Three and in – not just another football blog

Believe it or not, and I know it will be tough, there are some other football blogs out there that are quite good. Not as good as us, obviously, but still much better than being fisted by Hellboy. Here’s a round-up of some of the good stuff we’ve found.

Marmite Footballers at Who ate all the pies. Tell you who was always Marmite, Lee Hendrie. He just had one of those faces. A bit like Bret Ormerod does (but I think that’s because he looks a bit like Lee Bowyer).

Iain McIntosh plays Football Manager 2010 – funny stuff, follow the logical progression yourself. I’m starting with episode 1.

Celtic get the Swiss Ramble treatment – which as always is lengthy but fascinating.

A fun sending off – not fun for the bloke who gets the kick but I laughed while watching it.

A reminder about non-league day – with internationals getting in the way of real football why not go watch a game at your local club? What do you mean they’re rubbish. Get over it!

David Conn on the 25 man rule – it’s good. Even though PFA chief Gordon Taylor think it’s not good enough. There’s no pleasing some folk.

And finally, another whacky goal celebration from those Icelandic lads. The best you can say is at least it’s not the same old crap.

As we get ready for the first World Cup semi-final here’s some reading you may have missed in another threeandin web round-up.

Zonal Marking, as you would expect, provides a tactical analysis of tonight’s game.

2nd Yellow on Suarez, the handball and the fallout. He reckons Suarez cheated, TwoHundredPercent does not.

Football 365 rates the commentators and pundits of the World Cup. I’m sure everyone has a view, I like their point about all the BBC commentators bar Jonathan Pearce sounding the same. I am not with them at all regarding Peter Drury and Clive Tyldsley, ITV’s cringeworthy, jingoistic pair.

I don’t understand the fuss over Cristiano Ronaldo’s fatherdom, no matter how bizarre it might be, people have kids all the time. Kickette made me laugh though. I can imagine Kaka saying 10 decades of the rosary at the very thought of such a thing.

In the wake of the current World Cup I’m sure we’ll get plenty of stories about the benefits, real and imagined, to South Africa. The brilliant Swiss Ramble has already touched on it and Pitch Invasion looks at the murky goings on for Australia’s 2022 bid.

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Enough reading there to keep you going till kick off. Have at it!

As well as providing you with our own sparkling content, Three and in will point you to some of the best football blogging elsewhere. Our web round-ups will be regularly irregular but you know each link is a goal.

The Offside – World Cup players on Twitter: If you’re a Twitterholic and a football fan this is fantastic. Don’t forget, you can follow Three and in on Twitter right here.

Who ate all the pies – Flashback to Heysel: The always fun Pies strikes a serious note. Hard to believe it’s been 25 years.

Arseblog – The 10 real reasons Cesc wants to leave Arsenal: Anything that invents the Ebouesaurus Rex has to be good.

The Spoiler – Football grounds 30 years ago: More backwards time travelling, should bring back some memories for those of you around back then.

Dirty Tackle – Terrible balls: Goalkeepers getting their excuses in early. Don’t we have the exact same complaints from keepers before every major tournament?