Exciting times in the English Championship. Things aren’t looking quite so good for John Hayes‘ finances, however:

Apologies from all at The42 to Eddie Roche, who was a little spooked by seeing ‘Paul O’Connell’ and ‘Toulon’ in the same story:

They might not be getting Paul O’Connell, but France’s big spenders have some other high-profile transfer targets in their sights, if James‘ sources are to be believed:

Is there room for this fella in the south of France? Source: Matt Slocum/AP/Press Association Images

Anthony‘s theory, if correct, would explain a lot:

Cian Donnellan is a man with a refined taste in literature:

Barry Smyth channelled his inner Alan Partridge as Zenit met Sevilla in the Europa League:

Eat that. And another! Source: Matt Crossick/Matt Crossick/EMPICS Entertainment

Concern for the well-being of professional jockeys from Jimmy Bond after Blake Shinn showed us a full moon at Canterbury:

Neither do we, Matthew Lysaght, but Ireland already had Gareth Farrelly anyway so there wouldn’t have been any room for Scholesie:

Jon Walters spoke for us all in relation to this fantastic gesture from the U21 footballers of Dublin and Tipperary:

A wonderful show of respect in memory of the late Dave Billings. Source: ©INPHO/Cathal Noonan

A novel suggestion by Don Juan on how best to transport one of the greatest footballers of all time:

Ian McKinley’s story has inspired many people, including Kev Egan:

Stephen Murphy had the best response to Thierry Henry’s criticism of Javier Hernandez, and he didn’t even have to mention a certain handball incident:

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