By Chris Wright

I've been waiting for a video of this to surface since Tuesday night, in so far as it was the only slight sliver of a shred of commiseration we Forest fans were able to take from the night. Burnley won 2-0. Rodriguez scored them both.

Anyway, with the score at 1-0, the man they call 'Jay Rod' up around Turf Moor way stepped up and performed a timely homage to John Terry's infamously spunked Moscow spot-kick which proved to be the only highlight of the game from a Forest perspective.

Ecks-iting news!Well that was surprisingly fast! After hearing about the "99% certainty" of Richard Eckersley's return to Toronto FC since late November, it took less than a day after his "Ecks'ual release" from Burnley to finalize a permanent move to Toronto.
　
The Reds officially announced the deal just hours prior to their big media day event, no doubt steering the news of the day onto the English defender.

Newcastle United have apparently shown an interest in Burnley striker Jay Rodriguez, according to local reports in Lancashire. Jay Rodriquez Newcastle may go after him this summer Newcastle are said to have made tentative inquiries about the 22 year-old, who has scored 14 goals in 32 appearances for Burnley this season.

I've written some poems about the Premiership action this weekend. Starting with Chelsea, ending with Swansea... Celebration: A thunderous volley rattles the bar falling to a favorible shin. A smug look of delight floats across number 8 as the ball ricochets in. 'Run Lamps, RUN', point to the sky cherish this moment of celebration.

Welcome to The Yorkies' regular off-season rumour roundup - "The Rumoumeter". Too busy to keep your TFC ear to the ground every week? Just stop by the site and we will quickly show you what rumours are hot - and which ones have hit the back burner. Some of the rumours have weight - others little more than whispers; we take their temperature with.

A three-year deal Joao?"El MosQuito" will be buzzing around BMO Field for the foreseeable future as Toronto FC announced today that Joao Plata has signed a multi-year deal with the club. The dynamic yet diminutive Ecuadorian was often the only bright spark in a miserable first half of 2011 and his re-signing was considered as an off-season must in most supporters' eyes.

Glory Glory Leeds brings a mixed show this week despair at a hammering at Barnsley, more doubts over the manager's future and a massive sigh of relief at the win against Burnley to start 2012! We have loads of listener emails this week to read out (again thanks to all who take the time to send them!

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

This is a Poem about Kean people and six-pointers and that...yeah. Bolton vs Blackburn, Trotters vs Rovers. It's winner takes all...not a game for pushovers. For the players it's a race against time, for the manager a race against the sack. No doubt any decision with be influenced by some journalist hack.

Clarets eye Scottish starlet

Burnley are hoping to beat a host of clubs to the signing of Scottish starlet Mark Shankland, skysports.com understands.

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Please do your bit to help Gary Parkinson, one of this world's good guys

It has been more than 15 months since Gary Parkinson suffered a massive stroke that means the only way he can communicate is by blinking his eyes. Parky was in charge of youth development at Blackpool after a career that had taken him to Bloomfield Road via spells at Everton, Middlesbrough, Southend, Bolton, Burnley and Preston.

Last Tuesday night I sat through a freezing cold 4:0 defeat at Burnley and it was gutting.
I spent the whole drive home in deep thought, trying to make sense of what is going wrong with my beloved Ipswich. I came to the conclusion that the most significant contributing factor to the 6 straight defeats was a lack of confidence.

Swansea face a battle with Liverpool to sign teenage Cliftonville striker Rory Donnelly reports the Daily Express.
The 19-year-old is attracting interest from a number of English clubs, with League One side Brentford having also made an offer for the talented youngster.
Reds boss Kenny Dalglish has been alerted to Donnelly's potential and is weighing up an attempt to entice him to Anfield when the transfer window reopens in January.

• Kop That: Alan Shearer and his wife offer support to Gary Speed's family http://t.co/DsAdnf8J 23:30:51, 2011-12-04
• Kop That: Fulham gag players from speaking publicly http://t.co/UYwPwsk1 23:16:08, 2011-12-04
• Kop That: Kenny Dalglish warns Liverpool against complacency ahead of trip to Fulham http://t.

Why it's a dog life at United for Anderson and watch Burnley's brilliant housework video

A Manchester United player craze for Bernese Mountain Dogs has had unfortunate consequences for midfielder Anderson. The talented linguist, who last year told MUTV "I no speak England very very good, mate", was so impressed with the hounds team-mates were buying from a shop in Salford that he decided to get two of his own.

By Alan Duffy

Gary Parkinson had enjoyed a long football career, making over 450 league appearances with Middlesbrough, Burnley and Preston amongst others. When his playing days ended, the defender moved into coaching and a job at head of youth development at Blackpool.

Saturday EPL on ESPN2: Norwich City - Arsenal at 7:30am. On Fox Soccer: Manchester City - Newcastle United at 9:30am, Swansea City - Manchester United at noon, and Sunderland - Fulham at 5pm. Fox Soccer Plus has Everton - Wolverhampton at 10am and Stoke City - QPR at 4pm. Championship on Fox Soccer Plus: Burnley - Leeds United at 7:45am.

This weekend's fixtures look like a pretty sedate set on the face of it. Leeds' terrestrially televised trip across the shires to meet Burnley and what may be the most pathetic grudge in history, Saints versus Seagulls, are worth keeping on the radar perhaps, but otherwise I can't help but be drawn down the leagues to the two derbies west of Bristol.

Okay, here's some more. One thing to clarify is that we're approaching this from a position of Etuhu positivism: we think he's a good player and adds a lot to the team. But a lot of people are criticising him at the moment so, just as we did with Zamora back in the day, it seems worthwhile to have a closer look to see if we can find anything interesting.

There has been lots of talk about the goal glut that is happening in the Premier League right now. Are pricey strikers to blame or is it the death of quality defense? Decision Technology's Ian Graham has already taken a look at debunking the Guardian's piece on the "goal glut". I thought I'd add my two cents.

Gems of the Lower Leagues: Charlie Austin is a post from: Just Football

by Ally Poole

Charlie Austin has made a meteoric leap from being a bricklayer playing for part-time Poole Town as late as September 2009 to free-scoring striker for Burnley in the Championship.

Octavos de final Carling Cup 2011
Martes 25 de Oct. 2011
Aldershot Town vs Manchester U. 13:45 hrs Arsenal vs Bolton 13:45 hrs Cardiff City vs Burnley 13:45 hrs Crystal Palace vs Southampton 13:45 hrs Miércoles 26 de Oct.

Ahead of what could be his first league Manchester derby, Phil Jones has claimed nasty atmosphere don't effect him and he's hoping it's our fans smiling come the final whistle.

"I played for Blackburn against Burnley and that was pretty hostile, although I would imagine this tops that one," he said.

Close off the Premier League?

Honestly, I'd go the other way and open the thing up.

The rewards on offer are so great that millions upon millions are spent by desperate Premier League clubs who will do anything to stay where they are. Some clubs (Wolves did it once, I think, Burnley and Blackpool have been shrewd) can make a profit from the silly TV money, the rest write the disappearing zeroes off as the cost of doing business and keep on keeping on like a drunk guinea pig stuck on a hamster wheel and starting to feel a bit sick.

Recently I have been enjoying the discovery of the wonderful www.fulhamfootballprogrammes.co.uk an Illustrated History of Fulham Football Programmes and matches from the club's formation to the present day. Created by Fulham fan Phil Cowan, it really is a labour of love and features full scanned copies of Programmes from every era of Club's history.

There is an old song that goes along the lines of "Nottingham, is full of fun. Oh Nottingham is full of fun! It's full of tits, fanny and Forest, Nottingham is full of fun." But it's not that fun being a Nottingham Forest fan at the moment [...]

Los partidos correspondientes a los octavos de final de la Copa de la Liga se disputarán entre el 25 y 26 de octubre. Manchester United enfrentará a un equipo de la cuarta divisón. Se destacan: Wolves – Manchester City, Everton – Chelsea, Stoke – Liverpool y Arsenal – Bolton

• Wolverhampton Wandereres – Manchester City (Molineaux Stadium)
• Cardiff City – Burnley (Cardiff City Stadium)
• Blackburn Rovers – Newcastle (Ewood Park)
• Arsenal – Bolton (Emirates)
• Stoke City – Liverpool (Britannia Stadium)
• Aldershot Town – Manchester United (Recreation Ground)
• Crystal Palace – Southampton (Selhurst Park)
• Everton – Chelsea (Goodison Park)

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Arsenal have been handed a home draw at Emirates Stadium against Bolton Wanderers in the Fourth Round of the Carling Cup.

The Gunners secured their passage to this stage of the competition with a 3-1 victory over Shrewsbury at Emirates Stadium on Tuesday.

Bolton made it to the Fourth Round with a 2-0 win at Aston Villa.

Aldershot Town to host Manchester United in Carling Cup fourth-round

• League Two side draw the Premier League champions • Arsenal to play Bolton, Liverpool face Stoke The League Two side Aldershot Town have drawn Manchester United at home in the stand-out tie of the fourth-round draw of the Carling Cup.

Bolton manager Owen Coyle has dismissed suggestions that there will be any tension for him at the Emirates Stadium this weekend when Bolton visit fellow strugglers Arsenal.

Both clubs have performed below their capabilities thus far in the season and while Arsenal could have done much better with the services of a proven English center-back such as the Trotters' Gary Cahill, a war of words between the two managers brought an end to the negotiations last month.

Liverpool midfielder Jay Spearing will not be joining Burnley on loan when the window re-opens for clubs in the Football League.
The young midfielder, who gained a handful of first team opportunities at Liverpool under Kenny Dalglish last term, has fallen down the pecking order at Anfield after a handful of arrivals in the transfer window.

When it comes down to it, there are several categories which are splitting the Championship equally. The resurgence of the newly promoted teams is wowing everybody and shows that you do not have to spend large sums to get success. Unlike their Premier League counterparts, they do not have millions to spare and could prove to be tricky.

Transfer deadline day deals: The view from the Championship is a post from: Just Football

WHILE the lavish spending of the Premier League's big boys captured most of the limelight on transfer deadline day, there was also plenty of business done in the second tier. James McMath looks at some eye-catching signings made by Championship clubs.

A crap poem about 'Arry Redknapp and the Transfer window...I hope you enjoy it. Stick a Parker in me pocket, I'll fetch the contract from the van. Cos if you want the best 'uns, but you don't ask questions, then Levy, I'm your man. 'Cos my deadline transfers all come from mystery, It's like the [...] Related posts:

1. A Crap Poem: West Ham vs Burnley
2. A Crap Poem about football blogging.

After a sitting down for a chat before the Sunderland match lead to an ultimately disappointing result while Arsenal turned out much better when taking the week off, there was some obvious trepidation when it came to our chat with Matilda of the Bolton Offside. But when Tea and Crumpets heard that fillet steak simmered in red wine, garlic, and vegetable sauce was an option at the Reebok and that we wouldn't be stuck eating hobo stew out of an old tin can, we figured we might as well cross our fingers and take a shot at trying to better understand these Wanderers that don't do a whole lot of wandering any more.

The obligatory Owen Coyle photo

The cup season is upon us once again as Bolton Wanderers open the Carling Cup against Macclesfield Town at the Reebok. The Silkmen of League Two downed Hull City by a score of 2-0 to reach the second round. Bolton will look to do better than they did last year when they were ousted by Burnley in the third round.

Chris Eagles Bolton
Total appearances: 17
He joined United's academy when he was 14 years old and left the club for Burnley when he was 22. He made his début when he was 17-years-old in the League Cup against Leeds. He spent time on loan at Watford, Sheffield Wednesday and NEC Nijmegen.

Chris Eagles Bolton
Total appearances: 17
He joined United's academy when he was 14 years old and left the club for Burnley when he was 22. He made his début when he was 17-years-old in the League Cup against Leeds. He spent time on loan at Watford, Sheffield Wednesday and NEC Nijmegen.

Carling Cup 2nd Round Draw: Liverpool away to Exeter as Everton host Sheffield United - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Liverpool were drawn away to League One side Exeter in the second round of the Carling Cup, while city rivals Everton will host Sheffield United.

Meanwhile, Doncaster host Leeds in a Yorkshire derby, while Sunderland face a long trip south to Brighton.

Tottenham's Premier League match with Everton on Saturday has been postponed because of the riots in London.

Premier League chief executive Richard Scudamore said he was "positive" the other nine games in the opening round of top-flight fixtures would go ahead. And prime minister David Cameron suggested they could kick off earlier than scheduled to assist the police.