Right then, whilst I'm here I might as well sort this shit out.
First things first, I WANT the game to be replayed. Having said that it would be an absolute
travesty if FIFA ordered a rematch of the game, as it would set an extremely dangerous precedent in
football whereby the result on the pitch isn't final.
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EPL Talk 05 November @ 08:23 PM EST
Former teammates; Alonso and Gerrard
I really can't wait to read the December installment of FourFourTwo Magazine. In this
issue Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard finally states what we all know: the departure of Xabi
Alonso to Real Madrid has undeniably damaged the Merseyside club.
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Anfield Talk 30 October @ 12:02 PM EST
Emiliano Insua today predicted Liverpool's defenders are ready to rediscover their miserly ways –
as Steven Gerrard geared up for a return to action.
Having been restricted to just 25 minutes of action in the past three weeks due to a groin problem,
Gerrard is poised to slot back into the Reds' midfield at Fulham on Saturday.
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Guingamp travel to Laval on Friday night in an attempt to revive their season and pull
themselves clear of relegation.
EAG and now just one place and one point above the drop zone and a defeat tomorrow night could
see them drop into the relegation zone for the first time this season.
Laval have only managed one win in their last five games, that was a 2-0 win away at Havre
AC.
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The President of Real Madrid Florentino Perez wants him out, orthat is the unsaid rumour
circulating through the Sports media.Real Madrid Director General Jorge Valdano insists that he
stays,naturally was Valdano who recommended & brought the man to theClub. Coach Manuel Pellegrini
has lost the authority & control ofthe dressing room, the catalyst being a series of bad decisions
thathe is paying
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Phillippe Auclair has written a brilliant book on Eric Cantona which gives a really interesting
look behind the scenes of our hero's career.
RoM gave away a copy of this book last month and previewed the book using part of one of the
chapters over the weekend.
Phillippe has given an exclusive interview with me which explores his understanding of Eric's
relationship with the fans, his feelings on that incident at Selhurst Park and how he sees Eric as
an untamed man.
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For ranking methodology and other information about the series, see the original post. To read the
about the No. 8-rated stadium, the Monumental in Buenos Aires click here. To see all "soccer mecca"
entries click here.
7. Camp Nou, Barcelona
Open since: 1957
Capacity: 98,000
Tenant(s): FC Barcelona
World Cup hosts: 1982
In its relatively brief (by soccer mecca standards) history, Barcelona's Camp Nou has hosted some
memorable matches: a World Cup, a memorable Champions League final (very memorable for Manchester
United fans) and an Olympic gold medal game, to name but a few.
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Kenwyne Jones' goal at Old Trafford is said to have been the catalyst for a furious argument
between Ben Foster and his Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson. However is the England man to
blame for this goal? Personally it seems more like Vidic should have dealt with the ball before it
was floated so near to the Sunderland man and somebody should have stopped Kieran Richardson from
having so much time to weigh up the dink into the box.
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Amidst last nights victory saw the albeit brief, but nonetheless significant appearance of Michael
Johnson, who was introduced with little over two minutes remaining.
I must confess to being an unabashed Johnson-ite, and have waxed lyrical about his talents
throughout his period of absence through injury.
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Pistolas F.C. 28 September @ 11:05 PM EST
TORONTO - Entering this season there were plenty of prospects - rookies - new to Pistolas FC and
looking to make their mark. Some big expectations were expected from them all.
Earlier in the season, a poll was held where fans voted on who they thought felt the most of this
pressure. Between Eckleton's brother Sam, former high school star Frank, MSL Superdraft picks
Stefan and Conrad, former Celtic FC player Jules, former CFL player Rob Pikula, and rugby playing
Colin, there were 7 rookies in total; only one can win.
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The Carling Cup game against West Brom the long awaited season debut of Carlos Vela. Vela was
injured whilst away with Mexico missing most of the pre-season. Wenger obviously though that
Carlos was not 100% and waited until midway through the second half before allowing the Mexican
striker to make his season's bow in front of an admiring audience at the Emirates.
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When Two Tribes Go To War Rivalries are never made, they're born. Born in fire
more often than not, but like a fire they can tend to die down after a while if they aren't stoked
often enough. They can even go out all together, but as long as the ash remains, fresh kindling can
always re-ignite it.
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Wow......what a start to our college soccer season!!
Home game against the reigning conference champions, actually they have won the conference for
the last 8 years.
They have beaten us for the last 21 games straight.
Until last night that is!!!!
Last night had to be the best game of my life as a coach.
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Reina
Johnson Skrtel Carragher Insua
Gerrard Lucas
Benayoun Kuyt Riera
Torres
Goals:Kuyt 45+1'
Well, they can't all be 4-0, can they?
That wasn't good enough by any stretch and yet it was. The performance left a lot to be desired,
but three points are all you can ask for.
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Getting better all the time.
A lot was made about the horrific challenge Robin Van Persie received during Arsenal's defeat at
Man City but the Dutchman also put away a very typical finish that illustrated just how instinctive
and lethal he can be in front of goal, he then went on to close on two or three more occasions as
the game to a close and further showed why, now in his sixth season at the north London club, he
may be hitting his best form, the form that could well get the Gunners purring again.
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Dos Santos set up 2 tap-ins and scored another in the 3-0 routSeven years ago, almost to the day, Mexico was in Kingston, losing in the worst possible way: an
early own goal was the difference. Mexico was a little over than 20 minutes from seeing their world
cup hopes fade away.
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Reasons to be cheerful Part Three
Hi all, yes the transfer window closed and we didn't appear to be making any attempt to add to
our squad in those closing hours but that's no biggie, here are five reasons for my fellow
Liverpool fans to be chipper.
1. Youth & Academy Players Beginning to Pay Off
Daniel Ayala, a player who didn't cover himself in glory in the pre-season friendlies he took
part in, showed real maturity when flung in at the deep end and looks like a pretty good prospect
for the future.
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Big Story
You might have seen the rather outrageous dive by Arsenal's Eduardo which gave
the Londoners the lead from the penalty spot against Celtic in the Champions League yesterday.
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His name is Antony Ananins, known to many as Tony New Mexico, a frequent poster on various
Liverpool and soccer related message boards (including the World Soccer Daily boards) and the
founder of a Facebook group called "Putting Steven Cohen Straight". Thanks to Tony's efforts and
the efforts of many others, people have been able to express their disagreement with Steven Cohen's
much publicized comments concerning the events surrounding the Hillsborough tragedy, comments that
led to the LFCNY's sponsorship boycott.
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MIKE JACOBS 12 August @ 09:27 AM EST
Landon Donovan is the US team's attacking catalyst, and as Grahame Jones of the LA Times reports,
when Donovan is on, the US team is at it's best.
If the USA manages to get a result in Mexico City it will likely be thanks to Landon Donovan.
The USA is 7-1-2 against Mexico in the 10 games that Donovan has played and 4-0-0 in games in which
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Miami FC played a tough match versus the Minnesota Thunder defeating them by 2-1. A group of Miami
Fans led by the Miami Ultras along with Miami FC staff and a few players watched the game at Fritz
& Franz in Coral Gables and were delighted by the hospitality and great beer! The ambiance was set
for what would be a memorable match for Blues fans.
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Cristiano Ronaldo's £80million transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid will be the catalyst
for massive round of transfers. Here are today's latest transfer rumours.
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A post by MLS Talk was the immediate catalyst for this poll, but the reality is we have been
pondering the question for a while. How good is Major League Soccer when compared to some of the
world's best professional soccer leagues? Specifically, the English Premier League? Nobody is going
to mistake MLS clubs for the best the EPL squads, even on a good day and for good reason.
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With Wednesday's 6-0 win over Andorra, England move to within one win of qualifying for the 2010
World Cup. Even though the Three Lions failed to advance to last year's Euros, the 7-0-0 start
under Fabio Capello has been heralded as a preview of greater success next summer. And that's where
the problems start for England.
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FOOTBALLSUP 11 June @ 03:54 AM EST
This morning Man United announced they have accepted an £80m bid for the Portuguese winker.
Good business? Or the catalyst to a United decline? He'll be difficult to replace, that's for
sure.
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Champions League quarterfinal, first leg - April, 8, 2009
Liverpool 1, Chelsea 3
Honorable mention: CL quarterfinal second leg - Chelsea 4, Liverpool 4
My God. This game is significant on so many levels.
It was really the catalyst for what turned out to be a fantastic season in my eyes.
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Chicago drops 2nd straight home matchBRIDGEVIEW, Ill. - Both the Chicago Red Stars and FC Gold Pride were coming off of disappointing
shutout losses last week in Women's Professional Soccer play. The Bay Area turned the tide, but
Chicago could not break through with a goal.
The Gold Pride topped the Red Stars, 1-0, on Saturday night at Toyota Park, and Chicago (2-2-2)
dropped its second straight during a five-game home stand.
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I am not quite sure how much of an audience an article about the German Bundesliga can get, but
I will still give it a shot. After all, if there is one league that has continued to offer an
air-tight title race throughout the year, it has to be the German first division. With two games to
go, as many as four teams have a realistic chance of being crowned champions.
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It is getting to be that time of year again. Manchester United are in the Champions League and
the rumors have begun again about Cristiano Ronaldo going to Madrid.
There is a lot of noise coming out of Spain and most of it is rubbish. As we reported on our La
Liga site, Florentino Perez, the man who brought Zinedine Zidane, Ronaldo and David Beckham to
Real Madrid will announce his candidacy for the Real Madrid club presidency on Thursday.
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Arsenal's failure this season has been claimed by many to be because we failed to replace
Flamini. This is over-simplifying the problem and also placing too great an emphasis upon the
role played by Mathieu Flamini.
If we look back at Flamini's time at Arsenal we will see a player who was a squad player.
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After a fantastic performance by Manchester United in the second leg of their Champions League
semi-final at the Emirates, United winger Park Ji-Sung has cemented himself as this week's
Wednesday Wonder. The man of many names (Park Ji-Sung, Ji-Sung Park, Three-Lung Park) has now had
two consecutive great performances for a Manchester United squad that is rolling.
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Following this weekend's drubbing at the hands of Wolfsburg, Bayern come into the hardest tie of
the quarter finals of the Champion's League on a low. Can they overcome the humiliation at the VW
to get a result at Camp Nou against arguably the best team in Europe? Yes, they can.
Here's how.
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I'll be the first to admit that before the season started, I was looking forward to seeing the
2008/09 Portsmouth team assert themselves within the top ten. I'll also to be the first to admit
that Portsmouth have been the second most disappointing side this season (second only to
Tottenham). Now, with Tony Adams out the door and countless stars sold, Portsmouth need a hero.
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I'll be the first to admit that before the season started, I was looking forward to seeing the
2008/09 Portsmouth team assert themselves within the top ten. I'll also to be the first to admit
that Portsmouth have been the second most disappointing side this season (second only to
Tottenham). Now, with Tony Adams out the door and countless stars sold, Portsmouth need a hero.
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