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Twenty minutes to go at games around the country .. and it looks like Mr Bookie is getting the upper hand.

I've got three trebles and a 6-fold on and not particularly confident on any line.

Any five from six on Partick, Clyde (losing 3-0 boooo!) Albion Rovers, Livingston, Blackpool, Forfar

Spurs, Colchester, Queen of South

Dundee Utd, Hibs, St Mirren

Everton, Boro, Bristol City

Need lots and lots of late goals ... don't think it's going to be my day.

Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids .. courtesy of The Sun.

POO PACKET
Volunteers are being offered shopping vouchers worth £1.95 in return for every kilo of dog poo they picked up from fouled streets in Taichun, Taiwan.

LOST SOLE
One-legged Linda Quigley, 35, was given a conditional discharge for stealing a single trainer from a shop in Blackpool.

GIRL HEAVEN
Gay tourism chiefs are urging women to visit Alice Springs in Australia - the country's lesbian capital - with the slogan Alice Is Wonderland.

Scoop6 and other dodgy bets

Big international week and a full card in the lower leagues in Scotland and England.

So here's how I'm going to lose money this week ....

In World Cup qualifiers I'm going for Serbia, England, Finland and Czech Republic.

Four homes, I'm on Cowdenbeath, Annan, Bradford and Stirling.

Three aways, it's Norwich, Colchester and Raith.

Paper talk

My football gift to you .. a round-up of all football rumours from today's newspapers.

Manchester City are prepared to pay up to £65m to sign France winger Franck Ribery from Bayern Munich in January. (The Sun)

City are also tracking Atletico Mineiro's £7m striker Diego Tardelli. (Mirror)

Manchester United look set to step up their interest in Russia goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev, with CSKA Moscow indicating they are prepared to let United speak to the £10m-rater stopper in the January transfer window. (The Sun)

United have revived their attempt to sign Valencia's £35m-rated striker David Villa. (Daily Mail)

West Ham manager Gianfranco Zola faces a battle with Napoli to sign Bayern Munich striker Luca Toni. (Mirror)

Blackburn midfielder David Dunn is being offered a lucrative move to Dubai club Al-Nasr when his contract at Ewood Park expires in the summer, although the 29-year-old's early-season form has also alerted several European clubs. (Daily Mail)

Non-league Woking are lining up an ambitious move for former Chelsea and Leeds United striker Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink. (The Sun)

Funny newspaper stories

Some funny newspaper stories from today's tabloids ...

DIRTY TRUCKER
A German trucker, 30, was charged after crashing his lorry in Sweden while high on drugs and looking at a porn mag.

WEDDING DANCE
A couple will wed in a lap-dancing club in Basildon, Essex, after visiting a fetish night there.

DIRTY DOZEN
Brits hear swearing a dozen times an hour in a typical day - and most find it unacceptable, a survey reveals.

Great Newspaper Headlines #4

Day four of our Great Newspaper Headlines feature where I bring you brilliant newspaper headlines and at the end of the year pick my favourite.

I swear I read this cracker in the Sunday Herald ...

Swearing on TV. Does Anyone Give a *!!@?
The BBC is banning the broadcasting of bad language before 10pm.

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It's super Saturday and I'm up for the fight with Mr Bookie again today.

I'm going with The Sun's Tot Tips and stuck a tenner on West Brom, Chelsea and Colchester at 7/2.

Having got seven homes up last week I hope to repeat the trick today and I'm backing .. Spurs, Bristol Rovers, Charlton, Dag & Red, Hearts, Berwick and Livi (any 6 from 7)

My three away's this week are Villa, Sheff Utd and Kilmarnock.