The Football Blog

Put your sunglasses on, it's getting Bright...

His middle name is Abraham, he once played for Leek Town, and he was the first person to be voted off the award-winning celebrity show Cirque de Celebrite. It's none other than former Palace, Wednesday and Charlton striker MARK BRIGHT...

Made In Sheffield. And proud...

Random Wiki-fact about Sheffield band The Hours, "Their single Ali in the Jungle is featured in the EA Sports FIFA 08 football game. People Say has twice been used in the opening scenes of British soap opera Hollyoaks." And they've got a new album out soon, so singer Antony Genn gave us a bell to talk touring, DVD documentaries and Bryan Robson....

The Champions League is back, and we can't ruddy wait...

It might have a misleading name - after all, it's not just champions that play in it is it - but the ties for the first knockout stage of the Champions League are corkers. Obviously the pick is at the San Siro, where two uber-egos collide in a clash that could well result in the Earth being knocked off it axis. True story. Betting guru Patrick Power is offering everyone their money back on first goalscorer, correct score and scorecast bets if the Greasy One scores the last goal. We should probably clarify that we mean Cristiano Ronaldo, not Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

There's also FA Cup replays going on and a couple of ties in the Football League so have a look at our evening's £1 accie, as well as a first goalscorer bet and a contradictory flutter on a goalless draw for the game in Milan. If Paddy had a book on "Ibrahimovic to flatter to devieve in the big games once again", we'd stick a ton on it.

Tuesday's Best Bets

Whatever next?

We've just heard from our pals at Carling that they are offering Spurs and Man Utd fans a unique chance to design their own on pitch advertising banners during the Carling Cup final on Sunday. They think of everything don't they?