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This time last week, we trailed our round-up of the ten worst football films ever
made. We meant it. This evening, we kick-off with the first two, and first up is Nick
Love's re-make of the 1988 film, "The Firm".
Dipping one's toe into the world of hoolie-porn can be a dispiriting business.
LOS ANGELES, Cal. German second-division club Ingolstadt has signed United States forward Edson
Buddle. Buddle's contract with Major League Soccer's Los Angeles Galaxy had expired. He was MLS's
leading scorer for most of last season despite missing more than a month for the World Cup. Buddle
ended the regular season as the second-highest scorer [.
This week's episode of Friday Flashback Videos takes a trip back to 1969 to a match played
between West Ham United and Manchester City on a slippery pitch at Upton Park.
The match features some legendary English footballers such as Manchester City's Francis Lee,
Mike Summerbee and Colin Bell against West Ham United featuring Geoff Hurst, Harry Redknapp, Frank
Lampard Sr.
HARRISON, N.J. Jan Halvor Halvorsen has been hired as an assistant coach of the New York Red Bulls
under Hans Backe. Halvorsen replaces Goran Aral, who left after the 2010 season. The 45-year-old
Halvorsen has coached in Norway and Sweden since 1996, and steered Sogndal to an eighth-place
finish in the Norwegian Premier League [.
Newcastle United's not so new assistant manager, John Carver, has given an interview on his
reappointment at the club. In it, he gave a revealing glimpse into his previous time at the club.
An odyssey which started playing with the club's youth teams in the 1980s. He then rejoined the
club as an academy coach [.
Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is keen for the club to rediscover the style of their glory days
— as it is the only way he knows how to play football.
The success of the late 1970s and through the 1980s was built on the pass-and-move doctrines
instigated by Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley.
Dalglish flourished as a player in those teams and tried to continue the legacy in his first spell
as manager.
This week's episode of Friday Flashback Videos features a very rare video of a Manchester City
from 1968 against the Atlanta Chiefs played at Atlanta's Fulton-County Stadium, home to the
baseball team the Atlanta Braves.
The friendly match was played just a few weeks after Manchester City had won the league
championship under manager Malcolm Allison.
When a non-league club gets as far as the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, the goodwill shown by
supporters of other clubs often transcends league and occasionally even local rivalries. Not so
this year. Crawley Town have an excellent chance of making the Fifth Round of the competition, but
there is at best a feeling of ambivalence surrounding this FA Cup run.
