3pm Trinity Mirror Trinity Mirror 2012-02-05T18:33:55Z 2012-02-05T20:59:44Z Revealed: The Corrie star who lent Sir Alex that fetching polo neck 'When you play for England you're representing that curry': The week's daftest football quotes  Old habits clearly die hard for former deadly rivals Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. The pair attended a charity auction for St Bede’s School in Cheshire on Saturday night, where Keano slapped in a bid of £500 on a meal for 10 at Manchester’s popular Yang Sing eaterie. With the auctioneer about to bang his gavel, Vieira responded w...

Revealed: The Corrie star who lent Sir Alex that fetching polo neck 'When you play for England you're representing that curry': The week's daftest football quotes  Old habits clearly die hard for former deadly rivals Roy Keane and Patrick Vieira. The pair attended a charity auction for St Bede’s School in Cheshire on Saturday night, where Keano slapped in a bid of £500 on a meal for 10 at Manchester’s popular Yang Sing eaterie. With the auctioneer about to bang his gavel, Vieira responded w...

2012-02-05T20:59:44Z 2012-02-05T18:34:10Z 2012-02-05T20:58:32Z Keane and Vieira in new tussle... over a Chinese meal! 'When you play for England you're representing that curry': The week's daftest football quotes  Where did Sir Alex get that stylish white polo neck he was modelling yesterday? Could he have borrowed it from another Mancunian institution? ** When Doug Ellis was knighted recently, many expected his elevated status to be reflected in the lettering on the Villa Park stand former chairman Deadly modestly named after himself. The great man wi...

Keane and Vieira in new tussle... over a Chinese meal! 'When you play for England you're representing that curry': The week's daftest football quotes  Where did Sir Alex get that stylish white polo neck he was modelling yesterday? Could he have borrowed it from another Mancunian institution? ** When Doug Ellis was knighted recently, many expected his elevated status to be reflected in the lettering on the Villa Park stand former chairman Deadly modestly named after himself. The great man wi...

2012-02-05T20:58:32Z 2012-02-05T18:34:23Z 2012-02-05T20:57:07Z Keane and Vieira in new tussle... over a Chinese meal! Revealed: The Corrie star who lent Sir Alex that fetching polo neck  DAFT QUOTES OF THE WEEK "When you play for England you're all representing that curry... er, your country" – JAMIE REDKNAPP “The Bolton back four didn’t have a cat on earth’s chance” – STAN COLLYMORE "In the first half, I didn't see the second half coming, that's for sure" – MICK McCARTHY "He's not as young as he used to be, Bobby Zamora” – GARY COTTERILL “As long as y...

Keane and Vieira in new tussle... over a Chinese meal! Revealed: The Corrie star who lent Sir Alex that fetching polo neck  DAFT QUOTES OF THE WEEK "When you play for England you're all representing that curry... er, your country" – JAMIE REDKNAPP “The Bolton back four didn’t have a cat on earth’s chance” – STAN COLLYMORE "In the first half, I didn't see the second half coming, that's for sure" – MICK McCARTHY "He's not as young as he used to be, Bobby Zamora” – GARY COTTERILL “As long as y...

2012-02-05T20:57:07Z 2012-01-29T18:19:04Z 2012-01-29T22:02:31Z Gary Neville’s refusal to sugar-coat criticism, even when aimed at Manchester United, has made him a superb replacement for Andy Gray at Sky Sports. So it might have been expected that when Red Nev was feted by press journalists at a tribute dinner last week, he spent part of a Q&A moaning about critical media coverage and claiming not to have bought a newspaper for seven years. **Twitter provides players with an opportunity to show they’re just like ordinary fans, and no doubt Manchester...

Gary Neville’s refusal to sugar-coat criticism, even when aimed at Manchester United, has made him a superb replacement for Andy Gray at Sky Sports. So it might have been expected that when Red Nev was feted by press journalists at a tribute dinner last week, he spent part of a Q&A moaning about critical media coverage and claiming not to have bought a newspaper for seven years. **Twitter provides players with an opportunity to show they’re just like ordinary fans, and no doubt Manchester...

2012-01-29T22:02:31Z 2012-02-05T18:16:03Z 2012-01-29T22:01:01Z Demi Moore's split with Ashton Kutcher has taken a heavy toll, as this screengrab (above) from the Sun Online shows… ** 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 aboutTottenham’s title prospects. How did they manage to keep the amenable Parker out of the clutches of the h...

Demi Moore's split with Ashton Kutcher has taken a heavy toll, as this screengrab (above) from the Sun Online shows… ** 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 aboutTottenham’s title prospects. How did they manage to keep the amenable Parker out of the clutches of the h...

2012-01-29T22:01:01Z 2012-01-29T18:17:41Z 2012-01-29T22:00:22Z DAFT QUOTES OF THE WEEK "It's like a stone rolling down a hill... it's gathering more and more moss" – GRAEME SOUNESS"Where do you sit on young players, Martin?" – JONATHAN PEARCE"There was nothing wrong with his timing, he was just a bit late" – MARK BRIGHT"Whoever you support, you've got that blood in your veins” – PHIL NEAL“He’s the player who can unlock the key” – STUART ROBSON"He's sort of facing the goal with his chest" – LEE DIXON"Karl Henry’s been sent off for a deliberate red card” –...

DAFT QUOTES OF THE WEEK "It's like a stone rolling down a hill... it's gathering more and more moss" – GRAEME SOUNESS"Where do you sit on young players, Martin?" – JONATHAN PEARCE"There was nothing wrong with his timing, he was just a bit late" – MARK BRIGHT"Whoever you support, you've got that blood in your veins” – PHIL NEAL“He’s the player who can unlock the key” – STUART ROBSON"He's sort of facing the goal with his chest" – LEE DIXON"Karl Henry’s been sent off for a deliberate red card” –...

2012-01-29T22:00:22Z 2012-01-22T15:39:53Z 2012-01-22T20:59:01Z The phrase ‘Swedish meatball’ has never seemed so appropriate as when used to accompany this new photo of former Leeds United flop Tomas Brolin. The Euro ’92 star has become a professional poker player since retirement and certainly looks like he’s raked in huge piles of chips. Brolin, whose non-fatal road collision with a local moose once inspired the memorable headline ‘Huge Swedish Beast Unhurt After Hitting Elk’, has also delivered the perfect assessment of his time at Elland Road in an i...

The phrase ‘Swedish meatball’ has never seemed so appropriate as when used to accompany this new photo of former Leeds United flop Tomas Brolin. The Euro ’92 star has become a professional poker player since retirement and certainly looks like he’s raked in huge piles of chips. Brolin, whose non-fatal road collision with a local moose once inspired the memorable headline ‘Huge Swedish Beast Unhurt After Hitting Elk’, has also delivered the perfect assessment of his time at Elland Road in an i...

2012-01-22T20:59:01Z 2012-01-22T16:03:11Z 2012-01-22T20:58:18Z Former Spurs midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng could be forgiven if he had better things to do than watch their trip to Manchester City on TV. Boateng has been hit by injuries since his move to AC Milan and looks like missing the Champions League date with Arsenal after a muscle strain. But girlfriend and Sports Illustrated model Melissa Satta admitted: "The reason why he is always injured is because we have sex 7-10 times a week. "I hate foreplay, I want to get straight to the point. My favour...

Former Spurs midfielder Kevin-Prince Boateng could be forgiven if he had better things to do than watch their trip to Manchester City on TV. Boateng has been hit by injuries since his move to AC Milan and looks like missing the Champions League date with Arsenal after a muscle strain. But girlfriend and Sports Illustrated model Melissa Satta admitted: "The reason why he is always injured is because we have sex 7-10 times a week. "I hate foreplay, I want to get straight to the point. My favour...

2012-01-22T20:58:18Z 2012-01-22T12:34:55Z 2012-01-22T20:57:24Z Liverpool have an enthusiastic and knowledgeable worldwide following. Or, in the case of this Indian taxi driver, just enthusiastic. ** Wayne Rooney’s new favourite TV show is superb gangster epic Boardwalk Empire. The Manchester United striker Tweeted: “What a programme. Jimmy is brilliant!” Any ideas why Wayne should identify so strongly with the character of Jimmy Darmody, a hot-headed youngster with a distinctive hairstyle who turns against an ageing mentor noted for ruling with a rod of ...

Liverpool have an enthusiastic and knowledgeable worldwide following. Or, in the case of this Indian taxi driver, just enthusiastic. ** Wayne Rooney’s new favourite TV show is superb gangster epic Boardwalk Empire. The Manchester United striker Tweeted: “What a programme. Jimmy is brilliant!” Any ideas why Wayne should identify so strongly with the character of Jimmy Darmody, a hot-headed youngster with a distinctive hairstyle who turns against an ageing mentor noted for ruling with a rod of ...

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