A guide to websites good and ghastly by Gary Jacob

Best general sites

Sports.com
The latest news is complemented by a match tracker service on match days. Punters will find a rundown of the latest odds, a useful football TV guide and various merchandising.

Football365
An irreverent look at the beautiful game. With breaking news, a daily paper round-up and humorous lookalikes section. Also includes a cartoon series based on the game’s characters.

NewsNow
NewsNow collated headlines and links from a number of sources to save you visiting lots of sites. But be prepared to read numerous versions of the same article.

Sporting life
Sporting life, linked to the Press Association, offers daily news, statistics, and in-vision scoreboard on during matches.

When Saturday Comes
The light-hearted When Saturday Comes, an alternative football magazine, has a witty newspaper review section. Discover the secrets of the top stars in the skills clinic.

FA Premiership
The official Premiership website with features, forums, polls, chat and a statistics section. Detailed club history, travel information, and facts and figures.

Teamtalk
Teamtalk is the place to head if you like rumours, however frivolous. Rest assured your club will be linked with anyone.

Some player sites

David Ginola
"Content with a simple existence", the Gallic glossy-haired one (pictured above in a Loreal ad) says. The site oozes with the suave sophistication and unblemished superiority of the shampoo expert.

Fabien Barthez
No, it's not the Teletubbies, despite first impressions. Eccentric Fabien Barthez lists swimming with dolphins among his hobbies. Playing away at Sunderland in January will test his desire to wear short-sleeved goalkeeping shirts, whatever the weather.

Robbie Fowler
Toxteth-born Robert Bernard Fowler lists his most embarrassing moment as dying his hair blond. He says he speaks "Scouse", which my not explain fully the poor spelling. Expect an online translator soon.

Ian Walker
Ian Walker, erstwhile England goalkeeper, is recasting himself as one of London's hard men. "As far as I'm concerned I'm the number one goalkeeper at the club unless anyone tells me otherwise," he announces. Got it? Right then.

Dennis Bergkamp
In these days of the Premiership posers, this Dutchman is having none of it. "We are having our squad photograph for the season done. So there'll be lots of standing around smiling cheesy grins at the camera," he winces. Expect more startling revelations.