The Liga Sagres goes cottaging
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- Written by Ian Shine
The Liga Sagres would’ve fit in nicely on Clapham Common this weekend after its bottom was the scene of some significant action.
Rio Ave leapt over Belenenses and Setúbal into the relative safety of 13th place
after a scrappy near post goal by Yazalde proved worthy of three points against an increasingly hopeless Naval side.
The top three remained exactly the same after they all ground out increasingly tedious victories against mid-table opposition.
It’s now that time of year when the aspirations of different football clubs are either realised or shattered. In keeping with that theme I thought it would be apt and perhaps morbidly fascinating to take a look at the fortunes of some of the clubs that have been relegated from the Premier League.
There was a time when Juan Sebastian Veron was a very good player. Then, for a few years, he was wasn’t so good. But recently, at 34-years-old and back playing for his hometown club, Estudiantes, the playmaker has recaptured his very best form. 
After the latest in my seemingly endless run of disastrous trips to the hairdresser I was only prevented from crying myself to sleep by remembering all those footballers who’ve had worse luck than me over the years.
If you’re a professional footballer you can make the beast with two backs with any perma-tanned lovely that takes your fancy. Yeah, they may sell their story to the papers, but what's wrong with a written account of your sexual prowess?