It’s been a pretty average week in football hasn’t it? Managers sacked, teams crashing out of Europe, 9-1 thrashings and clubs in financial strife – so typical, wouldn’t you say? There was also a fair bit of calamity around, not least in the lower leagues, which thanks to the excellent highlight services now provided by the BBC online (only in the UK, unfortunately) can now be seen in all their glory. At the moment, it’s hard to decide which of these moments is funnier – this keeper calamity scored in the Hartlepool vs Southampton match (1.18 in), or this clip of an unfortunate youngster getting too close to a wayward penalty. That must’ve hurt!

Looking ahead to this weekend’s action, the Merseyside derby is probably the biggest game to look forward to (only because the Lancashire derby between Preston and Blackpool has been moved to Monday though). It’s not been the best week for either Everton or Liverpool, but both teams will be looking forward to a match which usually delivers both pride and panache. Much of the talk this week has been about the grounds of both teams, with The Guardian’s David Conn offering an insightful look at the Everton stadium situation here.

It’s also an FA Cup weekend, with plenty of lower league teams facing off against each other before the third round draw is made on Sunday. At the second round stage, it’s all about the non-league teams facing the bigger boys, and Staines FC vs Millwall is the perfect example. This video from EPL Talk travels to The New Den to meet up with some of the Millwall players to talk about the match and their FA Cup Final appearance in 2004, and also features an appearance from Staines’ finest, Ali G. It’s the first in a series that will follow the progess of the cup throughout the season, so keep your eyes peeled.

Players often do things for charities in their area, but credit to Sunderland this week for going the whole hog with a fashion show that raised over £20,000. As you can see in this video from designer Jules B, some of the players clearly fancy themselves as models, while Andy Reid fancies himself as a singer – he got his guitar out and sang a couple of numbers, as you can see here. He’s actually not bad!

Finally, apologies for going on about it but, yes, that picture at the top of the page was taken on our visit to Wembley this week. Where we played on the pitch. Check out our Flickr page for more pics, and we’ll have more uploaded soon.