Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
December 24, 2006
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Four footballers with one of the star teams in Iraq's top league were wounded in a mortar attack while training in a Baghdad stadium, their manager said.
Members of the Al-Zawra squad were out
Match Preview
Manchester United v Wigan Athletic, Old Trafford, 15.00 Tuesday 26th December 2006.
United, 1st 47pts - Wigan Athletic, 13th 22pts.
United's first home fixture of the Christmas programme sees the v
Match Review
Aston Villa 0 v 3 Manchester United, Villa Park, 15.00 Saturday 23rd December 2006.
Ronaldo (58), (85), Scholes (64). Attendance: 42,551
A glittering second half performance saw United 'shit on the
Match Preview
Aston Villa v Manchester United, Villa Park, 15.00 Saturday 23rd December 2006.
Aston Villa, 9th 25pts - United, 1st 44pts
Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year to all Ranters!
United must forge
Fulham's Brian McBride will hope to score against a struggling Charlton as he did earlier in the season, while Marcus Hahnemann travels to Stamford Bridge with Reading.
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Two foreign clubs - Korean Super Reds FC (Korea Republic) and Liaoning Guangyuan FC (China) - have joined the Singapore's professional S-League for the 2007 season. With Sporting Afrique FC having pulled out, 12 teams will be battling for the honours. Nin
European football club culture is reportedly now beckoning Indian corporates. "While Pramod Mittal recently bought the Bulgarian football club CSKA Sofia, Indian corporates such as United Breweries and Mahindra & Mahindra are busy trying to turn thei
Just a really short post tonight to wish our readers all over the world, best wishes for the approaching festive period and New Year. It's been a pleasure discussing the ins and outs of the Irish National Team with you all over the last year and long may
Les Reed has left his position by 'mutual consent' (whether he is leaving the club is not clear) and has been replaced by Alan Pardew who will take charge at the Fulham game.
The board have finally seen that things had to be sorted out and give
Fergie suggested Mourinho should apologize a second time after Man Utd rolled Aston Villa over 3-0. "Perhaps it shows that we shouldn't believe Jose Mourinho. He said Chelsea would be top at Christmas and they are not," said the...
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Richard Murray - you sly old dog.
Les Reed has left his position as Charlton's head coach by mutual consent, the club announced on Sunday evening.
Alan Pardew will take charge of the Addicks, and has signed a three-and-a-half year contract.
The club is
Just a quick post to wish all of you Bitter & Blue readers a merry Christmas.
Hope you all have a good one and I'll be back up posting on the 27th or 28th where hopefully it will be following a welcome three points on Boxing Day.
If the general mood following the Tottenham game was of a sombre nature, then an air of despondancy must have been all around last night after yesterday's defeat left us very much in the thick of trouble with not a great deal in the way of answers to sign
There's no rest for the wicked and so here I am, on Christmas Eve up in the cold north blogging from my temporary internet bunker. Yesterday's ground breaking football on one hand and useless factoid on the other blog has led me to think that each blog sh
At this point, Alex Ferguson's history of rows at Manchester United is pretty well documented. Paul Ince, David Beckham, Jaap Stam, Roy Keane - no matter how good you are if you cross Sir Alex you'll find yourself shipped out. Ruud Van Nistlerooy joined t
My part of Warwickshire was foggy and drizzly as I headed for Southend. Fortunately the traffic wasn't as bad as I expected and my choice of using the A46/M45/M1 route was a good one, going and coming back. Away games always give me a buzz. I think I pref
Martin O'Neill was lavishing praise on Sir Alex Ferguson today, possibly as a pre-game excuse for Villa's inevitable 3-0 beating at the hands of Manchester United but more likely because he's understandably wowed by arguably the Premiership's Greatest Man
By Bilal Zaidi
Jens Lehmann has told press that he is "very relaxed" about his contract situation and could even leave it until May to decide whether or not he is going to be at the Emirates next season. Clubs in both his native homeland Germany and also
Another (sort of) coaching swap, this time in the EPL, as Pardew gets a second crack at staying up, and he gets to stay in London too. If you're lucky to have the week off, check out his first start as his new squad welcomes Fulham on Wednesday. [Fox Sp
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BBC SPORT | Football | Premiership | Wigan 2-3 Chelsea
Well they just keep doing it don't they? This was another example of the big players stepping up when required.
In fairness they should have been out of site by half time but a g
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Tanta serenità e tante cose belle a voi e ai vostri familiari, ragazzi!
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If it's at all possible Arsenal made hard work of a 6-2 win against Blackburn, and for 15 minutes prior to the late demolition job there was a tense and foreboding atmosphere around the Emirates. Things started badly for the Gu
United took on Aston Villa on at Villa Park on Saturday, it finished up 3-0 to the visitors, with Ronaldo bagging a well earned brace that earned him the man of the match award in my book. But it was Paul Scholes who scored the goal of the game and possib
Fergie has revealed that he wants to put an end to post-match press conferences.
The United manager said:
"I don't think I would fall into the trap of criticising individual players myself but it is not easy.
"Someti
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BRIAN BEDFORD TURNS 73
Stan Bowles receives much attention as the QPR hero born on Christmas Eve - Bowles Birthday. But there is another great QPR hero also born on that day: Brian Bedford. Bedford Turns 73 Today - Born
According to the latest news on the transfer grapevine United could be about to sign Owen Hargreaves. Up and until this week Bayern have said the player is going nowhere, however, their position has softened with the club stating that if they can replace
Asian Cup Draw 2007
Kuala Lumpur, December 20, 2006
Holders Japan will be hoping to three-peat when the 2007 Asian Cup kicks off in Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and Malaysia next July. The July 7-29 championships will include newcome
Asian Champions League Draw 2007
Australian A-League clubs Adelaide and Sydney have been handed tough draws in the 2007 Asian Champions League as clubs from Down Under make their debut in Asia's premier club competition.
Group A
Ashes Cricket 4th Test Prediction
by Anita Nigam
Australia v England Dec 26-30, 2006
The beginning of the match will see early wickets falling. England will perform better than in the previous three games.
E Moratti continua a parlare. Parla al mattino al pomeriggio e alla sera, qualcuno, pare, l'ha sentito fare profonde considerazioni notturne. Non per niente Herrera, detto habla-habla, era...
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After pondering the feedback relating to my last piece, I took the time necessary to think clearly regarding the things I've written and what I really believe regarding Wenger. So here goes. He is really a supremely talented man. Yet the
Includes all competitive games (playoffs, Open Cup, Champions Cup, etc). Only 11 players have played for an MLS team without playing a regular season game, so it doesn't change things too much. There have been a total of 1,006 players total, so here's how
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Not Noted on the Official Site: The Return to QPR of Stefan Moore and Jonathan Munday from their loans. (On the other hand, Munday's original loan out was never noted on the Official site.]
Stefan Moore is apparently b
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Sunday People -QPR CASH IN ON COLGAN CLANGER - Chris Davies
BARNSLEY goalkeeper Nick Colgan took the season of goodwill too far by gifting QPR their 16th-minute winner.
Rangers' relegation worries eased after Colgan's h
The winter transfer window is about to open and players are on the move. So I figured having looked a few of them back here, it was time to look at a few others.
The excellent blog Soccer Mad In America [http://soccermadinamerica.blogspot.com/
A festive performance from the lads yesterday as they stuck 6 past a tricky Blackburn side. After the odious David Bentley had won a penalty to put the visitors one up in the first couple of minutes we hit back with goals from Gilberto, who really is havi
This is very bad. I'm sick of announcing deaths of Macedonian football workers on my blog. This is too much! I wish we don't have cases like this in 2007
Yesterday at age of 54 died Petre Gruevski, one of the best Macedonian coaches of all time
This is very bad. I'm sick of announcing deaths of Macedonian football workers on my blog. This is too much! I wish we don't have cases like this in 2007
Yesterday at age of 54 died Petre Gruevski, one of the best Macedonian coaches of all time
Eigentlich ist ja heute kein Tag für schlechte Nachrichten, aber: Anscheinend möchte man nun auch in Berlin einen Sponsor für das Stadion finden. Olympiastadion klingt zwar toll, bringt aber kein Geld.
Aber diesmal geht es nicht nur um den Verein, nein
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OCTOBER 2006
Overview: On the field: 3 Draws and two defeats...Off the Field: Jimmy Smith makes his debut. The Paladini-Gregory Fan Forum was held. Gary Waddock Departs. QPR publishes the AKUTR "Apology." Stor
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Stan Bowles Turns 58: Born December 24, 1948
Gordon Jago signed Forward/Midfielder Stan Bowles for QPR in September 1972 paying Carlisle 110,000 pounds (a then-record for QPR). Bowles played 250+ games scoring 70 league goals. Tommy
This rather bleak picture of a somewhat post-modernist Christmas tree I took in Vilnius, Lithuania last week seems appropriate for Charlton fans at present
The best thing one can do is to follow the advice of Inspector Sands and
A mix of rumours of varying strengths, and some refutation from Mo
Sunday December 24, 2006
David Smith in Moscow, The Observer
In his first interview for three years, Roman Abramovich, the billionaire owner of Chelsea FC, explains his relationship with the Kremlin, dismisses rumours of divorce, and
Buzz Carrick, MatchNight in Dallas - Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house; not a creature was stirring, except for some duffus trying to deliver made up gifts to FCD.
