By Ollie Irish
Links!!!
TOP LINK Paul the psychic octopus tips Spain to beat Holland in World Cup final – Goaly Moly
Top World Cup players on Facebook – NY Times
Top 10 players who made their name at the 2010 World Cup – ITV
Photos of miserable German football fans after defeat by Spain – Anorak
David Beckham picks his World Cup star XI – Mirror
Celtic sign eco-friendly kit deal with Nike – FourFourTwo
FIFA to reconsider goal-line technology? Looks that way – BBC
Dutch legend Johan Cruyff rooting for Spain in the final? Looks that way – Mail
West Ham launch new away kit in what looks like a greasy spoon – FSC
Germany manager Joachim Low laid low (tee-hee) by flu. Lahm and Podolski too – AS
Tactical lessons of this World Cup, analysed by the excellent Jonathan Wilson – Guardian
There’s a link between blow jobs and vuvuzelas? Time found one – Busted Coverage
Philipp Lahm doesn’t think much of the third-place playoff. But then again… who does? – Dirty Tackle
FIFA explains the forgotten film of the 1938 World Cup – Pitch Invasion
Why Spain beat Germany, a tactical analysis – Zonal Marking
A tasteless-but-good joke about Raoul Moat and Man City – The Spoiler
From Boston United to Plymouth Argyle: a charity bike ride worth supporting – The Pilgrimage
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