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Your footballing smugshots just keep flooding in, and to be honest we can't get enough.

The world's greatest footballers may be off sunning themselves on far flung foreign beaches but we want you to hunt them down and keep on sending us some of the best examples of arms-around-the-shoulders camaraderie that money just can't buy.

We admit that the idea was inspired by our Travel section and its forum for smug holiday pics, but we thought we could do better and, boy, you have proved us right.

In fact, your overwhelming response has forced us to open up a third gallery for you to fill all over again. But fear not, all your old favourites are safely tucked away in our archive if you want to revisit them. This time we really want you to outdo each other - a photographic Top Trumps if you will.

So if you and Michael Ballack have shared a heated exchange over that final sweaty Spanish sunbed, or if you and Steven Gerrard have spent a lazy summer night on the Algarve putting the world to rights, then we want to see the evidence.

For some inspiration we thought you'd like the picture above of Phil Brown, the Hull City manager, who wishes he hadn't had a haircut after being measured for a top hat at Epsom this year. Tim Ruffle and Soccer AM's Helen Chamberlain try to be sympathetic.

More of the same please.

E-mail your pictures to: sport@timesonline.co.uk

Click "continue reading" to see your pictures, including when Laurence Weir met Ricky Villa and Ossie Ardiles. Shame it wasn't in the "Coop for Tottingham" ...

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Shaun Wright-Phillips is probably the last man you'd expect to bump into on the slopes of a volcano in Guatemala, but here he is. (From left) Dominic Roope, Shaws, Lorenzo Tommasini and Damian Cozzolino were making their way up Volcan de Fuego when they spotted the Chelsea winger brandishing a careful chosen walking stick, perhaps to aid his famously little legs on their journey to the top!

You can't blame Graeme Lloyd for this one, taken shortly after Andriy Voronin signed for Liverpool. He didn't know that the Ukranian wasn't going to become the next big thing at Anfield. But Graeme's learnt his lesson, he says: " I have not had anymore taken with new signings just incase they turn out to be as good as him!"

John McCauley on the way to Victoria Falls on the Zambezi river in Zambia with smugshot favourite Chris Kamara. Apparently Kammy said the view of the falls was "Unbelieeeevable, Jeff."

You've got to hand it to Peter Kearns - most Liverpool fans wouldn't touch Michael Thomas with a barge pole after what the former Arsenal striker did to them in 1989. Looks like time heals old wounds. John Edwards is the man with the camera.

Joe Cole gets approached by some random bloke in a park. Said random bloke then sends picture to us. Without mentioning his name. Smugshots or mugshots?

We all need somebody to lean on. Rumours that Mauro will have to accompany Cristiano Ronaldo around the Old Trafford pitch for the entirety of next season to stop the winger falling over have apparently been blown out of all proportion.

Robin Van Persie obviously isn't a fan of iTunes. John Chua catches him in the smooth jazz section of Bond Street's HMV. You can also catch a peek of John with boxing champion David Haye here.

I know Neil Warnock is looking to expand his youth policy, thinks the Crystal Palace steward, but this is ridiculous. Matt seems rather happy with the contract his daughter, Abi, has been offered.

You can try and cover it up son, thinks Steve McClaren, but I can see that awful Arsenal shirt under your cardy. You can try and cover it up son, thinks Conor Reidy, but your record with England stank. Touché.

Fernando Torres certainly seems to have the Midas touch - even the room he is in has turned to gold. Here he is in Mar Hall, Glasgow with Charles Wilson on the left and his dad - Charles's, not Fernando's.

Alan Henderson, who looks like he has forgotten to get dressed, and cameraman are blinded by the sight of Eric Abidal's Barcelona shirt.

Now here's a side of Dimitar Berbatov you don't normally get to see. The Spurs striker is usually pictured wandering around the White Hart Lane pitch, moody and frustrated and wondering how much a single ticket to Old Trafford costs. But not even he can resist a fine pair of boots like those being modelled by 7-year-old Sandeep Bains. The big man wants a pair and he'll try all the old charm to get hold of them.

Peter Kane's attempt to get a nice picture of himself and friends with Graeme Souness after the Champions League final in Athens is ruined by a flying Geoff Shreeves.

Despite the disappointing result for Liverpool, Jamie Redknapp lights up the entire stadium with his shiny suit.

Razor Ruddock looks fighting fit as he takes on James Bradbury from Oswestry and friends at a Sportsman's dinner.

Neil Claridge donned his backpack, slapped on the factor 15 and caught up with a few of the Liverpool lads at their Interlaken training camp. Here he stops Ryan Babel making a quick getaway.

... next up is Yossi Benayoun who wonders why he can't grow as good a beard as Neil.

... call that a beard? Now this is a beard, thinks Rafa Benitez.

Meanwhile, Neil's brother gets to grips with Sammy Lee. We're not suggesting there is any sibling rivalry going on here but surely Neil is big enough to let us know his brother's name?

Alan Shearer was never known for his style and panache on the pitch, more for his meat-and-potatoes finishing prowess. So it came as something as a surprise to Mike Evans when he caught the Newcastle United legend in the Prada store in Heathrow Terminal 5 rather than Top Man.

Philip Lucock found a proper bargain down the bread and eggs aisle at Tesco Express in the Birmingham Mail Box - Aston Villa's John Carew. Apparently he was on special offer, buy one get one free. Who needs agents when you can do that kind of business?

That is one very happy Harry. John Laird looks slightly bemused as to why Redknapp is so keen to meet him.

Yeah John, when the photographer says "cheese" what he wants is for you to smile, not inspect Rafa Benitez's goatee for remnants of this morning's breakfast.

John is really flying now - here he is with a Kuyt.

Now we know what happened to Kevin Campbell - after he hung up his boots, he carved the top of his head off and planted himself in a gro-bag until he was 8-feet tall. Still, nice to see he has lost none of his sense of footballer's fashion. Here he is in London with Darrell Reynolds on the right and Darnell Walker on the left after a day at Royal Ascot.

Darnell gets about a bit, doesn't he. Now he's cosying up to Dwight Yorke in front of a giant banana at the Panacea in Manchester. The other fella is Jeffrey Jacobs, who Darnell advised us to crop out of the photo. With friends like that ...

And here's the last one from Darnell for now, although I have a tiny suspicion he'll be cropping up again later in the smugs. This time, Kevin Nolan feels the love at Aintree on Ladies Day this year. Racing buddy Darrell Reynolds is on the right celebrating a winner.

It's a dirty job, eh Frank?

Security wasn't quite so rigid back in 2001, as Dan Jackson proved when he sneaked onto the pitch in Athens after England had just beaten Greece 2-0.

Play it again, Dan. Here's Jackson on the beach in Casablanca with the France team in May 1998, days before they won the World Cup.

"This is the age of the train," said Jimmy Saville and John Carew takes up the mantle, leaving behind the Bentley in favour of the 4.15 to Birmingham. The curiously ginger Norwegian is adopting a Dr Evil pose just in case anyone, including Ben Lucock, should bother him.

Harry Canning, his sons Joe and Harry and friend Eoin Gannon cosy up to the legendary Republic of Ireland striker Don Givens at the wonderfully named Ballyvary Blue Bombers club.

The Canning clan also try to sneak a ringer, in the shape of Ray Houghton, into their five-a-side team.

Eric Cantona is turning out to be a real smugshots favourite, in fact we at TOL Towers never tire of seeing his gnarled unsmiling features. Here, the great man manages to control his kung-fu urges in Barcelona despite Tom Coulton having the temerity to try accosting him in his native tongue.

David Villa may have terrorised defences at Euro 2008 but he looks like a scared little boy after getting a hug from Giles Nutkins in Valencia. Maybe if Giles had played centre half for England in the qualifiers it could have been a different story....

The normally indefatigable Italy manager Marcello Lippi looks slightly unnerved by the imposing presence of Stephen Burrell in Florence.

We have a hard and fast rule here at Smugshots: only footballers will make the wall of fame. But then we get sent this picture and my head is all a-whirl. I know I SHOULDN'T include it. I know he ISN'T a footballer. I know this could cost me my job. But it's worth the risk. We on Smugshots are sports fans after all and our football snobbery has to stop sometime. So here's Muhammad Ali in all his glory. I'll leave the story of the shot to Brett Venables, the smuggest smugger of them all: "Not quite football I know but I thought I’d send it anyway. This photo was taken on Miami Beach in 1982, not long after Ali retired for good from the ring. My brother Mike is on the right and I’m on the left. Ali was casually strolling along the “strip” on his own and introduced himself to Mike who was out for an early morning stroll too. At Ali’s request (Mike mentioned that our parents staying in the nearby hotel were big fans), Mike fetched the rest of the family to meet him. We even managed to do some “sparring” with him. Great memories of a great man."

Avram Grant looks remarkably relaxed en route to Tel Aviv the day after being sacked by Chelsea - the multi-million pound pay-off may have helped. Arsenal fans Josh Grant (no relation), Gil Kersen and Jonny Line are quick to congratulate him on his departure.

A good deal. David Grant looks pretty smug after concluding business with former Arsenal vice-chairman David Dein.

Was it real or just a dream? Mick Groom's mind - and his picture - is a blur as he tries to remember the time that Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to play for Manchester United. By the way, what is that freakish cartoon on the great man's shirt? Answers on an e-card to sport@timesonline.co.uk.

The life of a footballer, eh? The money, the adulation, the yachts, the champagne. Here's Dennis Bergkamp in the car park at Brent Cross shopping centre with Shilpa Bailur.

Yossi Benayoun is happy to spend as much time as he can with Jake Pater and Simon Tunkel at the airport. I wonder if that was anything to do with the fact that the Liverpool midfielder was picking up his mother-in-law, who Jake sat next to on the plane back from Israel.

James Creedy sneaks in a quick picture with the feisty Neil Warnock at a dinner. Moments later, the Crystal Palace manager was sent to the hallway for "unsporting behaviour" and faces his next three dinners alone in the garden.

David Hayman and Thierry Henry hit it off during a 7-a-side charity game in New York's China Town.

Never one for big displays of emotion, Stuart Pearce gives it his best "I'd rather be anywhere else" pose at the Holland v France game during Euro 2008. Hardie, Barney, Ade and Phil seem slightly more enamoured'

Lee Blowers, right, is the man behind this little gem of a caption: "Me and my mates on holiday in Miami having it large with the legend that is Jermain Defoe. He was giving it the biggun' saying that he was gonna bang in 30 goals this season." Says it all really.

Lee's back with another beauty, this time he says: "Here's one of me and Nigel Reo-Coker out in Miami, check out his jacket proving that money can't buy style." This coming from the man with the open necked white shirt with matching white beaded necklace. Thanks Lee.

Lee's back for his hat-trick, "I'm kicking back with Tom Huddlestone, same night looking sharp in my River Island shirt and white bead combo, i got the impression he didn't like me at all, don't know why?" See above Lee.

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