Former Rep of Ireland u-21 striker Eamon Zayed (28) became a hero for his new Iranian club Persepolis Tehran after he scored a late,late hat-trick to secure a 3-2 win in the Tehran derby last night.

Persepolis trailed 2-0 with just nine minutes remaining on the clock before Zayed found his scoring boots to fire a hat-trick in just over 10 minutes.

Zayed who spent all his senior career in the Irish League only signed for the club in late December on a 6 month deal which will surely be extended after his hat-trick, Zayed is no stranger to scoring goals having notched over 100 goals in the FAI run Irish League, he was also named PFAI Player of the Year last season having helped Derry City into Europe.

However Rep of Ireland Giovanni Trapattoni won’t be able to select him for the Euro Finals given Zayed’s decision to declare for Libya in 2010.

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Following John Terry’s stripping of the England captaincy for the second and probably final time the man who briefly stepped into Terry’s shoe’s following his affair with Wayne Bridge’s girl-friend has also ruled himself out of the running to replace the serial cheat.

Rio tweeted: “I don’t want to be England captain after the last episode.

“Just want to concentrate on playing for Man Utd and if I make the squad then as ever I’ll be delighted.”

While many believe Ferdinand’s England career is on the slide anyway it say’s alot about the England captaincy when a player of his stature refuses to be considered to lead his Country in a Major Tournament.

Tory MP Damian Collins who has campaigned for FIFA reform hit out saying:
“He is in a public position as England captain.

“Anyone else in a public position faced with such a criminal charge would stand aside from their position and then if cleared be able to return to that position. This has gone beyond being an allegation. He has been charged and has to appear in court and I don’t think under those circumstances he can fulfil his duties. It is also what it means for communities across the country if people just close their eyes to the situation until after the court case.”

It seems to me the FA’s stunt of waiting till after the Euro Finals has backfired dramatically, as it was seen the English authorities were hoping to keep Terry as captain and for him not to miss out on International’s through a ban for his alleged racism towards Anton Ferdinand.

The six week run tournament, seen each team bid for an “Icon” player and a foreign coach set up in the same style as the Indian one day cricket format currently used to great effect.

Five franchises together spent £4.5 million each buying an “icon” player, two oversea’s players and a coach.

The five “icon” players were former Chelsea striker Hernan Crespo who went for £536,000 to Barasat who also payed £135,000 on Iceland’s Teitur Thordson as their foreign coach.

Next to go was former Italian World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro who went to Siliguri for £530,000 who also spent £128,000 on former Bolivian striker Marco Etcheverry as their foreign coach.

Robert Pires went to Howrah for £511,000 and will link up with Portugal’s former captain Fernando Couto £135,000.

Durgapur spent £351,000 on Jay-Jay Okocha who will link up with Samson Siasia of Nigeria who wentr for the sum of £118,000.

The fifth and final team Kolkata went for an English connection paying £338,000 on former Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler who will probably get another bookout of, and he’ll be coached by former Everton hard-man Peter Reid who cost £118,000 as Kolkata’s foreign coach.

It will be interesting to see how this novelty idea takes off, however I could imagine this type of auction working on any other European League.

Blackburn’s Junior Hoilett does his best Scuba-Diving impression against Newcastle last night and not only does he get away scot free, his opponent Ryan Taylor is given a yellow card for venting his anger. It’s time the FA stood up and banned this type of behaviour once and for all!

Clint Dempsey scored after receiving a wonderful reverse pass from David Ruiz to give Fulham the lead before Somen Tchohi equalised late on.

Djibril Cisse scored the opener just 12 minutes into his QPR debut before Stephen Warnock put the ball into the back of his own net to give the away side a 2-0 lead at Villa Park, however goals from Darren Bent his 100th and Charles N’Zogbia ensured the points were shared.

Two goals courtesy of a Scott Dann own goal and Gabriel Obertan give Newcastle all three points at Ewood Park as Newcastle jump to fifth in the Premier League.

At least 73 people have been killed and over 1,000 injured after violence erupted at the final whistle of an Egyptian Premier League game between Al-Masry and Al-Ahly.

“This is not football. This is a war and people are dying in front of us. There is no movement and no security and no ambulances,” Ahli player and Egypt star Mohamed Abou Treika told his club’s television channel.

“I call for the Premier League to be cancelled. This is horrible situation and today can never be forgotten.”

State television reported that the Egyptian FA had indefinitely suspended league matches.