Everton Trophy Cabinet for sale on eBay

It appears due to the ongoing cash crisis at Everton, and their inability to fund a new stadium, the club have decided to auction of a piece of club history to raise funds. Tofees fans can now purchase the Everton trophy cabinet on eBay. Unfortunately it comes with no silverware but apparently does contain many morale victories. The bidding ends on 20th December 2009 so there's just enough time to put in an offer before Christmas.

Click on the screenshot to place your bids now:

Goal of the Year 2009

He may not be a household name, but Brazilian forward Grafite's goal for VfL Wolfsburg vs. Bayern Munich in the German Bundesliga may well be the best goal you'll see this year. The briliant run, the sheer audacity of the finish, coupled by the comical slow motion haplesness of the last defender trying to clear off the line makes this a contender for FIFA's Goal of the Year 2009 award. Wolfsburg went on to win the match 5-1.

Just sit back and enjoy...

Free Sex for UN

The prostitutes of Copenhagen, host city of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP15), have decided on an unusual type of protest. They are offering “free sex” to the participants in response to pamphlets distributed by City Hall.

The pamphlets had messages like “Practice sustainability: don’t pay for sex” and were distributed in hotels, bars, and restaurants. In response the ladies of the night have decided to start this “promotion” which will last during the event (from December 7th to 18th). As payment, prostitutes will accept the City Hall pamphlets, as long as the "client" proves he (or she) is a participant of COP 15.

The protest is legitimate, since prostitution in Denmark has been legal since 1999. 

Source: Bella Club

Pavlyuchenko to do The Sol Campbell Shuffle?

It seems these days Arsenal have a striker shaped hole in their team and with Roman Pavlyuchenko's "career" at Spurs seemingly at a standstill, could he be about to do "The Sol Campbell Shuffle"? Let's face it, Arsene Wenger needs a striker to revive his side's faltering Premiership challenge and what are the odds against him preferring someone with Premiership experience?

Replace Hiddink with Wenger and you might see the future.

OK so Pavlyuchenko's limited number of minutes on the pitch can barely count as Premiership experience. Nonetheless he has already shown he can form a formidable partnership with Andrei Arshavin for the Russian national team during Euro 2008 and after being a flop at Tottenham he may feel he has a point to prove.

At least if Pavlyuchenko does make the short trip across North London he won't have to learn a new language. He can continue to flex with his brethren and greet blads by asking wot they're sayin innit. What are your thoughts Arsenal fans?

World Cup 2010 Draw

Like many of you I only watched the whole live draw to see Charlize Theron in action, but it wasn't a snorefest like these things usually are. That FIFA delegate cheekily managed to get a smooch of her to start with... let's face it, who would pass up that opportunity? From the look on Charlize Theron's face she wouldn't have minded one bit if Becks had a go himself.

England couldn't have hoped for a better draw with a group containing European minnows Slovenia, the unecessarily enthusiastic USA and the Dessert Foxes of Algeria (yes that is their actual nickname). Fabio Capello's description of England's group as "It's not so bad" must be the understatement of the century. Hopefully with a manager who won't be reffering to his players as Wazza, JT, Stevie G or Lampsy, we actually have a chance of getting past the 1/4 finals for once.

I understand FIFA want South Africa to do well to keep up the home support but isn't allowing them free entry when they clearly would have struggled to qualify enough? Seeding South Africa, the lowest ranked nation in the tournament, seems to make a mockery of the whole system. But ain't karma a bitch that they ended up drawing France?

Of course there's always the 'Group of Death'. This time being Group G with Brazil, Portugal, North Korea and Ivory Coast. This certainly is a group of death - for North Korea. Expect them to get at least a 3-0 pasting from every other team in the group. Assuming Brazil get through as usual, 2nd place is up for grabs between Portugal and Ivory Coast meaning we'll be waving goodbye to one the two biggest tumblers in Europe - C-Ron or Drogba.

The World Cup 2010 Groups in full:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Africa	Argentina	ENGLAND	Germany
Mexico	Nigeria	United States	Australia
Uruguay	South Korea	Algeria	Serbia
France	Greece	Slovenia	Ghana
Group E	Group F	Group G	Group H
Netherlands	Italy	Brazil	Spain
Denmark	Paraguay	North Korea	Switzerland
Japan	New Zealand	Ivory Coast	Honduras
Cameroon	Slovakia	Portugal	Chile