By Ollie Irish
Links!!! Loads of em…
A Macy Gray World Cup-themed vid, with extra skinny models – 101GreatGoals
Snow Patrol launch new Umbro Northern Ireland kit during gig (as Kasabian did in Paris with the England away kit) – Umbro
Anyone But England? How about a Scotland Not Playing T-shirt instead – Whitehall 1212
Premier League wages on the rise – BBC Sport
Samuel Eto’o spends more than $1m on designer watches for Cameroon team-mates. Flash twat – Dirty Tackle
Top 10 World Cup goals on YouTube – Goaly Moly
Wayne Rooney has said much worse to refs than he did vs Platinum Stars, says Rio Ferdinand – Guardian
The clever folk at Google go World Cup crazy – Mashable
TOP LINK: A fascinating piece on the Ajax youth system – New York Times
John Terry happy to play with former team-mate Ledley King – Mirror
Paen to Drogba – Run Of Play
The 10 most exciting players at the 2010 World Cup – The Spoiler
Photo essay of World Cup stars – Time
Brad Pitt joins USA World Cup bid team. No, really – With Leather
Germany, more stylish today than older Germanys – Zonal Marking
Fantasy Twatball sounds fun – Twatball
First episode of online comedy loosely based on Pro Evolution Soccer – The Pro Show
More teams touch down in South Africa – FIFA
Phew.
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