Christmas Ideas

Need gift ideas for the special lady (or guy in some cases) in your life this Christmas season?

UF has you covered, well, not covered because you have to buy it yourself.


German accessory manufacturer Abteil has designed a soccer fashion handbag. Just wait until Cheryl Cole has one her arm but only after your special someone has the purse. It will make her (him?) forever grateful.

But, it is kinda steep for a purse made out of an old soccer ball with some plastic handles. It appears to be retailing for about $160. Not too mention, they probably paid some Indonesian child $0.75 to make the bag.

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Happy Xmas Al.

Q: What do you get for Christmas when you win just 4 games out of 18 this season, including 10 defeats, leaving your team in the relegation zone heading to league 1?

A: If you are Alan Pardew then 1 million quid (1.7 million bucks), payable in just 12 days from being fired.

But that's not the total he will bag for being a duff manager. Oh no.


Pardew had a clause in his contract stating that he would be entitled to 1 million of his windfall within 12 days of getting the tin-tack. Under-perform, collect 1 million smackers, but Pardew's total haul for leaving Charlton in the bottom 3 of the Championship will be 1.6 million pounds. Nice work if you can get it. Just in time for Christmas shopping (Mrs Pardew has not stopped clapping yet). Pardew was fired on Saturday after Charlton were defeated 5-2 at home to Sheffield United.

The south Laaandan team are in a financial hole at the moment. They have had to sell their best players over the summer and the job at the Valley is not one to be admired. There will likely be no money when the transfer window opens in January. Especially now that the Addicks have to shell out 1.6 million to Pardew as a return for a spot in the bottom 3.

Meanwhile... Former Charlton man Alan Curbishley says he is not interested in a return to the Championship...But he is not ruling it out either....Managers!

“If I did look to come back to management it would be in the Premier League. I’m sure I’ll be linked with the job but we’ll have to see.” -Alan Curbishley.

So roughly tranlsated that's "they have no money for players and I am not interested in taking on a club circling the giant hole to league 1... But if no one offers me a better job in the near future and they get a couple of results in the coming weeks, I am in!

-Bigus

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