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Not football but an absolutely stunning setting in Dharamshala, India. England and India played an ODI there in early 2013. http://www.northindiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/international_cricket_stadium_dharamshala_kangra.jpg

And Trent Bridge. http://news.experiencenottinghamshire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/central-helicopters.jpg One of my favourite cities in the UK, you get a similar feeling when you're on the ground too. Going along the bridge (seen in that photo) and seeing them all just one by one essentially in front of you is f***ing class IMO. Love Nottingham. Have a yearly outing there with work, always a good night. Was at Trent Bridge for the first time in July and was very impressed. Having all three stadiums within throwing distance of each other is awesome. Hope Forest come up! The one good thing with England missing out on 2018 was it stopped Forest from building a new stadium in Clifton which is a horrible area. There was talk last year that Forest might build one on a brownfield site closer to the City Centre. It would be on London Road which is the road that you see there (includes the bridge). Opposite Hooters so it would only be a 5-6 minute walk from the train station.

I'm not a racist but I don't want an English manager. We've got a decent group of technicians in our team and only someone brought up who believes in keeping the ball on the ground is right for us. Don't even care if the bloke hasn't managed a top tier team. I'm all for chasing Dortmund's U18 manager; he'll have the same philosophy as Klopp.

And Trent Bridge. http://news.experiencenottinghamshire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/central-helicopters.jpg

Having heard the story of Dave's horrific injury at Wembley, I feel the gesture of advertising his company is the least we can do.

http://footage.framepool.com/qf/338468385.pic Went there last week. It's unbelievably stunning both on the inside and outside. The location of it is the only downside, right outside the city. If you can, do a tour. They only do guided ones but they are really good.

http://i.imgur.com/taR9rap.jpg Hello. I am hoping Mourinho reveals his first choice soon so I have time to swap Cech for Courtouis if necessary. Chambers is my third choice because of the absence of both Mertesacker and Koscielny. Subs are irrelevant.

There was an episode on him for the Football's Greatest series on Sky recently. It's well worth a watch. My favourite anecdote was Shearer saying how he got to the training ground early on the Monday following the monsoon derby to ask Gullit about his omission but found Ferguson already in there effing and blinding.

And then Uefa had to mess around with Euro 2020. Hope Germany get Euro 2024.

Jeff Livingstone ‏@IBWMJeff 10m Long extension to Puma's deal with NUFC, runs beyond 2020.

http://www.manutd.com/en/NewKit201415/NewKit201415Articles/2014/Jul/manchester-united-MUFCkitday-show-your-colours.aspx Manchester United's opening two Tour 2014 games both yielded victories, with the players looking smart in the brand new home and away kits. And now we want you, the fans, to show your colours on Friday 1 August by donning red in support of #MUFCkitday. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing, we’d love you to wear a home shirt as you go about your daily duties. We realise it’s not possible for everybody to wear a football kit to work or school. But that doesn't mean you can't still get creative and get involved. Perhaps you have a pair of MUFC socks. Or maybe some cufflinks, a tie or a pendant. Wear them on Friday 1 August to help tell the world who you support. Even if you just add a splash of red to your outfit – a hair clip, a belt, some nail polish – it all counts. Then, make sure you take a photo to capture how you've embraced #MUFCkitday and post it on social media using the campaign's hashtag. The more creative the better. We'll be sure to publish our favourite submissions.

When Giggs met Sally

That is absolutely amazing if you take out the weird dragon design. Very Newcastle United away 03/04.

It just gets better. Lulz.

They do, Oli Kahn got it in 2002.

Let's not forget that the disgusting Neymar tried to rearrange Modric's face in the first game. Thankfully, Modric didn't feel the full force otherwise he would need cosmetic surgery.

Jan Aage Fjortoft ‏@JanAageFjortoft 1m Luuk de Jong leaving Gladbach. Now at PSV Eindhoven. They bought him for 12 mill Euro a couple of years ago. Selling him for 5,5 (Bild)

Nike are losing Juventus to Adidas next year. Very weird, the only elite clubs they have now are Barca and Inter. And I suppose Man City are getting to that level.

That Frankfurt kit is beautiful. Even more so, when compared to the monstrosity that Adidas have released for Milan.

Nantes

http://cdn.static.bundesliga.de/media/native/autosync/spielplan-bundesliga-2014-2015.pdf

Captain Muller's done a terrific job for me along with Robben and Hummels.

http://www.scotsman.com/sport/football/latest/hearts-sever-ties-with-payday-loan-firm-wonga-1-3443712 HEARTS have severed all ties with sponsor Wonga in a bid to distance itself from the controversial payday loans company. The club’s corporate team is understood to be hunting new sponsors for next year - two months after unveiling a new home kit featuring a blank maroon strip in tribute to members of the 1914 Hearts team who lost their lives in the First World War 100 years ago. Wonga said it had agreed to break the partnership with Hearts following talks with the club - despite having years left to run on its contract. It is understood that the perimeter boards advertising Wonga’s name will be removed from Tynecastle ahead of the first game of the season, while the new away kit, which was unveiled earlier this week, was also revealed to be sponsor-free - sporting a Foundation of Hearts crest in place of a sponsorship logo as a ‘thank you’ to fans for helping keep the club alive. Hearts, which is under new ownership in the form of majority shareholder Ann Budge, officially came out of administration on Wednesday. “It sends the signal out that things are moving forward and that things have changed,” said a source close to the club. “Given that the club has just come out of administration and wants to grow its fan base and get the team back to where it wants to be in terms of football, they would prefer a more acceptable shirt sponsor.” Ian Murray, chairman of Foundation of Hearts and Labour MP for Edinburgh South, said the new kit represented Hearts’s return to a respected family club. He said: “The club needs to lead by example and our shirt sponsors should reflect the aspiration to be the best family club in Scotland. Our supporters, who will ultimately own the club, deserve nothing less.” It is believed that Wonga had already drawn up a draft deal for the away strip - before being asked to break the sponsorship agreement it has held with Hearts for the past four years. Wonga, the market leader in the controversial payday lending sector, said it had agreed to walk away from the contract at the end of the season when the decision to remove all logos from the strip offered a “natural point” for the partnership to end. The firm has come under fire from both politicians and consumer groups over the high interest loans it offers to cash-strapped customers, with its sponsorship of Hearts sparking complaints from parents who told football club officials that they did not like their children wearing the logo of a payday loan company on a football shirt. Unveiling the home strip in April, Hearts insisted that the blank shirts were a “mark of respect to the team which went to war”, echoing the plain tops which would have been worn at the time by the team who joined McCrae’s Battalion following the outbreak of the Great War - and claimed that Wonga was “fully in tune with our views”. A spokesman for Wonga insisted it would not rule out forging a new partnership with Hearts in future years, pointing to its support of the club when it was struggling under financial pressures. “The club was clear that it wanted to have no sponsor on the shirt for the season,” said a spokesman for Wonga. “That provided a natural break for our sponsorship. We have an open mind about future sponsorship opportunities and working together, but this seemed like a natural point for us to stand aside. “We had rights to extend the deal, but the club was very keen to take the sponsor off the home shirts, so we agreed to end it.” He added: “We are aware that some people have strong opinions [about Wonga] but we are proud of our years with the club. We have always been very supportive of the club and advanced them some of our sponsorship money during the administration period.”

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