The Man United glory hunters reach the US

There's the Yankees, the Cowboys, the Heat and now Manchester United. 

Not much of a surprise here, but Manchester United appears to be the most popular football club in America, based on Facebook data of which teams have the most likes by state. 

Man U clearly has the state by state advantage, while Barcelona controls coastal states California, New York, New Jersey and Florida, to name a few. 

Rhode Island is the lone state that doesn't count either team as its favorite, leaving that honor to Real Madrid, a fact which Deadspin links to Real Madrid star and Portugal countryman Christiano Ronaldo and the large Portuguese-American population in the state.

Just like most of America to grab on to the Dallas Cowboys of soccer.

Full story here on Deadspin.

If you're picking a team, I suppose success is one of the factors you consider, but don't people want to experience the shame, emabrassment, pain and suffering of supporting a team like West Ham or Birmingham?

-Nick Hatcher 

May not want to be woken if you're an Arsenal fan

Interesting read via Deadspin...

http://deadspin.com/soccer-coach-in-coma-wakes-up-when-he-hears-about-team-1178665806

When I wake up from this hangover coma, my team better be winning - and by coma, I mean the prospect of watching Hull v Norwich on Saturday.

Liverpool's PR office as leaky as its defense

Deadspin says it will make you giggle, but not sure about that

Plenty of pretty offensive words in this note

I was just sent this link, but who knows if it's true. The Luis Suarez incident with Patrice Evra must have them on edge,  but this would be another embarrassing episode for the 'once famous' club. Can I call them that now? They haven't been famous for a while if you measure success and fame together - although actually achieving something doesn't seem to count for much these days. You just have to look good - and Liverpool also don't succeed in that department either.

Although I admit 'knob-jockey' and 'pikey' are words I use - usually to describe Wayne Rooney or John Terry.