Arsenal exposed themselves as bad losers again after their FA Cup slaughtering at the hands of Man United. Wenger complained about the state of the pitch, Emanuel Eboue was sent off for a late challenge on Evra and several players had a kick at Nani for his impromptu 'seal impression'. Click to continue reading...

Saturday's FA Cup to lower league Barnsley was another nail in Rafa Benitez's coffin. Liverpool's season is virtually dead and buried now unless the Spaniard can ressurect them for another Champions League miracle - starting against Inter tonight. Click to continue reading...

Three Luca Toni goals in the space of 24 minutes gave Bayern Munich victory at Hannover. The win maintained Bayern's three-point lead at the top of the table with rivals Werder Bremen also picking up three points from their match against Nuremburg. Markus Rosenberg and Ivan Klasnic goals gave Werder a 2-0 win. Click to continue reading...

England manager Fabio Capello arrives on the red carpet at the Laureus World Sports Awards in St.Petersburg, Russia. Click to continue reading...

Barcelona won 1-2 in Zaragoza while Real Madrid lost by the same margin against Real Betis to narrow the gap at the top. Ronaldinho's 83rd minute penalty secured victory for Barca after Thierry Henry had earlier opened the scoring. Royston Drenthe put Real Madrid 1-0 up after six minutes against Real Betis, but a quickfire first-half double from Edu and Mark Gonzalez meant defeat for the league leaders. Click to continue reading...

Frank Lampard scored his 100th goal for Chelsea during their FA Cup win over Huddersfield. First and foremost, that vest must be minging because his 99th goal came back in December. Secondly, who was Frank making the dedication to? Click to continue reading...

HEROES Brian Howard The Barnsley skipper's late winner gave his side a shock 1-2 win against Liverpool at Anfield (in case you hadn't heard). Click to continue reading...

A second Ronaldo Shit Lookalike of the day. The rotund Brazilian is a bit of a ringer for French tennis player Jo-Wilfried Tsonga who, coincidentally, is the cousin of Newcastle United winger Charles N'Zogbia. Don't say we never teach you anything! Click to continue reading...

Marseille continued their new found form by inflicting a first home defeat of the season on Nice. Goals from Mamadou Niang and Djibril Cisse gave Marseille a 0-2 victory. L'OM are now fifth in Ligue 1, two points behind Nice. Click to continue reading...

Q. Does Abel Xavier's hair get better with time? A. No. LA Galaxy's other ex-Prem man turned up for pre-season training sporting what appears to be a conehead. There is also something distinctly Tina Turner about this look. Click to continue reading...

It may be Europe's second class competition but the UEFA Cup is a difficult trophy to win. Great Britain has five teams still left in the tournament's last 32 - but who do you think has the greatest chance? Click to continue reading...

While we're still debating over whether to use technology as simple as goal line cameras, there could be far more revolutionary changes to the game in the next ten or twenty years according to The Orange Future of Football Report. Click to continue reading...

It was business as usual in Serie A. Inter Milan stomped on towards the title with all the ruthless efficiency we have come to expect of them this season. A 0-2 win at Catania maintained Inter's eight-point lead as they look like certainties to win back-to-back titles. Esteban Cambiasso and David Suazo were on the scoresheet Click to continue reading...

Pies finds alternative careers for the Premier League's gaffers. Arsene Wenger - Paediatrician Studious, unflappable and doesn't mind working with youngsters. Martin O'Neill - Film director Alex McLeish - Airport taxi driver Has already dropped from international to Birmingham City once. Click to continue reading...

Yes, that's right - the African Cup of Nations trophy is in fact the world's most expensive Cornetto. Are those Maltesers round the edge? Click to continue reading...

"My shoulders are fairly broad. You take this job knowing it's always going to be an easy ride." So said Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore, taking time out from making plans to ruin English football to discuss his plans to ruin English football with Sky Sports. Click to continue reading...

PSV Eindhoven opened up a nine-point gap at the top of Eredivisie despite only drawing 1-1 with Heerenveen. The result did mean that Heerenveen moved up to second in the table at the expense of Ajax. Heerenveen are level on 44 points with Ajax, but are ahead by seven on goal difference - precisely the number they put past Vitesse Arnhem last week. Click to continue reading...

The gang at Football365 are just as up in arms as us here at Pies about the Premier League's ridiculous idea to play a 39th round of match abroad. Unlike us, Football365 has access to a sweatshop manned 24/7 by orphan orang-utans trained in the art of slogan t-shirt production. We totally agree with the sentiments of this Stick your 39th game up your bollix t-shirt though. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger doesn't make too many mistakes in the transfer market - if he's not moulding tomorrow's stars from unknowns, he's letting big names go before anyone else knew they were past their best. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger doesn't make too many mistakes in the transfer market - if he's not moulding tomorrow's stars from unknowns, he's letting big names go before anyone else knew they were past their best. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger doesn't make too many mistakes in the transfer market - if he's not moulding tomorrow's stars from unknowns, he's letting big names go before anyone else knew they were past their best. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger doesn't make too many mistakes in the transfer market - if he's not moulding tomorrow's stars from unknowns, he's letting big names go before anyone else knew they were past their best. Click to continue reading...

Arsene Wenger doesn't make too many mistakes in the transfer market - if he's not moulding tomorrow's stars from unknowns, he's letting big names go before anyone else knew they were past their best. Click to continue reading...

The Bundesliga's top two went head-to-head as Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at home to second-placed Werder Bremen. Brazilian star Diego gave Werder the lead after just six minutes. Luca Toni missed a penalty before Ze Roberto equalised for the hosts. The result means Bayern maintain their three-point lead at the top of the table. Click to continue reading...

The Bundesliga's top two went head-to-head as Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at home to second-placed Werder Bremen. Brazilian star Diego gave Werder the lead after just six minutes. Luca Toni missed a penalty before Ze Roberto equalised for the hosts. The result means Bayern maintain their three-point lead at the top of the table. Click to continue reading...

The Bundesliga's top two went head-to-head as Bayern Munich were held to a 1-1 draw at home to second-placed Werder Bremen. Brazilian star Diego gave Werder the lead after just six minutes. Luca Toni missed a penalty before Ze Roberto equalised for the hosts. The result means Bayern maintain their three-point lead at the top of the table. Click to continue reading...

Another draw for Liverpool at the weekend has destroyed what title hopes they had for another season - and they now face an equally difficult task to retain their Champions League status, especially with local rivals Everton currently riding high in fourth. Click to continue reading...

Another draw for Liverpool at the weekend has destroyed what title hopes they had for another season - and they now face an equally difficult task to retain their Champions League status, especially with local rivals Everton currently riding high in fourth. Click to continue reading...

Another draw for Liverpool at the weekend has destroyed what title hopes they had for another season - and they now face an equally difficult task to retain their Champions League status, especially with local rivals Everton currently riding high in fourth. Click to continue reading...

Another draw for Liverpool at the weekend has destroyed what title hopes they had for another season - and they now face an equally difficult task to retain their Champions League status, especially with local rivals Everton currently riding high in fourth. Click to continue reading...

We're forever hearing of new players dubbed, 'the next Makelele/Ronaldinho etc.' but few live up to expectations - while even fewer manage to make a name for themselves. Click to continue reading...

We're forever hearing of new players dubbed, 'the next Makelele/Ronaldinho etc.' but few live up to expectations - while even fewer manage to make a name for themselves. Click to continue reading...

We're forever hearing of new players dubbed, 'the next Makelele/Ronaldinho etc.' but few live up to expectations - while even fewer manage to make a name for themselves. Click to continue reading...

We're forever hearing of new players dubbed, 'the next Makelele/Ronaldinho etc.' but few live up to expectations - while even fewer manage to make a name for themselves. Click to continue reading...

We're forever hearing of new players dubbed, 'the next Makelele/Ronaldinho etc.' but few live up to expectations - while even fewer manage to make a name for themselves. Click to continue reading...