Magazine’s poll for the 2011 Person of the Year.

The good? He’s currently in 11th spot in the ‘most popular’ list in the online voting, one place below US president Obama, but ahead of luminaries like Silvio Berlusconi and Rupert Murdoch.

The bad news? He’s also currently rated as the 21st least popular person in the world, getting almost as many votes as Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the former head of the International Monetary Fund.

You can only assume Brazil and Real Madrid supporters have been voting early – and very often.

No defence: Golec's private tweets cost him dear  

ADELAIDE United defender Antony Golec wasn’t overly impressed by the performance of referee Ben Williams when he

In the classical quarter called El Madrid de los Austrias , across from the Congress of Deputies, just one stone's throw from the Puerta del Sol, two from Gran Via and three from the Reina Sofia, Prado and Thyssen museums. In the very heart of Madrid the Hotel Urban has arisen with 102 rooms featuring minimalist design. With an incredible terrace soaring over the Madrid skyline, a Glass Bar, and a Europa deco that are the current culinary hotspots. "It's not old-style luxury and a 21st century luxury hotel."