club could save the day

Levante

Fresh from a bizarre centre circle protest last week, relegated Levante are planning to ruin Real Madrid’s championship celebrations on Sunday. Players of the financially-troubled club, who are owed around 18million Euros in wages, are unapologetic about a plan to strike and spoil Real’s big day. Captain Luis Manuel Rubiales said:

“Madrid has fans all over Spain, including in our team, and we are the last ones to want to cause it [sic] trouble.”

Levante has not been training all week and are adamant they will not play the league game, which means Madrid will be awarded all three points. If they find themselves contractually obliged to show up for a friendly tie, however, the players also have a scheme to enrage the Bernabeu faithful: according to some Spanish reports, they will field seven players (the minimum

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Posted: May 16th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Sergio Ramos fact file, Levante’s bizarre protest and the $10trillion away game!


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Video: La Liga’s very own Derby County, Levante, protest over unpaid wages during a game
[Pies]

Video: Baseball mascot loses his head
[Bugs and Cranks via With Leather]

Thanks to a tattered economy, the Zimbabwe Dynamos’ next away trip will cost ten trillion Zimbabwe dollars
[Unprofessional Foul]

10 things you didn’t know about Sergio Ramos
[Chelsea Pies]

Alonso and Fisichella play a charity football match
[Grid Crasher]

Ronaldo’s transvestite lovers come clean
[Machochip]

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Posted: May 8th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey

Wayne Rooney’s neighbours hate his hideous mansion


‘Grotesque’ new homes anger toffee-nosed villagers

Rooney’s Place

Residents of a posh Cheshire village have taken time away from their backgammon games, wine racks and learning the Daily Mail by heart to complain about ‘The Rooney effect’, whereby Premiership footballers, almost always from a different part of the social spectrum, knock down perfectly good houses to make way for their vast pleasure domes. The Torygraph reports:

Norman Moffitt, the vice-chairman of Prestbury parish council, said: “We’ve seen some very nice houses being knocked down and replaced by new ones, some of which are pretty grim and others which are simply horrific.”

Wayne and Coleen, who need just one bedroom, bulldozed a five-bedroom family home to make way for their humongous new gaff (pictured above, under construction) - a trend started by Mark Hughes and continued by the likes of Michael Carrick, Roy Keane and cricketer Andrew Flintoff.

Petitions have been organised to stop more of the monstrosities springing up, while Alderly Edge resident

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Posted: March 19th, 2008 by Ryan Bailey