Demi Moore's break-up taking its toll, plus Scott Parker's a real gent

Demi Moore's split with Ashton Kutcher has taken a heavy toll, as this screengrab (above) from the Sun Online shows…

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When Scott Parker visited Wembley on a PR mission earlier this month, his handlers were under strict instructions that the Spurs midfielder would talk only to a magazine and a radio station, and not to press journalists who had shipped up on the off-chance of a chat about
Tottenham’s title prospects.

How did they manage to keep the amenable Parker out of the clutches of the hack pack? By holding both his interviews in the gents’ toilets.
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It’s that time of the year when Darren Bent seems to annoy Steve Bruce.

Last year the striker forced though a January move to Aston Villa from Brucie’s Sunderland, and now Bent has split up with the former Black Cats manager’s daughter Amy, his long-time girlfriend.

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Bolton’s finances have been called into question this season but the club has hit on an important revenue stream.

Birmingham-based players like Nigel Reo-Coker, Zat Knight and Mark Davies sometimes prefer to stay overnight in the Reebok Hotel at Wanderers’ stadium – where they are charged £20 a night.

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The impending departure of Everton’s Diniyar Bilyaletdinov is good news for sub-editors but sad for connoisseurs of pranks.

The flop winger’s best effort? Emptying Phil Neville’s Caesar salad into his jacket pocket when the defender went to the toilet during a meal.

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G-Nev reveals he hasn't bought a newspaper for seven years, plus Twitter fouls-ups aplenty

'It's like a stone rolling down a hill... it's gathering more and more moss' - Daft Quotes of the Week  

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