Bath City have drawn Forest Green Rovers for a home match next week in the Second Round of the FA Cup. The selection was actually almost two weeks ago, but because Forest Green and Mansfield Town failed to produce a result in their Frist Round match, City could not be sure who their opponents would be until the replay two days ago. Click to continue reading...

There is a buzz beginning to grow in Dublin and indeed across the whole country of Ireland in anticipation of the momentous game against France tonight in Croke Park tonight. The first leg of the play-off encounter which will ultimately see one of the teams reach the promised land of qualification for next . Click to continue reading...

By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

It's been all business in the Uruguayan and Costa Rican camps this week, ahead of their first-leg playoff match at San Jose's Saprissa stadium, with no bulletin-board material or off-key quotes to rile each other up.

Instead, it's generally been a pleasant environment for players, media corps and managers, both of whom have praised each other's squad's games and achievements but have also divulged very little information on their respective teams' workouts.

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So there was the Hollywood United game and all the anticipation that went with it, and we did brilliantly to draw 1-1, with Anthony LaPaglia having the game of his life in goal for Hollywood - and them unleashing the hounds of their 'A' team against us in the second half when they were 1-0 down.
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So, after last night's gripping draw at Anfield, all the talk today is about David Ngog taking a dive in the penalty box.

Replays show that the young French Striker did try to con the ref and it worked but I think he went down in anticipation of contact from Carsley.

The fact that the Birmingham player didn't touch him at all has led to universal condemnation of the player.

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Peter Beardsley! The more I watch Benayoun the more I'm convinced that he is the current Liverpool team's version of Beardsley.
Beardsley was an absolutely superb player for Liverpool, and anyone who had the privilege of watching him play during the Dalgish era will know what I'm talking about. Click to continue reading...

For those of us that follow a major European team, there is a weekly pattern that develops over the season. After the weekend game, many fans like myself spend a couple of days absorbing commentary about the game. Youtube is scoured for clips and the blogs are mined for insights.

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Today was in stark contrast to the mediocre playoff showings of yesterday, as all teams were playing with a little extra something. Maybe they were bored out of their minds while watching Columbus play yesterday too. Regardless, there was a great atmosphere in todays games, especially in anticipation of David Beckham's first venture [. Click to continue reading...

Remember a few years ago how everyone --myself included-- was all OMFG when "How Soccer Explains The World Came Out"? I was all tits-over-tail about and then my man Tom Fina, The Angriest Man in Metrolandâ„¢, hit me with the heat one night that "Frank Foer is just Kuper light".
Intrigued, I had to find out who this Simon Kuper was so I read his engrossing "Soccer Against the Enemy" and found myself swiftly agreeing with Fina. Click to continue reading...

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Alberto Aquilani could make his Liverpool debut against Arsenal on Wednesday after being named in the squad for our Carling Cup fourth round clash.

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In anticipation of World Cup 2010, from time to time Premiership Talk will review some of the interesting topics in international football. This week we'll start with the list of the ten best players who have never appeared in the World Cup, courtesy of World Cup Odds. You can vote for your choice at their website.

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Real Madrid v AC Milan
Wednesday 21 October 2009, Santiago Bernabeu
UEFA Champions League
Kick-Off: 19:45 UK (20:45 CET)

Real Madrid host AC Milan in the Champions League as the two most successful teams in European cup football play their first of two group games.

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I was fortunate to watch Sunset vs Southridge last night and wanted to share some observations from that game.
A) They spread the field. Very rarely do you see two players occupying the same space unless they are involved in a double-team. When a player has the ball, her teammates create avenues for her to pass them the ball; i. Click to continue reading...

As anticipation for FIFA World Cup 2010 grows, official FIFA World Cup ball provider adidas has recreated every official FIFA World Cup ball since 1970 to celebrate the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The ball collection has been launched in a special package that contains all 10 of the legendary match balls from the 1970-2006 FIFA World [. Click to continue reading...

Situated in the heart of every great team is always a truly special central midfielder who is capable of taking matches by the scruff of their neck and dominating them.

Some midfielders are specialists in the holding role, others have an uncanny knack of scoring goals but every so often a player comes along that can excel in all areas.

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It's been what, two weeks now since the Sunderland game? In the intervening period we had an international break, during which tortoises completed two marathons. The normally proud Ferguson tended two apologies and, as the anticipation over the FA's inevitable punishment grew, the officials came crawling out of their secret chamber and announced that Ferguson will be charged of 'improper conduct'.

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I got on to the concourse just in time to catch the Chelsea game from the 89th minute onwards. After Villa had gone 2-1 up I thought at best Chelsea would score an injury time equaliser, at worst, an injury time winner but kept my fingers crossed they would drop points regardless.

There was a roar at the final whistle before then pouring up the steps in to our seats in anticipation it what could be a table topping result.

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Not since Sean Dundee (joke) have us Liverpool fans been quite so enthusiastic to see a player get on the field of play wearing the beloved Reds jersey than with the belated anticipation of Alberto Aquilani finally being fit enough to kick a ball. Note the nifty trick he appears to have pulled off in the first image and the way he appears to be hypnotizing Martin Skrtel in the second.

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Taking a cue from Dan, I wanted to add my tuppence about Chris Smalling.

There has been a buzz about Smalling since we snatched him from Middlesbrough. I can't remember the details, but Smalling, a Maidstone Utd player, seemed to have signed up with Boro, only to have something change at the last minute.

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The world's biggest soccer ball is one that not even a giant could kick around, it is a 50 tonne football sculpture on the top of Telkom's Lukasrand tower in Tswane.

Telkom has broken a world record by building a 50-tonne, soccer ball on top of the Lukasrand tower in Pretoria, the company said on Thursday.

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Anyone who was at the KC Stadium for Hull City's recent Carling Cup defeat to Everton can't have helped but noticed the eerie silence hanging over the stadium. I don't think that silence was purely down to the lack of hardy souls willing to turn up to game - there were enough fans there to make a racket. Click to continue reading...

After months of hype and anticipation, the North American demo for EA Sports FIFA 10 is now available! The fully playable demos of FIFA 10 for the PLAYSTATION3 and XBox360 can be downloaded at the PLAYSTATION Store and Xbox Live Marketplace respectively. The PC version of the demo is available for download at this EA Sports link. Click to continue reading...

Perhaps one of the most exciting matches we will see all season, our first Champions League test has us facing Inter Milan, where players from both sides will be set against their old teams and Jose Mourinho and Pep Guardiola go head to head...
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Jose Mourinho has continued his special ways as he announced his Inter Milan starting eleven an entire day before his side's crucial Champions League fixture against Barcelona. The former Chelsea manager was never afraid to pull this stunt during his time in the Premier League, and his latest display raises the question: is the special one arrogant or intelligent?

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It is only the first match of group play in the Champions League but much anticipation has already been built up for Wednesdays match in the San Siro. The off season saw the two teams swap big name players as Samuel Eto'o left the Camp Nou and both Maxwell and Zlatan Ibrahimovic joined the defending champions.

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Many US fans have been rubbing their hands in anticipation of having Schalke's Jermaine Jones playing under the red, white and blue. The son of a German mother and American father has applied to FIFA to get his team designation switched from Germany to the US. The holding midfielder is a tough tackler in the Bundesliga – a league of tough tacklers.

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Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild is still on an extended break so today Eldo71 talks to Stuart Watson from our sister site: www.mancityinsider.com ahead of this afternoon's match at Eastlands.

CE: It's been a long while since there was as much anticipation of a City-Arsenal match.

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After months of hype and anticipation, the European demo for EA Sports FIFA 10 is now available! The PS3 and XBox 360 versions of the demo are available via the online stores accessible via the consoles. The PC version of the demo is available at this link. Download the installation file and run through the setup steps. Click to continue reading...

If by chance your vision was impaired to the point that you would somehow guess that the above mural depicts Emmanuel Adebayor (and not an even more severely burned Carlos Tevez), then you would be correct. Amazingly.

Says Man City's official website:

People visiting the Arndale Centre in Manchester today will have been greeted by a huge visual graphic of our Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor adorning the floors of Halle Square, just outside the CityStore.

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Every year the release of Serie A salaries is met with great anticipation and often little surprise. This year, there was plenty of surprise to go around. With Kaka & Zlatan off to the lowered tax rates of Spain, the top spot was up for grabs and it went to Jose Mourinho, whose main improvement [...] Click to continue reading...

- The summer transfer window was supposed to have closed a few days ago, yet the rumours persist, with an avalanche of new reports crashing down on us, all claiming the same thing: A Robinho-Henry swap is on the cards for Barca and Man City.
Apparently, Pep is still hankering for a winger after failed attempts to sign Riera or Mata, and Robinho would be a fitting choice; while Man City owners are really keen on having Henry join their team. Click to continue reading...

Former AS Roma manager Luciano Spalletti has long been linked with Zenit St. Petersburg.

In partnership with Russian Football Now, EPL Talk presents the second episode of RNF's podcast.

An active week in papers sees former AS Roma manager Luciano Spalletti take an additional step toward the long-rumored more to Zenit.

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As anticipation grew, the media focused on whether or not Jose Mourinho could overcome a Milan side...
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We waited with bated breath, following weeks of anticipation, even though the outcome was almost inevitable. Despite rumours of several incoming loans and transfers, today's 5pm transfer deadline passed with only one addition to the squad and undoubtedly the biggest positive most fans took from today was that it appears that we managed to keep [. Click to continue reading...

Sam Bean checking in for my first post. I'm the resident Arsenal fan and well that puts me in not the best mood today.
We completely dominated Manure today only to find a way to lose. In a game that saw us without our captain and midfield maestro, Cesc Fabregas, we still managed to control the game pretty much from start to finish. Click to continue reading...