In January, I cast an eye on the unending cacophony of abuse in online football communities, with a section on Doncaster Rovers website Viva Rovers, and provoking a compelling spate of comments involving Leeds United blog, The Scratching Shed. The problems are not confined to Yorkshire alone, but as an important follow up, Michael Wood here provides an epitaph on the Bradford City site, Boy from Brazil, one of the very best chronicles online and one that closed towards the end of 2011.

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The FA Cup has lost some of its prestige with the rise of the Premier League but Sunday's clash between Manchester United and Manchester City was a glimpse at the drama knockout competitions can provide in a 3-2 win for United.

United were up by three goals before halftime thanks to two goals from Wayne Rooney and a stunning strike from Danny Welbeck.

Viernes 6 de enero de 2012 Liverpool vs Oldham Athletic 14:00 hrsSábado 7 de enero de 2012 Birmingham vs Wolves 6:30 hrsDagenham & Redbridge vs Millwall 7:00 hrsBarnsley vs Swansea City 9:00 hrsBrighton vs Wrexham 9:00 hrsCoventry City vs Southampton 9:00 hrsCrawley Town vs Bristol City 9:00 hrsDerby County vs Crystal Palace 9:00 hrsDoncaster Rovers vs Notts County 9:00 hrsEverton vs Tamworth 9:00 hrsFleetwood Town vs Blackpool 9:00 hrsFulham vs Charlton Athletic 9:00 hrsGillingham vs Stoke City 9:00 hrsHull City vs Ipswich Town 9:00 hrsMacclesfield Town vs Bolton Wanderers 9:00 hrsMiddlesbrough vs Shrewsbury Town 9:00 hrsMilton Keynes Dons vs QPR 9:00 hrsNewcastle United vs Blackburn Rovers 9:00 hrsNorwich City vs Burnley 9:00 hrsNottingham Forest vs Leicester City 9:00 hrsReading vs Stevenage 9:00 hrsSheffield United vs Salisbury City 9:00 hrsSwindon Town vs Wigan Athletic 9:00 hrsTottenham Hotspur vs Cheltenham Town 9:00 hrsWatford vs Bradford City 9:00 hrsWBA vs Cardiff City 9:00 hrsBristol Rovers vs Aston Villa 11:30 hrsDomingo 8 de enero de 2012 Manchester City vs Manchester United 7:00 hrsChelsea vs Portsmouth 9:00 hrsSheffield Wednesday vs West Ham United 9:00 hrsPeterborough United vs Sunderland 9:30 hrsLunes 9 de enero de 2012 Arsenal vs Leeds United 13:45 hrs Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol

Shooting practice Football club calendars are usually a selection of 12 action shots of players fronted with a nice corporate cover (unless you're Bradford City, of course). But no so at Napoli. The Serie A outfit got their players to don an array of strange costumes as they shot their quirky 2012 calendar.

FA Cup tickets up for grabs

We've teamed up with Budweiser, lead partner for The FA Cup, to give football fans the chance to win second round FA Cup tickets. We have a pair of tickets available for each of the below ties, all taking place on Saturday 3 December: - Charlton Athletic v Carlisle United - Bradford City v AFC Wimbledon - Barnet v MK Dons To be in with a chance of winning, simply fill in the competition form below along with your name, age, postal address, contact details and match choice:

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Following the recent untimely demise of Bradford City blog, Boy from Brazil, our latest guest post comes from Bantams fan Richard Beecham . Richard is a trainee journalist who was recently published by the Leeds Scribbler site – follow him on Twitter at @RichardBeecham. 'Why don't you just support Leeds?

That Bantam's a Tiger Here's the Bradford City 2012 calendar: the perfect Christmas present for Bantams supporters. And Hull fans too, it would seem. A lazy designer has created a cover for the calendar that features an array of Bradford player, plus Hull City's Dele Adebola. The mix-up happened because the photo of Adebola [.

By Chris Wright

Oh dear. Oh dear oh dear. Bradford City have requested that their 2012 calendar be removed from stockists after being alerted to the fact that it featured Dele Adebola on the cover Adebola being a Hull City player.

Sorry.

Those are the toilets area in which one is supposed to dispose of bodily waste of Ebbsfleet United, the club which became famous as part of that fan-ownership experiment some years back, leading to the theory that the common man doesn't care much about the loo. They're taking part in and currently leading a competition to find the worst restrooms in English football, the "winner" of which will get £100k in order to spruce up the facilities with a nice TOTO setup, one would imagine.

The Forgotten Story of ... the English Super Cup | Jacob Steinberg

After English clubs were banned from Europe in 1985, the Football League created a consolation competition for them Have you heard the one about the English Super League featuring Liverpool and Manchester United?

"Soccer attracts more hackneyed hyperbole than most sports. We talk about "tragedy" when we mean "disappointment" and "disaster" when we mean "defeat". When real tragedy and disaster occur, we tend to be stuck for the rights words." Those words, written by David Lacey of the Guardian a quarter of a century ago, ring as true today as they did when they were written in the aftermath of the Bradford fire of 1985.

Sir Oliver Popplewell condemned over Hillsborough letter

A retired judge has sparked fury by calling on the Hillsborough families to behave more like the relatives of victims of the Bradford City stadium disaster.

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Bradford fire survivor attacks judge over Hillsborough comments

• Criticism of Hillsborough families branded 'disgraceful' • Retired judge told them to drop 'conspiracy theories' A survivor of the 1985 fire at Bradford City in which 56 people died has profoundly criticised the judge who conducted the official inquiry into that disaster and who this week unfavourably compared the response of families bereaved by the Hillsborough disaster to those of Bradford.

First John Henry and Fenway Sports Group were out to destroy the glory of English football. Then there was Suarezgate—at least until the long needed debate on Hillsborough in parliament bumped that to the back burner. In the midst of all that there was the small matter of a match against Manchester United to round things out.

Retired judge tells Hillsborough families to drop ‘conspiracy theories' and sparks fury among campaigners

Sir Oliver Popplewell chaired the public inquiry into the death of 56 fans at Bradford City's stadium in a fire in 1985, and tells those affected to act with 'quiet dignity'

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Former judge tells Hillsborough families to drop 'conspiracy theories'

• Sir Oliver Popplewell says families should move on • Says Bradford disaster families showed 'quiet dignity' A retired judge has sparked fury by calling on the Hillsborough families to drop their "conspiracy theories" and behave more like the relatives of victims of the Bradford City stadium disaster.

A former judge has controversially called on the Liverpool families involved in the Hillsborough disaster to behave more like the relatives of victims of the Bradford City stadium disaster.
In an ill-advised letter to The Times, Sir Oliver Popplewell, who chaired the public inquiry into the 1985 fire at the Valley Parade stadium that killed 56 people, argued:
"The citizens of Bradford behaved with quiet dignity and great courage.

Liverpool MP fury at former judge Sir Oliver Popplewell's suggestion Hillsborough families should 'move on'

Liverpool MP reacts furiously after judge who chaired inquiry into Bradford City fire criticises Hillsborough families's fight for justice.

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Take a breather, son Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Nicky Weaver was subbed less than 90 seconds into his side's Johnstone's Paint Trophy defeat to Bradford City last night, despite not appearing to be injured. The bizarre substitution appeared to be Owls boss Gary Megson's attempt at circumnavigating rules that you must name at least six of [.

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Leeds fell behind when Jack Compton scored but Ramon Nunez equalised about 25 minutes into the second half. Bradford went back in front with a fine goal from Michael Flynn.Ross McCormack came back with the equaliser. Núñez scored the winning goal shortly after that.
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Admittedly I was a bit slow to publish this...so with the added benefit of one performance, here's the League Two preview!

Who's Looking Good?

Crawley Town: Most bookies favourites, Crawley have the biggest budget in the league, momentum to die for, and probably the deadliest striker in the division in Matt Tubbs.

Stopper eager to seize chance

Martin Hansen is relishing the chance to gain valuable first-team experience as he begins life on loan at League Two side Bradford City.

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Official: Liverpool reserve goalkeeper Martin Hansen joins Bradford City on one-month loan

After playing a part in the Reds' pre-season tour of Asia, the youngster says he is looking forward to featuring after completing his switch to the League Two club

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Martin Hansen eager to seize Bradford City chance

Denmark Under-21 goalkeeper Martin Hansen tells BBC Radio Leeds that he wants to take his chance of first-team football after joining Bradford City from Liverpool on a one-month loan.

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Bradford City sign Liverpool keeper Martin Hansen

Bradford City sign Liverpool goalkeeper Martin Hansen on a one-month loan.

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Liverpool Confirm Hansen Loan Deal

Liverpool have confirmed a deal that will see young goalkeeper Martin Hansen join Bradford City on an emergency loan deal. The stopper will spend an initial 28 days with the league 2 outfit, and the situation will be reassessed when that period comes to an end.

Dane makes loan move

Liverpool have today confirmed that Martin Hansen has joined Bradford City on an emergency loan.

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Bradford to land Reds keeper

Skysports.com understands Liverpool goalkeeper Martin Hansen is poised to join Bradford City on loan.

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Klasnic rolls away after finishing the performance

And the Whites go marching on, on, on through their preseason with an impressive showing against Bradford City AFC at Valley Parade in front of 295 Wanderers supporters among the 2,943 in attendance. The 4-1 scoreline provided Bolton with their third consecutive win this preseason.

It's the preseason that doesn't stop! Just yesterday the squad returned from their (highly successful) U.S. tour (deemed to be the "longest trip ever" by Marcos Alonso) and today they travel to the fantastically named Valley Parade to take on Bradford City. It won't be foreign ground for Robbie Blake, who spent 5 years at the club.

It's the preseason that doesn't stop! Just yesterday the squad returned from their (highly successful) U.S. tour (deemed to be the "longest trip ever" by Marcos Alonso) and today they travel to the fantastically named Valley Parade to take on Bradford City. It won't be foreign ground for Robbie Blake, who spent 5 years at the club.

FC Dallas midfielder Eric Avila may soon be playing in Mexico.

Avila is on his way to Guadalajara to potentially seal a six-month loan to Primera Division side Atlas, FC Dallas announced on Friday. Should he join Atlas, he would be the second MLS player to go there this season after Chicago sold Gaston Puerari to Atlas a couple of weeks ago.

I know, you've been listless the past few weeks. Something's missing in your life, maybe you're not eating enough protein? Haven't called your mother recently? Or maybe it's the lack of Bolton Wanderers. Well, fret not dear reader, as the Men in White have quite the busy summer planned. We've known for a while about the jaunt over the pond, and your beloved bloggers will even be attending the Houston match.

I know, you've been listless the past few weeks. Something's missing in your life, maybe you're not eating enough protein? Haven't called your mother recently? Or maybe it's the lack of Bolton Wanderers. Well, fret not dear reader, as the Men in White have quite the busy summer planned. We've known for a while about the jaunt over the pond, and your beloved bloggers will even be attending the Houston match.

This excellent Daley goal vs Grenada sealed a 4-0 win for Jamaica in their Gold Cup tournament opener on 6th June 2011. Daley's goal v Grenada was the last goal of the game and was an excellent long range volley from the just released Bradford City winger. The other goals vs Grenada were scored by [.

"I am not a man of many words but I can honestly say that playing football is all I have ever wanted to do." - Paul Scholes

24 major honours later, it comes to an end.

Paul Scholes is a "great role model for any young English midfield player," mused Jack Wilshere on Twitter this morning and indeed that is an accurate reflection of the man who must go down as England's finest midfield player of this generation.

Ten years ago, Bradford City were a Premier League Club. Since then, they have dropped to League Two, had two spells in administration, and it still doesn't look as if their future is getting any brighter. Jason MacKeown reports on their latest woes.

Following a decade of regular failure, Bradford City supporters have become used to seeing pre-season expectations shattered by this point of the year.

Having already added a boatload of new faces in the off-season, Toronto FC has found one more European player to bring in and bolster the defense.

TFC has brought in defender Richard Eckersley on loan from Burnley. A right back by trade, Eckersley previously played for TFC director of player development Paul Mariner at Plymouth Argyle.