“My friend Tom Legg has a keen eye for talent. He’s often telling me about this new prodigy or that new wunderkind that I should be keeping my eye on. He knows more about the Beautiful Game than just about anyone I know!” (Road to 2010 World Cup Final)

Forget it Adebayor, your ‘wonder goal’ doesn’t even make it into our top 10 of all time – but Spurs and West Ham do…(Mail Online)
“Emmanuel Adebayor combined balance, poise and power to score his stunning bicycle-kick goal on Tuesday night. Our man at the game, Neil Ashton, hailed it ‘a masterpiece . . . already in goal of the century territory’.”

UEFA’s Elite Football Stadia – Part 1. (The Offside)
“After a severe bout of curiosity resulting in far too much time perusing the internets, we finally came upon a conclusive list of Europe’s Elite football stadiums – UEFA’s codeword for the ability to hold a Champions League final. We contacted Bill of Bill’s Sports Maps to have him make one of his infamous maps for UEFA’s Elites and it’s, as Michel Platini would say, fantastique.”

World Cup Qualifying Wackiness Round-Up (World Cup Blog)
“There’s been a lot of oddball fallout from last week’s World Cup qualifiers. We didn’t cover these stories when they broke, but figured it would make a nice weird Friday afternoon roundup for anyone who hasn’t already seen these stories somewhere else.”