Your weekly roundup of links from the best and brighters football bloggers and writers the internet has to offer, covering everything from international football and the Premier League to the darkest corners of football culture and the depths of non-league football and beyond.
Watching football the third way - William Abbs on the value (and otherwise) of watching football analytically
Out of the frying pan and into the fire - Andy Brassell was at Bordeaux v Lyon at the weekend. Spicy!
MEMO to Thierry Henry - DJ Walker brings the funny after Henry escapes a ban for booting Kevin Hartman
Does the Designated Player Rule Do More Harm Than Good? - Match Fit USA‘s Jason Davis looks at the Beckham Rule
12 footballers who look like famous women - The Spoiler hits us where it hurts with the most disturbingly funny lookalikes post I’ve seen in ages
Marlon King: A Habitual Criminal or Capable of Redemption - The ever excellent Twohundredpercent discusses Coventry’s controversial new signing
Real Love That You Don’t Know About - In Bed With Maradona looks at one of my favourite MLS outfits, Real Salt Lake
In Kent We Trust – FA Cup 2Q - Damon at The Real FA Cup previews the second qualifying round