The Sweeper: IN T'NET

Found on the Web: The definitive guide to the world of women's football.

Updated daily, the site will keep you well-informed of the build-up to the Women's World Cup next year and news from football federations around the world. If you spend enough time looking, you can find archive material of past FA Cup and League results from the English game, as well as evidence that the England team are way ahead in Europe (at least at under-18 level, where they are through to the quarter-finals of a Uefa mini-tournament).

http://www.womensoccer.com/index.html

Seen But Not Bought

Wimbledon FC miniature figurine bears are attractive not only because of their appearance - they're made of plaster; one is painted in a Dons' shirt, the other in just a hat and scarf - but because of their price. At pounds 8.99 each, who could resist splashing out? Who, that is, apart from the members of the Wimbledon squad themselves, who are probably more likely to be down the bookie's having a few quid on themselves to win the Worthington Cup - available at a very reasonable 66-1 at the start of the season - than in the club shop buying bears.