Premier League: Aston Villa my tip in fight for fourth (Times Online)
The party — to paraphrase the song played by Granada Television after Liverpool, the European champions, had suffered a first-round knockout by Nottingham Forest in 1978 — really is over this time. Liverpool, in the Champions League, have nowhere to go.
Palace boss Warnock backs Villa’s O’Neill for England job (tribalfootball.com)
Crystal Palace boss Neil Warnock rates Aston Villa 's Martin O'Neill as the next manager of England. Palace drew with Villa in yesterday's FA Cup meeting. Warnock says: "I hope Martin O'Neill is the next manager of England because he has done brilliantly for English football. We should all be proud of him. "It's not easy to buy the English footballers - he's giving them all games at the top ...
Liverpool need to be on the money (Independent)
The contrast is stark and simple. In the blue corner, Manchester City with their blank cheques, new stadium and happily inflated ambitions. In the red, Liverpool with none of the above but sustained, it would seem, by an abiding sense of who they are. "I will say one thing: you can buy stars but you cannot buy history," asserts Javier Mascherano, seemingly auditioning for a Merseyside version of ...
Agbonlahor could return to face Clarets (Daily Mirror)
Aston Villa's leading scorer Gabriel Agbonlahor could return after injury for the home Barclays Premier League clash with Burnley on Sunday.
PICS: Malema's millions (Pretoria News)
You do the maths ...
Malema living large (iafrica.com)
Julius Malema owns two multimillion-rand homes - which he reportedly bought for cash. [Video]
PICS: Malema's millions (Independent Online)
Julius Malema, the ANC Youth League president who says he earns R20 000 a month, owns two multimillion-rand homes - both of which he bought for cash.
The Big Picture: Living a vicariously British life (Lamorinda Sun)
I'VE BEEN TO hell and back. Curiously, it's not in the underworld. It's in the attic. That's not a place I want to see again.
Big Four Will Become Mega Three... (Football365)
Just What We Were Thinking... Isn't the whole 'Champions League Playoff' idea thingy just an excuse to host a game abroad? The PL's dream for a couple of years has been this 39th game idea but no club wants to give up a home game during the normal league season.