When Livingston boss, Roberto Landi, logged into the club website yesterday he didn’t expect to discover he had got the sack. Landi, who only came to Livingston in July, had previously coached under-21s teams for Lithuania, Qatar and Georgia. Livingston now sit in 5th place in SFL First Division and hope to have a now manager in place before Saturdays fixture against Dundee

Cristiano Ronaldo was last night crowned the 2008 winner of the prestigious Ballon d’Or trophy by ninety six journalists on the French Ballon D’Or panel. In the past season he has scored fourty two goals in all competitions and with Manchester United he lifted the UEFA Champions League and the English Premier League titles. The Runner up prize was awarded to Barcelona ace Lionel Messi and Spaniard Fernando Torres was given the bronze medal.

Posty, Matthew Langston, sends little known non-league side Histon into the FA Cup third round for the first time after heading home in a 1-0 victory against Leeds United.

Histon will now face Swansea on the third of January

Stoke midfielder Rory Delap’s throw-ins are causing mayhem in the Premiership this season, being more effective than a corner. In yesterdays Hull City - Stoke City game Hull substitute, Dean Windass, gets himself a yellow in an attempt to distract Delap from unleashing a ‘Delap Bomb’.

After Newcastle have announced that Joe Kinnear will be staying for the rest of the season, the fans must have shown a change of heart towards the bloke, since this video was filmed anyway….

The stadium announcer at Schalke’s Veltins Arena was forced to apologise after confusing Man City with Man United during the side’s Uefa Cup tie with the Blues on Thursday. This comes only a few months after City’s big money signing, Robinho, called them Chelsea in his first press conference.