We dominated the Norwegians for 80 minutes of the game, but unfortunately it was Norway that scored a goal. The players displayed an extraordinary attitude and gave all they had to give showing us we can rely on them for the future! [read more]

By Ollie Irish

Arsene Wenger has accepted a charge of improper conduct and an £8,000 fine by the FA following his tap on Martin Atkinson's back at the end of the Premier League match with Sunderland on Saturday...

Wenger will serve a one-match touchline ban during the League Cup third-round clash at rivals Tottenham (he could have deferred the ban, I believe), which although it's a derby tells you all you need to know about his continued dismissive attitude to the competition.

There really is little else around so I thought I'd reflect on the start to the season, and one player in particular who looks re-born -Tomas Rosicky

This summer he was close to leaving, not of his own will I hastily add, but there has always been big interest from Germany in him but Werder Bremen and Everton both inquired over his availability as Arsenal were pursuing defenders from both the clubs, Phil Jagielka and Per Mertesacker were the targets on the Arsenal side.

Poor old Ilkeston Town. They bit the dust over a debt of just £47,000 and it seems unlikely that they will be the last to be made to suffer this way. There will be plenty more clubs that find themselves at the High Court on The Strand in London having hunted down the back of the metaphorical sofa, gambling the very existence of their institution after having skipped paying one of their most basic obligations: their tax bill.

This is truly unbelievable! Some lads are just so worried about the attitude they forget to finish business....

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What happens when an 18-year-old young footballer disrespects the coach and his teammates and gets penalized for it? In Santos' case, the club fires the coach and gives God powers to the little punk.

Dorival Junior got sacked today for keeping Neymar from playing, after the forward disrespected fellow Santos' teammates and cursed at the coach.

Dissect the West Brom game as much as you want, but it won't make any difference to the result.

I sat through the whole game in the Clock End Upper (love saying that as opposed to the South Stand), right smack behind the goal, so had a wonderful vantage point over the course of the miserable afternoon.

The sale of Robinho has marked the end of an era for Manchester City. The Brazilian arrived with high expectations of taking City to the next level and in a strange way he has sort lived up to the expectations.

City fans will look back fondly to the day of Robinho's arrival.

WSS looks ahead to Saturday's trip to Devon

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Although my predictions of new signings before the Huddersfield game proved incorrect, we are likely to see at least one of Parky's hat-trick of signings in some capacity when we venture down to Oggy Land.

Exeter are yet to win this season in the league although they are still undefeated at home with a couple of draws against Bristol Rovers and Colchester so it's not going to be an easy game.

On this day, September 2nd, William "Bill" Shankly was born 98 years ago. He passed away on September 29th, 1981, but not before giving a life of service to the club he loved: Liverpool FC. After a playing career at Preston North End and earning 5 caps with Scotland, Shankly managed at Anfield from 1959 to 1974.

It was a quick score in the first half when Omar Cummings scored the only goal that led the Colorado Rapids to win the game against the San Jose Earthquakes, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2010 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. (Photograph by Jessica Taves/ColoradoSoccerNow.com)

Colorado Rapids forward Omar Cummings was voted Major League Soccer Player of the Week as voted by the North American Soccer Reporters for Week 23 of the 2010 season.

Sol Campbell again showed his excellent attitude last night when playing with some of the Newcastle youngsters for the Reserves against Liverpool, and he was happy to get in a good 60 minutes of play last night. Sol Campbell - getting fitter and fitter And Sol came through the game uninjured and looked good, and he [.

Fabio Capello has confirmed that he'll step down as England manager after the end of Euro 2012.

Usually when a manager announces to his squad that he'll no longer be a manager after a specific date, it's an accident waiting to happen. Take for example Raymond Domenech and his French team in the 2010 World Cup.

Sunderland's record signing Asamoah Gyan has admitted he faces a stern task to justify his £13million transfer fee. The Ghanaian forward completed a move to the North East on deadline day, but the transfer raised eyebrows with its vast price tag, and Gyan is well aware that expectations from him will be high.

Football Vision "You can't catch the youth development in a system. You can define in an attitude. The foundations are fun,...

Poor old Ilkeston Town. They bit the dust over a debt of just £47,000 and it seems unlikely that they will be the last to be made to suffer this way. There will be plenty more clubs that find themselves at the High Court on The Strand in London having hunted down the back of the metaphorical sofa, gambling the very existence of their institution after having skipped paying one of their most basic obligations: their tax bill.

Arsenal 4 (Koscielny 24, Chamakh 58, Song 78, Vela 83) Bolton 1 (Elmander 44)
(Premiership)

It had all the makings of a game we would have previously let slip a physical side unafraid to put in a series of wild challenges, a hatful of missed sitters, and a sloppy defensive moment gifting them a goal.

Today's Courier Mail:

'Since his arrival in Adelaide, Dutchman Rini Coolen has replaced Aurelio Vidmar as coach, with van Dijk admitting he prefers Coolen's "easy-going" nature to Postecoglou's "police officer" attitude.' ....

"Rini first lets us try to work things out.

Man Utd 3 Liverpool 2 Berbatov 42 Berbatov 59 - Gerrard 64 (pen) - Gerrard 70 Berbatov 84 This result didn't go Liverpool's way, but we can take away a couple of positives. One was the attitude and application of most of the players, who at 2-0 down fought back into it and made it [...]

Unfortunately, parents and coaches in many sports still approach training with an attitude best characterized as peaking by Friday,...

By Mirko Corli, writing from Torino

Yes, you're right. Cesena, one the of the newcomers of this season's Serie A is on top of the league alongside defending champions Inter.

Actually, that is no surprise if you think about Serie A. The key to impress, the key to win, the key to stay on top, as I told you here before on AFR, is balance, stability, and the ability to keep your shape no matter the time, the game, or the moment in the season.

By Ollie Irish

Wesley Sneijder's agent has revealed talks over a new deal at Internazionale have broken down.

The midfielder revealed earlier this month that he was hopeful of signing a contract extension, with Inter believed to be keen on an agreement that would keep him at the club until 2015.

Manchester United coach, Sir Alex Ferguson, missed out on his teams Carling Cup win over Scunthrope. Admitting that Sir Alex Ferguson used this Carling Cup match to view their upcoming Champions League opponents (Valencia), rumors started to rise that he was also keen on spectating David De Gea.

Roller derby, from the perspective of a referee who works other sports, has a really curious method of becoming a new official. First, there are try-outs; and serious ones, at that. Potential referees try out with the women who want to play (there were sixty people this year). Tryouts are four hours long and include both skills and endurance testing.

Well, at the risk of hyperbole, I'm a wee bit displeased with that one.

It did clarify two things for us, I think. First, West Brom are here to stay. After an embarrassing first game loss to Chelsea, they've played very, very well, giving Liverpool a close game at Anfield and now beating us at the Emirates.

Union 3 Chivas USA 0

Aly Moreno, left, and Fred, right, both scored first half goals for the Union Saturday against Chivas USA; here the pair celebrate after the former Galaxy striker's conversion. (AP Photo).

At least Chivas USA and Galaxy fans have one thing in common heading into next Sunday's SuperClasico: they both support teams who appear to be deteriorating rather than improving as the season wears on.

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This picture is not chosen for the Seattle celebration - there are better pictures of their goal celebration in the AP file, much better actually.

Being unbeaten at home for one of the smaller Premiership sides is something that should always be celebrated but at Birmingham City, things are never that simple. They have now equaled the clubs longest unbeaten home record of 18 games, it hides another story entirely. Now, 6 games in, the club have 7 points and sit mid-table but once again, the crowd was just over 2/3rds of the capacity.

Rattle? What rattle? Just turn the radio up Harry I hope the attitude in the Tottenham dressing room was not as condescending as the attitude on Tottenham fan-sites. If it was it might go some way to explaining the inexplicable loss to West Ham.. For 'inexplicable ' read 'understandable'. They wanted it more, they moved the ball more quickly, they played to their strengths and but for Hutton and

Rattle? What rattle? Just turn the radio up Harry I hope the attitude in the Tottenham dressing room was not as condescending as the attitude on Tottenham fan-sites. If it was it might go some way to explaining the inexplicable loss to West Ham.. For 'inexplicable ' read 'understandable'. They wanted it more, they moved the ball more quickly, they played to their strengths and but for

A lot has been said about the Arsenal man this season, and almost all of it has been positive. But does Jack have what it takes to be the play maker that England have been looking for?

Wilshere has played in all of Arsenal's six premiership and has made two man of the match appearances in Europe, against Braga and in the Carling Cup verses Tottenham.

Undoubtedly, Song has had a difficult time in the last few games. And I'm one among the many who have not been very happy with the change in his approach. It seems the player who impressed most of us as a Defensive Midfielder is trying to add more to his game. We can't really fault that as a long as it doesn't affect the balance of the team.

Despite a much improved first half showing at the Sydney Football Stadium last night Sydney FC remained on the bottom of the table with a paltry four points.
Scott Jamieson was dropped for last nights 1-1 draw with the Fury; he's stuggled all season in midfield, but it was the front trio of Alex Brosque, Bruno Cazarine and Mark Bridge that gave Sydney the edge in the first half.