Dave Kitson would be up there with Michael Gilkes and Shaka Hislop as one of my all time favourite players. I first took note of the Ginger Ninja in a 2-2 draw between Cambridge United and Reading at the Abbey Stadium back in 2002. The former shelf stacker was everywhere that day and it was with huge excitement that I greeted his arrival at Madejski Stadium a year later. Click to continue reading...

Cambridge-Deerfield senior forward Dan Steen was named the Capitol Conference boys soccer Player of...
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Courtesy: University of Minnesota 09/20/2009
St. Paul, Minn. The University of Minnesota soccer team made it two wins on the weekend after taking down visiting Montana 1-0 in the finale of the Minnesota Gold Classic this afternoon (Sept. 18). A lone first half goal was made good by the Golden Gophers suffocating defense, which allowed a season low one shot by the Grizzlies.

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Courtesy: University of Minnesota 09/20/2009
St. Paul, Minn. The University of Minnesota soccer team made it two wins on the weekend after taking down visiting Montana 1-0 in the finale of the Minnesota Gold Classic this afternoon (Sept. 18). A lone first half goal was made good by the Golden Gophers suffocating defense, which allowed a season low one shot by the Grizzlies.

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Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, is an English association football club based in the seaside resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to The Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009. The return to the The Football [. Click to continue reading...

Blue Square Premier League 2009-10 Predictions
1. Luton Town
2. Oxford
3. Wrexham
4. Stevenage
5. Mansfield
6. Cambridge
7. Rushden & Diamonds
8. Kidderminster
9. York City
10. AFC Wimbledon
11. Kettering
12. Crawley
13.

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Cambridge United are again on the lookout for another manager after Martin Ling left his position by mutual consent, just 9 days into the job. Cambridge released a statement at 2.00pm on Tuesday afternoon stating irreconcilable differences between Ling and chairman George Rolls as the reason why the former Leyton Orient manager has departed the club.

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Icelandic teenager Victor Palsson was so overawed to be playing alongside Steven Gerrard last week he had to ask the Liverpool star if he minded him being captain of the reserves.
Palsson, 18, only joined Liverpool in January from Danish side Aarhus and looks set to be installed as the skipper of the Anfield club's second string this season. Click to continue reading...

Two games on Wednesday night, with Washington and Sky Blue FC needing eight goals to split the points in Piscataway to split the points. Meanwhile, Angela Hucles proved the difference in Cambridge. Chicago 0 - Boston 1 Angela Hucles got the game's only goal in the 35th minute on a night when Chicago couldn't get their shots on goal. Click to continue reading...

Pre-Season starts in just 3 days time as Boro travel to Chemsford on Wednesday night. It's a less high profile start to pre-season after last years visit to Gillingham. The Stevenage players and staff have been back in training for about 2 weeks now and should be at a good fitness level going into the first game.

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There isn't much to talk about at the minute at Broadhall Way. Work is going on behind the scenes to get the players fit and ready for the big kick-off on August 8th, but other than that there is nothing to report on. That's not the case elsewhere in the Blue Square Premier.

Rushden face an uncertain future after receiving a winding up order.

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Last Sunday saw the Boro players begin their preparations for the season ahead just 6 weeks after winning the FA Trophy Final at Wembley. They couldn't of planned their return to training at a worse time with it being the hottest week of the year so far. Hardly the best conditions to get your fitness back in?

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German Bundesliga champions VFL Wolfsburg have unveiled their new home, away, goalkeeper and Champions League shirts for the 2009-10 season. The new kits are made by Adidas. The home shirt ( modeled by striker Grafite in this picture), is primarily white in colour, with green stripes running down from the collar to the right side of [. Click to continue reading...

Australian A-League side Adelaide United have officially released their new kits for the 2009-10 season. The launch took place on top of the Montefiore Hill in the northern part of the city. The home shirt ( modeled by Travis Dodd in the photo below), is red in colour and will be worn for the first time [. Click to continue reading...

In Wednesday night Women's Professional Soccer action, Sky Blue FC won at home while FC Gold Bride and Boston split the points in Cambridge. Chicago 0 - Sky Blue FC 1 Rosana got the only goal of the game in the 24th minute, scoring off a freekick from six yards out. This is Chicago's first away loss of the season FC Gold Pride 1 - Boston 1 Christine Sinclair put the away team up in. Click to continue reading...

Yup the clouds are rolling in this Thursday morning and it looks like we're in for a string of rainy days (again). I'm grateful for the sun we had and looking forward to more as we head toward the Summer Solstice!

On the socer front, the Breakers and FC Gold Pride played to a 1-1 draw in Cambridge .

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After being asked by a friend from the soccer pitch in Oakland about the LA Galaxy "trialists" (South African midfielder Mark Haskins, Irish defender Fred Murray, and Danish-American midfielder Jamil Fearrington) mentioned in Kyle McCarthy's article at Goal.com (click here for all the details in the original article from June 10th), I found out from the LA Galaxy that all the "trialists" have already left. Click to continue reading...

Name: Daniel Hammond Date of Birth: 08/04/1985 Place of birth: Kings Lynn, Norfolk Position: Central Defender Previous clubs: Norwich City, Cambridge United, Kings Lynn, Young Lions Present club: Woodlands Wellington Daniel Hammond is one of the contingent of Englishmen playing their football in Singapore. Click to continue reading...

It's pretty much well known that Setanta Sports are struggling financially at the moment and according to the BBC are on the brink of collapse. Setanta apparently owe £30m to the Premier League and have already failed to make a £3m payment to the Scottish FA for its rights to the SPL highlights.

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English Conference side Cambridge United's Home Kit for the 2009-10 season has been revealed. The new Cambridge United home shirt, manufactured by Vandanel, is an amber jersey with a black sash running down from the left of the shirt to the bottom right. The V necked shirt also has black and white flashes running down from the [. Click to continue reading...

Boro confirmed today that midfielder John Martin has been released from his contract. It's a disappointing end to Martin's career after a fantastic start which saw him an integral part of the club's amazing start to the 2007/2008 season under Mark Stimson, particularly impressing alongside Stuart Lewis in the Boro midfield.

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Not much Boro news about at the moment as everyone waits to see who is on the 'out' list at Broadhall Way. I assume the club will announce who won't be retained in the next week or so. It's expected that Callum Willock, Eddie Anaclet and John Martin were 3 of the 4 players that GW said would be released or transferred.

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There was another good result at Wembley today as local rivals Cambridge United were beaten 2-0 by Torquay United, who returned to the football league after a two year absence. The Amber Army were the dominant force in the first half, but were not clinical enough in front of goal and were punished 10 minutes before half-time when a Chris Hargreaves long range effort found the net.

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After a two year absence, Torquay United returned to the Football League after beating Cambridge United 2-0 this afternoon at Wembley, in the Blue Square Conference Play-Off Final.
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Morning everybody! It's looking like a good reading day here in New Hampshire, although it's early yet!

The Bookeaters had an excellent meeting at the Exeter Inn last night, where we broke bread and discussed The Lincolns: Portrait of a Marriage. We all loved (and most of us read) the book, and I would highly recommend it as a portrait, not only of a marriage but of a period of time.

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MLS on TeleFutura: Columbus - Los Angeles at 3pm. WPS on Fox Soccer: Boston - Washington at 6pm. EPL on Setanta: West Bromwich Albion - Liverpool at 8:30am. On Fox Soccer: Chelsea - Blackburn at 11am. Football Conference playoff final on Setanta: Cambridge - Torquay at 11am. Russian Premier League on Setanta: Lokomotiv - Terek at 6:30am and CSKA Moscow - Zenit St Petersburg at 10pm. Click to continue reading...

Stevenage have announced they are to do a tour of the town, parading the FA Trophy won at Wembley on Saturday. The tour will begin at the ground before going down Monkswood Way, St George's Way, Fairlands Way, Lytton Way, around the old town before returning the same way to Broadhall Way. The bus leaves the ground at 4.

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Spartak's brilliant season ended from the penalty spot last night.
0-0 after 90 minutes, and then 4-3 on penalties.The pressure on players after 90 minutes is quite something, and players who would put away any number of penalties in a warm up will hit the post, or put it to the 'keeper in the real deal. Click to continue reading...

Yup, it's Mother's Day. Hope yours is a good one, whether you're celebrating someone or being celebrated yourself. The universe has been kind enough to send sun, a steady breeze, and cooler temperatures hopefully making relatively pain free outdoor work a possibility for the hordes of mothers in New Hampshire who will be out there tending gardens and planting, perhaps, Mother's Day flowers.

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It seems very weird that Stevenage are playing in a FA Trophy Final tomorrow afternoon. Somehow there is not the same buzz there was 2 years ago when Mark Stimson's side played Kidderminster Harriers in the first competitive final at the new Wembley Stadium. I don't know whether it is the fact that the stadium has lost its new 'magic' or that the main aim of the club this season has been promotion from the Blue Square Premier.

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Mark Roberts has spoken out at the disappointment of missing out on the play-off final after yesterday's dramatic collapse at Cambridge. Roberts, arguably Boro's best performer over the two legs, spoke to BBC 3 Counties about the Cambridge game and added that it is imperative for the club to finish the season on a high with a win at Wembley against York in the FA Trophy Final.

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Mark Roberts has spoken out at the disappointment of missing out on the play-off final after yesterday's dramatic collapse at Cambridge. Roberts, arguably Boro's best performer over the two legs, spoke to BBC 3 Counties about the Cambridge game and added that it is imperative for the club to finish the season on a high with a win at Wembley against York in the FA Trophy Final.

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It's another year in the Blue Square Premier for Stevenage as they were knocked out of the play-offs by Cambridge United this afternoon. Boro went into the game with a 2 goal cushion to defend, but 2 goals from Scott Rendell and a deflected shot from Robbie Wilmott gave the U's a 3-0 win after extra time and a Wembley date against Torquay in just under two weeks time.

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It's another year in the Blue Square Premier for Stevenage as they were knocked out of the play-offs by Cambridge United this afternoon. Boro went into the game with a 2 goal cushion to defend, but 2 goals from Scott Rendell and a deflected shot from Robbie Wilmott gave the U's a 3-0 win after extra time and a Wembley date against Torquay in just under two weeks time.

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Stevenage will have a two goal lead to defend at the Abbey Stadium on Bank Holiday Monday. Graham Westley's side dug deep and pulled out a fantastic second half performance to give them the edge going into the second leg in 4 days time. Even after the sending off of Darren Murphy, goals from Mark Roberts and a brace from Steve Morison sent Broadhall Way crazy in a thrilling second half.

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