General Football Thread

[Gazz]

Bad punning makes you a laughing Vladivostock.

[Lineker]

Brazil are playing Zambia in Beijing; the game has just kicked off on BT Sport.

[Matt]

Should be a cracker :/

[9 to 5]

Racist. :/

[Lineker]

This is the best thing.

Story

[hugobomb]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24620318

Steve Kean gets a job!

[Lineker]

[METALMAN]

Ronaldo's a paedo

http://www.ibtimes.com/cristiano-ronaldo-underwear-tweet-real-madrid-star-deletes-tweet-about-cr7-boys-underwear-1436470

[Baddar]

"Thank you all for participating in the CR7 Boys Underwear Competition - it's been a real pleasure to see all of your photos."

[9 to 5]

My local side, Biggleswade Town, have made it to the FA Cup first round for the first time.

[Adam]

What division are they in?

[Lineker]

Fifa world men's player of the year shortlist: Gareth Bale (Real Madrid/Wales), Edinson Cavani (Paris St-Germain/Uruguay), Radamel Falcao (Monaco/Colombia), Eden Hazard (Chelsea/Belgium), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Paris St-Germain/Sweden), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona/Spain), Philipp Lahm (Bayern Munich/Germany), Robert Lewandowski (Borussia Dortmund/Poland), Lionel Messi (Barcelona/Argentina), Thomas Muller (Bayern Munich/Germany), Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich/Germany), Neymar (Barcelona/Brazil), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal/Germany), Andrea Pirlo (Juventus/Italy), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich/France), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich/Netherlands), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid/Portugal), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich/Germany), Luis Suarez (Liverpool/Uruguay), Thiago Silva (Paris St-Germain/Brazil), Yaya Toure (Manchester City/Ivory Coast), Robin Van Persie (Manchester United/Netherlands), Xavi (Barcelona/Spain).

Fifa coach of the year shortlist: Carlo Ancelotti (Real Madrid CF), Rafael Benítez (Napoli), Antonio Conte (Juventus), Vicente Del Bosque (Spain), Sir Alex Ferguson (Manchester United's former coach), Jupp Heynckes (Bayern Munich's former coach), Jurgen Klopp (Borussia Dortmund), Jose Mourinho (Chelsea), Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil), Arsene Wenger (Arsenal).

The winner will be announced on January 13th.

[Hobo]

Is it me, or do some of the coach of the year candidates seem a bit weird?

[Gazz]

It's reputation over achievement.

[METALMAN]

Mourinho, Scolari and Wenger are somewhat bizarre for this year. I never understood why they need such a big shortlist for players when it is obvious who the top two will be.

[EddieG]

Zlatan.

[Matt]

I'd say Del Bosque is the strangest inclusion. What did he achieve in 2013?

[METALMAN]

He got beaten 3-0 by Brazil. :/

But he beat Tahiti 10-0! That's a big score.

[9 to 5]

What division are they in?

Calor Premier League, aka one below the Conferance South.

[Lineker]

David Beckham's eldest son Brooklyn has been training at Manchester United as he looks to follows in his father's footsteps, reports the Daily Telegraph.

The 14-year-old was at LA Galaxy's academy when his father was playing in Major League Soccer and had also attended training at Chelsea before linking up with Queens Park Rangers' youth programme.

"Although there was no confirmation that yesterday constituted an official trial for Brooklyn, it is understood he will be invited back for further training sessions at United, where his father made almost 400 appearances and was one of the most successful products of the 1992 FA Youth Cup-winning team," states the report.