This catchy little song is called simply ‘Coup de Boule’ (‘Headbutt’) and was written in 30 minutes by three despondent French fans, the day after the World Cup final. It’s been the most downloaded track in France in the past two weeks, by a mile.

Ruud Van Nistelrooy has called new employers Real Madrid ‘the best club in the world’ – a parting shot at Man Utd, if you ask me. In this context, ‘best’ might as well mean ‘biggest’; all of which begs the question, which is the best/biggest club in the world? In other words, if you asked [...]

When two tribes go to war… (Can’t imagine this will ever turn up on You’ve Been Framed):

2006 will obviously go down as the year of the headbutt. [Clip: BBC]

In football, sometimes justice is done. A smug goalie taking a penalty, and scoring… then lapping it up with his team-mates and fans… then… well, just watch it. Mof Gimmers

Imagine how an American might see the Premiership, or EPL, as they prefer to call it. Imagine no more… Portsmouth FC: ‘Pompey may best be known for it’s 6:57 club, a notoriously violent hooligan group. They are named after the 6:57pm train that leaves from Portsmouth to London on Saturdays (which Pompeys fan take to [...]

Most Premiership managers have used the distraction of the World Cup to quietly get busy in the transfer market and strengthen their squads for the new season. Here are our Top 10 summer signings:

This aint real. Surely it aint. If it is, hats off… but… it isn’t. This is an ace little video showing how creative you can be with an scrunched up bit of paper and a drawn on Wayne Rooney lookalike. Mof Gimmers

Okay. How do you teach Italian football giants a lesson? Seemingly, you offer up a just punishment, and then go all soft and resort to a wrist slap. The extraordinary tale that has slackjawed football fans all over the world has included wire tapped phones, illicit meetings and locking refs in dressing rooms. Lazio and [...]

Steve McClaren is brown nosing pretty much everyone in the world at the moment. He’s been sniffing around Alan Shearer’s rear for a while, and cocking a leg up with Terry Venables. The newest bezzie of Stevie Mac is… well… Max Clifford. Clifford, usually the scourge of footballers and their private lives has presumably been [...]

I’m getting far too excited thinking about the amazing goals that are going to be scored next season. So to celebrate this, here’s a vid to get your whistle wetter than wet. Mof Gimmers

So, with Chelski’s cash card being flashed around to melting point again (about £50 million and counting), all and sundry are crying and weeping on street corners, claiming that the end of football is nigh. Fans are also being priced out of the game, and players are becoming spoiled little oiks. Is that really true?

Not sure if the full version of this mildly controversial Nike ad was ever shown on British telly. Look how slim Ronaldo is! And Eric Cantona’s punchline is pure class…

Juventus‘s lawyers have pleaded for leniency as the disgraced club appeals against its relegation to Serie B and the accompanying 30-point penalty. Cesare Zaccone, the lawyer defending the Old Lady, said: ‘The career for a footballer is short and some of our best players are world champions… None of them wants to risk two years [...]

Calling one of the most respected footballers in the world (Marcel Desailly) a ‘F**king lazy thick n***er’ wasn’t Ron Atkinson‘s best career move, and he quite rightly resigned from his role as pundit for ITV, as well as losing his Guardian column. Atkinson almost became manager of Trinidad and Tobago for the 2006 World Cup, [...]

July is a good time to indulge in a little ante-post gamble. The bookies usually offer a few tempters to punters willing to stick their neck out. There are several tasty bets to be had in the Premiership top scorer market (all odds Paddy Power). Here are my top three bets  – refreshing to report [...]

Not exactly a football video, this, but it’s got lots of balls in it (including several footballs), so it makes the cut…

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A word of warning to English clubs considering a bid for any of Juventus’s disgraced stars: Italian footballers don’t travel well. They’re pampered mamma’s boys who never stray too far from the comforts of home. A case in point: Gianluigi Buffon could cherry-pick a Premiership or Primera Liga club, but instead he wants to move [...]

The future of Fernando Torres at Atletico Madrid remains unclear, sparking a lorryload of rumours about which big English/Italian club the coveted Spaniard may go to. The most likely scenario is a move to Old Trafford (to replace Real Madrid-bound Ruud van Nistelrooy), but then which club wouldn’t be keen on a player of Torres’s [...]

UPAlbert Luque. Scored Newcastle’s equaliser – and a curling beauty it was, too – against Lillestrom, in the all-important Intertoto Cup. The Spaniard will probably revert to his old, glove-wearing self when the sunshine goes away. DOWNJuventus. Literally, to Serie B. The news of the Old Lady’s demise was fresh chum for the Premiership sharks. [...]

The brilliant Stephen Colbert on why the USA won the World Cup – I’m sure some of our American friends actually use this logic to make themselves feel better. And why not.

I’ve got nothin’ but love for this Photoshopped spoof of The Life Aquatic. [Via Sporati]

I miss Saint and Greavsie. Btw, did you know that Saint and Greavsie is listed on IMDB? No, neither did I.

Well, Argyle fans, things certainly won’t be dull under new manager Ian Holloway. I’m an Argyle fan and I’m made up that he’s our new boss, ’cause he’s the most charismatic manager in the league, no contest. Hollers has already managed to wangle a pre-season friendly against Real Madrid. Blimey! The game takes place on [...]