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Henry wants a replay, Craig Bellamy may retire and Eric Abidal has swine flu


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Roy Keane, typically sympathetic towards the FAI

Sven is going to run out of fingers to put in pies
[Daily Mail]

Once it’s confirmed there’s no chance of a replay, TH14 asks for a replay
[The Sun]

Craig Bellamy could be finished in two years
[Guardian]

Eric Abidal has swine flu, as might Yaya Toure
[Mirror]

Liverpool want Juve starlet Seb Giovinco
[Caught Offside]

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Posted: November 20th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

Nani: Fergie is screwing up my Manchester United career


NotRonaldo talks his way out of Old Trafford…

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Ruud van Nistelrooy, Jaap Stam and Roy Keane all have the same two things in common. All three were indispensable Man Utd players who were very much dispensed of the moment they crossed Sir Alex Ferguson.

The Spoiler can only assume Utd winger Nani, who is currently about as indispensable as a used, porous condom, was blissfully unaware of these events ever having happened, since he’s made the extremely stupid move of criticising Fergie in the tabloid press.

“It is clear the 23-year-old has reached the end of his tether,” crows The Sun, while rubbing their hands at the carnage about to unfold. “In a no-holds barred interview, Nani reveals how:”

He has felt the withering force of Fergie’s infamous hairdryer rage.

He is frustrated at being omitted from big-game starting line-ups.

He believes promises have not been kept.

Three grievances, all of which can be answered with one simple explanation: “It’s because you’re s**t.”

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Posted: November 12th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

Fabio Capello is considerably richer than you


Italian is the richest manager in British football

Fabio Capello

In his most recent book, Richard Branson reveals that rich lists are seldom accurate, based as they are on estimations and public domain information. Nevertheless, the good folks at Four Four Two have this week released the British Football Rich List, and there are few surprises at the top. David Beckham tops the players’ list with a supposed £125m fortune, and the wealthiest person in British football is still the QPR owner who isn’t about to be kicked out of the game, Lakshmi Mittal. The Indian steel magnate is said to be sitting on £18.4bn, nearly £1.5bn more than second-placed Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

In the richest manager top ten, noted money fan Harry Redknapp places at number seven with £10m, while second place is held by under-fire Ipswich coach Roy Keane, who apparently amassed the majority of his £27m fortune in his playing days.

The richest gaffer in Britain is also the one who has to take charge of the least amount of games - England manager Fabio Capello is worth £30m due to his utter refusal to pay tax hugely successful career.

[See the richest player list here, the manager list here and the full top 100 list here]

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Posted: October 8th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Roy Keane stares, a very long-range header and a fat ref gets hit in the nuts


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Martin Palermo once famous for missing penalties. Now famous for very long headers.
[ 101 GG ]

Roy Keane gives BBC interviewer the skunk eye
[ Off the Post ]

If you think Alan Wiley is out of shape, you should see this guy
[ Dirty Tackle ]

Harry Redknapp defends his tax arrangements
[ The Sun ]

Buy the England left-back’s wife’s shoes. This never happened to George Cohen.

Ashley and wife

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Posted: October 5th, 2009 by Eliot Pollak

Gareth Bale finally tastes victory, Phil Brown finds a new job and Roy Keane gets sweary


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George Gillett does his best Baron Greenback impression (with shades of Gerard Houllier) at Liverpool’s rout of Hull on Saturday

Having snatched the Premier League’s best player, La Liga is moving on to phase two…
[EPL Talk]

Phil Brown is already on the lookout for alternative employment
[Off The Post]

Arsenal make some more money for Arsene Wenger not to spend
[The Sun]

Gareth Bale has finally broken his Spurs losing streak. Now on to actually starting a winning game…
[Daily Mail]

Roy Keane is a thoroughly pleasant man
[News of the World]

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Posted: September 28th, 2009 by Richard Gilzene

Ryan Giggs leaves Ronaldo out of his Man Utd dream team


Welsh midfielder may not think much of C-Ron

Ryan Giggs and Cristiano Ronaldo hug it out

Keen to create a divide between Cristiano Ronaldo and his current employer, Spanish paper Marca are stirring things up extracting some insinuations from an interview with teammate Ryan Giggs.

The Welshman was asked to pick his Manchester Utd dream team, and he proceeded to wax lyrical about the likes of Paul Scholes, Gary Neville and Wayne Rooney. As you can see from his selection below, however, there is a distinct absence of any lothario Portuguese wingers:

The Giggs Manchester Utd dream team

Schmeichel or Van der Sar (he doesn’t distinguish between them as both are super brill)
Gary Neville
Jaap Stam
Rio Ferdinand
Dennis Irwin
David Beckham
Paul Scholes
Roy Keane
Ryan Giggs
Eric Cantona
Wayne Rooney

The Spoiler is concerned that the old guard has shown an apparent lack of appreciation for Ronaldo, but perhaps a little more concerned that Giggsy chose to pick himself in his own dream team…

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Posted: May 20th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Gerard Pique admits ref error, Chelsea stars hit the town and Lily Allen vs Cheryl Cole


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Roy and Triggs

After six months of constant companionship, Keane finds it hard to leave Triggs at home
[Guardian Gallery]

Chelsea were so distraught with their Champions League loss that they went out to nightclubs until the early hours
[Daily Mail]

The top 8 Michael Ballack v Norwegian ref GIFs
[Pies]

Relatively talentless singer Lily Allen criticises Cheryl Cole and Victoria Beckham
[The Sun]

Barca president Joan Laporta takes a bitchy dig at Chelsea and Manchester Utd
[Tribal Football]

Gerard Pique admits he should have conceded a penalty last night
[The Telegraph]

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Posted: May 7th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey

Video: The world’s angriest footballers


A classic collection of flared tempers and awful tackles

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Posted: January 30th, 2009 by Ryan Bailey