The story linking Jose Mourinho with a move to Manchester United as manager one day continues to rumble on. Mourinho has in the past hinted that he would like the job, and again this week, that he sees his long term future in England.
It would seem unlikely that a return to Chelsea would be on the cards and, going on the assumption he would only go to a top 4 club, unless there is new ownership at Arsenal then his style of play wouldn't exactly be welcomed at the Emirates which leaves Man Utd or Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

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Catch the Holiday Spirit: 5 x 7 Greeting Card

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Wishing You Peace, Joy & Happiness

Tis the Season (Soccer) 5 x 7 Greeting Card
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The soccer season, the winter season, the holiday season.

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Say it with Sports!

Catch the Holiday Spirit: 5 x 7 Greeting Card

Inside Message:
Wishing You Peace, Joy & Happiness

Tis the Season (Soccer) 5 x 7 Greeting Card
Inside Message:
The soccer season, the winter season, the holiday season.

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Reporter Phil Collin follows up Thursday's initial news with a more detailed story in today's newspaper you can read here.

Preki, as usual playing his cards close to his chest, doesn't reveal a whole lot:

"I've been here four years and I think we have done a pretty decent job advancing Chivas to a certain level.

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Ever since joining Man United in 2007, Owen Hargreaves has been having a terrible time with injuries. Hargreaves finally joined United in 2007 after almost a year of speculation and negotiations between United and German side Bayern Munich.
The first season he was at United was successful; he helped United win the Champions League and the Premier League. Click to continue reading...

Wayne Rooney may be a legend to some already, but on paper and in the history books he is overshadowed by names such as Ryan Giggs, Bobby Charlton, Jack Rowley and George Best.

Giggs, 34, is the most decorated player in the Premier League's history and tops the club's appearance charts having played in an amazing 816 (and counting) matches for the club in a career spanning nearly 20 years.

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"Fletch: Hopefully My Luck With Cards Changes!" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

I've written that Garber keeps his ideological cards close to his chest, but in fining DCU Prez Kevin Payne $5000 today for calling a spade a spade—that the onfield product in MLS is not good enough and won't draw in more fans until it is—means that the guy isn't hearing what needs to be heard.
This is really not good, especially in light of the fact Payne didn't even mention bringing better players with more money, everyone's favourite MLS bugbear. Click to continue reading...

The news that Mike Ashley is seeking to sell off the naming rights to St. James' Park is up there with Ken Bates' electric fence at Chelsea, Colin Moynihan's supporters' ID cards and Newcastle's own recruitment of Dennis Wise as one of the crassest notions in football history. Until now, I think most outside the Gallowgate have looked on with some bemusement at the Geordie fans' vilification of Click to continue reading...

The play-offs for the final World Cup places for European teams were decided yesterday with a few interesting matches' games on the cards. Controversy was caused in the lead up to the draw yesterday with seeding being introduced in what would appear a blatant attempt to get the big ... Click to continue reading...

International breaks are good for one reason: transfer rumors. This time the Daily Mail is reporting that Manchester City midfielder/striker Robinho could be on his way back to Spain, but this time with European heavyweights Barcelona.

According to reports, Â Robinho has failed to impress the City management team and the club may be ready to cash in on their mega-money signing.

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There was no surprise because there couldn't have been one. This is the level of the Polish national team currently and the sooner we realize that the less frustrated we'll be. No miracle was on the cards as six of our starters were from the Ekstraklasa, a league that doesn't even have its representative in the Euro Cup group round (Moldova has, Austria has four).

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Hands up if you didn't see this coming. Put your hand down Mr. Barnes.

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Tranmere have sacked manager John Barnes and assistant boss Jason McAteer after a run of just two league wins from 11 matches.
The club are 22nd in League One and were knocked out of the Johnstone's Paint Trophy on Tuesday.

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With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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Great result for Arsenal today at home against Wigan.
This type of match can divide opinion, because the performance wasn't always as good as the result.
The match will live in the memory for the performance of Arsenal's new central defender Thomas Vermaelen. He's a good player. Click to continue reading...

I'm calling out to U.S. fans who have DVDs of any US MNT matches to send them in for use in compiling U.S. MNT statistics.

After the U.S.'s loss in the Gold Cup final, U.S. Soccer 'upgraded' its site and removed all of its stats beyond goals, caps, minutes, and cards. Based on the early success of this site, U.

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Perth were up 2-0 for most of the game. Some very poor sighted refing allowed the GC Allstars back into the game. Is Miron allowed to hung the 4th official?
We like NRL Boss Gallop's take on coaches speaking out - it is OK so long as they don't say the refs were corrupt. Under that fair rule only one team would have been fined so far and it wouldn't have been Brisbane fined. Click to continue reading...

With confirmation that Danny Allsopp has left for Qatar club Al-Rayyan Sports, Melbourne Victory has lost not only one of its two primary scoring targets but a long time servant of the club.
Of course the writing has been on the wall (or in this case within the forums) for a week now after Allsopp failed to not only take the field against Newcastle but wasn't even present at the game. Click to continue reading...

David Beckham will move to a club in Europe during the January transfer window. Everyone said that he would be moving to Chelsea, but after their ruckus with FIFA, I can't see that on the cards.
Redknapp has gone on record and said how much he likes David Beckham. I'm sure he would love him at The Lane just for the status and excess baggage he brings with him. Click to continue reading...

Morning/afternoon/evening/night to whoever you are from wherever you are reading. If I were you I would head for that red cross in the corner of your browser because quite frankly, there is bugger all going on at the moment.

I think it goes to show just how quiet things are when all four of Newsnow's top stories are "Wenger talks about Balotelli".

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We all know you get a yellow card for taking your shirt off but what's the rule on freeing your feet? Is there a precedent? And since there are two shoes do you get two cards? Is this something for foot fetishist-only or is should children be encouraged to do it as well? Click to continue reading...

[Dirty Tackle] Mere days after trumpeting the decline of virals and return of quality ads, are we allowed to feature a viral? Sure, if it's got Zinedine Zidane starring as the prodigious Renaissance Man. Befitting half the French cinema enjoyed by these eyes, it takes eons for anything to happen before the climax comes and goes with [. Click to continue reading...

Redknapp moves nearer to midfield capture.

Sky Sports Sources understand Tottenham are closing in on the signing of Portsmouth star Niko Kranjcar.

Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has lined up a move for Kranjcar as a replacement for injured Croatian compatriot Luka Modric.

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SLeague
Albirex Niigata v Home United 1-2 (Kenji Adichahara; Peres De Oliveira, Valery Hiek) 1,131
SAF v Woodlands Wellington 1-0 (Park Tae Won) 1,639
SAF remain 11 points clear at the top of the SLeague after a narrow victory over the Rams who have been proving a tough opponent this season for the big boys. Click to continue reading...

You look at a lot of sides or managers who are aiming for grander things in the long run, and it is often the Carling Cup that has been the first stepping stone on that journey.
Whilst the nature of cup competition are a little difficult to predict, this competition is the one that looks most likely to yield a trophy during 2009/10. Click to continue reading...

I feel for Pav, I really do. This is the year in which he's supposed to be banging in the goals so that he can get the worldwide recognition he feels he deserves, but he's also wanting to impress Hiddink. I'm pretty sure Hiddink, who never liked Pav wearing Lilywhite, wants all his players playing regularly. Click to continue reading...

I often start articles by showing my gratitude for the huge amount of visitors we get and today I'll do the same because I was contacted by William of World Sports Network to let us know that they picked our blog of all independent ones as their favourite. The list can be found here and my personal thank you goes to all those which make all this possible, readers and contributors.

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We got the loss here I was fearing. Perhaps not a pleasing result but immediately we notice the away goal we scored. This will help us alot since really all we need in OAKA now is 1-0.

Before anything else two points must be pointed out. Firstly, Scocco was out for this match due to cards and will play with us for the next match.

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This man is feeling much better recently.
In the video below, having the swine flu was not that big a deal. It was just like any other flu. In fact, he wanted to play more and in the first half of the match vs Seattle, but wasn't brought on until later. He also believed that Marshall should have been carded much earlier. Click to continue reading...

Former Boss Jim Gannon has said that he wishes County all the best in the seasons to come.

Gannon said " I would like to thank all those people who sent cards and emails wishing me well for the future and their thanks for our past efforts for County.

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This week Craig Forrest, former English Premiership keeper, Canadian
international and now Sportsnet soccer analyst joins the show to give his
EPL predictions, talk some MLS (will Toronto make the playoffs? Does Mo
Johnston deserve a contract extension?) and what the future holds for the
Canadian Soccer Association. Click to continue reading...

What do you think? Agree with Landon that maybe he should have played the first half and not the second half?
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Below coaches Bruce Arena of the LA Galaxy and Sigi Schmid of the Seattle Sounders FC discuss their post-match thoughts on Donovan, cards, and playing in LA. Apparently, Bruce Arena thought the red card on Beckham was appropriate but the rest of the cards were not.
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A couple more young bucks have moved to greener pastures for the time being. Let's take a look, shall we?

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Scott Sinclair
Destination: Wigan Athletic
Loan Length: Season-long
Man. Am I the only one who thinks this guy nis simply ever going to pan out?

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It wasn't only Luisao who was in a fighting mood yesterday during Brazil's 1-0 victory over Estonia (the scoreline spells it out for you). Robinho thought that the Estonians made unfair tackles and expressed his desire to see the referee go back to school. Ei tipooos, it's just a friendly!

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