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Ten Premier League players have been nominated for Fifa's Men's Player 2016 award - what seems to be the organisation's version of the Ballon d'Or. 

The 23-man shortlist includes Jamie Vardy, Riyad Mahrez and N'Golo Kante, who won the title with Leicester City.

Also named are Sergio Aguero, Kevin de Bruyne, Alexis Sanchez, Mesut Ozil, Paul Pogba, Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Dimitri Payet.

Kante, Sanchez and Ozil did not make the Ballon d'Or shortlist but are in the running for Fifa's award, which will include a public vote.

Does that benefit Arsenal's Sanchez and Ozil with the club's vote-loving fans, external. 

Westfields first-team coach Andy Bevan's warm up to the first-round tie against Curzon Ashton has taken an unusual turn.

The farmer has had to rescue one of his cows before Hereford-based Westfields - the lowest ranked team still in the FA Cup - host Curzon Ashton on Saturday from 15:00 GMT.

C'mon, we've all been there!!

The Daily Mail say Memphis Depay will be one of the first out of the Manchester United exit door as part of manager Jose Mourinho's clear out..

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Monica Rimmer: A fan that handcuffed himself to the goal post at Goodison Park when Everton played Manchester City in 2012.

Michael Weir: An Everton fan trying to swap shirts with Alex Nyarko mid-game at Highbury. The fan told Nyarko he was not fit to wear the shirt.

Paul Kelly: Would-be chairman of Manchester United, Michael Knighton, donning the kit at Old Trafford - only for the deal to fall through.

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Rochdale striker Calvin Andrew has been given a 12-game ban - one of the longest in English football history - for elbowing Oldham's Peter Clarke.

His ban is longer than the 10-game suspensions handed to Luis Suarez for biting and Rotherham defender Kirk Broadfoot for misconduct.

Andrew, 29, was not punished on the field, but was later cited after a Football Association video review. 

League One and League Two clubs are involved in FA Cup action, but there's a full programme of Championship fixtures this weekend.

Fulham overcame neighbours Brentford 2-0 at Griffin Park on Friday to move up to seventh in the table, and there are 11 more games today, starting with Wolves v Derby at 12:30 GMT.

Leaders Newcastle host Neil Warnock's Cardiff, while second-placed Brighton go to Bristol City (17:30 GMT).

And there's also a managerial debut for Warren Joyce, who takes charge of Wigan for the first time at home to Reading.

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If you haven't seen Mesut Ozil's goal against Ludogorets in midweek you need to get on the case. It was just stunning.

The German has been top class so far this season and scored seven goals so is he the man to help Arsenal to their first top flight title since 2004? You can find out in the Guardian...

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Today we're asking for the strangest things you've ever seen on a football field...  

Simon Crowley: Playing Sunday league years ago, a guy got sent off, walked off and 10 minutes later drove his van across the pitch at the referee.

Anon, via text: Jimmy Bullard having a play in Freddie Ljundberg's shorts during a floodlight failure will always stick in my memory! When the lights came back on he was stood on their goal line with the ball at his feet.

This did actually happen - Jimmy explains all here: https://www.balls.ie/football/jimmy-bullard-freddie-ljungberg-underwear/347106

Get in touch at #bbcfootball or on text at 81111.

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Another manager who doesn't appear too happy with his players at the moment is Tottenham manager Mauricio Pochettino, according to the Daily Star.

He's warned his players they need to improve if they want to hang around at the club.

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Manchester United have their second worst points tally after 10 games of a Premier League season with 15 points. There worst was 13 points during the 2014/15 season if you are wondering.

Old Trafford boss Jose Mourinho, according to the Sun, now wants Atletico Madrid centre-back Diego Godin to help turn around his side's fortunes as he also plans a player clear out.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic's exploits have earned him a word in the Swedish dictionary but he might struggle to come up with an explanation for his recent famine of goals.

"To zlatan" means to dominate but maybe his current form is more the opposite of that.

He hasn't scored in six games and, despite his lack of goals, his Manchester United boss Jose Mourinho has defended the Swede.

"In every Premier League match, even when not scoring goals, he's being fantastic and his attitude is always brilliant," said Mourinho.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic started off promisingly at Manchester United but has bagged just one goal in his last 11 games for the club and the Daily Mirror says the 35-year-old will be offered an escape route from Old Trafford by LA Galaxy. As escape routes go, I've heard of worse...

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Yaya Toure may have apologised but he may still find himself out in the cold as his agent Dimitri Seluk hasn't exactly helped his client's cause with his comments.

"I'm not apologising. We want peace, but I'm not apologising. Apologise for what?" Seluk told Talksport after Toure had issued his statement.

"Maybe Toure has apologised for this, but I don't know for what. I think Yaya doesn't mean this."

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Does Yaya Toure's apology open the door for a first-team return or is it all too little too late? 

Pep Guardiola said he would not pick the Ivorian until his agent Dimitri Seluk apologises for criticising the decision to leave him out of the Champions League squad but on Friday, Toure apologised to the club for "misunderstandings from the past".

He has only played one game this season - a Champions League qualifier in August - and has not played a single Premier League minute.

The midfielder's contract runs out in 2017 and he is free to sign pre-contract terms with other clubs from January.

As strange incidents on a football field go, we've got a cracker here.

North Korean keeper Jang Paek-ho came rushing out of his area and appeared to duck underneath his rival Uzbekistan keeper's long kick forward.

As the ball bounced towards his net, Jang clearly still had a chance of preventing a goal, but he threw himself on the ground before he could reach it, allowing the opposition to take a 1-0 lead.

North Korea lost 3-1 to Uzbekistan at the AFC Under-16 Championship in September and Jang was fined and banned for a year for deliberately conceding a goal that helped his side get an easier cup tie.

On that note, we want to hear about some of the strangest things you have seen on a football field. Get them into us at #bbcfootball or text 81111.

Eastleigh goalkeeper Ryan Clarke, who played for Oxford and AFC Wimbledon before becoming Ronnie Moore's first signing at Eastleigh, played against Swindon Town on Friday following the death of his father.

He paid tribute to his father in this interview after the game with BBC Sport presenter Dan Walker, who put the issue into context with his tweet. You can also watch the interview below.

The chief executive of the lowest-ranked club in this season's FA Cup says the competition should be given the credit it deserves.

Non-league Westfields face Curzon Ashton in the first round this weekend.

The head of the Football League has previously suggested the cup could be altered to accommodate a winter break.

But Andy Morris tells Newsbeat: "I do worry, because the FA Cup is still the biggest domestic cup competition in the world in my opinion."

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One of those non-league clubs took its nickname from a jolly fat man features among the pick of this season's FA Cup first-round ties.

BBC Sport has looked at a selection of stories, including:

• A lawn-mowing chairman.
• The supporters' trust urging fans to refund their opponents.
• The non-league side with cameras on their side.
• Trees that may put their rivals off.