From columns riddled with mistakes to chats featuring personalities equipped with resumes more suited for interning at The Yanks Are Coming, ESPN's pre-World Cup efforts could hardly be described as "match-fit." As the world's attention shifts to South Africa over the coming weeks, relying on the four-letter network for myriad forms of coverage remains inevitable.

As expected Arsenal Ladies have secured their place in the Super League which will replace the Premier League next year. The Super League will run through the summer in 2011 and will be made up of Arsenal Everton Chelsea Doncaster Rovers Bristol Academy Birmingham City OOH Lincoln Liverpool The top six names come from the existing Premier League, the remaining two are from the Northern [.

ASN and some other reporters caught up with DaMarcus Beasley at ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., immediately following the U.S. national team's World Cup roster announcement. Beasley had previously fallen out of favor with U.S. soccer brass after a poor run of form. But he was sure to point out that making the team was not about redemption, at all.

This week from the tipster, I'm announcing my new website I Am The Tipster.

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After a very tough game at Ashton Gate this afternoon, Chris Hughton was disappointed at not securing the win. Chris Hughton - disappointed not to win Before the game Newcastle fans were hoping for all 3 points. But Newcastle found Bristol in good form, at least in the first 45 minutes, and although the lads wanted all 3 [.

On the morning this season's fixtures were announced, I was on a train from London to Cardiff. Rolling through Bristol, a northern voice in front of me laughed into his mobile: 'Great, Spurs on the last day of the season they never have anything to play for." It was only later that I worked [...]

The Championship won't be the same without him! So Steve Coppell has announced his retirement from football management, some four months after he took charge of Bristol City, leaving with an impressive record of having played two games, winning 0 of them and losing both of them. Rumour has it that he quit because of a [.

Abby Wambach was at the ESPN HQ last Monday. They didn't ask her if she thought this was a PK...

On the Monday before she joined the U.S. team in Dallas to fly to Cancun for Women's World Cup qualifying, star striker Abby Wambach was in Bristol, Conn., filming a This is SportsCenter commercial.

Just because a couple of thieves are busy robbing both teams blind while they play each other doesn't mean they don't care about results. During the non-league Bristol Premier Combination match between home side Brimsham Green and Oldland Abbotonians Reserves last Saturday, that's exactly what happened.

Your man SF is as busy as a one-legged man in an ass-kicking contest today. I've got my head down, working my way through some Google Docs spreadsheets and some new Massive Attack tracks. So while I listen to the newies you should check out 20 minutes of live oldies from the original chief rockers of the Wild Bunch crew.

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That's increasingly how it's beginning to look as QPR lost AGAIN 2-1 at home to Ipswich before a crowd of just under 11,000 (reported) .

New York Red Bulls open Red Bull Arena against Santos at 6:30pm on Fox Soccer Channel. EPL on ESPN2: Aston Villa - Wolves at 8:30am. On Fox Soccer Channel: Everton - Bolton at 11am and Arsenal - West Ham United at 1:30pm, and Portsmouth - Hull at 8:30pm. On Fox Soccer Plus: Stoke - Spurs at 11am, Sunderland - Birmingham City at 5pm, and Wigan - Burnley at 7pm.

Well, it's another long trip for the lads this afternoon, as Newcastle United take on Bristol at their West Country fortress, Ashton Gate. Currently in the temporary charge of Keith Millen after the departure "by mutual consent" of previous incumbent, Gary Johnson, the Robin's form has hardly been spectacular recently.

As we reported last night shortly after the game at Bristol ended, it was really a bad news good news game for Newcastle yesterday. Gutierrez great solo goal but no Spiderman mask Bad news in the first half because the lads put themselves into a deep hole by giving away two soft goals, which [.

Newcastle manager Chris Hughton is expecting another very tough away game at the Keepmoat Stadium tonight, with Newcastle always being a big draw away from home. Chris Hughton - expects tough game tonight Chris Hughton told the Evening Chronicle today: "We saw the reactions of the Bristol players when they scored and from their crowd.

Last week we launched a competition in tandem with SoccerPro, giving two TottenhamBlog readers the chance to win an England shirt.

We had a great response, including a surprising amount of entrants from the USA and Scandinavia. Who knew that England were so popular across the world?

Saturday marks the end of a 288 day marathon for Blackpool and Cardiff as both teams head to Greater London for a match that recalls the corresponding Play-Off Final of two years ago between the Cities of Bristol and Hull. Like that contest, this year's guarantees the elevation of a side you can't quite get your head around seeing Gary, Alan and Alan patronise on MOTD in a few months.

Westlife are playing an eclectic array of venues over the coming weeks and there are still plenty of tickets going if you haven't got one already.

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There are over 4000 Westlife tickets still on sale for their remaining tour dates, and the Where We Are Tour has proven to be a massive success so far.

Carl Barat and Pete Doherty have definitely resolved their differences. No doubt in my mind.

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Carl Barat has had an eventful career – not least through his association with the infamous Pete Doherty.

Liverpool FC made one lucky supporter's dream come true in Shanghai when he was presented with a football signed by the likes of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.
Michael Zhu, aged 12, from Ji Nan, was the 100,000th visitor to the Liverpool Pavillion in Shanghai and he was delighted to receive his special prize.

England take on Bangladesh in three One Day Internationals this summer, with the Trent Bridge match the cheapest of the three.

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After winning the first three of the five One Day Internationals against Australia, England clearly let their foot off the gas in the last two – and Australia claimed morale boosting wins in both.

Supporters of the team from Bristol's northern half had a good time in the mid-to-late nineties as they witnessed their side hit the third tier play-offs twice, but it hasn't half been a lean past 10 years or so. Given the club's pretty miserable recent history, the majority of which has been spent in the Football League's basement, it's no wonder that the oft-told legend of the formidable array

The miracle of Turf Moor

It is hard to take positives from a game in which you throw away a 3-1 lead in the final ten minutes but Preston should be encouraged by the majority of their performance. Winger Keith Treacy was outstanding.

As for Burnley, they were limp, lacklustre and completely reliant on the brilliance of Chris Iwelumo.

Watford hit 6

Perhaps the most important conclusion to draw from Watford's improbable 6-1 win at the Den is that this league retains a crazily unpredictable edge. It's also about time Malky Mackay's Watford side lose their label of plucky underdogs. This is a side with talent, although probably not enough to sustain a charge for the play-offs.

24-year-old English youth international Will Hoskins is off to a solid start at his new club Bristol Rovers. Five goals in fourteen league matches as well as a goal in Bristol's 1-0 triumph over Aldershot Town in the Johnstone Paint Trophy competition.
Hoskins arrived in the summer of 2010 via nPower Championship side Watford (2007-2010).