61.   English football is becoming the most exciting in Europe.

62.   English football is well known to Beijing fans, who can watch live matches from the Premier League late on Saturday evenings.

63.   English football will move closer to a mid-winter break when the Football Association discusses the idea at its annual meeting in Bournemouth on Saturday.

64.   Eric Cantona made an immediate impact on his return to English football on Sunday, but Newcastle went marching on at the top of the Premiership.

65.   England only topped that chart in Thailand, where English football is widely watched and Beckham enjoys the status of a minor deity.

66.   English football authorities reacted cautiously to the benchmark legal finding in the European Court of Justice on Wednesday.

67.   English football was stunned on Wednesday by news of the death of Chelsea vice-chairman Matthew Harding in a helicopter crash.

68.   English football players face post-match and post-training breathalyser tests as part of a clampdown on alcohol abuse, it was announced on Monday.

69.   English football clubs were banned from all European competition for four years following the Heysel disaster as politicians introduced tougher laws to crack down on the thugs.

70.   English football legend Bobby Charlton could become national coach to Sierra Leone, according to the sports minister of the west African state, Charles Mbayo.