So when the competition ended last night the person with the highest score was Adrian Smith, better known as @iPhoneGamerUK, who just so happens to run the iPhone App review site – iPhone Gamer UK. Adrian showed some excellent Spotflicking Tekkers by posting a score of 393,500 and is now the proud owner of a signed Real Madrid shirt. Although being a Spurs fan I am not sure how happy he was to win!

If you would like to see if you have what it takes to score a penalty past Iker Casillas or any number of goalkeeping greats that have been assembled in Spotflick – the flick to kick penalty shoot out game for the iPhone – then go to www.spotflick.com to find out more.

A late penalty from Cristiano Ronaldo earned Real madrid a draw in the Bernabeu after Lionel Messi had opened the scoring with a penalty of his own in the 52nd minute. The result kept alive Real’s slim hopes of wrestling the La Liga title back from Barcelona who currently have an 8 point lead over their fierce rivals. The sides will meet again on Wednesday in the final of the Copa del Rey and also in the semi-finals of the Champions League, so let’s hope for more penalty kick action like we saw over the weekend.

If you would like to see if you have what it takes to score a penalty past goalkeeping greats like Real Madrid’s Iker Casillas then why not download a copy of Spotflick from the iTunes App Store for only 59p. Go to www.spotflick.com for more information.

Spotflick already gives you the opportunity to hone your penalty kicking skills against some of the best goalkeepers the world has ever seen, in three modes of glorious 2D animated footballing fun. However, from March 11th 2011 you will be able to turn your finger flicking prowess into a fantastic prize. Spotflick is running a Twitter based competition, or compe-tweet-ion (sorry – the Gaffer) that will give players of the addictive football game the chance to win a Real Madrid jersey signed by Spanish goalkeeping legend – Iker Casillas.

In order to enter the competition simply download Spotflick from the iTunes App Store and play the game in Arcade Mode and try and score as many points as you can, by beating the array of goalkeeping talent that has been assembled to test your penalty flicking skills to their limits. Score as many penalties as you can, and also hit runaway dogs, rowdy fans, space hoppers and scantily clad women to score bonus points and give yourself the best chance to claim the prize.

To submit your score you must enter your Twitter username into the Text Box in Spotflick at the end of your game which will then be published on the High Scores Table on the Spotflick website. The player who posts the highest score at the end of the Competition will win the Real Madrid Shirt signed by Spain’s World Cp winning captain Iker Casillas. Players can enter the competition as many times as they like, but there can only be one winner. So get spotflicking!

In case you are wondering why I am using Twitter, it is simply because Spotflick currently has no way of verifying who the player who posts high scores is, but entering your Twitter user name means you can be contacted if you win the prize.

Don’t have a Twitter account? Then click here to go to Twitter and set up your account for free. All you need is a valid e-mail address. Don’t worry if don’t fancy the whole Tweeting thing. Signing up doesn’t mean that you then have to tell everyone about every amusing shaped vegetable or bowel movement you experience every day. You can just use your account to enter the competition and then never tweet again. Or you might find you like it so feel free to fill your boots after the competition is over.

The competition will start at midnight GMT on 11th March when the High Scores table will be reset allowing you to easily see who is currently in the lead. The competition will end at midnight GMT on 17th April 2011, the same day as the El Clásico derby match between Real Madrid and Barcelona at the Bernabéu in Madrid.

The winner will be contacted on Monday 18th April by direct message on Twitter. In the event of a tie the people with the top scores will be contacted by direct message on Twitter and terms of the tie break will be discussed.

You can follow Spotflick on Twitter to be kept up to date with all the latest competition scores and other news.

Good luck to everyone and happy tweeting and spotflicking!

Click here for full competition terms and conditions.

It was a good start to what promises to be a very interesting tournament, involving all of the home nations, except England of course, as they would rather play Denmark. Probably due to Fabio’s desire to sneek a cheeky visit to Legoland in after the game.

But despite England’s absence we can still expect a great tournament with Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and the Republic of Ireland battling it out for the title of the best team in the British Isles and Ireland, besides England. Maybe England were afraid of another humbling at the hands of Northern Ireland like they did in the 2006 World Cup Qualifier in Belfast.

Northern Ireland begin the defence of their British Home Nations Championship crown this evening against Scotland, so here’s hoping that Norn Iron can relive the glory days of 1983-84 when they last brought the title back to Belfast.

If you are wanting to relive some glory days of the past or practice your penalty flicking skills during the Carling nations Cup then download your copy of Spotflick – the flick to kick penalty shoot out game for the iPhone, featuring goalkeeping greats from all of the home nations. Go to www.spotflick.com for more details.

(sadly the NOTW is now a pay-to-view site so you need to log-in to see the article. Sorry. On the plus side if you do log in you get to see footgae of Liz Hurley and Shane Warne’s elicit tryst)

Being selected in the Top 5 Apps of the year means that Spotflick rubs shoulders with such heavyweights of the iTunes App Store as Angry Birds and Grand Theft Auto – Chinatown Wars. It also means that the News of the World consider Spotflick to be the best Football game on the App Store this year, beating people like EA Sports FIFA 2010 and a host of other major footballing titles released for the World Cup in South Africa. Nice.

If you want to see what all of the fuss is about why don’t you give the game a try yourself and find out if you think it is ‘finger flicking good’ too! Click here to visit the Spotflick website to find out more or click here to go straight to iTunes and download the game now for only 59p! It is just about the most footballing fun you can have with an iPhone…unless you are Ashley Cole!

Like, the very witty and amusing ‘I Spotflicked Your Mum’ T-Shirt, available in a range of colours and sizes. It is the perfect gift to kick start some conversation during those pregnant pauses during Christmas dinner when Granny inadvertently breaks wind.

Or what about a Spotflick T-Shirt featuring all of the goalkeeping talent that you can pit your penalty flicking wits against in the fun football game for the iPhone. For those of you who already own Spotflick and have defeated all of the goalies you will notice that there is one goalkeeper missing – the best goalkeeper of all time! If you want to find out who this is you will just have to buy the game! Anyway, the T-Shirt comes in three colours and I can even vouch for this one as I have one myself, and even the boys at Soccer AM have one.Well worth a look.

After something for the wife? What better way to treat the missus to something special this Christmas than with a rather fetching pair of Spotflick pants. As the site says, these pants are where sexy meets comfy. Indeed.

But if you after some stocking fillers, then we also have a good range of other Spotflick items such as trucker-hats, travel mugs, cups, stickers and mousemats. What says Christmas more than a mousemat with a Columbian goalkeeper getting outfoxed by a penalty kick?

Go to the Spotflick CafePress Store to see the full range of exclusive Spotflcik merchandise available and get your orders in now so that you avoid the rush and make sure that your gifts arrive before Santa does. Or if you fancy a unique design made up of your favourite goalkeeper or spotflicker e-mail me and let me know what you are after and I can create you something exclusively just for you this festive period. You can view the full array of spotflicker downloads here. Choose your country and use the legendary player to clikc your country to spotflick glory and then get them on some merchandise to keep for posterity.

Or why not get yourself an iTunes Voucher and gift a copy of Spotflick this year. It is will be the most flickin’ fun you can have this Christmas, unless you are planning on photocopying your arse at the office Christmas party, which goes without saying is more fun.

Whatever presents you end up buying, have a flickin’ great Christmas and New Year.

What made it all the sweeter was that the goal came in the 92nd minute and gave the Glens a 1-0 victory over Portadown.

So it just goes to show you that you don’t have to travel too far afield to see some amazing football. And you don’t have to travel too far to find a great footballing game for the iPhone either. Northern Ireland’s very own Spotflick is available to download from iTunes for just 59p right now. Pit your penalty taking wits against some of the best goalkeepers in the world and become a penalty kick hero with Spotflick!

Go to www.spotflick.com to find out more. Or click here to go to the Spotflick page on iTunes.

It is a perfect match for the Northern Irish made iPhone game, that gives you the chance to pit your penalty kicking skills against some of the best goalkeeping talent from around the world. George Best, arguably the world’s greatest ever footballer, would have made a great Spotflicker as he was able to get the better of every goalkeeper he came up against.

Spotflick, gives you the chance to also become a footballing hero by penalty flicking your way through three modes of play, Arcade, Practice and Spotflick Cup. And you can also help put Northern Ireland on the footballing map by getting them to the top of the Spotflick Cup table. Win the Spotflick Cup as your adopted nation and see how they compare with other nations around the world at www.spotflick.com. England currently top the table, but Norn Iron are hot on their heels in 4th! I am not sure where the Faroe Islands are placed but the less we talk about that the better.

So if you are travelling to Belfast in the near future look out for the Spotflick Stand and then why not give the game itself a go. You can pick yourself up a copy of Spotflick from the iTunes App Store, now, or you can even try before you buy with Spotflick Lite which is available to download now for free. Click on the links or go to www.spotflick.com for more information.

This week on Soccer AM, it is heavy hit after heavy hit, as Audley ‘A-Force’ Harrison will be in the studio ahead of his world heavyweight bout with David Hayes on November 13th. There has been no love lost between Harrison and Hayes recently and the bout promises to be quite a tussle. Tune in to find out how Audley is coping with the amount of stick he is getting in the build up to the fight, including being nicknamed ‘A-Farce’ by the Haye-maker.

Also on the show is Keith Gillespie, the former Man Utd, Newcastle and Blackburn winger, who un-interestingly enough went to the same school as me. The Norn Iron winger currently finds himself without a club after his recent stint with Glentoran. Maybe Hells Bells can work the same magic for Keith as she did for Lee Hendrie a few weeks ago. Their final guest is Jack Whitehall, who is funnier than a vegetable that has grown into a rude and amusing shape so he should be worth a watch as well.

There will also be all of the useful fun and frivolity from the Soccer AM crew, including this weeks’ Soccerette, who will have to be pretty useful in the box if she is to perform better than last weeks Gorgeous Geordie Monica Harris, as well Little and Large, Pat Mcgroin, the Crossbar Challenge, Skill School featuring Charlton, DJ David Ghetto, and an update on the topic that is sending shock-waves through the footballing community – the Silks v Tekkers debate. Which side are you on?

I can safely say that I am a Tekkers man, not just because of the fact that I have included Tekkers in Spotflick – the Penalty Shoot Out Game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, but also because Silks is quite simply a nonsense.

So don’t forget to tune in to Soccer AM this Saturday at 10am and enjoy the feast footballing fun that will be served up by Max, Hells Bells and the rest of the crew. And if you are wondering what to do during the commercial breaks, why not grab a copy of Spotflick or Spotflick Lite from the iTunes App Store. It is just about the most footballing fun you can have with a mobile phone, unless of course you are Ashely Cole. But that goes without saying.

Those of you who watch Soccer AM will know by now that some tekkers are good, some tekkers are bad… but some tekkers are unbelievable!

Each week Soccer AM, the Saturday-morning football-based comedy/talk show on Sky One, highlights these unbelievable examples of technique and praise the players who have the ability to produce them at the highest level.

They like tekkers. And so do I. So much so in fact that I even included Tekkers in Spotflick – the penalty shoot out game for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. If you display good technique and flick a penalty past one of the talented goalkeepers caricatured in the game then you will receive a congratulatory message like the one shown below.

Nuff said. But unfortunately not everyone is a fan! England captain Rio Ferdinand has been doing his best to introduce the word silks in place of tekkers. The Manchester United star has been furiously tweeting everyone and his dog including the right honourable Sky Sports freshman Ben Shephard about replacing tekkers.

Rio has previous in this department. He famously, and ultimately disastrously, did his best to replace Punk’d with Merk’d. But the less we mention that unsavoury affair the better. But now he has gone too far trying to replace Tekkers with the nonsensical Silks.

Show your support for Tekkers by not only getting your copy of Spotflick or Spotflick Lite from the iTunes App Store now, but also tweet your support for Tekkers on Twitter and help us teach these Premiership footballers, that they can sleep with our women and take our money, but they will never take…….our Tekkers!