It is now time to switch to a new Money AM football blog as the world cup is now over and we all look to the future.....World cup 2010 is over, Bravo Espana, and Forlan, once again and bring on the new season !.....I never expected the last thread to be such a success...thanks all.... so this new one might go on for years without the need to edit the title...we shall see...

Clasico
Real Madrid 0
Barcelona 4

FC Barcelona’s 4-0 win at the Santiago Bernabeu on Saturday gained praise from the international press who hailed the efforts of the players and manager Luis Enrique.

The return of Leo Messi from injury, the goals from Neymar Jr. and Luis Suárez and the great performance from Andrés Iniesta in his first Clásico as club captain were the highlights from the derby. Here is what the newspapers from around the world had to say about the famous victory:

EUROPE

Gazzetta dello Sport > 'Galactic Barça’ takes up the front page of the Italian publication.

Corriere dello Sport > ‘Real Madrid humiliated by Barça' and ‘Benitez’s future in danger’, highlighting the Catalans’ superiority in the Clásico with a photo of Suárez celebrating one of his two goals.

L'Equipe >‘Royal Barcelona’ along with an image of the team celebrating a goal. The French publication also features the photo of both teams standing side by side for the minute’s silence ahead of the game in honour of those who perished in the recent Paris attacks.

Telegraph > The British newspaper spoke of a demolition by the Catalans which has made life very difficult for the Madrid manager

Guardian > 'Rampage' was used to describe Barça's display with an image of Suárez wheeling away in celebration after his second goal.

Goals - Real Madrid 0 Barcelona 4

Burnley1 Brighton1. Fair result I thought and can see how Brighton are still undefeated in league games.

I say Dil, it's your cup final this Saturday.. you going?

..Come on now I know your there -):

Championship: Total banning orders 2014-15.

1. Millwall 64
2. Leeds United 58
3. Cardiff City 56
4. Wolverhampton Wanderers 43
5. Huddersfield Town 34
6. Sheffield Wednesday 32
7. Blackburn Rovers 29
8. Middlesbrough 29
9. Birmingham City 24
10. Nottingham Forest 23
11. Derby County 22
12. Bolton Wanderers 18
13. Rotherham United 18
14. Charlton Athletic 16
15. Brentford 14
16. Brighton & Hove Albion 11
17. Reading 9
18. Wigan Athletic 7
19. Blackpool 6
20. AFC Bournemouth 5
21. Fulham 5
22. Ipswich Town 4
23. Watford 4
24. Norwich City 3

..Just for Dil -):

Vardy does it! http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/34887484

Quite incredible...might end up in a ManU shirt....

Might end up in a ManU shirt, but then why suffer? :0)

..Search party for Dil please

Que sera, sera ....what ever will be next..........

Russian clubs banned from signing Turkish players

Russian clubs will be banned from signing Turkish players during the upcoming winter break.

Relations between the countries have been strained since a Russian warplane was shot down by Turkish forces on the Syrian border, killing one pilot.

Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko told R-Sport news agency that clubs had "already got the message".

"If anyone wants [to sign a Turkish player] during the break, there will not be such a possibility," he said.
Mutko said the sports sanctions would not affect Turkish players currently playing for Russian soccer clubs, such as Rubin Kazan's midfielder Gokdeniz Karadeniz, who joined the Tatarstan outfit in 2008

After that single point you managed to nick off us in your cup final on Sat. I would have thought you would be back here singing the Carduffers praises.. come back all is forgiven

Everton v Manchester City and Stoke v Liverpool in Capital One Cup semi-finals
• Merseyside derby in Wembley final still a possibility
• Manchester City and Liverpool have home advantage in second legs

Everton and Liverpool have been kept apart in the Capital One Cup semi-finals, leaving open the possibility of a Merseyside derby at Wembley.

Liverpool, who defeated Southampton 6-1 at St Mary’s, will travel to Stoke City for the first leg, before a decider at Anfield. Stoke beat Championship side Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 in their quarter-final.

The other semi-final will be between Manchester City – 4-1 victors over Hull City – and Everton, who won 2-0 at Middlesbrough.

The first legs will be played in the week commencing 4 January, with the decisive matches in the week of 25 January.

Semi-final draw
Everton v Manchester City

Stoke City v Liverpool

If pool make the final won't it be Stevie G's last game

What a way to go out !

Monk leaves Swansea

Stan you robbed us and our banning orders have more than halved in last two years and will be near single figures by next season. They mainly relate to a cup match at Chelsea in 2010 where the Met police were more at fault than either Cardiff or Chelsea fans.

So Euro 2015 group stage looks like a straight fight for second place between Russia , Slovakia and England.

Wonder who we'll get in the knockout stages ?

Nice to see you back Dil.. shame about Monk going wasn't it? -):

Football World CUP winners summary 1930 - 2014

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GxYrU-BX7eYK8_b1YMKUnnz-lAUNkkwKZK9DNL7fs8Y/edit#gid=1089558816

Is Jose now ready to go at Chelsea, now second from bottom?

2nd from bottom?

And No