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.

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.
The game was watched by a crowd of over 35,000.

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.

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.

... but that didn't dampen the spirits of the nearly 5,000 Breakers fans who trooped to Cambridge to see their Boston Blues defeat the St. Louis Athletica 2-0 in their home opener at Harvard Stadium. Here are the Week 3 WPS Power Rankings by Jo-Ryan Salazar. (I'll track these through the season on my WPS page.

Tonight is a huge night for Stevenage Borough Football Club. Tonight is the night that will more or less determine whether the club will have the chance to play for football league status in the play-offs. Basically what a win will do tonight is make Sunday the next 'Biggest game of the club's history' and so on.

No, sadly not Canberra, not yet..but Burton Albion.
I was born in the Brewing Capital of the World, surrounded by Brian Clough League Champs Derby County, European Cup winners Aston Villa, and Notts Forest, and the super Baggies of the 1980's.
Burton is just eight miles from Derby, 21 from Nottingham, 25 from Birmingham, 30 Stoke, 25 Leicester, 25 West Brom, 25 Wolves so plenty of local football around over the years.

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.

It may seem all doom and gloom for the play-off dream now Boro have finally lost their 24 match unbeaten run in all competitions, but with 6 games left there is still a lot to play for in the Blue Square Premier. Graham Westley's side were beaten 4-2 at Aggborough by fellow rivals Kidderminster. Things had [.

Stevenage will face Cambridge over two legs as they aim to make the Blue Square Premier Play-off Final for the second time in 4 years. Although Boro were beaten at Field Mill by Mansfield, Kidderminster's 1-0 defeat at home to Kettering confirmed that Graham Westley's side finished in 5th place with 81 points.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 [.

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 [.

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.

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.

Daryl McMahon finally left Stevenage Borough today joining rivals Cambridge United on a free transfer. The Irishman has signed a contract until the end of season with the option for the U's to extend it if he impresses while at the Trade Recruitment Stadium. It brings his 2 year spell at Broadhall Way to an [.

Who will be playing league football next season?

Following their 17th win of the season, Burton Albion look set for automatic promotion. The question remains on who will join them in League Football Two?
Torquay United's automatic promotion chances were dealt a cruel blow yesterday when they suffered their first defeat in twelve games.

A big game tonight and another big win for Graham Westley's side. If only we had hit the ground running back in August!

Stevenage have been superb since December. If the season had begun at the beginning of that month, then Boro would be comfortable winners of the Blue Square Premier.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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.

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 [.

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Daryl McMahon's proposed move to Cambridge is on the brink of collapse apparently after he failed a medical. Boro's chief executive, Bob Makin confirmed earlier today that McMahon was talking to Cambridge about a move after it was revealed yesterday by AmberArmy.net. "Daryl has been available for some time and a number of clubs have made [.

Matches were played across the Blue Square Premier tonight and here's how they affect Boro's position in the race for the play-offs. Table toppers Burton Albion visited crisis club Weymouth aiming to get back to winning ways after last Thursday night's defeat away at Ebbsfleet United. They did that in style beating the South Coast [.

After a fantastic 24 match unbeaten run it all came to a dramatic end a couple of weeks ago with defeat at Kidderminster, however bouncing back was key and last Tuesdays impressive 2-1 win against rivals Cambridge certainly showed that despite having injuries, suspensions and a terrible referee we are able to compete at the top end of the table.

Stevenage's hopes of reaching the play-offs are still alive after a 2-1 win over local rivals Cambridge United at Broadhall Way. A fantastic performance with 10 men gave Graham Westley's side victory in a frantic encounter. The evening was made even better as fellow play-off contenders Kidderminster could only draw 2-2 against Forest Green, narrowing the gap between 5th & 6th.

After the 4-2 defeat away at Kidderminster on Saturday, tomorrow night's game has just got that bit bigger. If playing Cambridge at home isn't a big enough motivation for both players & supporters anyway, it certainly will be after the weekend's result at Aggborough. Boro need to win. Anything less and they can kiss goodbye to the Blue Square Premier play-offs for yet another season.

Newcastle midfielder caught without train ticket Joey Barton was given a £61.20 penalty fare after being caught on a train service from London's King's Cross to Cambridge without a ticket. The midfielder was in possession of a piece of literature though. An onlooker told The Sun: "Given his reputation, it was all about par for the course.

Tomorrow night's game is the next biggest game of Stevenage Borough's history. It seems like every game at the moment just keeps getting that bit more important and the visit of Cambridge United to Broadhall Way for the second time in the month promises to be another end to end affair. Boro ran out 2-1 winners a few weeks ago with goals coming from Junior Mendes and Lee Boylan.