In the Putnam Club suite at Gillette Stadium last night, New England Revolution front office executives and vocal members of Revs supporters' groups the Rebellion, the Midnight Riders, and the Rev Army met for their annual Supporters' Summit. Revolution President Brian Bilello and General Manager Mike Burns sat in front of a small crowd of fans and answered questions on all topics, from offseason roster moves to regulation in the Fort to plans to implement new community initiatives for the LGBT contingent in New England.

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The San Jose Earthquakes can finally begin the process of putting shovels in the ground to build their very own stadium.

The Quakes' plans for a $60 million, 18,000-seat stadium cleared their last bureaucratic hurdle last night when the San Jose Planning Commission voted unanimously to deny an appeal by a local resident looking to have the team's planned development permit rescinded due to noise and light concerns.

Fifa's World Rankings for February 2012 were published today at FIFA HQ in Zurich, Switzerland.
2010 World Cup winners Spain remain on top followed by Germany, the Netherlands and Copa America champions Uruguay. England are still in 5th and Ireland move into the top 20 ahead of Euro 2012.

There is absolutely no doubting thefact that Arsene Wenger has done many, many great things for Arsenal FC inEngland, forcing through a move to a new, shiny stadium in London, in theprocess helping to bring the EPL into the 21st century, movingforward coaching standards in England, and making players like ThierryHenry the sort of global superstars they are today, but the time has nowcome for Mr Wenger to move upstairs, or away from Arsenal altogether,in order to save both the club and the manager's long-term reputation.

Andy Carroll who has come under intense fire from the Liverpool faithful the past few weeks for his inconsistent performances, responded to his critics by scoring in Liverpool's 3-0 win over Wolves yesterday.

The £35 million signing from Newcastle opened the scoring for the Reds, to take his tally for the club to 7.

Click Here to Get a Free £50 Bet for All New Paddy Power Customers Chelsea v Man United On the face of it, Chelsea reaching for Bolton's best defender to help shore up their own leaky backline looks a bit odd. It'd be like the Belgians asking France to protect them from a German invasion [...]

Yeah, I've been getting beat up a bit on Twitter and through email today about my team grades for this winter. Again, I'll revisit those later on to have a final grade.

Obviously this kind of news will impact it. The Portland Timbers announced on Friday that forward José Adolfo Valencia will undergo surgery to repair damaged cartilage in his left knee.

It has, as many of you will already be aware, been a long few months for the supporters of Kettering Town Football Club. During this period, their club has been uprooted to the former home of their defunct former local rivals, they have been promised the earth and have seen only the delivery of unpaid bills and an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the Blue Square Bet Premier.

Here is some team news for you Arsenal fans. Reports emerging claim that Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is considering playing midfielder Alexander Song in defense. Wenger who is looking for the best possible formation to contain Milan, has been hit hard with injuries to key players in the past few weeks and is considering ausing his trusty anchor as a centre back.

After a couple of weeks off, we can finally get back to some matches from this weekend's football and we have a variety of competitions for you today. First up, we have a match from this weekend's FA Vase between Whitley Bay, who have won the tournament for the last three years in a row, and West Auckland.

Oguchi Onyewu's comeback season with Sporting Lisbon has encountered a massive setback.

Onyewu suffered a torn ligament and meniscus in his right knee and requires surgery that will keep him out of action for two months, according to Sporting Lisbon's official website.

Onyewu suffered the injury in Sporting's victory over Pacos de Ferreira over the weekend, needing to be substituted off after 27 minutes.

Click Here to Get a Free £50 Bet for All New Paddy Power Customers Chelsea v Bolton The thought that Roman Abramovich would support a three-year plan which endangered Chelsea's place in the Champions League seems unlikely. As does the belief that Andre Villas-Boas' job isnt under serious threat. It is, and anything other than [.

Wayne Rooney is still doubtful for Man United trip to Carrow road this weekend, but they still look a solid bet at 1.57 with Paddy Power to beat Norwich.

with or without Wazza, United have a formidable record on the road and have lost just once in their last 13 away games.

They have won 8 of those, and despite not being at their best in midweek against Ajax have made it through to the last 16 of the Europa League and can now firmly concentrate on the job in hand.

We're mostly heading south for this weeks non-league videos of the week, and specifically to the Blue Square Bet South. Woking have opened up a gap at the top of the table, but their trip to a Hampton & Richmond side struggling to avoid relegation still looked like a tricky match, while elsewhere Farnborough FC were at home against Tonbridge Angels and Dover Athletic were at home against Welling United.

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Liverpool FC lifted their first silverware in six years yesterday, after narrowly beating Cardiff City on penalties at Wembley. As usual, by the time we've got around to covering the match, everyone has said all there is to say, so we'll stick to what we do best.

That'll be some nudity, an excited bubba and some hysterical footballers, then.