Sydney, kick off is at midnight on Monday evening, with work the next day. Not decided if I head to the casino or sit at home yet. Parramatta for me, and either watching at home or down the Commercial Hotel (opposite the station, open till 4am, fairly low chances of being knifed). I'm working in Ma...

And Cellino has been banned again - http://www.football-league.co.uk/news/a ... 52570.aspx

Now Platini has gone public with his side of the story, I don't see how anyone could doubt his integrity. Platini claims Blatter asked to see him before the 1998 World Cup in France and wanted the Frenchman to become Fifa president, with Blatter taking over as general secretary. "I wasn't inter...

Putin reckons that "people like blatter" deserve the Nobel peace prize.
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/33684831
Words actually fail me.

Another golden quote from Sepp: ""I have a clean conscience," the Swiss told German magazine Bunte in an interview published on Wednesday. "Whoever calls me corrupt will have to prove it, but nobody can prove that because I am not corrupt." Blatter said he was open to critic...

Not sure whether to post this here or on the manager merry-go-round, but it's more fun at Leeds United. http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/32361933 Six players have withdrawn from the Leeds squad against Charlton claiming they're injured, which has apparently come as a shock to Redfearn and the clu...

Heading into work early in Sydney to try and watch it online. Are the BBC streaming it?

Dutch fans are going a bit crazy in Rome - vandalism and some casual rioting thrown in.

http://screamer.deadspin.com/dutch-socc ... 1686778357

Looks like Aussies are out of luck on this one though. ESPN has sole rights but have chosen other matches.

8pm on Saturday night - so 9am in the uk.

I more shocked that 19,000 turned out in Canberra to watch Iran vs Iraq. I'd have been happier if a few more matches weren't exclusive to Fox or shown with a ridiculous delay. 40,000 tickets sold for the final before Tuesday night, and 10,000 tickets sold in the two hours after full time. Glad I got...

"These are just things that happen out on the pitch. It was just the two of us inside the area and he bumped into me with his shoulder, and that's how my eye got like this as well," he told Uruguayan television, pointing to his eye. Yes. That would be after Chiellini elbowed him to try and...

Will FFP catch up with them on that one or is it just early enough for them to avoid being penalised? QPR have reportedly lost double that and have tried denying they will receive millions in fines as a result. http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/queens-park-rangers-could-face-2802097 If Le...

Coach Holger Osieck has been sacked by Australia after his team were defeated 6-0 by France in a friendly on Friday. And after the Socceroos had been defeated 6-0 by Brazil in their previous match last month. Guus Hiddink is rumoured to be in line for the job now, although he's also considering off...

The australian football association have requested compensation from FIFA if the World Cup is moved to the winter, on the basis that they spent $43 million bidding on a summer competition. In addition, they also want compensation for disrupting the football season here, as all the stadiums are used ...

There's a poor quality version of the video available at http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/b ... 6715071106

A Brazilian physio ran onto the pitch and saves two goals in the dying minutes of a match. Tupi said they would take legal measures following the last-minute incident in the tie against Aparecidense which led to them being eliminated from the competition. "It was our only chance. If I hadn't do...

Royal With Cheese

Pepe the Horseman Actual rofl.

They look like they're about to fcuk each other.

Or the Cameraman.

It looks more like they've just finished off a massacre in the smurf's village

It's a delayed reply for Australians on sunday morning - 9am-10:30am on Fox Sports 1

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