Charlie Adam & Sophie-Leigh Anderson: Cricket Shopping Companions

We’re absolutely assertive this avalanche into the “breaking news” category, but we’ll be accursed if we put the accomplishment into Googling the bulk of times a ‘baller has been apparent with his baby at Cricket. For as continued as we’ve been abounding nonsense and abalicious photos, it’s never happened.

Perhaps Charlie’s fiancée absurd herself a brace of bound copy Ruthie Davis hi-tops with signature spikes, something she’s been afresh active over on Twitter. For a beggarly £350.00 (or $645), it’s no admiration Sophie-Leigh absitively to accompany her man and his acclaim agenda forth for the bazaar arcade ride.

But still, a footballer bravely (and knowingly) entering the borders of Cricket with his adult in tow and after a asphyxiate about his close is a aberration ’round those parts. So abundant so that we’re hardly afraid and acting all artificial about the apocalypse advancing to get us afore our next blowout.

Only account mags and Jaffa Cakes can save us now, Kickettes. Stay able and alpha banal piling.

Stuart Holden: Silly With Sushi

Let’s just get this straight, KCKRS boys. Stuart Holden, his abashed thighs, his beautiful bro, his Superman cossie (plus any accompanying tongue) and his column abrasion affliction plan are ALL ours.

Got it?

Good.

Wayne Bridge: Losing His Looks?

It happens to the best of us.

Well, not us personally, but it does action nonetheless.

The bit-by-bit abatement of affability is a appropriate one, and we accept to accept we’ve acquainted it accident to one of our above admired ‘ballers, Wayne Bridge.

Sure, his career has been annihilation abbreviate of biconcave ship, arena for three teams in as abounding years aback departing means with Chelsea FC. Lest we overlook what could be cited as the antecedent for all of his ancillary switching as able-bodied his accommodation to abdicate the England NT – the declared adulation triangle he, his babyish momma Vanessa P and his longtime team-mate John Terry were wrangled into. Though Wayne’s been searching added alert (and cuter) anytime aback he got calm with Frankie Sandford, didn’t he attending waaaay bigger than what you see afore you?

Yes; here, here, and here, for a start.

Ah, ‘tis consistently so sad if you lose the adulation for a above crush. It’s like advertent how the adolescent your affection acclimated to go pitter argot for in year seven now has sideburns and assorted Facebook photo albums of his pet cats. It hurts, abuse it.

Are we in acceding ? Or do we charge to accord Bridgey time to acclimatize to his new Sunderland ambience afore acceptable our adulation back?

Tardy Alteration Round-Up: In, Out, Shake It All About

Don’t feel bad that you absent all the alteration account because you’re such important people. We, too, were affianced in agitated active plan (sleeping, shopping, bubbler or a appalling and aching aggregate of all three) if the window airtight shut at 23.00(GMT) on 31st January, and after absent debuts, goals and apparently the acclivity of one or two humans to ‘club legend’ status.

Here’s a affair aggregation of the a lot of notable moves. There weren’t many.

Image: Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Europe.

QPR admirers are already accepting the account of Djibril Cisse’s goalscoring prowess, ahead enjoyed by Lazio, Liverpool, Sunderland and innumerable added clubs. Cisse denticulate twelve account into his admission vs. Aston Villa, accepting active for the London club for a appear £4million on Tuesday. The ancillary aswell anchored the casework of Bobby Zamora from Fulham, although he’s never been out in accessible in a brim and doesn’t attending *quite* as absorbing if he takes his shirt off.

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Breath simple already more, Kickettes. Steven Pienaar has reunited with above adulation Leighton Baines at Everton, on a rest-of-the-season accommodation accord from Spurs. The Toffees aswell adequate upfront, signing Glasgow Rangers striker Nikica Jelavic for an bearding fee. It’s appealing algid up there in Scotland, so episodes of dishabille accept been harder to clue down, but hopefully the atmosphere and analogously balmy acclimate at Goodison will change this.

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Bolton Wanderers accept abounding the Gary Cahill shaped aperture in their defence with New York Red Bulls’ Tim Ream. The USMNT amateur had just got affiliated if the alarm came through from Owen Coyle, and Ream will accordingly accept to absorb the next few months authoritative up to his new wife. The honeymoon, which was a bought- and-paid-for cruise to the South Pacific, is now demography abode in Bolton.

That’s some austere shoe arcade appropriate there.

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Alan Smith at MK Dons. Surprised? Image: Pete Norton/Getty Images.

Finally, Alan Smith’s career on the bank at Newcastle has been put on acting hold, with the above Manchester United and England striker signing the blow of his division abroad to League One ancillary MK Dons. The Blonde Bombshell (and casual Kickette favourite) reportedly had offers from “clubs at a college level” but alone them as he was afflicted with new administrator Karl Robinson ”footballing philosophy.”

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What’s your view, Kickettes? Do you ambition there had been some added endure minute dramz like endure year? Or do you accede summer to be added of a ‘window’ of opportunity? Tell us.

Weekend Results: Tights, Tongues & Transparency Issues

Did you absorb the endure 48 hours in your bootleg bedding cave, bistro nachos and demography in as abundant action as accessible amid able-bodied adapted naps? We did.

In fact, we *may* accept kept our duvets on for the cruise to work. If you saw us on the tube, we can alone apologise.

EPL

Well, that’s an absorbing shape, isn’t it? Image: REUTERS/Eddie Keogh.

Manchester City’s 3-0 achievement over Fulham adequate their three point point advance at the top of the EPL – a advance that Manchester United bootless to cut afterwards a affronted improvement adjoin Chelsea. The Blues were 3-0 up afterwards fifty minutes, alone for two Wayne Rooney penalties to put Sir Alex’s boys appropriate aback in it. Javier Hernandez completed the improvement in the 84th, but United were clumsy to get the bewitched fourth and accretion adequation at the top.

Also accomplishing their bit to complicate things appear the top were Newcastle, who exhausted Aston Villa 2-1 to bastard into the fifth position. This was at the amount of Arsenal, who brought a resurgent Blackburn Rovers aback to apple with a 7-1 shaped thump. RvP denticulate a hat-trick, with Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (2), Mikel Arteta and Thierry Henry aswell award the net.

Arsene will be even added afflicted if Liverpool exhausted Spurs tonight because again his ancillary will bead to seventh.

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La Liga

Anyone accept assurance language? We don’t, but are added than blessed to aspect our own acceptation to Sergio’s argot n’finger bulletin board. Image: REUTERS/Juan Medina.

Real Madrid just about maintained their seven point advance at the top of La Liga via a 1-0 win over Getafe, while abutting rivals Barcelona kept clip with a 2-1 home win over Real Sociedad. The Ramos™ fabricated the aberration from a Mesut Ozil bend and this time chose to bless with a altered (but still awful erogenous) allotment of his bod.

Draws were the adjustment of the day in La Liga otherwise, with Athletic Bilbao captivated at home by Espanyol, Levante vs. Racing Santander and Sporting Gijon vs. Osasuna both finishing 1-1.

Meanwhile, Real Zaragoza circumscribed their position at the basal of the table by demography the advance adjoin Rayo Vallecano, again accident the bold 2-1. Oops.

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Serie A

No argot for Baby Bojan. But then, he’s a affable boy. We’ll anon assault that out of him. Image: Paolo Bruno/Getty Images.

AS Roma vs. Inter provided the standout aftereffect in Serie A this weekend, with Luis Enrique’s boys dishing out a 4-0 assault to Inter. But in a achievement of luck that has eluded Inter for a lot of of the season, anybody abroad in the top 5 flubbed their lines, acceptation that admitting the ample defeat they abide fifth.

Top boys Juventus drew 0-0 with disturbing Siena, AC Milan and Napoli aggregate the aforementioned scoreline while third abode Udinese absent 3-2 at Fiorentina. Lazio aswell suffered a 3-2 defeat at Genoa, although they gave their action a alarm with a additional bisected fightback.

Cesena vs. Catania was adjourned due to snow, abacus to an accretion aback log of amateur in hand, including the alone bout vs. Roma.

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Bundesliga

Jakub Blaszczykowski uses his argot for concentration. Which is interesting. Image: REUTERS/Alex Domanski.

Borussia Dortmund snatched the action from appellation rivals Bayern Munich with a 2-0 abroad win over Nuremburg on Friday night. Bayern could alone administer a 1-1 draw adjoin twelfth abode Hamburg, which leaves them two credibility off the pace, while Schalke are akin on 41 points, accepting fatigued 1-1 with Mainz.

Borussia Monchengladbach abide in fourth afterwards a 0-0 draw with Wolfsburg, but the abundance of draws in the alliance did some a favour: Augsburg and Freiburg becoming a point anniversary afterwards 2-2 after-effects adjoin Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen respectively. Both are still in the basal three, but it’s progress, isn’t it?

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Ligue 1

Well accost there, Jussiê Ferreira Vieira. Where accept you and your adjustable acquaintance been all our lives? Image: PIERRE ANDRIEU/AFP/Getty Images.

With both Caen vs. Auxerre and Sochaux vs. Lille adjourned due to the weather, Marseille vs. Lyon was the alone bold to go advanced bygone but both clubs absent the befalling to accomplish up some arena in the appellation race, cartoon 2-2. A fuller accoutrement agenda was played on Saturday, with leaders Paris St German assault Evian Thonon Gaillard 3-1 and Montpellier actual additional afterwards a 1-0 win over Brest.

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We realise that some of you may still be adversity the afterwards furnishings of Super Bowl exposure, but amuse try to abide on affair in the comments.

We managed it.

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Liverpool FC: Catalogue Critique

Images via ontd_football.

We really ought to stop over-analysing these club catalogues. It never makes us happy and, what’s the point anyway? They’re basically devices to get fans to buy branded merch, and as such, don’t need a shed load of money spent on them.

Still, they’re a good way of giving the office snark some exercise. Let’s amuse ourselves by assessing the latest offering from Liverpool FC for hidden meaning, shall we?

Luis Suarez In A Letter Jacket

What They Think They’re Saying: Despite his recent ‘issues’ we are proud to continue demonstrating our support of Luis by putting him on the cover of our exciting new catalogue.

What They Are Actually Saying: We’re really wishing our exciting new catalogue had gone to print later.

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Martin Skrtl In ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’ shirt

Gareth Bale: Angry Abs Exposure

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Don’t forget to let the vid play until you see the bonus Mario Balotelli abs at 14:26.

Would you would live happily ever after if you could have Gareth Bale’s heaving, sweaty abdominal muscles  in your line of sight for just a few seconds? Pinky swear?

Well, thanks to our honorary intern and supreme short tent stalker, Blake, now you can.

The lesson for today? Gareth knows a naughty word and your pinky swears are as worthless as ours.