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After the news of John Terry sleeping with the wife of a team mate, which broke just before this summers World Cup, now comes more infidelity from Wayne Rooney and Peter Crouch.
After admitting sleeping with prostitutes in 2004, one of which was a 48-year old grandmother, it is has now been reported that Rooney has had series of romps with a £1,200-a-time hooker whilst his wife Coleen was pregnant with their son Kai.
Wayne has apparently bedded vice girl Jenny Thompson, 21, on a number of occasions over several months. He also bombarded her with text messages and wads of cash as well as having a threesome with the hooker and one of her friends.

Another player recently accused of cheating on his partner with a prostitute is Peter Crouch.
The 19-year old teenage girl, who calls herself Monica Mint, claims Crouch paid her £800 for liaisons in the back of a taxi and at an £80-a-night hotel.
To add fuel to the fire Crouch’s model fiancée Abbey Clancy has announced that she’s pregnant with his child.

It appears that professional footballers have too much time on their hands are overpaid and have a severe lack of morals. That’s no surprise though is it!!

Its hard to believe having watched all of England’s games at the World Cup (all four of them) but they have actually climbed up one place in the FIFA rankings.
Having been thrashed 4-1 by Germany and being knocked out of the World Cup, a performance which has officially been recognised as their worst in the competition, you would have thought that England would have dropped places instead of rising to seventh.
Although England’s performances were bad, Italy and France fared even worse. The Italians have seen their position fall six places to eleventh while the French have dropped twelve places to 21st.
Other changes in the rankings saw Spain jump to first, Holland moved up to second and Brazil dropped to third.
New Zealand were the biggest movers after climbing 24 places to 54th. They failed to lose a single group game at the World Cup although this achievement wasn’t enough to qualify for the knockout stage.

I received a funny email yesterday. Do you remember the “Now that’s what I call music” CDs? Well this years’ World Cup in South Africa is already causing mixed views over the Vuvuzela.

Love It or Hate It?

The Vuvuzela is an instrument that is used by blowing, much like you would with a brass instrument like a trumpet. The instrument makes a monotone bee type buzzing sound and the whole world is split into a love it or hate it debate. Rumours were that they may be banned from the World Cup but I personally love them. They don’t annoy me when I’m watching the games, and I actually think they add to the atmosphere. I went to the Soccer Aid 2010 match at Old Trafford in support of Unicef and there were thousands of vuvuzelas being blown throughout the game and it was a much better atmosphere than the match at Wembley a couple of years ago. For this reason, I’ve attached the CD cover (it’s not a real CD) from the email I received entitled “Now that’s what I call Vuvuzela”. If it ever got to the high street I think that some people would actually buy it!!!

The World Cup is well underway now, and yesterday the ‘group of death’ kicked off their first group games. There’s always a group of death in every tournament, and this year it consists of:

Brazil

Ivory Coast

Portugal

North Korea

I didn’t intentionally write them in this order, but I actually think that this will be the order that they finish in the group. Brazil, had a supposedly non-tricky tie against North Korea last night and in fairness the North Koreans played exceptionally well until the deadlock was broken in the second half and Brazil went on to win 2-1. In the other game, there was a stalemate between Portugal and the Ivorians. Looking at the highlights last night I think Ivory Coast should probably have just about won it. The main reason I think Portugal will finish third is because I don’t rate their manager Carlos Queiroz. I’m a Man Utd supporter and highly rated him as an assistant coach, but I think his team always lacks something when he’s the main man in charge. Sven Goran Eriksson manages Ivory Coast now, and with his experience, and their strength with Drogba, Kalou, and the Toure brothers I think they’ll come second in the group. Which means that arguably the best player in World Football Cristiano Ronaldo will be getting an early flight home.

The World Cup is nearly upon us and this year there will be no Sheepskin Jackets in South Africa as John ‘Motty’ Motson is no longer commentating on International Football following his retirement after the Euro 2008 final. Hanging up his jacket leaves it open for other commentators to get themselves in the history books. From “they think it’s all over…..it is now” made infamous by Kenneth Wolstenholme in 1966, commentators have been trying to make their mark on the biggest stage.

Do you remember Motty’s quote against Belgium in Italia ’90? Gazza played the free kick into David Platt, who turned and volleyed the winning goal that got us through to the quarter finals against Cameroon.

England have done it, in the last minute of extra time!

Or when Becks put us ahead in 2002 against Argentina from the penalty spot:

Hold on to your cups and glasses……..You can smash them now, David Beckham has scored!

Good old Motty will be remembered fondly amongst England fans for his charming, witty punditry on games but this year in South Africa it’ll be left to Jonathan Pearce, Guy Mowbray, Steve Wilson et al to live long in our memories in a year when we hope football will finally come home.

Come on England!!!

Joe Cole is officially a free agent. Chelsea confirmed yesterday that they will not be renewing the contracts of Joe Cole or Michael Ballack for next season, therefore both players are free to join other clubs. For me, Joe Cole is one of the best players in England, and would be one of the first names I put on the team sheet for England’s starting eleven at this years World Cup.

Cole has enjoyed much success with Chelsea, winning 3 league titles, 2 under Jose Mourinho and 1 under Carlo Ancelotti this season. However he has become frustrated by his lack of first team action since he returned from long term injury recently.

Clubs lining up to sign him are Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham. Harry Redknapp has come out saying he would love to sign his former West Ham player but believes an agreement may have already been reached with another club. Personally I REALLY hope it’s United. They really need a player to take over from Paul Scholes and Joe Cole has the natural talent and vision to be a perfect replacement.

Over at Old Trafford, Sir Alex Ferguson is being very quiet about who he wishes to sign – even insisting he will rely on the development of his current squad next season. Hopefully, he’s going to pull a rabbit out of the hat, and Cole could be just the man.

The main topic of recurring news over the past week has not really been about transfers, but the fallout from the first leg of the Carling Cup Semi Final between Manchester City and United. Fair enough, the other Semi (second leg) produced 10 goals and plenty of talking points of its own – but the Manchester derby has now taken on extra significance after comments made by Tevez in the aftermath.

Ever since the Abu Dhabi United Group took over control at City, the rivalry between the two clubs has taken on a new dimension. Tevez left Old Trafford in controversial circumstances and crossed the divide in the summer and the way in which he celebrated his two goals will surely bring a response from United in the second leg. Plus, the recent comments attributed to Tevez about Gary Neville will ensure he gets a hot reception on Wednesday night.

I can’t wait to see how it all unfolds!