Welcome to the all new babe of the week column. This week’s little stunner is Manchester’s finest Leanne Jordan.

When the gorgeous Leanne isn’t taking her clothes off in front of the camera she’s cutting people’s hair. If only I had some, I’d be straight down her salon for a short back and sides!

Gareth Barry has until Tuesday to prove his fitness to Fabio Capello and secure a place in the England squad for the World Cup. But his teammates have been doing their best to state Barry’s case for selection even while his ankle injury continues to put his participation in the group stage in doubt. England [...]

Martin O’Neill – The Biography

Martin O’Neill is one of British football’s true greats. Plucked from Irish club Distillery by Nottingham Forest in 1971, the young Irishman went on an incredible football journey that saw him clash against some of the game’s biggest characters.

I used to think begrudgery was just an Irish thing.

It’s like a really bad tradition we’re born into that means you’d rather eat the scabs from a leper’s sock than be happy for others doing well for themselves.

Desire, passion, composure, skill, goals and brilliant teamwork were some of the traits I witnessed on Monday night, in what can only be described as the most breath-taking hour of football I’ve seen in a long time.

In the famous words of Alan Partridge the French spend all their time chomping on onions going he hor, he hor, he hor! This of course, is not true, as a European footballing nation only the Italians and the Germans have a better record. Jealous? We sure are.

For those of you who were to young to remember, the French had a sensational side in the 80′s winning the European Championship in 1984 and reaching the World Cup Semi’s in 1982, before the Germans cheated their way to the final. They were pretty good in the early noughties too winning the World Cup in 2002 and Euro’s in 2000. Most of that team are still playing today with 22,070 caps between them!

Beating the best side in North America two months after a victory against the best side in Africa should be a cause of optimism for England in their quest to become the best side in the world, but Monday night’s 3-1 win over Mexico at Wembley was as qualified a success as the defeat of [...]

He’s mad, barmy and funny and yesterday Ian Holloway made it to the big time. For the first time in four decades Blackpool are in the Premier League and the famed tangerine dream is well underway. Of course the staggering £95 million (the biggest windfall in world sport) that they will receive has to be invested in a new look team- and therefore extremely sensibly.

Simon Jordan still being an arse six months after leaving Palace. Who’d have thunk it?

The former Eagles chairman threw his toys out of his orange pram last week at a creditors’ meeting, angry that CPFC 2010′s offer of 1p in the £1 wasn’t enough.

Inter Milan continue to dominate Italian football and have finally taken that form into European competition. However, while fans in this country are constantly fretting about the difficulty that English players face in securing a place in Premier League clubs’ first elevens, it is worth pointing out that Inter’s starting line-up for Saturday night’s Champions League final against Bayern Munich will, almost certainly, be bereft of Italian players.