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October 2017

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October 31
- Alves: "I pretty much had an agreement to join Liverpool – I’m not really sure why it fell through"
- 8 Premier League summer signings that really haven’t made sense this season
- Solihull Moors manager Richard Money quits after 26 days in charge
- Wycombe's 44-year-old manager Gareth Ainsworth names himself in matchday squad
- Gabriel Jesus: "A big factor in me signing for Man City was Pep's phone call – he made me feel wanted"
- Morata: "It was my destiny to play for Conte – I knew we'd get back together. He went to the death for me"
- In the mag: Gabriel Jesus! Alvaro Morata! Dani Alves One-on-One! 30 Greatest Premier League Strikers!
- Ranked! The 10 best Premier League players from the first 10 games of 2017/18
- The A-League are introducing red and yellow cards for coaches and staff
- Ex-Barcelona midfielder Oriol Rosell fires home screamer in the Portuguese League
- The 20 best moustaches in football
- The 10 best FIFA 18 kits that’ll make your Ultimate Team look snazzy
- Quiz! How many of the 30 most successful Champions League managers can you name?
- Birmingham's Lucy Quinn scores sublime curler against Manchester City in the WSL
- 15 of the biggest batterings in Champions League history
- Saudi women will be granted access to football stadia for the first time in 2018
- Spooky! 12 of football's weirdest streaks and hoodoos
October 30
- Ranked! The 10 best assists in Premier League history
- Watch: Woking's Declan Appau scores outrageous goal against Guiseley
- Exeter manager applauds referee... for sending off one of his own players
- Ranked! Chelsea's 14 best academy graduates of the last 25 years
- Shanghai SIPG's Hulk scores absolutely corking free-kick
- FIFA 18 skill moves: How to do 7 of our favourites
- Romelu Lukaku's mother reveals she used to take his birth certificate to youth matches
- Cowdenbeath's Jordan Garden concedes ridiculous penalty after John Terry-esque dive
- Quiz! Can you name the 27 highest scorers across Europe’s top five leagues this season?
- Joey Barton launched a bizarre, scathing attack on Everton boss David Unsworth
October 28
- Saturday Premier League wrap: The things you might have missed
- FourFourTwo ratings: Manchester United 1 - 0 Tottenham
October 27
- Ranked! Arsenal’s 10 best academy graduates of the last 25 years
- FIFA 18 Chemistry Styles explained – and why they’re more important than you think
- Ranked! The 10 best strikers in the Premier League right now
- The Winter League: How good is your Premier League side once the clocks go back?
- Why Mauricio Pochettino is the closest thing the Premier League has to a young Alex Ferguson
- Premier League preview: What will and won't happen this weekend
- 15 sets of team-mates who hated one another
October 26
- Caixinha believes Rangers board can’t fire him if he keeps eyes closed
- RB Leipzig's Ralf Rangnick tries to show referee his own video evidence against Bayern Munich
- Steaua Bucharest's Ianis Stoica scores on debut... aged only 14
- The Player: "One assistant stopped a tunnel fight by windmilling between the players... then offering them out one-on-one"
- Juventus's Federico Bernardeschi smacks in tasty volley against SPAL in Serie A
- The 5 best formations in FIFA 18: our favourite systems explained
- Shinji Kagawa becomes first Asian player to join Juan Mata's Common Goal initiative
October 25
- Russian students threatened with expulsion if they don't attend Akhmat Grozny matches
- Everton fans poke fun at Liverpool with Google Maps prank
- Watch: Indonesia player shows outrageous speed to score superb solo goal
- Ranked! Manchester United’s 15 best academy graduates of the last 25 years
- Squirrel provides most entertainment all night at the Etihad
- 7 essential FIFA 18 tips: new defending, Career Mode advice, Ultimate Team web app and more
- Quiz! Can you name the 18 Premier League referees to officiate a match this season?
- Watch: Edward Nketiah sets Arsenal record by scoring brace in Carabao Cup
- Tony Pulis increasingly open about hatred of football, friends report
- Young Huddersfield fan sends Aaron Mooy £5 reward for performance against Manchester United
October 24
- Tottenham release moody imagery to show off new stadium progress
- Alan Pardew 'turns down Dynamo Kiev' to keep Premier League dream alive
- Ranked! Liverpool’s 7 best academy graduates of the last 25 years
- Over one million fans try to buy tickets for England's U17 World Cup semi-final v Brazil
- Ranked! The top 20 matchday experiences at English league stadiums
- 12 things we learned at the FIFA Football Awards
- Lazio to send own fans to Auschwitz to try and combat racist chanting
- The 12 best FIFA 18 right-backs you should sign in Ultimate Team
- Rosario Central's Fernando Tobio gets sent off nine seconds after kick-off
- Cologne's Sehrou Guirassy shambolically misses open goal against Werder Bremen
October 23
- Usain Bolt vows not to "embarrass himself" as he aims to become professional footballer
- Ranked! Tottenham's 11 best academy graduates in the last 25 years
- 8 Premier League rejects who are reigniting their careers overseas this season
- Preston's Alan Browne forced to return from walk of shame down tunnel to be shown red card
- Juve's Mario Mandzukic picks up two yellow cards in two seconds against Udinese
- Quiz! Can you name the goalscoring bogeymen against these Premier League clubs?
- This is why you really, really shouldn't celebrate a penalty save too early
- Motherwell's Louis Moult scores spectacular lob to knock Rangers out of Scottish League Cup
- In MLS, Sebastian Giovinco drinks beer lobbed at Jozy Altidore on Decision Day
October 22
- FourFourTwo ratings: Tottenham 4-1 Liverpool
October 21
- Saturday Premier League wrap: The things you might have missed
October 20
- Why Wolfsburg manager Martin Schmidt makes his players brush their teeth post-match
- Hansa Rostock fans bring dead fish to throw at opposition
- Sheffield Wednesday's kit is released for sale... three months after the start of the season
- Quiz! Name the 35 highest-scoring Premier League players by the age of 23
- Charlie Daniels and Alfie Mawson become first Brits to join Juan Mata's 1% charity scheme
- Nicklas Bendtner provides exquisite assist... for the wrong team
- Watch Olivier Giroud's outrageous late overhead kick which gave Arsenal victory
- 20 teams that really weren't too good to go down
- Premier League preview: What will and won't happen this weekend
- Everton fan attacks Lyon goalkeeper with one hand while holding toddler in the other
October 19
- Paul Merson's return to football for Caerau cut short due to floodlight failure
- These are the footballers in Forbes's highest-paid athletes list of 2017
- Serie D midfielder handed lengthy ban after 'urinating towards away fans'
- Rejected Football Scripts, #5: "Avengers Dissemble – Bronze, Forster, Kane, Carroll, Dempsey and Deeney"
- Cristiano Ronaldo isn't Europe's highest-paid celebrity anymore
- The Player: "Our manager once got a Bond film for his Friday night in, but a player switched it for a hardcore porn film"
- Quiz! How many of the 40 keepers with the most Premier League clean sheets since 2006/07 can you name?
- Ex-Milan defender Kakha Kaladze runs for mayor of Tbilisi
- 10 of football's most incredible consolation goals: featuring Balotelli, Huntelaar and more
- Barcelona's Gerard Pique gets sent off for handball after thinking he'd scored
- Manchester United players console Benfica's 18-year-old goalkeeper after error
- San Diego's NASL team name is NOT an 'Anchorman' reference - unless it is
- 17 ex-Premier League stars currently playing in Non-League
October 18
- Gooooooooool! 14 of football's greatest commentary goalgasms
- Barbecue sauce bottle warned after flipping the bird at Central Coast Mariners game
- Tory MP to miss major debate to run the line at Barcelona vs Olympiakos
- Whatever happened to the maverick footballer?
- Chinese football fan makes 6,000-mile trip to Runcorn – because he played as them on Championship Manager
- Fuming Coventry fan storms onto pitch to shout at players, no one steps in
- Quiz! How many of the 18 players with multiple Champions League hat-tricks can you name?
- Newport sign ex-Wycombe striker Paul Hayes... through LinkedIn
October 17
- Porto's Hernani casually scores with scorpion kick in the Portuguese Cup (and couldn't care less)
- Haringey Borough snubbed BBC coverage of FA Cup defeat because of car boot sale
- 14 ex-Premier League players you didn't realise scored a Champions League hat-trick
- George Weah's son, Timothy, dazzles with sublime curler in U17 World Cup hat-trick
- 4 major issues Jurgen Klopp still has to resolve at Liverpool
- Why big spending has almost nothing to do with Manchester City’s success this season
- FIFA 18 best young players: the 13 finest wonderkids to sign in Career Mode
- Bayern Munich release their 2017 advent calendar... with Carlo Ancelotti still on it
- Quiz! How many of Tottenham’s 46 goalscorers from the last 20 years of European football can you name?
- Ex-Premier League man Matt Derbyshire misses ridiculous open goal for Cypriot club Omonia
October 16
- Fortuna Dusseldorf's Raphael Wolf admits to saving shot with penis in 2. Bundesliga match
- Guingamp's Jimmy Briand tries to score off-balance, with hilarious results
- 8 Premier League players shining unexpectedly this season
- Milan's Andre Silva concedes foul by tackling with his head against Inter
- Olimpik Donetsk's Ivan Brikner smacks in phenomenal, dipping half-volley
- Tigres player Jorge Torres gets humiliated twice... and then sees red
- Bosnian side perform sit-down protest over poor refereeing, concede two goals
October 14
- Saturday Premier League wrap: The things you might have missed
- Ranked! Manchester United’s 6 most glorious wins over Liverpool
October 13
- Ipswich burglars have food party at the expense of the club
- Juventus to become stars of new Netflix series
- Quiz! Can you name the 50 biggest club stadiums currently in use in Europe?
- Former Celtic manager strips back tension by baring all
- Revealed! The stories behind 20 of the strangest player nicknames in football
- Arsene Wenger congratulates George Weah - on an election he hasn't won
- Ranked! Which Premier League manager gives the most inspirational half-time team talks?
- Mario Balotelli finds hilarious way to entertain himself during the international break
- Sami Khedira's not happy with how he looks on FIFA 18
- Premier League preview: What will and won't happen this weekend
- Leicester hand Adrien Silva special shirt number
- Ranked! Liverpool’s 6 greatest victories over Manchester United
October 12
- Leicester's Ahmed Musa buys second petrol station in Nigeria
- Tim Cahill embroiled in controversy after doing sponsored celebration
- Dutch team lose penalty shootout they won three weeks earlier – and it's all the ref's fault
- Why Manchester United are passing their hardest test – before even facing Liverpool
- Ryan Babel hits woodwork three times in a row trying to score in Netherlands training
- Strachan sacked after bringing nine-foot man into meeting with Scottish FA
- FOX Sports shelled out $400m for World Cup TV rights – then watched USA fail to qualify
- Ranked! Which Premier League big-six club was hit hardest by the international break?
- U2 concert in Argentina delayed for two hours so fans could watch Lionel Messi's hat-trick
- Arsene Wenger’s major flaw – and why it impacts Arsenal now more than ever
- Venezuela head coach claims Paraguayan prostitutes tried to 'unsettle' his players
October 11
- Russian commentator walks out on air after controversial refereeing decision
- Liverpool's Rhian Brewster fires in superb free-kick for England at U17 World Cup
- Football's 20 funniest fakes: cons, kidnappings... and Kolo's cars
- Paul Merson to play for Welsh fourth-tier outfit Caerau
- Chile's World Cup dreams dashed as David Ospina's fatal touch leads to bizarre goal
- One-hit wonders: 5 unlikely nations who featured at the World Cup only once
- The 20 best Premier League player faces in FIFA 18
- Mexico goalkeeper scores stupidly unfortunate own goal as Honduras qualify for World Cup play-off
- Trinidad follow up ridiculously lucky own goal with absolute screamer against USA
- Quiz! Can you name all 32 teams who'll be at the 2018 World Cup?
- Crucial Panama World Cup qualifying goal doesn't actually cross line
- How did this happen? Behold, the most embarrassing day in U.S. Soccer history
- The big interview: Bobby Charlton – "Without Munich, Man United would have won the European Cup in 1958"
October 10
- Ex-Middlesbrough midfielder Fabio Rochemback arrested over cock-fighting allegation
- Bayern's Robert Lewandowski completes degree after writing a thesis about himself
- 2018 World Cup qualifying: Who needs what to make it?
- Spain's Asier Illarramendi scores first international goal with corker against Israel
- Paraguay's Alexis Duarte scores two own goals in 14 minutes at U17 World Cup
- Dozy Malawian match-fixers go to police after botched plan
October 9
- Montpellier's Ruben Aguilar lets Bolivian FA down gently after Football Manager database error
- Ex-Norwich duo Grant Holt and Simon Lappin sign for non-league King's Lynn
- Peter Crouch earns a place in 2018 Guinness World Records
- Andrea Pirlo to retire and seduce your wife
- 18 England strikers who played little – but scored a lot
- Ex-Manchester United starlet Ravel Morrison scores skilful first goal in Mexico
- The goosebumps moment when Mohamed Salah sends Egypt to the World Cup
- Quiz! Can you name highest active appearance-makers for these 30 countries?
- Holland's fourth tier stages glorious, glorious miss
- Liverpool's Emre Can nets absolute rocket for Germany in Azerbaijan rout
- Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang blames orange juice for World Cup qualification failure
October 6
- How to do the 12 new FIFA 18 celebrations – plus more of our favourites
- The Player: Why captains are still important in today's game
- 20 tweets footballers really regretted sending
October 5
- 5 things we've learned about England going into Russia 2018
- Quiz! Can you name the top three scorers from the last 6 World Cups?
- Gary Lineker: “Gazza was playing tennis with German tourists!”
October 4
- The 20 highest international goalscorers of all time
- Rejected Football Scripts, #4 – "Spectre: James Bond vs the Premier League"
- The 11 best cheap Premier League players for your FIFA 18 Ultimate Team
- Quiz! Name the 16 top European scorers in World Cup 2018 qualifying
- The 9 players to get most excited about at the U17 World Cup
October 3
- In the mag: Zidane's quest! Why Kaka snubbed City! Van der Sar One-on-One!
- The 10 big talking points ahead of this week’s World Cup qualifiers
- Ranked! The 20 managers who have taken charge of the most games
- A German amateur team is to have a porn star's website as their shirt sponsor
- The 11 best free agents in FIFA 18
- Cruz Azul's Rodriguez caps off rapid counter-attack with a wonderful chip
- In Argentina, Arsenal's Rodrigo Contreras is sent off for a horror tackle
- Vagner Love scored unreal overhead kick finish for Turkish club Alanyaspor
October 2
- Mechelen goalkeeper causes chaos in last minute... and delivers assist
- Become a part of Liverpool history with this limited edition archive collection
- Somehow there was a pitch invader during Barcelona's game behind closed doors
- Hannover's Martin Harnik misses open goal from two yards... which proves disastrous
- Lyon's Marcelo accidentally flicks yellow card out of referee's hand, gets sent off
- Coventry assisted by corner flag for winning goal against Crewe
- Hilariously hapless touch leads to Bochum goalkeeper dribbling in own goal