Here are the highlights of Manchester City's 6-0 demolition of Portsmouth. Come and watch the
Robinho shuffle! I'm also including a link to an article from the London Times that describes how
Robinho and Shawn Wright-Phillips are feeling liberated playing for Manchester City. They are
without doubt the most compelling club in soccer right now as everyone waits to see who they will
sign during the winter break and even over the next couple of years with the influx of money into
the club.
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Here's an interesting article that Tony Cascarino has written on the use of video replay in soccer.
Tony makes some interesting points, but I disagree with the basic idea. Video replay can help to
get certain calls right, and makes more sense in American sports where there are a lot of built in
breaks in the game.
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What was with the end of that match? Calling the game in the middle of a breakaway? Next to just
before a PK, that is the most absurd time a ref could possibly call a game in soccer. If you
watched the game from your home (at least the part that made it on the air), you heard a lot of
complaining about inconsistent officiating, but over all, it seemed pretty normal for MLS.
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Camdenton Lakers - 7
Sedalia Smith-Cotton - 1
In a game that indicates how strong the competitive juices flow between these teams, despite the
move out of District 9 by Camdenton, these Central Missouri squads went at each other hard from the
opening kick off.
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Camdenton Lakers - 7 (at the half)
Sedalia Smith-Cotton - 1
In a game that indicates how strong the competitive juices flow between these teams, despite the
move out of District 9 by Camdenton, these Central Missouri squads went at each other hard from the
opening kick off.
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Don't blame the poor referee - it's the wicked linesman who was at fault.Reading are ready for a
replay but that's not on.
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Here's a great article from the New York Times on the history of soccer games that were played at
Yankee Stadium during the years, including a classic one between Santos and Benfica in 1968, which
features 2 of the all-time greats in Pele and Eusebio. I did some digging and found some footage of
a game between Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspurs from 1952.
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mCalcio @ 10:53 PM EDT
Week-End Reviews After the Summer wait, Serie A continues. Here are the results and summaries for
matchday 3. Full Video Highlights here. . Italy.TheOffside.com week 3 review . Italian Calcio Blog
week 3 review . Inter Milan produced a masterclass of attacking play when they moved to the top of
serie A with a 3-1 win at Torino on Sunday.
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Wenger is yet again linked with a big-money signing, but is this youngster really worth THAT much?!
Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Turkey international Arda Turan is being watched
by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, but he could be put off by Galatasaray's £15m asking price
for the 21-year-old winger.
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Al parecer no me entienden; la gente quiere divertirse, la gente quiere espectaculo, la gente
quiere buen futbol. Y la ultima jornada estuvo muy alejada de lo que queria ver. Para empezar, el
dios Tlaloc nos hizo una mala jugada y se cancelo el Tecos - Pachuca, dejandonos sin futbol el
viernes. NI pedo; pero el sabado [.
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I am putting the question out there. Why don't women play what we Americans call
"pickup"? A friend of mine joked that it was because women want soccer monogomy - to
commit to one team, whereas guys will play with anybody. It's a funny joke, but not much of an
explanation. Pickup is by far my favorite way to play soccer.
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Adweek has a very interesting article about network and league sites that are getting into online
streaming. In it, MLS gets a mention and rightfully so. Since day one of the league, they have
always had an online media presence in some way or form. From being the first to stream games, to
their partnership [.
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Adweek has a very interesting article about network and league sites that are getting into
online streaming. In it, MLS gets a mention and rightfully so. Since day one of the league, they
have always had an online media presence in some way or form. From being the first to stream games,
to their partnership with YouTube (something the Premier League would probably never do in our
lifetimes), Major League Soccer was always ahead of the curve.
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We've had him on before and if he keeps this up, we'll have him up again. Scud missile from
downtown Baghdad. Massive.
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The best things in life are free, and that even includes the football book "FIFA And The
Contest For World Football," courtesy of Google. Well, 20 percent of it that is. In Google
Book Search, the search engine features thousands of books that are viewable online. According to
Google, "You can search within the book, zoom [.
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Asia. Football is teaching me all about the Asian cities and countries. If it's Tashkent it must be
Uzbekistan and THREE Canberrans, including Goulburns favourite player Chris Bush are included in
the Australian Under 16 side. FFA Release below.
Qantas Joeys Head Coach Martyn Crook has selected a 23 player squad to compete at the upcoming AFC
U16 Championships which will be held in Uzbekistan from 4-18 October 2008.
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If you follow German football a bit more than casually, you almost certainly know the name Patrick
Helmes. If you've paid attention to Die Mannschaft callup sheets even sporadically, you've probably
seen his name. But Patrick hasn't become a household name quite yet. Having spent the last two
years in the Bundesliga.
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Getty Images/Picapp.com 19 year old Alexandre Pato scored in the 49th in their last weekend's match
against Lazio. It was AC Milan's first win of the season after three games. Pato has now a total of
10 goals in 21 matches for AC Milan. A decent stats for a budding striker. This wonder kid will go
places.
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Here are some words and phrases you can hear on languagecaster's Full Podcast's Good, Bad and Ugly
section - a review of the footballing news. For more English practice check out our worksheets,
football glossary and English for football phrases as well as the Learners' Podcast. bury: put in a
hole in the ground, especially a [.
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Jeebus! What's with all these monsters in the Champions' League? First the purple ones. Now the
green ones. Next thing you know, Cruz Azul will be rebranded as El Monstruo Azul.
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Arsenal are now top of the table thanks to a come from behind win at Bolton and
Chelsea's draw at home to Manchester United. The Gunners fell behind when Bolton's Kevin Davies
headed the home side into the lead in the 16th minute. But it didn't take long for Arsenal to take
control of the match.
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Arsenal are now top of the table thanks to a come from behind win at Bolton and
Chelsea's draw at home to Manchester United. The Gunners fell behind when Bolton's Kevin Davies
headed the home side into the lead in the 16th minute. But it didn't take long for Arsenal to take
control of the match.
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The Melbourne Victory decided yesterday not to appeal Michael Theoklitos' red card, but today have
to decide whether to appeal the 2-match suspension given to their #1. One positive bit of news is
that the FFA has agreed to allow Melbourne to sign a replacement goalkeeper on a short-term basis.
Alternatively, the club could use Mitch [.
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The attention before and after this weekend's Premier League fixtures was focused towards Stamford
Bridge and the first meeting of Chelsea and Manchester United since the European Cup final in May.
Fans of clubs outside the ‘big' four' often bemoan their lack of coverage in the media but
one club should be thanking their lucky stars [.
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Having had the time to digest Bayern's 2-5 mauling by Bremen (no need to rehash things here, if you
need a refresher check out the excellent post at Deutsche Welle's Ballspiel or the video highlights
at 101 Great Goals), I wanted to know exactly how bad it was for the Bavarians. No matter what
[...]
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MANCHESTER, England (AFP) - Robinho produced another captivating display to inspire Manchester City
to a thumping 6-0 win over Portsmouth here Sunday.
This crushing win left his new club fifth in the Premier League table while Portsmouth dropped down
into 12th place.
Robinho, making his second league appearance since joining from Real Madrid for a British record
32.
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If you're a stat geek like me, cast an adoring eye at Hexagonal Blog. Howard Hamilton has spent
what is likely to be a ridiculous amount of time putting together club and domestic league power
coefficients for CONCACAF, similar to those created for UEFA.
Where does MLS rank at the moment -- third, which seems about right to me.
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See the title of this post?
111.
Any guess as to what that means?
No, it's not my monthly salary. Or the amount of money in my savings account (I have less).
It's how many fixtures have been played since we last topped the Spanish league table.
111. 111!
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24-year-old Denmark's Jesper Hougaard made poker history by taking down the first event (£1500
buy-in No Limit Texas Hold 'Em) at this year's Betfair World Series of Poker Europe event The
bracelet is his second this year and makes him the first person bald player to win one at both the
WSOP in Vegas and WSOPE.
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Nationally we talk to Tom Sermanni on the upcoming W-League, and AIS Under 20 Coach Jan Versleijen
on his hunt for overseas players.
Locally Russ Gibbs, Chris Gottaas and Aaron Walker talk to Canberra United signing Grace Gill and
Russ and Aaron preview the Rockets game with Sydney FC Youth on Friday.
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Tonight sees the second leg of the AFC Cup quarter finals with all four local sides facing tough
challenges.
The two Singapore sides are marginally better off. SAF carry a narrow 2-1 lead to Al Nadha in Oman
but Datoma Yedibahoma's late penalty will have the hosts feeling confident knowing one goal would
be enough to put them in the semis.
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is hardly a journalist worthy of the label.
His latest effort, got into the paper, why is anybody's guess, and his bitter little rant included
football in his list. Was he supposed to be funny? Heard it all before Gary.
For the record a dull-scoring game goes for 90 minutes Gary, a dull cricket draw goes for 5 days!
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El equipo de la Juventus de Turín sufrió la baja de dos jugadores fundamentales en su
plantilla, el delantero francés, David Trezeguet, y del considerado el mejor portero del
mundo, Gianluigi Buffon. Lo del jugador galo es una lesión seria en un tendón de la
rodilla derecha, la cual ya fue operada pero tendrá al atacante [.
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Persib v PSIS 3-1 (Hilton, Cabanas, Bastos; Gaston) 25,000
Persija v Arema 1-0 (Bambang) 16,543
Deltras v Sriwijaya 1-1 (Acosta; Obiora) 1,914
Persiba v Persiwa 0-0 2,500
Persitara v Pelita Jaya 1-1 (Ebendje; Cariastawan) 3,000
I had intended to get to the Persija game last night but the car lights weren't working.
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After picking up seven yellow cards in Sundays clash against Chelsea, Manchester United will be
fined £25,000. "It was a competitive game but I did not think there was one bad tackle in
it," said Ferguson. That may be the case Sir Alex, but three of the seven cards were for
mouthing off to the official.
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Here's Franck Ribery's daughter applauding Werder Bremen, after they just made it 5-0 against
Bayern Munich this weekend. Seems Franck or his wife have done a good job teaching her either the
concept of fair play or sarcasm. In the worst case we'll soon see Paparazzi photos of Franck or
Wahiba buying Werder Bremen fan [.
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Arsenal's League Cup Match will be available from midnight UK time tomorrow on Arsenal TV
Online.
Arsenal.com has articles previewing the match, as does Goonerholic.
You know you're an avid Arsenal Supporter if you excited about a midfield quartet of....wait for
it....Jack Wilshere, Aaron Ramsey, Mark Randall, and Fran Merida!
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You might have seen this already, but it makes me giggle every time I watch it. I think it's taken
a couple of years off Sir Alex's life.....
Brilliant.
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No, there were no games today. And no, there wasn't a coin flip. But the mathmeticians at Major
League Soccer have determined now that the Columbus Crew have indeed qualified for the 2008 MLS Cup
Playoffs - the first team...
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MARKHAM - It was a sunny evening that capped off a rain drenched season, and consistency won out in
the end with the Markham Crush taking their first championship.
First off, in the third place game, Solun FC and Markham Dynamos squared off in a very hard fought
game with Solun FC winning 3 to 2 over Markham Dynamos, to capture the consolation third place
final.
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There were thirty goals from nine matches this weekend in Primera A (only Lanús vs.
Huracán finished goalless), including two five-goal matches, in La Bombonera and El Viaducto,
and two featuring four goals: one in Tucumán and one in El Bosque. You can watch the lot on
the TN Sportblog right here, and read on [.
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For the fans of Red Star Belgrade, being considered a violent hooligan is a badge of honor. The
ultras are more organized than the footballing directors of some clubs, and the games can and often
do take a back seat to the extracurricular activities in and around the stadiums. So when a Red
Star fan, [.
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Juande Ramos is apparently considering a move for this Newcastle player who may be just one of a
raft of players considering leaving the crisis club. Don't forget to check out Online Football
Manager! Tottenham are ready to pounce for Newcastle United midfielder Charles N'Zogbia in January.
The People says N'Zogbia is .
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The third giornata of Serie A had less drama and surprises then the last two weeks, but it was
interesting and exciting nonetheless. All the big teams won (including Milan for the first time):
Inter swept aside Torino, Juventus won a tricky away game vs. Cagliari, Roma ended their
"crisis" by soundly defeating Reggina 3-0, Milan finally won with a 4-1 victory over
Lazio, and Fiorentina keep chugging along (with Gila scoring goals) with a win vs.
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Two of the men leading MLS expansion charges get the ink from their local papers today.
Québécois dairy tycoon andMontréal Impact owner Joey Saputo has an enjoyable Q&A in
the Montréal Gazette, while Portland Timbers impresario Merritt Paulson reveals loads of
revenue and attendance related dirt on the Rose City club.
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Du Nord @ 05:33 PM EDT
Landon Donovan to Andrea Canales on potential interest from Bayern Munich: "I would love
for it to happen." See Los Angeles Galaxy section for the full article.
MLS Scoreboard
Week 26
Matches & Scores:
-Thu Sep 18
Columbus 3-1 New York - CC goals by Frankie Hejduk, Robbie Rogers & Eddie Gaven.
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Marcus Hahnemann has a point. A lone voice in defense of the ubiquitously-ridiculed awarding of a
phantom goal to his Reading team on Saturday, the Seattle native has argued that any number of
officiating mistakes can change the course of the game over 90 minutes, so that ordering a replay
every time there is a game-changing error is just impractical.
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Il magro bottino di 3 punti in 4 partite ha spinto la societ a prendere la decisione dell'esonero
dell'allenatore Giovanni Pagliari, ex giocatore biancorosso negli anni '80, subentrato al tecnico
Indiani prima dell'avvio del campionato. La decisione arriva dopo la terza sconfitta consecutiva,
patita contro il Pescara.
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I just finished writing my Tuesday Press-Enterprise column. I decided to write about the Mexican
national team, since they're playing on Wednesday out here in Los Angeles.
One of the things I noticed rather quickly when doing research was the strength of the team that
will play on Wednesday.
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It's been a crazy week at the Red Stars office, from the USWNT allocation in Manhattan on Tuesday,
to the USA vs. Ireland game last night at Toyota Park, we've all been logging 18 hour days &
hundreds of miles. So before we move on to the international draft, I just wanted to take
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Was der Schalker Anhang von Kevin Kuranyi so hält, wurde wohl am Wochenende wieder ziemlich
deutlich. Jubel brach da selten aus. Maximal bei der Auswechslung. Selbst die Kommentatoren
können sich kaum zurückhalten, wenn es um die Großchancenvereitelung von Kevin K.
geht. Immerhin hat es Kevin Kuranyi in die alternative Liste des 5.
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There are only five weeks left in the MLS regular season, and no team has been
statistically eliminated from competing in the playoffs. Parity, it seems, has been delivered by
the league as promised. Unlike in the EPL where results are relatively easily to predict (or
Serie A, where they are sometimes predetermined), MLS results seem to be almost [.
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Neither Freddy Adu or Jozy Altidore saw the pitch as an overhyped Sunday matchday came and went
without a peep. I don't have much to say about it, because I'm crippled with sadness, but
let's see... Park started and went 90 for Monaco, and to be honest, he looked very very poor.
I was surprised that [.
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There's a soccer field in some official images that show the layout of the AAA Tulsa Drillers new
ballpark. It's totally and completely irresponsible of me to make vague and spurious connections
between seemingly unrelated events but perhaps, just perhaps, it's related to that long-distance
call from Tampa to Tulsa that we talked about back in May.
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Immer wieder wird das Thema Schwule und Fussball aktuell. Fragt mich nicht, warum. Heute gab es
dann einen richtig investigativen Beitrag zu diesem Thema. Die Welt hat sich die schwule
Suchmaschine http://schwuugle.de/ ( Die Welt versteckt den Link übrigens durch
nicht-hervorheben ) zusammen in einen Bericht mit Lukas Podolski gezwängt.
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It's been happening quietly, since for some reason the press don't seem all that eager to visit the
possibility that their original version of the story was full of exaggerations and mistakes, but
some of the grandiose claims about the purchase of Manchester City by the Abu Dhabi United Group
are finally starting to go [.
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Here are the scores across the Premiere League for the matches that took place yesterday: Aston
Villa vs. 2 Final West Bromwich 1 Portsmouth vs, 0 Final Manchester City 6 Everton vs. 2 Final Hull
City 2 Manchester United vs. 1 Final Chelsea 1 Technorati Tags: soccer scores,football
scores,premiere league,september,2008,september 21 Share This
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Sir Alex is apparently about to be the victim of a player snatch attempt as Manchester City look to
spend spend spend! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! City go for £30m Tevez
MANCHESTER CITY are set to make a sensational attempt to snatch striker Carlos Tevez away from
Manchester United.
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Long-winded people are boring, and writing full sentences is for chumps. So instead you have just
SIX words. Sound easy? Good for you. After a truly appalling start to a season that many had
predicted would be a successful one, what do Tottenham fans think can be done to save the ...
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According to this source Arsene will have to hold out until the season ends before capturing this
combative midfielder. Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Arsenal will have to wait
until next summer before they can land Sporting Lisbon's £16million-rated midfield star Miguel
Veloso.
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According to this source Rafa will go head to head with neighbours Everton for the signing of a
former Anfield legend! Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Newcastle striker Michael
Owen is a target for Merseyside rivals Liverpool and Everton. The 28-year-old's contract expires in
the summer and is free .
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Things are going well for the Eastlands outfit and Mark Hughes must feel like a child in a sweet
shop. Now he is aiming for the icing on the cake! Don't forget to check out Online Football
Manager! Manchester City are planning a sensational £25million swoop for Lyon striker Karim
Benzema. Mark Hughes .
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It was an odd week in the standings. The top teams from last week did well and so did most of the
teams near the bottom. The middle-of-the-pack, though, had some downright terrible losses as DC,
New York and Chicago were all embarrassed soundly.
It had a slight affect on the table, though the top and bottom didn't change too much.
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Real Madrid will bid to heap more misery on Sporting Gijon when the sides meet at the Bernabeu on
Wednesday evening. Newly-promoted Sporting were the victims of a 6-1 mauling at the hands of
Barcelona on Sunday and Madrid will be confident of making it three wins in a row in the league to
continue their [.
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Remember Serie A tifosi this is a short week in Italy, Match Day 4 games are being played on
Wednesday, September 24th. Tricky match for Roma away to Genoa this match day and
although they've found their footing and confidence after beating Reggina 3 - 0 match day three I
think this one is going to be [.
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Only hours after media reports revived the link between Stelios Giannakopoulos and Hull City, the
reports became a reality as Hull City announced the signing of Giannakopoulos.A statement on the
club's official website read "Hull City has completed the signing of free agent Stelios
Giannakopoulos. The Greek midfielder has signed
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No big news in France-land that I'm seeing, aside from the fact that we apparently broke Philippe
Mexès when he was on international duty. Oops. Hate when that happens. (Get well soon, Philou.
At least for Roma's sake.) And on a related note, was Eric
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Barcelona registered their first win of the Primera Liga season in emphatic style as they crushed
newly-promoted Sporting Gijon 6-1 on Sunday evening. The pressure had been on new Barca coach Pep
Guardiola following a return of just one point from their opening two games but the Catalan giants
were back to their free-flowing best in [.
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Hull 2-2 Everton
What on earth has happened to Everton's defence? It's crazy. We are shipping 2 goals a game every
time we play. You've got to admire the spirit in the camp but really, what is happening? We've got
the Carling Cup this week, the derby and then our UEFA Cup 2nd leg...if we aren't careful our
season is over before it's begun.
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ITV announced last week it had agreed a deal with Setanta to broadcast highlights of all of
England's remaining World Cup 2010 away qualifying matches. Highlights of each game will be
broadcast on ITV1 from 10.30pm on the evening of the game. The remaining games are against Belarus
on 15 October, Kazakhstan on 6 June 2009 [.
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The outgoing chairman of Manchester City introduces the incoming chairman to the crowd. Isn't that
lovely? (Paul Ellis/AFP/Getty Images)
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Back in the mid-1980s, you could count the number of Americans playing soccer in Europe on one hand
(maybe even one finger). Today, over seventy Americans ply their trade in European leagues. While
those numbers correctly indicate American soccer has made huge strides over the last two
decades, they also are somewhat misleading.
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So that's what the top of the table feels like. On to the games...
Arsenal 3-1 Bolton -- Man the Gunners played some beautiful soccer on Saturday. 21 shots, 17
corners, 70% of possession. Turns out they were Jekyll this weekend and are now on top of the EPL
standings.
Kevin Cyril Davies (14') had the goal for Bolton, before three straight by
Emmanuel Eboue (offside, 26'),
Nicklas Bendtner (27') and Denilson (87').
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It was, by any standards, the most bizarre moment of the football season so far, and it's difficult
to imagine that it will be bettered. During Saturday afternoon's match in the Championship between
Watford and Reading, a goal was awarded that was not only controversial but didn't actually happen
at all.
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Newcastle United's problems continue today as Mike Ashley has now appointed London-based investment
bank Seymour Prince to help push through the sale of the club. Magpies owner Ashley confirmed last
week he is keen to sell the club after a nasty fan backlash to Kevin Keegan departing the club two
weeks ago.
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Three players previously linked with a move to the Emirates and known to have the admiration of Mr
Wenger are apparently ready to quit troubled Newcastle United, so could the north London club make
their move in the St James' Park fire sale? Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager!
Steven .
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The COS Big Up brings you a daily batch of our favourite stories. Avast ye mateys! Studs Up riffs
on Tottenham's craptastic early season form. After a summer of bringing in glittering attacking
talent, they sit rooted to the bottom of the Premier League - and as Studs Up ...
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It happens to every team and every manager, a new player comes in and for whatever reason they just
don't do it at their new club. Middlesbrough are no different and here is my top ten worst signings
of recent years.
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Para los que les encanta andar en éstas cosas como a mí, ADIDAS nos manda ésta
invitación para todos ustedes: Adidas te invita a la firma de autógrafos en la que
algunos jugadores destacados de los Tigres de la UANL convivirán con los aficionados. La cita
es con Blas Pérez, Lucas Lobos y el Pájaro Aguilar hoy [.
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Desconozco mucho de temas legales, pero más de una vez hemos oído que muchas resoluciones
de un juez pueden apoyarse en un caso anterior de características similares. El cierre del
histórico Yankee Stadium enfrenta a dos puntos de vista: el romanticismo deportivo y al
negocio actual del deporte. Es bien importante que señalemos que la mercadotecnia, la [.
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Two years ago, Theofanis Gekas made headlines for his superb scoring record with the Bundesliga's
Vfl Bochum. During a one year stay with Bochum, Gekas scored twenty goals to finish atop the
scoring chart in Germany. Now, Georgios Samaras looks to be the next Greek to bask in success
abroad,
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Tottenham new boy Vedran Corluka knows the only remedy for the team's ailing season is a run of
wins to restore some confidence back in the squad. Spurs' goalless draw at home to Wigan marked the
club's worst start to a Premier League season as they find themselves at the bottom of the table
with just [.
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The La Liga Team Of The Week for Week 3 of the Spanish 1st division was an easy choice.
Considering the results and the environments the TOW had to perform in, there is no doubt that the
runaway Week 3 winner of the La Liga Team Of The Week is: Villarreal Club de Fútbol The team
known [...]
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Newcastle United Football Club have appointed London-based investment bank Seymour Pierce to handle
the sale of the club. Mike Ashley - attempting to sell Newcastle United The chairman of Seymour
Pierce is Keith Harris, who was involved in selling Chelsea to Roman Abramovich in 2003, and who
has recently been reported to have been brought in to [.
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Kolo Toure has branded Bolton's Kevin Davies a 'disgrace' after the striker's first-half lunge saw
Gael Clichy rushed to hospital for scans on his shin. The French defender suffered no more than
heavy bruising to his leg during the Gunners' 3-1 victory at the Reebok but Toure insisted such a
challenge should be stamped out of [.
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New York Red Bulls midfielder Jorge Rojas and defender Gabriel Cichero have been called up by
the Venezuelan national team for its upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Brazil (Oct. 12) and
Ecuador (Oct.
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Ricardo Arellano, nazareno para el partido entre Chivas y Jaguares, se dio el lujo de regalarle al
equipo del "rebaño sagrado" su primera victoria como local del Clausura 2008 al
inventarse un penal que fue muy bien aprovechado por Ramón Morales. El juego ofreció muy
poco, el nuevo "look" del brasileño Itamar Batista fue lo más [.
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Diego Armando Maradona trajo su Showbol, fallo penales y aun así gano, con todo y conato de
bronca.
Para los que idolatran al Diego imperdible el final del vídeo donde deja un niño pero se
regresa por unas rubias.
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The Irons 4 Lambeth 5 As it's early days and the Irons are a new team, we'll go easy on them for
now, truth is, they do deserve a coating for the friendly defeat on Saturday, but on a positive
note there's room for improvement, and thanks to UK Football Finder they have found a few gems.
They also looked the dogs in their new UKFF sponsored kit!
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Like Maurice Edu with Rangers, a pre-match injury shoved daddy's boy into the starting lineup for
Borussia Monchengladbach.
And according to this report from Goal.com, it went fairly well.
Donning the number 26, Bradley played well in his debut forcing an early save by Berlin
keeper Jaroslav Drobny.
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Reports suggest Spurs boss Juande Ramos will return to his old hunting ground in an attempt to
prise winger Diego Capel out of Sevilla. The Daily Mail understands that the Spanish coach will
make a final effort to land the 20-year-old with a £12million offer. Capel was a major target
for Ramos over the summer but the [.
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Arsene Wenger believes his team are an improved outfit from last year after seeing his side emerge
unscathed from a potentially tricky two-game period in the treacherous North-West. Seven goals,
only one conceded and six points represents an impressive return for Wenger's young brigade, with
the only lowlight being Gael Clichy's bruised shin, under the robust [.
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Al igual que el del director técnico de Pumas fue el pensamiento de todos los aficionados
universitarios al abandonar el estadio México 68 tras la derrota por la mínima diferencia
ante el conjunto de los Gladiadores de San Luís Potosí. Un gol del uruguayo, Víctor
Piriz, al minuto 19 bastó para que el equipo potosino aumentara [.
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Sorry for the delayed post, here's the release about the match. On the Marinelli goal, I've seen
elsewhere that Souter scored, but the refs said the initial fumble by Edwards went over the line
and Souter pushed it in afterward. Enjoy the rest of the rundown.
KCW Reserves Defeat Toronto FC Reserves 6-0 Sunday
Kansas City Gets Hat Trick from Ivan Trujillo, Two Goals from Ryan Pore
MLS Reserve Division Match
Sunday, September 21, 2008 – 10:00 a.
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FC Boro @ 02:42 PM EDT
Stevenage Borough's Youth team begin their FA Youth Cup campaign tonight when they face
Bishop's Stortford at Broadhall Way. It's the first game in the Youth Cup for the newly
formed youth side since Colin Read took over during the summer. In their last game
Boro were beaten quite comfortably at Broadhall Way by Barnet.
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I know, I know. I promised 31 straight days of posts and what happened?
Anyways, I'm here.
As you know, I also write for New African Soccer magazine.
What is that? According to the site:
New African Soccer Magazine is the only monthly English language magazine and ezine dedicated to
African football.
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NEWS: The Dynamo will host Salvadoran club Luis Angel Firpo on Nov. 26 (a Wednesday) to replace the
Champions League match that was postponed due to Hurricane Ike last week, CONCACAF announced
Monday. The match, which was supposed to mark...
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The AC Milan vs Lazio match saw a variety of impressive goals but the one which sticks
out above the rest was the winner scored by Gianluca Zambrotta. Zambrotta's is
winning goal of the week for the following reasons, 1. distance 2. location 3. power
4. as fullback Zambrotta doesn't score often, making this a
very special goal compared to the rest netted by seasoned goalscorers this week.
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OK, OK, I take it all back. Even Abi Okalaja wouldn't have screwed up this call.
Or maybe he would
Hmmm.
The point is, he didn't.
At least not yet.
The Ghost Goal Watford Linesman Referee - video powered by Metacafe
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(Rick Morrison for Goal Seattle with the photo, if you couldn't tell)
It was a pretty inconsequential game in the standings, Seattle and Vancouver had already qualified
for the playoffs, but the Cascadia Cup was lost.
The Northwest derby might not be around for awhile, so it's sad that the Sounders couldn't hold
onto it until then.
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"It's all too beautiful", the Small Faces reminded me on Sunday when Ji-Sung Park
scored his 18th minute goal.
I've had a bit of a pop at him over the last few days and I'm not afraid to say that I loved Mr
Park for a few minutes on Sunday. Just a few minutes, mind you. I still think he doesn't deserve a
place in the starting line-up but he WILL win me round if he keeps scoring important goals.
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When is a goal not a goal?
When it didn't go between the posts maybe?
Unless you are Nigel Bannister of course.
Reading's 'ghost' goal has been blocked on YouTube by the FA, although I did mange to find this. A
copyright issue apparently.
A moral dilemma then for the Reading players and management team.
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Shortly after Manchester United's 1-1 draw at Chelsea yesterday, their team bus was attacked by an
as-of-yet unknown assailant, who cracked the bus' front windshield (as pictured here) with a thrown
bottle. No one was hurt, and United continued their short trip across London to the train station
and following trip back to Manchester.
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Slowly but surely some of my repressed memories of being a soccer fan in the States are coming back
to me. Almost a year ago, I wrote about the common "soccer is for fags" insults I
remembered hearing in the 1980s. Then, all of a sudden last week, I remembered another insult that
American jocks used [.
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Spurs midfielder David Bentley has reportedly told boss Juande Ramos that he is unhappy with being
played in an unfamiliar central role and is keen to be put back on the wing. Bentley, a
£15million summer capture from Blackburn Rovers, has been used further infield by Juande Ramos
in recent weeks and, according to The People, [.
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Arsene Wenger has questioned the motives of the Abu Dhabi United Group who are sealing their
takeover of Manchester City. The Gunners boss is baffled as to why the mega-rich Middle Eastern are
wading into English football and believes the move could be 'dangerous' for the game. "I don't
know why these people are in there," said [.
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Mike Ashley is desperate to get the Newcastle United monkey off his back and is traveling all over
the world to do so. After failing to convince a Dubai-based consortium to buy the messy club, he
has now been linked with a move to sell off the club to a ...
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Tottenham are an amazing team. Under the stewardship of Martin Jol they were a lasagne away from
gatecrashing the Champions League party. With both Jol and Ramos at the helm they have bought some
of the best footballing talent on offer, whilst also snapping up any talented youths that meander
...
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Do you want the 411 on LD? Then ya gotta go to AC. With Bayern Munich supposedly interested in
expanding their market to the U.S. and apparently insisting only the best 'Nat will do, Landon
Donovan finally admits he would be open to a move back to Germany after all. NSC pal Andrea Canales
gets the story from every angle over at Soccernet.
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Tottenham are monitoring Charles N'Zogbia's situation at Newcastle as the winger is understood to
be one of several players on Tyneside considering their future, according to reports. The People
claims that Frenchman N'Zogbia, along with several of his team-mates, is concerned with the growing
unrest at Newcastle and could be tempted to leave St James', with [.
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Bolton 1 (Davies 14) Arsenal 3 (Eboue 26, Bendtner 27, Denilson 87) (Premiership) What a fantastic
weekend, not a sentence often heard following trips to Bolton, but made so by a ruthless ten minute
spell in the first half that anyone would have struggled to live with, and which Bolton crumbled
under.
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The respect for referees campaign isn't going so well. There was Mark Halsey's red card for John
Terry being overturned, Stuart Atwell awarding Reading a phantom goal and - probably the most
straightforward bit of disprespct - Rio Ferdinand calling Mike Riley a "shit ref" as he
stormed off down the tunnel on Sunday.
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Ebi Smolarek can't find his form from Euro 2008 qualifiers. He posed no threat whatsoever in his
debut game for Bolton Wanderers. The Premiership, at least in the first match, proved too fast and
competetive for him. The other Polish highlight of the weekend was Tomasz Kuszczak's involvement in
Super Sunday game against Chelsea.
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Swiss International Johan Djourou has extended his contract with Arsenal although the length of it
is unknown. Djourou joined Arsenal in 2003 and has played 53 times for the London side (plus an
extra 13 when he was loaned to Birmingham in 2007). Wenger seems to have confidence in the
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It might appear irrelevant to speak about Beach Soccer in a football blog but it is quite
impressive that Swiss beach soccer players, like Swiss beach volley up until two years ago, are
potentially among the best in Europe! Following the impressive 2005 win, Switzerland ended 2nd
overall at the
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A few interesting third-round draws with Carling Cup holders Spurs away against a listless
Newcastle United squad. Also, Manchester City fresh off of their 6-0 thumping of Portsmouth travel
to Brighton and Hove Albion. Portsmouth attempt to rebound at home against Chelsea. Manchester
United host Middlesbrough and several reports state that
Ronaldo is set to receive
more playing time as he comes back from ankle surgery.
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Nacer Barazite hopes his loan spell at Derby will help him to follow Nicklas Bendtner into
Arsenal's first team. Dutch youngster Barazite has impressed since moving to Pride Park last month,
dropping down to the Championship in a bid to gain some valuable experience. Bendtner enjoyed a
similar education at Birmingham during the 2006/07 season before breaking [.
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Reading v. Watford this weekend and perhaps the worst decision you'll ever see by a referee. Where
and when, exactly, did the ball cross the line? Linesman at fault it seems and there have been
calls for the match, which ended 2-2, to be replayed. Unfortunately, the score will stand.
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Don't call it a comeback. At least not yet.
The Los Angeles Galaxy's 5-2 drubbing of D.C. United raised plenty of questions about D.C.
(again) but it also raised the question of whether Bruce Arena, Landon Donovan and David Beckham
could help LA secure its first playoff berth in three years.
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Johan Djourou has signed a new long-term contract at Arsenal and I believe that this is fantastic
news for us.
I really rate Djourou and believe that he can go on and establish himself as an Arsenal regular in
the future.
I can see him and Toure forming a formidable partnership in the heart of Arsenal's defence.
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Chelsea have today been hit with the news that Portuguese pair Deco and Ricardo Carvalho could both
face weeks on the sidelines after picking up injuries at the weekend. Deco tore a muscle in his
upper thigh in the warm-up for the game against Man United.
That could see the former Barcelona man out for at least weeks whilst Carvalho could face double
that time out after picking up knee ligament damage during the game at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.
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Manchester United will face no further action over their behaviour at Stamford Bridge yesterday.
Sir Alex Ferguson's team picked up seven yellow cards during the draw with Chelsea - and already
knew they would receive an automatic £25,000 fine from the FA. But the Red Devils will avoid a
further punishment after referee Mike Riley confirmed in [.
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.....which was the fine they picked up for the 7 yellow cards they got in the game against
Chelsea.It is however not going to put any significant dent in their collective fortunes.The
squabbling continued after game and the United's team bus was attacked and one of its windows got
cracked.
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Arsene Wenger has tipped the Gunners' Brazilian midfielder Denilson to emulate his fellow
countryman Gilberto by establishing himself as the rock at the heart of the Arsenal midfield. Fans
favourite Gilberto left for Greek side Panathanaikos this summer, while his heir apparent Mathieu
Flamini joined AC Milan.
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"We are actively working to identify and isolate those who would engage in hooliganism. The
sport is meant to be an enjoyable experience for everybody, and for one person to take it upon
themselves to act in a means that put others in danger, it's not something that's going to be
tolerated by the Toronto Police.
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Due to numerous requests, here is the video highlights of yesterdays Sporting de Gijon 1 -FC
Barcelona 6 match which was an authentic "whitewash". Hope the Barça fans enjoy the
clip because... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football &
Sports
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The Europoseur's favorite USA coaching candidate (and admittedly mine too) Jurgen Klinsmann has led
Bayern Munich into crisis, winning only two matches of five. The headline to the right (How great
is that front page, btw?) came after this weekend's 5-2 to Werder Bremen. Maybe JK was a one-hit
wonder with an experienced German team [.
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You know. my estimation of David Beckham goes up every time I see more of him. The guy is an
ultimate competitor, and his defense of Marc Burch here illustrates that.
There's no way that's a red card, even though I think Burch is a punk overall. Becks' defense of
him is a slap in the face to MLS officiating, and a well-deserved one at that.
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Me acabo de enterar que el Monterrey no prestara a el Chupete para el juego que sostendrán
México vs Chile, porque al perecer salio resentido del partido que se tuvo el sábado en
la cancha del Tec. Esto me parece que es una excelente decisión por parte de la directiva,
porque para que arriesgar al mejor [.
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A few things here and there:
- If you're asking "Who are these guys?" about a CONCACAF Champions League team, check
D.C. United blog Behind the Badge for a breakdown of Honduran club CD Marathon and
the story of how they got their name from some confusion over "futbol" and
"football.
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Shortly after Manchester United's 1-1 draw at Chelsea yesterday, their team bus was attacked by an
as-of-yet unknown assailant, who cracked the bus' front windshield (as pictured here) with a thrown
bottle. No one was hurt, and United continued their short trip across London to the train station
and following trip back to Manchester.
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THE KICKAPOO HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB PRESENTS
AN EVENING WITH ORIGINAL OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVIL, RANDLE CHOWNING
AND HIS BAND, ???THE GREAT NOTIONS???
The concert will benefit the Kickapoo High School Girls Soccer Program and will be held on
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm in the Kickapoo High School Auditorium.
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THE KICKAPOO HIGH SCHOOL BOOSTER CLUB PRESENTS
AN EVENING WITH ORIGINAL OZARK MOUNTAIN DAREDEVIL, RANDLE CHOWNING
AND HIS BAND, "THE GREAT NOTIONS"
The concert will benefit the Kickapoo High School Girls Soccer Program and will be held on
Saturday, October 4, 2008 at 7:00 pm in the Kickapoo High School Auditorium.
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Following all the speculation about possible owners for Newcastle United, it seems that Mike Ashley
is preparing to sell the club to a consortium of wealthy Nigerians. Chris Nathaniel, the chief
executive of NVA Management, the company managing the deal, said he is hopeful the Nigerians will
become the first Africans to own a Premier [.
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West Ham boss Gianfranco Zola could face a struggle to land target Riccardo Montolivo after
Fiorentina insisted the playmaker is not for sale. The 23-year-old has reportedly captured Zola's
attention after a number of eye-catching displays for the Serie A club, while he was also a member
of the Italian Olympic squad.
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Newcastle United actually recieved some good news this morning from Caretaker boss Chris Hughton.
Oba Martins - ready to start Wednesday The squad has been handed a major fitness boost ahead of
Wednesday's Carling Cup clash against Spurs, with the good news that Oba Martins will be in
the squad for the game.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger has tipped Mexican forward Carlos Vela to make a large impact on the
Gunners' Carling Cup campaign this year. Wenger has consistently used the Carling Cup to blood
promising youngsters and that trend is set to continue with 19-year-old Vela's inclusion in the
youthful squad which will take on Sheffield United tomorrow [.
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A few thoughts as fantasy managers get their heads around the unlikeliest of heroes Salomon Kalou
and Ji-Sung Park coming through in the clutch at Stamford Bridge this past weekend.
We know about Rafa's dreaded rotation policy at Liverpool. But let's take a closer look at a few
other short-term and long-term rotational and injury quandaries that could affect thousands of
fantasy premier league managers this season.
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Juande Ramos is appealing for time and patience to end Tottenham's early-season slump but knows
results must change quickly before it becomes a full-blown crisis. After a dismal 0-0 draw with
Wigan at White Hart Lane the Spaniard denied a report he is homesick and yearning to return to
Seville - from where he was controversially [.
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Arsene Wenger could send out the youngest side in the history of the Carling Cup to face Sheffield
United in the third round tomorrow night. 16-year-old midfield sensation Jack Wilshere - who burst
onto the scene with a number of dazzling displays in pre-season and was rewarded with a first-team
squad number - may not be [.
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Ha transcurrido ya la mitad del Apertura 2008, y haciendo un pequeño recuento del
desempeño de nuestro equipo, a grandes rasgos podemos afirmar que se ha avanzado en
demasía, tomando como referencia las actuaciones felinas en los anteriores torneos.
Estadísticamente hablando, nos encontramos en el quinto lugar de la general, solo a un punto
del Cruz [.
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Reputable newspaper News of the World claims that a woman Cristiano Ronaldo enjoyed a brief tryst
with is not only a hooker, but also a drug dealer...
Ron's bit on the side is a coke selling pro
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From the Wizards open tryout back in February to the Sierra Mist Goal of the Week list. Since the
game was on HDNet, we can't imbed the goal from QuickKicks, but take a look at it on this page and
then vote for our favorite Scot, Kevin Souter. Great work buddy, we're proud of you.
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The Newcastle players put in another sub-par performance on Saturday, to record their third loss on
the trot at Upton Park, against what was an ordinary looking West Ham side. Sebastien Bassong -
deserves start on Wednesday It seems the players have been affected by the turmoil going on at the
club, and two poor performances is [.
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When it comes to Venezuelan soccer sensations in NYC, Giovanni Savarese is Columbus, Cichero &
Rojas are just the pilgrims.
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Not sure how much damage a ginormous flag can do, but fortunately we're just watching and laughing
instead of experiencing...
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Ian Rush has once more voiced his support for Liverpool new-boy Robbie Keane, claiming that the
Irishman has proved his importance despite his lack of goals.
Much was expected of Keane following his £20million summer move from Tottenham Hotspur. He
scored 107 goals in 254 games during his six-year spell at White Hart Lane, and it was presumed he
would instantly transfer that form to Merseyside.
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Fernando Torres has revealed that Spanish legend Raul Gonzalez offered the Liverpool striker some
words of wisdom following Spain's painful exit at the 2006 World Cup in Germany.
In the 2006 World Cup in Germany, Spain looked strong in the group stage having secured three
points in each of their games and therefore topped their group.
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I attempt to read all emails, even though I can't reply to them all. After poor results I get a
mixture of messages: those from people who appreciate my attempts to find light in the dark (and
who, such as this weekend, request a dose of positivity served in a glass half full), and those
from people who offer a suggestion as to what I can go do with myself, sometimes with precise
details as to the how and where.
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In un'anteprima di Guarda che Lupa, in onda questa sera alle 18.00 su Sky, Julio Baptista ha
commentato il suo momento: "Spero che i tifosi della Roma possano vedere il miglior Baptista,
e spero di avere grande tranquillità per recuperare dall'infortunio, che è una cosa
fondamentale per un giocatore.
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AFC Liverpool face their first ever competitive derby match on Wednesday in a cup tie against top
Liverpool side Waterloo Dock.
The 1st round Senior Cup tie takes place at Valerie Park, the home of Prescot Cables, who AFC
Liverpool are groundsharing with this season and kicks off at 7.30pm.
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Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt admitted to being frustrated in the wake
of his side's goalless draw with Stoke City at Anfield but insisted that their opponents' defensive
outlook was a compliment for the hosts. The ex-Feyenoord man wants to make amends in the Reds'
upcoming matches.
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Rafael Benitez, previously renowned for his rotation policy, has indicated that Fernando Torres
will remain one of his "untouchables" despite the goals drying up for the Spain striker.
The Liverpool manager, who was left frustrated by Saturday's goalless draw against Stoke City at
Anfield, argued that the 24-year-old will be better off playing his way back to full sharpness
rather than resting.
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Atletico Madrid sounded a warning to Liverpool, whom they meet in a Champions League Group D clash
next month, with a 4-0 thrashing of Recreativo Huelva at the weekend.
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez will need to beware of Atletico's Argentine striker Sergio Aguero, who
scored his fourth goal in a week to set Atletico on their way.
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ALBERT RIERA is convinced Fernando Torres is on the verge of recapturing his goalscoring form after
his subdued start to the season.
Riera and fellow Spaniard Torres started a game together for the first time on Saturday as
Liverpool disappointingly drew 0-0 with Stoke City at Anfield.
The point was good enough to take Liverpool briefly back to the top of the Premier League –
but they were overtaken by Arsenal and Chelsea over the course of the weekend.
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The Carling Cup gets underway on Tuesday with Arsene Wenger continuing his policy of using
youngsters and first team "fringe" players. Wenger sees the Carling Cup an as
opportunity to use the youngsters in first team situations to see how they react and who rises to
the occasion. The results do not matter to Arsene [.
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It's difficult to work out what was the bigger shock at Anfield on Saturday – Stoke gaining a
point or the strange feeling that many among the Liverpool faithful are not happy with Fernando
Torres' form.
It's not long since ‘El Nino' could do no wrong it seemed.
As Liverpool's record signing's debut season in England went on, he just got better and better.
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Steve Coppell has agreed to the idea of a replay of the 'Ghost Goal' match on
Saturday. He told the official club website:
If the authorities decide a replay is the correct thing to do then I've got no objections
whatsoever.
He went on to say that he felt bad for Watford and wants to make amends.
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Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez insists he is not concerned by the lack of goals from strikers
Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane.
Torres has netted only one goal in seven appearances this season, while Keane has yet to open his
account since joining from Tottenham in July - and both struggled as Liverpool drew 0-0 with Stoke
at Anfield on Saturday.
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As United gets ready to face their next opponent in the inaugural CONCACAF Champions League, here's
some information about the Honduran champion, CD Marathon. The team is on their way to Honduras
today and will face Marathon on Wednesday. Following a home loss to Saprissa last week, the
Black-and-Red will look to earn crucial road points against a tough opponent.
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It was a good week for CONCACAF players in European competitions in mid-week, with Mexican
captain Rafael Marquez scoring for Barcelona and Honduran star David Suazo scoring his first goal
for Benfica.
Unfortunately, the goal-scoring touch didn't carry over to the weekend.
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I found this commercial video on Youtube about Ronaldinho when he was still a young boy playing
futsal in an actual tournament. The grown up part of Ronaldinho was purposely produced just for
this ad.
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Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez is ready to offer the younger members of his squad the opportunity
to impress against Crewe in the Carling Cup on Tuesday.
Benitez is expected to name the likes of left-back Emiliano Insua, midfielder Damien Plessis and
forward Daniel Pacheco in his plans as he looks to rest a number of his first-team stars when the
Railwaymen arrive at Anfield.
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Nice to see them drop the Springsteen-chic of Sam's Town for a return to their former maudlin,
dance floor glory. Their new single is entitled "Human" and the new Stuart Price (aka
Thin White Duke a.k.a Jacques Lu Cont) produced album drops Nov. 25th.
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David Di Michele can become as big a star at West Ham United as Paolo Di Canio, according to new
Irons' manager Gianfranco Zola. The on-loan Torino hitman marked his home debut by scoring twice
and setting up a third for Matty Etherington in Saturday's 3-1 Premier League stroll against
Newcastle United.
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Wenger is yet again linked with a big-money signing, but is this youngster really worth THAT much?!
Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Turkey international Arda Turan is being watched
by Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, but he could be put off by Galatasaray's £15m asking price
for the 21-year-old winger.
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Tottenham captain Ledley King has admitted the team 'have not been good enough' as Juande Ramos'
men lie rooted to the foot of the table after their worst start to a Premier League season. Spurs
have picked up just two points from their opening five matches and are two points adrift of their
nearest rivals after [.
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In order for Soccer to find the success it seeks in the U.S., it must make changes to the
traditional rules without changing the integrity of the sport. Soccer can be that viable
alternative for sports fans in the U.S. if it plays with Amercian rules and also markets the game
to U.S. sports fans [.
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As if the first team wasn't youthful enough, Gunners manager Arsène Wenger has consistently
used the Carling Cup to blood promising youngsters. Expect, then, to get a first home glimpse of
Welsh wonderkid Aaron Ramsey and maybe even teenage English winger Jack Wilshere who impressed in
pre-season.
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As reported on the Derby County Official Site. QPR's Official Site has yet to announce or
comment.
Derby County Official Site - QPR TICKET PRICES RULING
Derby County Football Club acknowledges the Football League ruling which prevents Queens Park
Rangers from increasing ticket prices for Saturday's game at Loftus Road.
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SAINTS 7/5 DRAW 9/4 ROTHERHAM 2/1
These are the best odds you will find at the moment for each outcome. Considering Rotherhams lowly
position in the old division 4 as I still prefer to call it, they have low odds, considering you
could have got 3/1 or better for saints to wins away to derby and Birmingham and I saw Blackpool at
4/1 when they beat us.
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Well another win up the shanties of Bolton. I will have to mention that I did predict the score at
3-1 as well. So that win, combined with the rest of the results from Saturday and Sunday, put us
top of the league. Liverpool found a way to draw with Stoke, and ManUre and Chelski played out a
1-1 draw, so it was great for us to get all 3 points away from home.
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Italy's fight against football hooligans will be won with... plastic. The plan is to use a card -
or "fan passport" - that certifies genuine supporters as non-neanderthals. Basically if
you're a fan you apply to your club for a fan passport and the club checks with police to see if
you've got previous (eg [.
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This could be a double edged sword for Keane, if he scores, it should give him the confidence to
relax and perform in subsequent games. On the other hand if he doesn't score against a team of
Crewes calibre, that's bound to shatter his confidence even more than it already is.
This isn't the first and no doubt the last time that he has experienced goal scoring droughts.
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Quick apologies and an admission before anything else. Sunday morning I missed the
Chelsea/Manchester United game because of a softball game. To add insult to injury, the other team
forfeited. Brilliant. It got worse later in the day when working my job there were production
errors at my paper and I didn't get home until after 2 a.
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Arsenal defender Johan Djourou has put pen to paper on a new long-term deal with the club. The
centre-half, who joined the Gunners from Swiss side Etoile Carouge in 2003, has been on the fringes
of the first-team for the past year but has impressed when afforded the opportunity and Arsene
Wenger has decided to secure [.
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Image via Wikipediawhat started off with a bit of promise in columbus ended with the wheels
seemingly coming off the new york red bulls on thursday night.
the 3-1 loss against the league-leading crew stopped our potential roll up the eastern standings.
the only saving grace of the week was that dc united got trounced by the galaxy and we retained our
two-point lead for fourth place.
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Arsenal striker Nacer Barazite, has been on loan at Derby this season. He has been
talking about the comparisions between his position and Nicklas's position when he was on loan
at Birmingham City, and how he hopes to benefit from his loan spell . . . Barazite said . . . He
(Bendtner) was like me, almost at the first [.
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Johan Djourou has signed a new, long-term contract with Arsenal which will reportedly see him stay
at the club until 2012. The 21-year-old Switzerland international centre-back joined the Gunners
from Etoile Carouge in 2003. Born in the Ivory Coast but raised in Geneva, Djourou has made four
appearances this season most recently coming off the bench to [.
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Still tied for last in the West, but only two points out of third.
How bizarre.
But Landon Donovan is the centerpiece of this week on my end. Three more goals for him brings the
season total to 19. That's the second highest total since 2002. Yowza!
That's also five more than
Kenny Cooper, his nearest pursuer in the golden boot race.
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This past week in Italy witnessed two of the traditional Scudetto contenders rise to the
top. Inter is in 1st Juventus in 2nd. In the case of the Team Of The Week,
they pulled themselves out of the relegation zone and served notice. It was a tough
choice between two teams based in the region of Lombardia but the TOW's performance [.
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Aye aye again. We just wanted to update you with all that's happening in Scottish football this
week, along with a wee site update. This week sees the next round of the Co-operative Insurance Cup
(better known as the League Cup). This round sees Celtic in action against First Division league
leaders Livingston, but the tie [.
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The season started with fear and trepidation as to who will replace Flamini. We had two
candidates, Diaby and Denilson. One was injury prone, the other was prone to erratic
form. Arsenal fans held their breath as it was left to Denilson to fill the void. Undoubtedly
Denislon had tremendous ability and potential, but as so [.
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As I mentioned before, I wrote an article on the big hero of the DC-LA match.
But the topic wasn't really about how well Landon is playing for the Galaxy - more about where he
might play next.
Personally, I give credit to Landon - he didn't play cute or go silent when I asked him about the
topic.
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There are Spanish Football (Soccer) players around the globe exercising their profession in a
successful manner. Most cite Fernando Torres as the best example but there are plenty carrying the
flag... Read all the news, results, details & comments in English on Spanish Football & Sports
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A consortium of wealthy Nigerians are planning to take over Newcastle United, according to a report
in Africa. Current owner Mike Ashley is trying to find a buyer for the ailing Barclays Premier
League club, after proving unsuccessful with his initial efforts to secure a sale. Ashley has
announced he wants to sell his interest in [.
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Time for this week's poll for who should be interviewed by Thad from The Back Post. After the
result against TFC this weekend that renews hopes of the playoffs, you have three players to choose
from.
Kevin Souter - Open tryout participant scores his first career goal in MLS.
Jonathan Leathers - Rookie has started the last two games at right back for the Wizards.
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This morning SBI is askedreaders "if you have seen Clint Dempsey please contact SBI. He has
gone missing since returning to Fulham." TOR is asking "has anyone checked the golf
course?".
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Stelios Giannakopoulos has had an awful offseason, which has seen the 34-year-old be released from
Premier League club Bolton Wanderers and dropped from the Greek National Team. After a summer of
speculation regarding Giannakopoulos' next stop, a long lasting rumor has returned to the spotlight
as media reports link Giannakopoulos
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Further to last Thurday's opening gambit on shot quality, here are the initial shot quality tables
for this season's Premier League. The breakdown is fairly self explanatory, apart from the final
column - 'Quality Shots per Game'. A quick explanation of how this is calculated:
Examining where goals are scored from, I discovered that shots taken from inside the six yard box
are about twice as likely to result in a goal than shots from elsewhere in the penalty box.
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Thomas Rooney - Freelance Sports Journalist Australian forward Scott McDonald failed to get on the
score sheet last night as Scottish Champions Celtic were held to a 0-0 draw at home to AaB Aalborg
in their first Champions League fixture of the season. McDonald - who has made nine appearances for
Australia - [.
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Video highlights from the weekend's Premier League games: Liverpool 0-0 Stoke City Blackburn 1-0
Fulham West Ham 3-1 Newcastle Bolton 1-3 Arsenal "Premier League Highlights: Bolton 1-3
Arsenal, West Ham 3-1 Newcastle, Liverpool 0-0 Stoke, Blackburn 1-0 Fulham" was originally
published at Soccerlens.
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All even at Stamford Bridge, Hull hold Everton, Manchester City put six past Pompey, nil-nil
between Stoke and Liverpool, the Zola Era opens at West Ham with a win and Arsenal beat
Bolton...
Reports
Kevin McCarra:
Chelsea spirit keeps Bridge record in tact
Ferguson's fury masks frustration
Manchester City 6 - 0 Portsmouth
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Arsenal moved smoothly to the top of the Premier League and Right Result table with an impressive
win at Bolton Wanderers. All did not go according to script at their former bogey ground though...
Emmanuel Eboue netted his first league goal for the Gunners but the Ivorian's equaliser should have
been ruled out for offside.
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Terry Vaughn was simply awful. A solid D- from this grader. Even if you toss out the simply
dreadful red card to Burch (above), his performance would rate no better than a D. Was this going
to be an easy match to offiicate? Not a chance, not with two rival teams needing points and two
[...]
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I've been a little worried about I'm on Setanta Sports recently, thinking maybe its moment had
passed. I was also thinking that maybe it should have ended in its prime, like The Office or Fawlty
Towers or Paul Scholes' international career. But last weeks Battle for Berba re-enactment (with
TSO's excellent Mr.
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Yes, it's hardly something to get overly excited about (although I love this kind of
enthusiasm). But good times call for celebration, even through just five games of the season, as
Arsenal sits on top, one point ahead of Chelsea and Liverpool. The biggest point of triumph is the
elimination of the dropped points at Fulham.
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I don't know how true this is, but there is a rumour flying about this afternoon that Dennis Wise
could be joining Gus Poyet in a joint managerial role if Newcastle dump us out the Carling Cup on
Wednesday night!
I'm not one to take much notice of this sort of stuff but the guy that told me also said we'd sign
Bent about six months before it actually happened, that was bad new as well!
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The USL-1 Regular Season concluded this past week and the playoffs are set. The Puerto Rico
Islanders (pictured above) have won the Regular Season title, and gained the #1 seed in the
playoffs. This gives the road weary Islanders a bye in the first round and a chance for now to
focus on the CONCACAF [.
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Milan wake up and put four past Lazio, Juventus and Fiorentina win, Roma bounce back and Inter have
little trouble with Torino.
Reports
Sunday Roundup
Saturday Roundup
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As we approach the one year anniversary of the Top 25, the Soccer Source ranking committee was
faced with arguably our toughest task yet: deciding this week's #1. The identity of the top club
was of course cast into doubt after last week's #1 was outplayed and outcoached for large portions
of yesterday's game, which came against a team that did not even field its best player.
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As we approach the one year anniversary of the Top 25, the Soccer Source ranking committee was
faced with arguably our toughest task yet: deciding this week's #1. The identity of the top club
was of course cast into doubt after last week's #1 was outplayed and outcoached for large portions
of yesterday's game, which came against a team that did not even field its best player.
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mCalcio @ 09:58 AM EDT
You know it's funny: it seems that whenever AC Milan are in trouble, all they need to lift their
spirits is a little Lazio "rejuvenation cure". Just around the same time last year, the
Rossoneri had just played an abysmal UEFA Champions League match against Celtic Glasgow (in which
Dida infamously faked being mortally hit [.
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Landon Donovan first tested himself on the international stage in 1999 at age 16, signing with
Bayer Leverkusen in Germany. The California teenager got homesick and frustrated with a coaching
carousel that left him feeling his development was stalled.
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Last week Premier League giants Arsenal rejected Brazilian international midfielder Mineiro after
the 32-year-old failed to impress manager Arsene Wenger. But in football, as in life, one man's
loss is another man's gain and Chelsea are using this ideology to the full. The Blues have signed
Mineiro on a free transfer .
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Manchester City were very recently linked with a multi-million pound bid for Manchester United star
striker Carlos Tevez. There have been some rumours floating around that City could launch a January
bid for the Argentine international forward. But the player's agent, Kia Joorabchian, has dismissed
all those reports and has claimed .
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Barcelona put six past Gijon, Real Madrid and Valencia win and the Sevilla Derby is
scoreless...
Roundup
Team of the Week
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But in the eight games Huckerby has played on the left side of midfield, the Quakes have scored 13
goals, after netting just 11 times in their first 16 matches. And in the process, he has bucked all
of the stereotypes that follow older, foreign players, namely that they only come to MLS to go
through the motions and collect one last paycheck.
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It's not often you get to see enterprise work in the blogosphere. But the best out there I think is
Adam S. over at TiAS.
He has a great, in-depth profile on Clint Dempsey that I think all American soccer fans should
check out in their spare time.
Here's a particular enjoyable passage.
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I'm going to start this post with a quote from one of my favorite songs - Don Henley's "Boys
of Summer."
Nobody on the road
Nobody on the beach
I feel it in the air
The summer's out of reach*
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It's 5:30 a.m. in Los Angeles and the team is in for a long day of traveling. We're set to
gather on the bus at 6 a.m. PT and will arrive in San Pedro Sula, Honduras after 7 p.m. CT - after
a layover in Miami. That's a long day.
Reserves had a brief training session yesterday morning, while those that played Saturday night
just had a short recovery session.
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And that sound, my friends, is the sound of this season coming to an end. United's loss to LA
featured just about everything a neutral or a non-soccer fan would want. It had goals, controversy,
passion (if mostly aimed at the referee) and even an ejection. That said, it was a horrible
advertisement for MLS.
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Business is business... but are we now more at risk of takeover? This is the question that the set
of financial results recently published may give rise to. I base this upon the need to balance the
pressures of expectation from our fanbase and players with the harsh reality of a squeeze on the
hard cash available [.
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Attention all U.S. national team fans, if you have seen Clint Dempsey please contact SBI. He has
gone missing since returning to Fulham. At least missing on the field.
Dempsey has found a seemingly permanent place on the bench at Fulham, making him one of several
key American players to ride the pine last weekend without getting a single minute of action.
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Newcastle owner Mike Ashley braved his army of enemies to watch the team who have turned his life
into a living hell at Upton Park.
West Ham 3 - 1 Newcastle
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There are some daft reports in today's papers that Newcastle United have been rejected by 8
management candidates, and that up to 11 of our players will want to leave the club in January.
Steven Taylor - smashes rumors he wants to leave Give us a break - please! Newcastle United
center-back Steven Taylor has today dismissed stupid [.
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Dowie's Problems? From the Daily Express
Article
"... Dowie said: "
There are no low points in football and I'm very lucky because
I do something I love every day. "When I was at Coventry, it was more of a
concern for office staff because there were times when they weren't being paid.
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Ignacio "Nacho" Gonzalez came on as a second half substitute on Saturday, but for the
second time in a row Newcastle ended up being defeated. Ignacio "Nacho" Gonzalez - we
played better in second half But Nacho has come out today with some much needed optimism, and
insists it won't be long before his new team gets [.
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[Holy crap! What is it about the Western Conference? They just meander along, getting slugged
repeatedly by the teams from the East, and then, every once in a while, they wake up from their
drunken stupor to sock the East a good one right in the kisser. 2-0-1 this week for the boys from
the West, with a couple of real smackdowns to the tune of 5-2 and 4-1.
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Spanish rights broker, Mediapro, is launching a new football channel, Gol TV, via France Telecom's
IPTV platform Orange TV, Variety reports.
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I have never been a fan of Nicolas Anelka so I know I am totally biased against him. Actually, that
isn't totally true, when he was a teenager at Arsenal I was as impressed with him as was everybody
else. It is since he left Arsenal that he has been such a disappointment. Watching Chelsea play
against Manchester United on Sunday, I couldn't help but feel that Anelka looked totally out of
place.
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Newcastle United have been hit by the news that Steven Taylor has joined the growing list of
players who are seeking a January exit from St James' Park. Taylor recently signed a new long-term
deal with the Magpies but in the wake of the current criris that the club is entrenched ...
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3pm Eastern Time, not on TV in the US
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-0 Stoke (h); 2-1 Marseille (a); 2-1 United (h)
Crewe: 3-4 Southend (h); 2-0 Colchester (h); 2-5 Leeds (a)
Referee: Michael Oliver
Guess at a squad:
Cavalieri
Degen Agger Hyypia Insua
El Zhar Plessis Lucas Benayoun
Ngog Keane
I'd be very surprised to see many first-team regulars.
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The saga of John Obi Mikel was a fairly ridiculous one. He had been revealed to the World as a
Manchester United player, all smiles as he paraded around in a United shirt. Yet in the weeks that
followed, Mikel hilariously claimed that he had been forced in to signing the contract and he
really [...]
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Nothing, kind of. It was a nothing kind of game, albeit one punctuated with the kind of cranky
arm-waving that makes announcers say, "They may not like each other, but they respect each
other," in the same tone of solemn arousal that the narrator uses in the second tablet of
Gilgamesh. Clearly, both clubs have [.
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Roma and AC Milan get back on track with big wins Saturday Sept 20th Catania 1 - 0
Atalanta Roma 3 - 0 Reggina Sunday Sept 21th Cagliari 0 - 1 Juventus Fiorentina 1 -
0 Bologna Lecce 1 - 1 Siena Palermo 2 - 1 Genoa Sampdoria 1 - 1 Chievo Torino 1 - 3 Inter Milan
Udinese 0 - 0 Napoli AC Milan 4 - 1 Lazio Bookmark [.
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With the final results of the USL-1 season coming in Sunday night, Carolina is now officially the
sole owner of 8th place in the USL-1 table. Atlanta did indeed lose on Sunday night, the result
that the RailHawks would have needed to make the playoffs, if only Montreal could have drawn with
Minnesota on Saturday, we would have secured a playoff spot.
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Heavily favored Bundesliga teams suffered a weekend of setbacks and embarrassments with Bayern,
Dortmund and Hanover all being outplayed by teams most German soccer fans would expect to end up
sacrificing three points.
In their match on Sunday, Borussia Dortmund topped the embarrassment of Bayern's 5-2 fall to Bremen
with a 4-1 loss to promoted Hoffenheim.
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Futbol Avrupa kıtasında ticarileşe dursun, futbolun romantik kıtasında
Boca bu işle ilgili yaratıcı işlere imza atmayı sürdürüyor.
Kurdukları taksi şirketi ve mezarlıktan sonra şimdi de turizm işine
giriyor Arjantinli kulüp. 15 milyon dolara, 2010 yılında yapımı
tamamlanacak 17 katlı 89 odalı bir yapıdan bahsediyoruz.
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Brisbane boy and Australia's best ever ref Mark Shields will end his refereeing career in Round 8
of the current A-League season, in 3 weeks. Last year Mark was named Asia's top ref and he put in a
stand out performance in the 2006 World Cup.
Mark said today that he was spending too much time away from his young family.
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It's goals, goals, goals and controversy After another weekend of exciting Football League action,
we take a look back on a week that saw Wolves extend their lead at the top of the Championship,
Oldham remain on top in League One and the League Two leadership change hands once again.
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There has been some suggestion that we should have allowed
Watford to score after
the travesty of the first Reading goal, to even things up and allow the game to carry on in a
spirit of fair play.
John Ashdown at
The Guardian thinks so, and
he opines that by not doing this we have somehow contributed to the pervasive atmosphere within
football of poor sportsmanship and a disregard for fair play:
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Anket eurosport'un web sayfasından. İngilizler gelenekselci yapıları ile
tanınırlar. Liverpool, Manchester United gibi takımlar uluslararası zenginlerin
eline geçince fırtınalar kopmuştu. Ortalık biraz da olsa durulmuşa
benziyor. Milyar zenginlerinin Premier Lig için yararlı olduğunu
düşünenlerin sayısı %43'e çıkmış.
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Like an inflatable pool, just a soccer field. Goals and boundaries included.
Great find by The Original Winger on this one.
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Liverpool's reserves lost in the league for the first time in over a year last week, a record that
brings back happy memories of an era where the second string used to routinely win the Pontins
League under the guidance of future first team manager Roy Evans.
The strategy back then was also very similar tot e one that Rafael Benitez has been adopting even
if the range of nationalities has been widened drastically.
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It's time to inaugurate what I hope will become a busily regular theme post here at NSC by saluting
Reading manager Steve Coppell for his comments in the aftermath of the wacky 2-2 draw ably
described by Sean in the previous post (with exclusive remarks from Watford's Jay DeMerit, no
less). Sometimes, we get so caught up criticizing that we forget to honor the good guys.
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This time next week we'll be ready to start thinking about September in the past tense, the
season is progressing quickly. Three weeks into the season, with six to play, and some interesting
battles are developing.
Tuesday will feature Joplin visiting Glendale.
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This time next week we'll be ready to start thinking about September in the past tense, the
season is progressing quickly. Three weeks into the season, with six to play, and some interesting
battles are developing.
Tuesday will feature Joplin visiting Glendale.
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Time is running out for Tottenham Hotspur manager Juande Ramos as Spurs continue to stutter in the
Premier League. There have been a few rumours suggesting that the former Sevilla coach could even
hand in his resignation before long and travel back to his native Spain. But Ramos has refuted
those ..
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Nessuna lesione muscolare per Alberto Aquilani: è questo il responso degli esami medici
effettuati stamattina dalla Professoressa Giannini a Villa Stuart. Il centrocampista soffre di una
distrazione al retto femorale, problema risolvibile in pochi giorni, ma che non gli permetterà
di esserci nel turno infrasettimanale contro il Genoa.
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Il Pescara si riscatta dopo la pesante sconfitta di Terni e, sul campo dell'Aragona di Vasto, con
un acuto dell'argentino Simon mette alle corde un Perugia in crisi di risultati. Mister Galderisi,
a sorpresa, esclude dall'undici titolare il centrocampista Cardinale ma in attacco recupera
Bazzani. Sul campo il Pescara si dispone con il classico 4-4-2 con la coppia centrale difensiva
affidata al duo Pomante-Siniscalchi, mentre sulle fasce ci sono Giuliano a destra e Vitale a
sinistra.
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Raúl Ulloa was, until recently, one of the most elevated individuals in the Argentine Primera
A. As president of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Jujuy, he held the highest position at one of the league's
highest-altitude clubs. And on Sunday he resigned from that presidency, hence the absolutely
dreadful pun in the headline, in fury at [.
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Few of us like Monday but
The Fifth Official does, for it brings the chance for him to point
the finger and laugh. Here he pulls out the pretty, the puzzling and the downright pig-ugly from a
five-star weekend.
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QPR Official Site - September 22, 2008 - BALANTA ON STANDBY
Angelo Balanta has been placed on standby for the England Under-19 squad.
In the event of any pull-outs, the young striker will join up with the squad for their UEFA
European Under-19 Championships Qualifying Round matches against Albania, Northern Ireland and
Serbia in Belfast, between Thursday 2nd October and Tuesday 14th October.
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Linesman Nigel Bannister flagged for a goal instead of a corner after the ball crossed the
goal-line wide of the goal, following a challenge between John Eustace and Royals striker Noel
Hunt.
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It's Monday, which means it's Performance of the Week time, Inside Left's opportunity to recognise
those teams, players and events in the week just passed that deserve a special mention for services
rendered in the name of Scottish football. As always we have four nominations for you to choose
from, so without further waffling, here [.
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The Egyptian has four goals to his credit already this season but had to withdraw from the Stadium
of Light clash just 20 minutes before kick-off after breaking down in the warm-up.
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Paul Ince is still convinced that his new signing Paul Robinson is the best mean to be in goal for
England and still rates him as the best goalkeeper in the Premier League. Robinson had a fantastic
game at the weekend and he kept a clean sheet as his side won ...
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Something special is stirring in the blue part of Manchester.Manchester City claimed their
biggest win in the 16-year history of the Premier League.
Manchester City vs Portsmouth Highlights 21.09.08
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MLS Officiating Again Called Into Question
After Saturday night's 5-2 Galaxy blowout of DC United both DC United's coach, Tom Sohen and
defender Marc Burch made comments critical of officiating which may come under review at MLS HQ
this morning.
With regards to Burch receiving a red card for a 62nd minute foul on David Beckham in which Beckham
said to the referee "That's not a red!
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That is if Manchester City are anything to go by. There is nothing like a 6-0 victory to spark
belief that the title will follow (it won´t, of course, but the belief is still there!). But
when you look at the team, the only impact the new Arab owners have had is the purchase of [...]
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Dan at WithAPlum has put it far better than I managed. Fulham will lose some games because Roy
Hodgson is a patient man. Fulham will win some games because Roy Hodgson is a patient man. Fulham
will lose some games because crazy things happen in a sport decided by three or four definite
events over the [.
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Some good news over the weekend for Newcastle fans was that Habib Beye will return to full training
today. Habib Beye - may be ready for Blackburn on Saturday Beye visited a specialist in London last
week about his Achilles injury, and was given the go ahead to start training again today, but the
Carling Cup tie [.
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1. Billionaires always have good home security Which would explain why Salomon Kalou's equalizer on
Sunday means Chelsea haven't lost at Stamford Bridge since February 2004. 2. But Roman Abramovich
should definitely think about building an extension There were less than 42,000 at Stamford Bridge
for Chelsea vs Man Utd.
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You have to feel some sympathy for Bernd Schuster. That's a strange statement to make about a man
in charge of one of the most prestigious football clubs, and the current Spanish championship title
holders. However, he faces a long a difficult season with a squad clearly split in half.
The defence, now back to full strength following the return of Ramos and Cannavaro, shows signs of
being as confident and solid as in the latter part of last season and has just notched up its
second clean sheet in a row.
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Chris Hughton is the man in the unenviable position of preparing the team now that Kevin Keegan and
Terry McDermott have left the club. Chris Hughton - preparing team for game against Tottenham Chris
rightly talked today about the poor defending on Saturday, when all of West Ham's goals were sloppy
goals to concede from a Newcastle [.
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The Feyenoord fans had a great day against Volendam (5-0 win) and didn't mind the draw against
Ajax, yesterday. And the player who gave his team wings in both games was on the list to be sold.
Diego Biseswar has found a second lease on life at Feyenoord. Biseswar had two
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Evander Sno came through the Ajax youth system but left for Feyenoord at 18 years old. The
defensive midfielder was never used in the Feyenoord 1 squad and was hired out to NAC Breda. He
made his move to Celtic and was praised as one of the world's new talents. He
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An excellent three-points at the Reebok against a team that used to intimidate us, and who managed
to put us on the back foot in the early stages of the game.
Despite opening brightly, and comprehensively out-passing Bolton, they took the lead through a goal
which, again, asked questions of our ability to defend from set-pieces.
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Brian Waltrip earned his team a penalty kick as Molde bagged a surprise win on the road, while it
was another frustrating weekend for Troy Perkins' Valerenga.
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Oguchi Onyewu and Standard Liege pick up another three points while the two American youngsters
continue to wait on their debuts in Jupiler Pro League action.
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Tacitus: "Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but audacity."
Audacious.
That's the word for it.
Over the last week, English football provided us with numerous examples of the different types of
corruption that are destroying the game for the benefit of powerful insiders and the gambling
industry.
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Excessive self-satisfaction: that was really the only flaw of Inter Milan Sunday. With the score up
by three, Abbruscato's goal, a crossbar, and two great saves by Julio Cesar reminded the Nerazzurri
matches last for 90 minutes. Other than that, José Mourinho's really dominated their Torino
opponents, and deservedly closed the game with a 3-1 [.
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Archie Thompson proved himself the hero on Saturday night when he snatched a last minute -
literally - equaliser against the Central Coast Mariners, ensuring the Melbourne Victory remains at
the top of the A-League ladder after five rounds. For the second week in a row, Melbourne ended the
game with ten men.
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Geremi, one of Newcastle most experienced players, has surprisingly said the club's problems over
the last two weeks has nothing to do with the team's loss of form. Geremi - problems aren't
worrying players Geremi talked to the Newcastle Journal this morning: "We try not to think
about things and just get on with our jobs," "The problems [.
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After this week, the WCR Top 25 will go through its most radical change of the
season. The reason for this is that until each club in a given domestic league has played
five matches, the prior season's results are factored in to preserve some sense of continuity and
to give the new season time to mature.
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After watching his Manchester City side demolish Portsmouth 6-0 yesterday with a devastating
display of fast attacking football, boss Mark Hughes said his side had 'set a standard'. He said,
"We saw the right pass at the right time on many occasions. We have set a standard for
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The dreaded day arrives.
First round of the County Cup.
The day when your lad's third division outfit get to face a first division side from the toughest
league in the county. There is only one way this is going to go. This isn't the same as the FA Cup.
Your son does not play for Barnsley, and he hasn't drawn a game against a bunch of overpaid
dilettantes who must have thought the industrial revolution was a heavy metal band from the
sixties.
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Aşağıdaki satırların yazarı şu anda Buenos Aires'te:
bugun boca nin maci vardi. burada konustugum herkes maca tek basima gitmemem gerektigini
soyledi. zaten karaborsa biletler pahaliydi. ama hemen mac sonrasi boca sokaklarina zipladim. oyle
anlatildigi gibi kimse birbirini asip kesmiyor ayrica fark ettim ki boca nin renkleri sari mavi
degil sari lacivert. Click to continue reading...
Buongiorno Fratelli Bianconeri!!! Vittoria sofferta ieri ma importantissima. Si è vero non
si è giocato benissimo ma bisogna anche riflettere su un paio di cose:Innanzitutto mancavano
Del Piero e Camoranesi, cioè i due inventori di gioco, nonchè praticamente gli unici due
in grado di saltare l'uomo e farci trovare in superiorità numerica, mancavano pure Grygera
(Comunque uno dei migliori con lo Zenit) e Poulsen, senza calcolare i cronici Zanetti e Zebina.
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UCLA men 2 (2-3-1) Santa Clara 0
No. 2 UCLA women 3 (7-0-1) New Mexico 0
No.4 USC 4 (7-1-0) SMU 0
Long Beach State 3 (5-2-2) Utah State 0
Pepperdine 0 (3-4-2) Marquette 0
Arizona State 2 Cal State Northridge women 1 (5-3)
Sacramento 1 Cal State Northridge men 2
Loyola Marymount women 4 (4-3-2)Oral Roberts 1
Loyola Marymount men 0 (1-2-3) No.
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Tampere United fans were a little bit disgruntled on Sunday. They had been chucked out of the HJK
match en masse for letting off smoke bombs, a ridiculous over-reaction and unnecessary collective
punishment. The first half of the VPS match was extremely dull as a result, as the Sinikaarti
section was empty and the fans [.
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Liverpool face Everton on Saturday in the Merseyside derby; Is there a better way to get over
the Stoke result than to watch Kuyt score two penalties against Everton last season and win the
game for us?
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Liverpool face Everton on Saturday in the Merseyside derby; Is there a better way to get over
the Stoke result than to watch Kuyt score two penalties against Everton last season and win the
game for us?
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Telegraph/Sandy Macaskill - QPR's Iain Dowie refuses to be downhearted by
defeat
Having been sacked as Coventry's manager in February, Iain Dowie will have been looking to lay a
few ghosts to rest when he took his Queens Park Rangers side to the Ricoh Arena. But it turned out
to be not quite the return he had wished for.
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Dirk Kuyt says there was nothing wrong with Steven Gerrard's goal, and that Referee Andre
Marriner gave a reason for disallowing it.
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Dirk Kuyt says there was nothing wrong with Steven Gerrard's goal, and that Referee Andre
Marriner gave a reason for disallowing it.
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