Wise and Jiminez’s international transfer list, in pencil…

First Nick Faldo and now Dennis Wise - what is it with men of sports authority and leaving bits of paper with team clues lying around? This fell out of Dennis Wise’s pocket in a local pie, mash, eels and old Joanna shop in the East End of London.

Seems the people of Newcastle were right about the cockney revolution after all.

Dick Van Dyke after the jump…

FIFA examines evidence of international football naughtiness

This week, FIFA president Sepp Blatter took a break from being ridiculous to respond to allegations that an Asian gambling syndicate affected the outcome of several games in the 2006 World Cup finals. Following the findings of journalist Declan Hill in his book The Fix, the German version of Bild reports that the Swiss oaf is on the case:

“FIFA are actively trying to bring clarity to the situation.”

Blatter also promised to examine Ghana’s 3-0 loss to Brazil in World Cup 2006, one of the games said to have been fixed by the Asian mafia. Bild recently spoke to Ghanaian goalkeeper Abukari Damba, who is accused