Arsenal 3-0 Tottenham

For a football fan, there can be few things as satisfying as an epic goal bundle.

In order to achieve optimum conditions for bundles, several key elements need to be in place. Surprise is definitely one. Scoring against your old rivals is another.

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Let's face it unless you spend a lot of time on the toilet or in airports, it's difficult to pry yourself away from the television and/or internet long enough to actually read and actual book. So in the interest of focusing your book readin' efforts on the few works actually worth sacrificing valuable YouTube time for, we present the first book to earn the DT seal of approval: Finn McCool's Football Club.

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This clip appears to be from last season, but it was just posted on YouTube yesterday, so I'm going to assume it hasn't already made the rounds.

Anyway, here we have Maria Martinez delivering her touchline report during a La Liga match between Osasuna and Racing Santander (who just so happen to be playing each other this weekend).

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"The Scouse Boom-Bust Cycle" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

The international break continues to drag on, so you get more little kids. (If your reaction to that was a joyous "YES!!" then the authorities will be around to arrest you shortly. Have fun in jail, perv.)

This girl with the pigtails has a future in the game. Good defensive awareness, great on the ball, and if you try to go in for a challenge she will headbutt the crap out of you.

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As everyone is well aware, Chicago's hopes of landing the 2016 Summer Olympic Games came crashing back to Earth last week with a thud. You can place the blame wherever you please, many people are, but you can't deny that it comes as a blow to our collective sporting ego. It's at this time that we must accept the fact that Rio simply put forth a superior bid and redouble our efforts to land the World Cup the world's largest sporting event in either 2018 or 2022.

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What he'd be if he weren't a footballer......a librarian?
Both Arsenal midfielders are fit and set to start against Blackburn on Sunday, but a choice between the two may depend on your management philosophy.
Fabregas (10.7) continues to pull the strings in the attack. Click to continue reading...

Na gut, ich gebe es zu: Ich mag Werksvereine nicht. Eine Meinung, die sicher die meisten Fussballpopulisten teilen, kommen sie nicht gerade aus einer von Großindustrie inklusive Erstligawerbeträger mitfinanzierten ehemaligen Kleinstadt. Da wird doch nur Kohle reingebuttert, Leistung bringen sie auch keine, noch nie was gerissen undsoweiterundsofort.

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I wore a shirt for this piece and even did a spell check as I entered such lofty company. Football Partnerships is a B2B networking grouping bringing together industry professionals so I wrote an uber polite article about the TPL boom.
It was written a few weeks ago so some job titles may have changed. Click to continue reading...

Boom! And a pun to start the week off right! Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger is alleging that Manchester United are guilty of playing "anti-football" and also that Sir Alex pushed him down on the playground and called him names.

Wenger was/is/will always remain incensed after his side's 2-1 loss to United on Saturday.

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Una nueva jornada del Torneo Apertura 2009 y se avecinan duelos muy complicados.

Comencemos con el análisis.

Se abre la jornada en la selva chiapaneca, en un duelo que desde mi punto de vista es una incógnita porque a cómo puede jugar bien Jaguares y derrotar a Atlante a como pude derrocarse el equipo de Luis Fernando Tena y por ende podríamos ver un triunfo azulgrana.

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Well here we are on the eve of the new season and it's like it's never been away. Apart from the 3 month gap, you know, but apart from that it's like it's never been away.

There's a ton of stuff with the boss in this morning's papers and he talks about turning down Real Madrid, the expectations on his team, money etc etc.

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"É claro que se agora há tão poucos futebolistas nacionais na Liga talvez seja porque os sindicatos, instrumentalizados pelos empresários, batalharam por uma coisa chamada Acórdão Bosman, que permitiu justamente aos clubes empanturrarem-se de estrangeiros, livres de quaisquer limitações, mas esse é só outro dos paradoxos da actividade sindical no futebol. Click to continue reading...

I never thought I'd be typing the words USA lost another final so soon... but then again, I never thought I'd be waking up today to see pics of Mexicans dancing like Michael Jackson either! Judging by the highlights below, I think it's fair to also add that the pubescents playing for Mexico are awesome and are destined to become world beaters. Click to continue reading...

I never thought I'd be typing the words USA lost another final so soon... but then again, I never thought I'd be waking up today to see pics of Mexicans dancing like Michael Jackson either! Judging by the highlights below, I think it's fair to also add that the pubescents playing for Mexico are awesome and are destined to become world beaters. Click to continue reading...

People always say that, to understand how far we've come, you need to look in the past. Whilst that sentence probably sounds a bit cliché, it could surely be used in discussions regarding the evolution of the common Premier League football supporter over the last 30-40 years.

If you'll recall, the Premier League has only turned into a global league in the last 10 or so years.

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Resulta ser que me he podido enterar de una nota que habla de la multa que se ha llevado el buen "Chelis" por sus insultos hacia la CONCACAF por haber "recomendado" a la Federación Mexicana de Fútbol de no participar en la Copa Sudamericana.

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Pues lo que era de esperarse, ocurrió lo que ya todos sabíamos, y por lo que Florentino sabía lo que hacía. Ya desde ahorita le está rindiendo frutos monetarios las galácticas contrataciones, con la inusitada venta de playeras de Ronaldo y Kaká en una abarrotada tienda oficial del Santiago Bernabeu.

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Por John Wyatt
Hubo una época en la que nadie se hubiera atrevido a llamarle vampiro chupasangres, sátrapa usurero, perro cobarde, cuchara, buitre tirano o señorito lolo. Nadie en el beticismo hubiera consentido un solo insulto porque en esa época decir Lopera era decir Dios. El pantócrator de la Avenida de la Palmera salvó in extremis al Betis de una desaparición segura, según puede leerse en el antiguo testamento blanquiverde, escrito por él mismo, claro. Click to continue reading...

Blanco's point blank hiting of the post on 10 min and a typical dubious penalty given to Pao in the 30th min,care of a classical Karagounis "dive"(how are these referee's so gullible?)were enough to destroy any beleif our players had of securing that Champions League spot.Yes,Pao scored a second goal soon after but by then the damadge had been done.

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Ron wiggles his hips and BOOM! Unlike so many speculative wonder strikes from distance, Ronaldinho's goal at the Bridge required daring, cheek, pure instinct and vision - as Clive Tyldesley said, "You didn't see it coming". No other player could...

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Kansas City head coach Curt Onalfo has explained how he saved his family from being crushed to death. Kansas City head coach Curt Onalfo has describe the car accident that nearly claimed his and his families life last weekend before his teams game against the New York Red Bulls. Speaking to reporters this week Onalfo said: "A tractor trailer came head on at us.

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Very similar to a successful chess player, it is not uncommon for a manager or his coaching staff to play out every predicted scenario in a match to have predetermined counters to their opponent.
This philosophy is a common practice for Chelsea's Guus Hiddink, who does so before every game his teams play, where he goes over every potential pitfall in his head. Click to continue reading...

Credit crunch? What credit crunch? If you thought the days of football's silly money were gone, think again. For the past few years, transfer fees have been levelling off towards relatively sensible figures. But it now looks like the influx of new owners to the Premier League has reignited the transfer boom. Click to continue reading...

LA PREVENDITA DURERÀ FINO ALLE 20,45.DA IERI POSSONO ESSERE ACQUISTATI ANCHE I TAGLIANDI PER LA REGGINA
Curva Sud olè, col Cluj c'è
Ci sono ancora diverse centinaia di biglietti per il cuore del tifo romanista
Di DANIELE GALLI
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... and the US is looking better.  Here's Boltgirl's analysis of Wed's game ... 22nd minute and too much boom ball, still.  But overall better ... and Brandi sounds happier, too! PS  John Edwards?  Oh my god ... the haircut really did reflect something significant about his soul ... Sphere: Related ContentSHARETHIS. Click to continue reading...

The USWNT kicks off against Japan tomorrow morning at 5AM ET and will (hopefully) field a team with its heads screwed on more securely than on Wednesday! I like to think that Wednesday's game was a collective test, to see whether "Boom Ball" really doesn't work. Lesson learned, guys? Gayle Bryan has written about [. Click to continue reading...