The Telegraph has used our alternative Carlos Tevez posters on their website.

"The Telegraph Uses Our Tevez Posters" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

Catch the match on livestreaming instead on Channel 5
Singapore 1-1 The Philippines
So "first match jittery" does happen whenever we play our first game in any major tournament.
Clearly labelled by many as the clear favourites against the Filipinos, who prior to the opener was thrashed 8-0 by Thai club side Nakhon Pathom, thus it's no wonder the expectation back at home is high as the mood can be sensed in the recent days on the social media platforms.

So there we have it. After 18 months of political lobbying, journalist digging, scandal, corruption and a last minute Royal-infused, David Beckham inspired dash to the line, England's 2018 World Cup bid ended in dismal failure.
We are not alone though. It was also a grim day yesterday for Australia and America as they missed the chance to host the World Cup to, of all places, Qatar.

The public anger is widely expected after the final whistle was blown (as pictured above - a screen grab after the match from "Kallangroar.com" ).

Who could blame the fans for feeling that way, after all, in what it seen as the last hope to preserve that sense of "national prestige" after the loss of the three domestic titles to the foreign clubs, the Lions were knocked out of the biennial regional tournament by Vietnam and saw them qualified together with the unfancied Filipinos.

With Christmas around the corner, Red Rants has teamed up with soccer shoes store SoccerPro to give Red Rants readers the chance to win a pair of Umbro Speciali boots and all you have to do is predict the correct score for Monday night's Manchester United v Arsenal game.

Here's what you need to do:

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Even Christie Rampone reads the WNT Blog

The U.S. WNT Blog has finished third in the voting for Best Blog during the year U.S. Soccer Best Of Awards for third consecutive year! Call us crazy, but we think that's quite an achievement.
We must say, we are not only honored, but humbled, and would like to thank all those WNT Blog readers out there for voting us.

The powers that be will no doubt remove this video soon. So enjoy it while you can. Craig Gordon's save today as Sunderland beat Bolton 1-0 to move to sixth in the English Premier League.
Not bad, son. Not bad at all.
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RoM have formed a partnership with 101 Great Goals to provide you lot with a feed of videos that are likely to be of interest to United fans.

Check out RoM videos.

"All The Latest Football Videos" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

So it's come around to Christmas again already. 2010 has been a great year in the history of Stevenage FC. The club finally achieved promotion to the football league and have made a solid start to life in League 2.

Whilst the last 4-6 weeks haven't been great, the signs are good for the future.

I think many of you read what was written on The Straits Times today, eh?
Nothing short of the usual woes we are facing in today's local football - the lack of quality players and standard, the lack of bonding between fans and clubs, the lack of familiarity of the teams and players, etc.
So nothing new and this tells us we know what are the problems that we are all talking about here.

Ladies and gentlemen,

It is our pleasure to announce the nominees or this year's Soccer Academy Major League Soccer Talk Podcast Awards, our chance to honor the year's best soccer achievements. The awards, covering 18 different areas of recognition, cover the club and international game, foreign and domestic, men's and women's, professional and collegiate.

Today is World AIDS Day. For just £4 you can buy these very nice Nike laces and contribute to the fight against AIDS. You can get free shipping with voucher code JUSTDOIT.

What happens with the money?
1. You buy the laces.
2. 100% of the profits go to the Global Fund and to football based programs that help fight AIDS in Africa.

All good things come to and end...or at least a temporary break. Regular visitors to the blog will know that posting has been sporadic for a while. Time and cruel fate have conspired against me, and finding the time needed to do the site justice just isn't as possible as it used to be.
Anyway, I hope to bring bridgeviews.

Duane Rollins of Canadian Soccer News is running a live blog on Decision Day, and since I'm not able to administer one myself, let's just share his. Hopefully the Canadians won't point and laugh if we lose.
I'll pop in as work allows. Live blog after the jump.
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Hello All. Please join me back here Saturday from 9:30 am ET/ 2:30 pm UK for a live blog of all the English Premier League games this weekend, including Everton v. Chelsea (10 AM, ESPN2), Arsenal v....
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Although I'm personally not on board with the idea of a MLS redux in Miami, I have to give credit to those South Floridians who are trying to keep the flame of hope alive because those guys will not give it up. But judging by the one of the latest ideas to surface they have reached the creatively-desperate stage of their quest because someone down there is talking about turning the disused aquatic stadium pictured above into this.

A video that I hadn't seen before, so apologies if you have.
Quick tour of the museum at Hampden and a bit about both Queen's Park and Third Lanark. Worth a watch.
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There's one EPL fixture on Monday, December 6, 2010 as Liverpool hosts Aston Villa. Below is a brief match preview along with a live blog. The live blog will begin coverage around 2:50 PM EST (7:50 PM local UK time).

Match Preview

Liverpool (last 6 EPL matches – WWDLWL)

After a very slow start, Liverpool is slowly climbing their way up the EPL table.

It is that time of year again. The time where American soccer fans get the chance to vote on the very best of 2010.

U.S. Soccer is once again running its Best Of Awards contests and you, the fans, are getting a chance to once again make your selections on more than a dozen categories, including everything from Best Soccer Bar to Best Soccer Bog.

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Above our the Goal Celebrations from our Jared Montz Pro Soccer this past weekend in Madisonville, Louisiana. If you haven't seen it yet be sure and check out the pictures!

I love the goal celebrations contest! It's a lot of fun and great to see the kids get so creative.

Irony is a dish best served ironically. Last year, EPL Talk banned Unprofessional Foul for posting the script to the EPL Talk awards on Unprofessional Foul's own website (among other allegations). We are humbled that UF nominated us for "best blog that deserves more traffic", although that runs at odds with our nomination on another site for "best niche blog that would lose its small-town feel if stampeded by too many feet.

Dear Lions,
All I would say is best of luck against the Vietnamese tonight at Hanoi.
I know it's gonna be tough in front a full capacity My Dinh crowd, but I'm always a firm believer in raising to the occasion to silence those critics back home.
Good Luck to you.

Bit of Twitter chat about winter breaks and bad weather. Someone suggested a break could mean the return of the Tennents' Sixes. If only.
Footage above the last tournament in 1993 - will the Jags ever get to defend their title?
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Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here By Corley After the Fulham game, Arsene Wenger indicated that he had instructed Alex Song to play further forwards this season in an effort to open up more room in midfield. General reaction around the blog-o-net seems to be that Wenger must be crazy.

From fans singing Chris Hughton's name to talksport taking the piss out of the Pardew hiring, here is a video blog of the joke that is Newcastle...

There's only one Chris Hughton after a 6-0 win over Villa...

Newcastle thrashing bitter rivals Sunderland.

I am sorry for not posting anything on the blog for a few weeks.

Our college soccer season is over and I have been recovering from all of the trials and tribulations.

I will post a full update of how our season finished very soon.

Thanks for your patience.

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS BLOG has surpassed the 1.500.000 unique visitors. The readership stats show that it is popular in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, Australia, Africa & bigger than big in Asia: THANK YOU!!! I would never have imagined this "hobby" would get so far. There are people who dislike the blog - naturally, would not expect anything else - but the majority show their

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome back into another Happy Hour. This week has been truly interesting. After taking some time to reflect, I am not as pissed off as I was about Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup. I still think it is a stupid decision, but as more time goes by my cares will eventually fade away much like my reaction to the OJ Verdict.

This blog slaughtered Manchester United and Ferguson for their bungled attempts at retaining the services of Carlos Tevez, who, as we all know, moved on to Manchester City in what turned out to be a very acrimonious transfer. In the days and weeks that followed the Argentine's move to the club's bitter rivals back in 2009, somewhat predictably, news of the striker's defection to City provoked a

RoM have received an e-mail from the fella who helps Paddy Crerand run his website.

After RoM interviewed Paddy earlier this year, Giles Oakley recently wrote an article on him, which he has read and was very impressed with.

Paddy has asked me to pass on his regards to Giles and he thought the article was fantastic.

If you enjoy reading RoM, please vote for us in the Soccerlens Awards.

RoM has a successful history in the Soccerlens Awards. In 2009, the blog was voted the best team blog and Scott was voted the best team writer. The year before, RoM was voted best British Blog.

You might want to share the love around and vote in the other categories too.

If you enjoy reading RoM, please vote for us in the Soccerlens Awards.

RoM has a successful history in the Soccerlens Awards. In 2009, the blog was voted the best team blog and Scott was voted the best team writer. The year before, RoM was voted best British Blog.

You might want to share the love around and vote in the other categories too.

More bad news on the WPS front, as the Red Stars have announced that they are suspending operations for 2011 ... and hoping to rejoin the fray in 2012. Obviously, this is not good, as it whittles down the teams currently competing to six. However, on a brighter side, the league continues!

Does it make me nervous to hear about this?

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I was surfing the net and came across this beautiful soccer game and I felt that I should share it with my fellow 11Gunners. So here it is. Have fun with this soccer game. Let me know if you liked it.

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Alertei aqui neste blog para o facto da viagem da Selecção Nacional de Futsal Roménia, para disputar dois jogos de preparação, ser extremamente cansativa, e saber como este tipo de condicionantes afecta o rendimento desportivo de uma equipa. O resultado viu-se no primeiro dos jogos em que houve um empate por 1/1.

We're number one! We're number one! We're number one! ...Why aren't people showering me with gifts yet?

After last month's rocket-powered vodka ship to top spot on The Offside with an assist from good ol' Tom and George, it was hard to know how things would shake themselves out in November without an ownership scandal to keep people hitting refresh.

The New Paper gave a damning assessment on ISL-based Lions following Suzuki Cup exit.
So it just don't really help much to go south, except for the bit of fake glamour, adulation, etc.
Just as I mentioned a few months back, if all this is worth the while? And below are some replies when I posted this snap on this blog's FB group.

They Think It's All Over... brings you a guest blog about the sacking of Hughton and Allardyce.

Don't forget my blog has moved to www.footiephantom.com so be sure to change your bookmarks. You can still come here for my EPL talk articles in the Feed Reader below.
This site will be dedicated solely to the Philadelphia Union and Fantasy Football for the most part!

I agree SPANISH HANDBALL doesn´t get the exposure it should, I am the first to criticise, but Football is so big & dominates so much the local scene that this happens. Plus the blog is a personal "hobby" with limited time in my hands & unfortunately for Handball fans I have to sway to what the majority wish to read.