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Each and every day of my working life I deal with students and their problems in a whole variety of subjects with as much vim and vigour as I can muster in looking to help each and everyone of them achieve their academic potential with a view to then also attaining a better future career. Of course I would be lying if I said that the money that I am paid by students and academic institutions both in the UK and abroad is not a significant motivating factor and all that much of a ’secret’ for succeeding in my work, but overtime I have come to think of my motivation has being much more multilayered than that.

However, at its most simple, reality is that I really enjoy what I do.

I like the fact that students feel that they can come to me (usually via e-mail but occassionally also by referral over the phone) to seek help with a whole variety of academic issues from the essay writing process to effective internet research, from note taking to examination technique in a whole variety of subjects there are as many different problems as there are common issues that it really is an interesting line of work and that is without including more subject-specific stuff. I think that is why I am happy to work anything up to twelve hours a day, seven days a week because I find it to be a fulfilling experience looking to help others to succeed wherever I can.

I like the fact that in may be a few hours (or even as little as a few minutes) I can help to put someone’s troubled mind at ease with a few simple words or a plan of action for them to then undertake – you would be surprised how many students will come to me or simply drop an e-mail saying that they do not know how to study effectively. By way of illustration, all I do in response is ask them what level they are at, what subject they are studying, how many hours they are in classes, what other commitments they have and then I offer to produce them a plan of action and the problem is usually eased considerably which is a very positive feeling.

Now many of you who are reading this now may be thinking –

“But Andrew, you told us you were going to tell us the ’secret’ of success as a student in whatever we may be doing and so far I do not see it.”

Oh, how wrong you are!

The many more perceptive of you will already have seen some small glimmers of what it is I believe can help you to succeed as a student in whatever you do and now I shall look to make my feelings on the matter clear so that we are all on the same page.

Previously, I said that my motivation was ‘multilayered’ and this is correct – you need to have a combination of reasons for looking to succeed at a particular task as this is a key point.

However, at the same time, this idea can also be centralised as needing ‘MOTIVATION’ as this is vital if you are ever going to succeed in what you are trying to do.

Right, stop reading this for a second and think about what you are currently working towards in some aspect of your life.

May be you have just started an English Literature degree at university, may be you are taking a college catering course, perhaps you are currently studying the tango or even just learning to swim.

But may be that’s not you . . .

Once again, you are wrong!!

Whatever it is we are all always aspiring for something more and, even when we think that we have left education far behind us, we never really stop learning and seeking to further ourselves.

Think about your work – Are you happy in the job you are in at the moment? Are you looking to move your way up through the company? May be you are thinking about switching careers?

For any of these things you have to learn and show a willingness to progress – you have to show MOTIVATION!

Think about your life – You want a nice girlfriend/boyfriend? A big house and a fancy car? Children?

Again, MOTIVATION!

So what motivates you?

For some of you this will be easy and the reflex for most people will be one other word – MONEY.

Go into a primary school – and even a lot of secondary schools – and speak to the children there about what they would like to be when they grow older and you will be given a whole myriad of different answers from doctors, teachers and lawyers to the more obscure occupations like professional footballers, models and singers all linked together by one simple desire – MONEY.

But is money really enough?

No matter whether you are Sir Isaac Newton, George Carman QC, Cristiano Ronaldo, Katie Price (’Jordan’) or Whitney Houston they are all linked by their desire to succeed and to work hard so that, whilst money is clearly a motivating factor, the desire for success in their chosen professions is key.

The desire for success is also clearly important, but what else can help you to succeed?

ENJOYMENT.

Without a doubt there is also a clear need for all people in whatever their chosen profession is to enjoy what they are doing in some small way.

Many people are lucky in that they can easily find enjoyment in the smallest of tasks, but others struggle to find value in their tasks that they have chosen to undertake. They do not see the bigger picture. Too many people fail to realise that if they persevere with something that may not be that satisfying on the face of it now, this will then very often lead to better things in the future.

So to this point we know that MOTIVATION and ENJOYMENT are important elements for helping us all to succeed in our work, but are there other things that can help us?

Perhaps if I reveal something more of myself and some of the things that have motivated me a great deal in the past – and very often continue to do so – you will then be able to consider what other factors may serve to motivate you and use aspects of your own life to succeed in your own work and your chosen profession.

When I was at secondary school I finally chose to stop seeing my father after a number of years of psychological and emotional abuse that culminated in acts of violence and many threats against me that I shall not go into detail about here because they are not important and because I do not want anyone to just feel sorry for me. But what was most striking for our purposes with regards to the nature and scope of this article was that my own father told me that I would never amount to anything in life without him and that I would just be a worthless nobody.

This was my motivation – I was only thirteen at the time and was just about to enter my third year of high school with little or no confidence. As a result, after much soul searching and retreating into my own protective shell, I resolved to focus my efforts into my studies as I prepared for my GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) with the soul desire to prove my father wrong. Then, after a great deal of hard work, my motivation paid off as I achieved all A to C grades for my GCSEs and I was very pleased that such a negative thing as the breakdown of family relationships could ultimately prove to be a positive thing.

That is the key – very often it is the negative things in our lives that can make all the difference (as well as the positives of course!!) – may be you want to make a parent or a friend proud or a teacher once helped you a great deal in a subject or a discipline that was troubling you – these are all things that can help you and ’secrets’ for academic success that too many students do not take on board.

I guess what I am saying is that we all need a reason for doing something in order to then be able to have a greater chance of success in whatever our chosen task and the things that I have outlined above could be significant motivating factors for you too.

At the same time, however, the most significant motivating factor for anyone should be you and what you will get out of the task, work or discipline that you are undertaking study in

YOU MUST DO WHAT YOU WANT!

Remember, if you are suitably motivated and have a reason for acting you will be able to get a great deal of help from sources and materials all around you to further your success so you should seek out help from wherever you can get it as there is a lot out there to help you achieve the things that you want in your life through a good grounding in your education.

Therefore, this article should hopefully get you thinking in the right way so that you are then able to expand on the ideas here with the other resources you find including ‘The Secret Guide to Academic Writing & Study’ via http://www.academicfx.co.uk.

Each and every day of my working life I deal with students and their problems in a whole variety of subjects with as much vim and vigour as I can muster in looking to help each and everyone of them achieve their academic potential with a view to then also attaining a better future career. Of course I would be lying if I said that the money that I am paid by students and academic institutions both in the UK and abroad is not a significant motivating factor and all that much of a ’secret’ for succeeding in my work, but overtime I have come to think of my motivation has being much more multilayered than that.

However, at its most simple, reality is that I really enjoy what I do.

I like the fact that students feel that they can come to me (usually via e-mail but occassionally also by referral over the phone) to seek help with a whole variety of academic issues from the essay writing process to effective internet research, from note taking to examination technique in a whole variety of subjects there are as many different problems as there are common issues that it really is an interesting line of work and that is without including more subject-specific stuff. I think that is why I am happy to work anything up to twelve hours a day, seven days a week because I find it to be a fulfilling experience looking to help others to succeed wherever I can.

I like the fact that in may be a few hours (or even as little as a few minutes) I can help to put someone’s troubled mind at ease with a few simple words or a plan of action for them to then undertake – you would be surprised how many students will come to me or simply drop an e-mail saying that they do not know how to study effectively. By way of illustration, all I do in response is ask them what level they are at, what subject they are studying, how many hours they are in classes, what other commitments they have and then I offer to produce them a plan of action and the problem is usually eased considerably which is a very positive feeling.

Now many of you who are reading this now may be thinking –

“But Andrew, you told us you were going to tell us the ’secret’ of success as a student in whatever we may be doing and so far I do not see it.”

Oh, how wrong you are!

The many more perceptive of you will already have seen some small glimmers of what it is I believe can help you to succeed as a student in whatever you do and now I shall look to make my feelings on the matter clear so that we are all on the same page.

Previously, I said that my motivation was ‘multilayered’ and this is correct – you need to have a combination of reasons for looking to succeed at a particular task as this is a key point.

However, at the same time, this idea can also be centralised as needing ‘MOTIVATION’ as this is vital if you are ever going to succeed in what you are trying to do.

Right, stop reading this for a second and think about what you are currently working towards in some aspect of your life.

May be you have just started an English Literature degree at university, may be you are taking a college catering course, perhaps you are currently studying the tango or even just learning to swim.

But may be that’s not you . . .

Once again, you are wrong!!

Whatever it is we are all always aspiring for something more and, even when we think that we have left education far behind us, we never really stop learning and seeking to further ourselves.

Think about your work – Are you happy in the job you are in at the moment? Are you looking to move your way up through the company? May be you are thinking about switching careers?

For any of these things you have to learn and show a willingness to progress – you have to show MOTIVATION!

Think about your life – You want a nice girlfriend/boyfriend? A big house and a fancy car? Children?

Again, MOTIVATION!

So what motivates you?

For some of you this will be easy and the reflex for most people will be one other word – MONEY.

Go into a primary school – and even a lot of secondary schools – and speak to the children there about what they would like to be when they grow older and you will be given a whole myriad of different answers from doctors, teachers and lawyers to the more obscure occupations like professional footballers, models and singers all linked together by one simple desire – MONEY.

But is money really enough?

No matter whether you are Sir Isaac Newton, George Carman QC, Cristiano Ronaldo, Katie Price (’Jordan’) or Whitney Houston they are all linked by their desire to succeed and to work hard so that, whilst money is clearly a motivating factor, the desire for success in their chosen professions is key.

The desire for success is also clearly important, but what else can help you to succeed?

ENJOYMENT.

Without a doubt there is also a clear need for all people in whatever their chosen profession is to enjoy what they are doing in some small way.

Many people are lucky in that they can easily find enjoyment in the smallest of tasks, but others struggle to find value in their tasks that they have chosen to undertake. They do not see the bigger picture. Too many people fail to realise that if they persevere with something that may not be that satisfying on the face of it now, this will then very often lead to better things in the future.

So to this point we know that MOTIVATION and ENJOYMENT are important elements for helping us all to succeed in our work, but are there other things that can help us?

Perhaps if I reveal something more of myself and some of the things that have motivated me a great deal in the past – and very often continue to do so – you will then be able to consider what other factors may serve to motivate you and use aspects of your own life to succeed in your own work and your chosen profession.

When I was at secondary school I finally chose to stop seeing my father after a number of years of psychological and emotional abuse that culminated in acts of violence and many threats against me that I shall not go into detail about here because they are not important and because I do not want anyone to just feel sorry for me. But what was most striking for our purposes with regards to the nature and scope of this article was that my own father told me that I would never amount to anything in life without him and that I would just be a worthless nobody.

This was my motivation – I was only thirteen at the time and was just about to enter my third year of high school with little or no confidence. As a result, after much soul searching and retreating into my own protective shell, I resolved to focus my efforts into my studies as I prepared for my GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education) with the soul desire to prove my father wrong. Then, after a great deal of hard work, my motivation paid off as I achieved all A to C grades for my GCSEs and I was very pleased that such a negative thing as the breakdown of family relationships could ultimately prove to be a positive thing.

That is the key – very often it is the negative things in our lives that can make all the difference (as well as the positives of course!!) – may be you want to make a parent or a friend proud or a teacher once helped you a great deal in a subject or a discipline that was troubling you – these are all things that can help you and ’secrets’ for academic success that too many students do not take on board.

I guess what I am saying is that we all need a reason for doing something in order to then be able to have a greater chance of success in whatever our chosen task and the things that I have outlined above could be significant motivating factors for you too.

At the same time, however, the most significant motivating factor for anyone should be you and what you will get out of the task, work or discipline that you are undertaking study in

YOU MUST DO WHAT YOU WANT!

Remember, if you are suitably motivated and have a reason for acting you will be able to get a great deal of help from sources and materials all around you to further your success so you should seek out help from wherever you can get it as there is a lot out there to help you achieve the things that you want in your life through a good grounding in your education.

Therefore, this article should hopefully get you thinking in the right way so that you are then able to expand on the ideas here with the other resources you find including ‘The Secret Guide to Academic Writing & Study’ via http://www.academicfx.co.uk.

It is almost the same old….. same old…..in the Premier League this season, but with one notable exception missing from the top four so far. That team is obviously Liverpool, but they are hanging in there in fifth spot and have Spurs and Arsenal in 4th and 3rd respectively well in their sights.
That said many are saying that the Premier League has already been won this season with no team seemingly capable of catching Chelsea at the top of the table and that the main interest will lieu in the battle immediately behind them.
It has to be said that Chelsea have been ultra consistent so this season where it is becoming unimportant whether they will win or not but more so by how many. They have already netted 36 times this season and conceded a paltry 8, with only 1 goal conceded at Stamford Bridge in 7 matches played.
Much of this improvement has to be down to new boss, Carlos Ancelotti who has picked up the baton handed to him by Guus Hiddinck and has improved the side even more, without it has to be said spending any money this season. Chelsea’s latest results speaks volumes about the form that they are in and why it would be difficult not to back them to regain the Premier League title. It is more than a daunting run and it is why Chelsea get 10/10 for their performances so far this season.
Man Utd winners of the Premier League for the last three seasons and with eleven wins overall are leading the chasing pack, but even they have slipped five points behind with just over a third of the season gone where they have already lost one of their two matches against Chelsea.
Yes it is true that United have lost the invaluable services of the world’s most expensive player, Cristiano Ronaldo and they miss, Carlos Tevez more than they would care to admit to. Nonetheless, they have Wayne Rooney proving himself as one of the great players of modern times but it is his partnership with Dimitar Berbatov that just has not struck gold as yet and they could struggle on all fronts if it completely fails.
United get a 7/10 so far for their efforts this season.
We all know that Arsenal play the prettiest football these days, they have long since moved off their unwelcome nickname ‘Boring Arsenal’ of the past and produce some of the most talked about football anywhere in Europe. However, it is when they come up against the big boys when they are left wanting and their most recent game against Chelsea, where they were crushed 3-0 at home sums up their chances of winning the Premier League for the first time since the 2003/4 season.
Arsenal are also guilty of dropping points against teams that they really should not. The defeat at Sunderland was the latest of these, should they continue then it could be them and not Spurs who will have Liverpool climbing all over them by the end of the season.
Arsenal get 10/10 for entertainment but only 6/10 for the overall improvement.
Perhaps the biggest surprise so far is the progress of Spurs under Harry Redknapp. They have held out in the top four all season so far and will be beginning to think that they can make Champions League qualification for the first time next season.
The ‘Glory Glory’ days are not quite back at White Hart Lane, but they are showing huge improvement since Redknapp took them on. They have an excellent squad of players where very importantly contains several proven goals scorers at this level. They have scored 33 times so far this season, with Jermaine Defoe currently the League’s equal leading scorer so far with a third of them.
Spurs are worth 8/10 for their efforts so far this season.
Liverpool, have had a miserable time of it so far this season. They have struggled for consistency in the League and have already been eliminated from the Champions League. Their two star players, Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres have been in and out of the side due to niggling injuries which has cost the ‘Red’ the foundation for consistency.
Perhaps being knocked out of the Champions League will do them good, at least they can concentrate their efforts in one direction only. They only have two teams to catch to gain a coveted top four spot and we all know how good they can be when the whole team is firing.
They are only worthy of a mark of 5/10 for efforts so far this season.
If the second half of the 2009/10 Premier League season is anywhere near as exciting as the first half then football fans are in for an exciting five months.

Less than 8 years since the first Galacticos were put together by the then Real Madrid President, cynics were quite skeptical about its success, given the large sum of money spent in order to attract the best players to the club at the time. Such pessimism was however laid to rest after a solid performance by the club in both the European and domestic championships. This huge success on the football pitch enabled Proponents of this once controversial policy to beat their chest in the eyes of critics. The Los Merengues’ 9th capturing of the Champions League in 2002, coupled with two Laliga titles, were some of the laudable high points during the club’s glorious moments.

His election into the hot seat as Real Madrid’s President in 2000, afforded Florentino Perez the enviable opportunity in transforming the European football transfer business to a more lucrative venture. His emergence into the spotlight of football management (especially in a club believed to be the world’s wealthiest in terms of financial acquisition) opened a new window as regards players’ signed on fees which has since reached the million dollars mark (or pounds as the case may be) thanks to Florentino’s drastic effort in turning the Madrid outfit to world beaters, by signing players with high pedigree during his first term as President of the club. The first world’s most expensive player ever to join the mainstream of the Spanish side to the tune of 73.5 million euros, was the great French player and former world footballer of the year, Zinedine Zidane. 3 more high profile players were later contracted to join the fray of the team. One time Brazilian striker Ronaldo (the real Ronaldo), David Beckham and Luis Figo, were all part of the maiden Galacticos conceived by Perez. His re-election as President in 2004, meant more top players joining the team, as was the case with the signing of Michael Owen from Liverpool in 2004, Robinho in 2005 and some other notable players of repute.

One of Florentino’s consistent promises during his campaign for the post he once held, was the need to once again lure the most expensive and current best players to the club. Determined not to eat his words at the end of the day, negotiations were already in progress for the services of some of these players, even before he (Perez) got elected as President of the club for the third time. Therefore, it was no surprise when news filtered through the air-waves on Florentino’s capture of the world’s most prized players in club football. The only snag being the outrageous sign-on fees on which these players were bought. Prompting football regulating bodies such as FIFA and UEFA to question the rational behind the massive excessive spending of some of the big European club sides during the just concluded summer transfer window, especially against the backdrop of the global financial crisis being experienced at the moment. If Kaka’s 58 million pounds’ move to the Bernabeu was something the critics would described as a little ‘over the bar line,’ then Cristiano Ronaldo’s staggering 80 million pounds switch to the same club, could as well be painted as ‘criminal!’ Which ever way one may look at it, the man at the centre has again proved his mettle in going for only the best at what ever cost.

Aside the enormous success in making sure the best players are continually attracted to its terrain, Perez, during his first and second tenure as President, was able to create a tremendous capital base which has so far sustained the financial strength of the club. Little wonder the former Spanish champions continued to enjoy the status as the world richest club for four consecutive years (a position now enjoyed by English champions Manchester United). A statistic published by ESPN Soccernet February 13 2009, showed that Real Madrid had an estimated profit of 289.6 million pounds from the 2007/2008 season.

As the new LALIGA season finally took off on the 30th of August 2009, it promises to be a season of endless excitement. Expectedly, all eyes should obviously be fixed on Florentino Perez and his newly assembled Galacticos as they take giant strides in putting an end to the dominance of arch rival, Barcelona. But the big question is; Would Real Madrid be able to cope with the rising pressure to perform? After spending so much to turn the club’s fortune around, the club’s teeming fanatical supporters are eagerly looking forward to a major silverware to wipe out the difficult experience of last season which left the club barren in terms of trophies. Else, the astounding $365m spent by Florentino in turning the club’s fortune around, may as well be in vain after all.

Regardless of what you may be advertising, getting a celebrity or sports star of high standing should ensure the sales coming flooding through the door. Look at Suzuki when they re-launched the Swift. In the advert, the cheeky supermini was bouncing through a European city full of the joys of spring when it encountered up and coming footballer Cristiano Ronaldo, a recent big money signing for Manchester United. Imagine Suzuki’s joy when the next season Ronaldo developed into arguably the best footballer on the planet. Cheap Suzuki may be, but the Swift was endorsed by the best and was pretty good in its own right (more later) so off everyone went to get one.
Of course having a big name sports star doesn’t necessarily result in success, particularly if the sports stars in question dip in form or get injured. Gillette the men’s shaving company are in one such quagmire. Their latest razor is endorsed by not one, not two but three superstars from the sporting arena: footballer Thierry Henry, golfing legend Tiger Woods and Mr Tennis himself Roger Federer. What’s wrong with that I hear you cry? Well Henry has left Arsenal, joined Barcelona and with it flushed his career down the toilet, as he sits week in week out on the substitute’s bench. Ok well the other two should do the business shouldn’t they? Again no – Tiger Woods has had knee surgery and won’t play again for at least a year. Blimey, that’s a lot of pressure on Roger Federer then isn’t it? Correct, and this year has seen his lowest haul of tennis titles since becoming world number one over five years ago. Oh and he’s now world number two as a result.
One of Britain’s best loved television presenters Fern Britton is loved for being a larger lady and happy just the way she is. What better person for an advertising campaign for Ryvita crackers – the healthy snack for slimming women? Slight problem therefore when the celebrity the campaign is based on has a gastric band fitted to her stomach and cheats the slimming world. Mind you I think the media backlash is a harsh turn of events for Fern, when you consider Kate Moss. Having been the face of Rimmel make-up for countless years, she and then-boyfriend Pete Doherty aka Mr Junkie (disclaimer: Mr Doherty is currently drug free and recovering) are caught snorting cocaine together. Cue another media backlash and Kate being dropped from Rimmel faster than a tennis ball, only to be caught on the upward bounce the next week on a new multi-million pound contract. Some things just ain’t fair Fern.
The message here then should be to spend less time on who endorses your product and more time making it a cracker (no Ryvita pun intended). Ironic then that the Suzuki Swift is an excellent car, yet Ronaldo by default has probably boosted sales stratospherically.
Based shamelessly on the ‘new’ Mini, the Suzuki Swift offers a heady mixture of style, comfort, reliability, practicality and a tiny price tag. Firstly you have a choice of three petrol or one diesel engine, all of which offer very similar performance, allowing the buyer to juggle a quicker dash to 60mph with the inevitable increased fuel consumption of burning fuel quicker – the 1.6 litre Sport version completing the dash in just 8.9 seconds. The diesel being slowest and therefore most frugal does result in a mere £35 outlay for a year’s worth of road tax – a serious proposition in these fuel pricing times.
The Suzuki is also well equipped as standard with power steering, CD player, remote central locking and so many airbags you’ll think you’re driving a bouncy castle. Everyone knows adults still love bouncy castles as much as kids and the styling of the Swift offers the same attraction. As mentioned previously its plagiarised the Mini somewhat but is still a striking car that makes you feel like a kid all over again. The wheel arches are beefy, the head and rear lights wrap into the body curves and yet the car retains a chunky and purposeful stance.
On the road the Swift is just that really. It offers predicable handling allowing you to nip around corners safe in the knowledge you’ll be full of grip and have a grin on your face. At higher speeds the cabin offers quite a bit of road noise and buzz but remember this is a town car, not a long distance motorway cruiser.
Forget Ronaldo, the Suzuki Swift deserves to be the hottest property around.

Did you know that you can now watch a football game online? Don’t say ‘hah’rub your eyes in disbelief. It’s absolutely true and we’re not playing any tricks on you. You don’t need to spend all your money on satellite television. Instead, get the same advantages for free!It’s Like Online TVSatellite television is expensive and not even available to a lot of us. So how do you watch those NFL matches then? We have the answer. Watch the football game online. It will just like watching TV, without any lagging or any interruptions – and at no cost to you at all!Fantastic TechnologyWhat good is technology if it doesn’t do wonderful things for us? Well, now it does! The fantastic P2P technology available these days makes it possible for us to offer you the very best of services. What this means is, by taking advantage of this technology, you can watch a live football game online for free! Life doesn’t get better than that!Get Instant AccessUnlike satellite television, you don’t have to wait around to get connected before you can enjoy your favourite games. All you have to do is visit the site and you can immediately start watching your football game online. There are no hidden costs, and you don’t need fancy hardware. Get online and start watching immediately!It’s Free. Really!There is no catch to it. You really can watch a football game online for free. You won’t be handed an expensive download charge at the end of it all. Neither will you be asked for credit card details. Simply watch football as though you were watching television. Connect to the internet and you’re connected to your football game online. All for free!So to enjoy your favourite football games online, visit our site and trust us, you will be addicted. We offer you live, streaming videos of excellent quality. You’ll never want to go back to the TV anymore, when you can watch it all online for free!

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I like to think of myself as a chilled individual. Admittedly, I’m not as laid back as the wife, but that’s a result of her lifestyle.

Being cool, calm and occasionally collected, I’ve been stunned by the overreaction to the minor disagreement during the Carling Cup final. The term ‘handbags’ is an outrageous exaggeration; the wife throws more punches on a Sunday afternoon when I try to dislodge her from the mattress.

The sending off of Adebayor was particularly perplexing. Emmanuel appeared innocent, yet was punished severely; which coincidentally was the plot of the DVD i watched after the match. I’m getting stuck into the 8/15 for an Arsenal win over Reading.

I’m beginning to worry about the wife’s sister. Her infatuation with me is almost certainly a result of deeply rooted psychological problems brought on by low self-esteem. Sweet. I’m not passing up the chance to get on Wigan at 3/1 to beat Manchester City.

The Beatles may have told the world that ‘money can’t but you love’; but Wayne Rooney found the flaw in that romantic fallacy. The word on the street is that Wayne is set to marry Coleen, and the street people are certainly in the loop. I’m romantically involved with the 7/4 about Liverpool denting Manchester United’s title charge.

We all have our little quirks, except for Birds of a Feather. The wife’s sister has a foot fetish; I originally thought she was just pulling my leg. I’m dipping my toes into the 9/4 for a draw between Fulham and Aston Villa.

Unlike the wife’s sister, Middlesbrough have only tasted defeat on one occasion this year. You must back the Boro at 11/4 to win at Newcastle; i’m putting my foot down.

Andy Johnson is never far from a ‘diving’ controversy. The miniature hitman had the finger pointed at him again last week, which was more than enough for him to tumble to the ground. Sheffield United can take a point off the Toffeemen at an unsteady 9/4.

Frank Lampard should feel ashamed of himself for squaring up to little Cesc Fabregas. Lamps could have picked on someone his own size; but in all fairness, Pauline Quirke was rehearsing for a musical. Chelsea can turn over Pompey at a mammoth 3/5.

The last five matches between Bolton and Blackburn have either been goalless or settled by a single strike; this is a genuine clash of the tight-uns. I’m jumping on the 17/2 for ‘no goalscorer’ like it was a Russian tennis player. Preferably not Davydenko.

There’s an air of impending doom surrounding Alan Curbishley and West Ham. They say it’s never over until the lady of a fuller figure breaks into song; ‘Birds of a Feather, the musical’ opens on Sunday evening. Spurs can hammer another nail into the Curb’s coffin at 13/10.

The wife’s mother has asked to proofread my weekly betting preview to ensure that I’m not making any cheap digs at her expense. No matter how much she pleads; she’s not getting her hands on my column. Charlton can keep their survival dreams alive with a win at the Vicarage at 9/5.

Frank Lampard is not happy with this week’s accumulator. Apparently, it’s so mouthwatering; he’s struggling to concentrate on the upcoming ruck with Pauline Quirke. Last week’s accer obliged at 25/1; Arsenal, Charlton, Chelsea and Tottenham will follow suit at a beefy 15/1.

The concept of the football pools dates back to Liverpool, 1923 when the late Sir John Moores printed off and distributed football coupons by hand after football matches. Fixed-odds betting on football matches had actually been in existence since the 1880s when newspapers in England began to present fixed prices on football matches. However, the concept of a football pool was radically different to that presented by the newspaper and has stayed relatively unchanged since.

Essentially, whereas the newspaper carried odds on teams to win or a match to end in a draw, the football pools allowed players to predict the results of multiple matches, with their entry ’stake’ being pooled together. Winners would then be given a share of the ‘pool’ depending on the amount of money in the pool and the number of winners.

The basic premise of the coupon was to amass 24 points from the list of games played on a Saturday. In order to do this, players selected matches that they thought would end in a ‘draw’ and mark their coupon with an ‘X’. The number of selections a player could make depended on the ‘perm’ (permutation) they wanted to play, as well as the cost of the bet. For example, an 8-from-10 perm allowed players to select 10 matches in the hope 8 of them would result in a draw. Players would hand their completed coupons and stakes to a collector or agent, who would send them on to the operator’s office for checking.

Once all the matches had been played, the pools operator would check each coupon and allocate a score to each selection, depending on result of the match. Commonly, draws were awarded 3 points, with away-team wins being awarded a point-and-a-half and home-team wins being awarded 1 point. Coupon scores would be calculated on the highest scoring combination, depending on the perm played and a dividend announced based on the total amount of the pool and the number of winning players – the more players who scored 24 points, the lower the winning payout was likely to be. Meanwhile, pools players would huddle around the TV or radio – coupon in hand – and await the football results being announced.

Football pools co-existed with high-street bookmakers, who provided much more specific betting opportunities on football matches and horse-racing. While the growth of the football pools had no adverse effect on bookmaker turnover, the easier access to gambling provided by bookmakers did not affect the football pools business either. In fact, many gamblers combined the two elements, contributing to the success and growth of both industries.

However, with the introduction of the National Lottery in 1994, the numbers of people who played football pools began to decline and threatened the pools operators’ long-term future. In fact, immediately prior to the launch of the National Lottery, there was an estimated 10 million football pools players but the introduction of the National Lottery has seen the loss of around 90 percent of football pools customers – lured away by the potential huge lottery jackpot. This is despite football pools still holding a potential payout in excess of £1 million!

In order to survive, football pools operators were forced to consolidate and regroup, which saw some of the major operators amalgamate into a single, larger entity. Furthermore, with the introduction of the internet and online gambling, football pools operators also cast their nets wider in an attempt to entice a greater range of customer.

Nowadays, the websites of football pools operators are about more than predicting the results of football matches. These sites now offer players the chance to play a range of worldwide lotteries as well the opportunity to play online bingo with other players around the country, or even test their knowledge across a range of quizzes as well as the possibility of an instant win ’scratchcard’. This is all in addition to the game that made the football pools operators a household name to begin with, and was the source of much excitement on Saturday afternoons gone by!

Vanity and grooming are traditionally female concerns but you don’t have to look very hard these days to see that men are taking a lot more care of their appearance. These modern men are now spending more money on grooming and procedures than ever before. Plastic surgeons are reporting a significant increase in the number of men opting for facial surgery and liposuction, and new figures have shown a 30% rise in the number of males paying for botox treatments.

Hair removal is another traditionally female concern that is now seeing its fair share of male interest. Hair has historically been seen as a sign of manhood but it is now socially acceptable for heterosexual men to appear silky smooth and to pay attention to areas that were previously left for nature to take care of. The majority of men depicted in magazines are unnaturally smooth with little or no sign of hair what-so-ever, and it seems that this has become the blueprint for the modern man. Facial hair is still accepted however, but only in the form of perfectly manicured designer stubble.

So are these immaculately groomed perfumed, smooth-skinned men with teeth whitened and big hair they’ve clearly spent a long time sculpting real men? Is this really the sort of behaviour we should be encouraging, where your boyfriend borrows your hair straighteners and spends longer getting ready than you do? Whatever happened to having a wash with soap and shampoo, chucking on a pair of jeans, some shoes and a shirt, slapping some gel in your hair, a quick spray of deodorant and Bob’s your uncle? These days it’s all soothing body wash, scruffing lotion, aftershave balm and sculpting body hair goo, not to mention the moisturising, blowdrying and whatever else goes on. It’s a wonder these fellas have got time to go out at all.

Perhaps men have always aspired to look like the model men they see in glossy publications and on the big screen, in the same way that women have. In recent years we’ve certainly seen less of the alpha male characters who previously represented male role models – Arny, Sly, Bruce, Mel, Jean Claude etc. These rough, tough characters have been replaced by smooth talking, no-action skinny pretty boys like Orlando Bloom, Ashton Kutcher, Leo Di Caprio and Brad Pitt. Sport has also gone the same way, the tough tackling football hardmen of the 70s, 80s and 90s like Graeme Souness and Vinny Jones have been replaced by effeminate young men like David Beckham, Christiano Ronaldo and Cesc Fabregas who, it’s reported, recently paid around £3000 for an all-over body wax. Even rugby, once the domain for only the manliest of men, has been infiltrated by some of these young, immaculately coiffured ‘metrosexuals’ such as Charlotte Church’s husband Gavin Henson, and the new darling of English Rugby Danny Cipriani.

You may have sensed from this article that I’m not exactly comfortable with this new wave of male vanity, and you’d be right. I just feel that a man should be a man and a woman should be a woman, and the point at which these two distinct roles cross over only leads to confusion. So come on guys, put down those hair straighteners, throw your waxing strips in the bin, give your sister her tweezers back, and get down the pub to watch the football.