As international week rumbles on and as we find ourselves exhaling with anger at Sepp Blatter's sudden imposition of a seeding system on the World Cup play offs, as well as cringing with embarrassment at the vast improvement brought about on the Beeb's Football League show by replacing Championship with League One, Bhasin with Chapman, and Claridge with Rosenior, an idle moment has found me Click to continue reading...

'In Arsene, We Trust'
Arsene Wenger has completed 13 years as the manager of Arsenal, and with that, he has also surpassed George Allison's record of the longest serving manager of the club. 1st of October, 1996 was Wenger's first day in charge of the Gunners, and 13 years later he has overtaken George Allison's record by completng 4749 days in charge. Click to continue reading...

Since the start of the new season, there has hardly been week go by that hasn't seen a full roster of midweek matches take place. This, however, hasn't ever been thus and until surprisingly recently football under floodlights was all but barred by the Football Association. Much as many of us feel that three o'clock on a Saturday afternoon is the "natural" home for matches, there remains something special about matches played in the evening.

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Today marks the 28th anniversary of the death of Bill Shankly. It's really hard to believe it has been that long. Unlike most of you, I never had the privilege of watching Shankly in person. My age made it impossible, so I've instead been watching tape of the man for the last 20+ years of my life.

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Good to see some more news popping up around Australia.
In Victoria, at the Geelong Advertiser, new Victory defender Rita Mankowska has been out doing player visits. She's come back from the American College system to play for Melbourne this year. More here.
Further North at the Coffs Coast Advocate, there is even an opinion piece (well it doesn't say 'comment' but implies it) about how there girls should get a shot. Click to continue reading...

A few local types in Canberra complain and rant about girls from Dubbo getting a go in the Canberra United W-League team.
Their logic is clearly flawed in my view. So only players from a town or city which has a W-League team can play for that team. Should we kick out Ulladulla's Cian Maciejweski, Albury born Amy Chapman and Albury resident Ellie Brush or do the rules not apply for them? Click to continue reading...

A day or so ago we touched on the subject that this years kits are the worst home and away kits I can remember us ever having.
The home kit in my opinion is wrong, Herbert Chapman changed our kit in the early 1930's and put white sleeves on and in my opinion that is our traditional colours, not a wide red stripe on the sleeves.

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.........as Johny Mathis and Denise Williams sang in 1978. For us the season is now over until next August. Oh how we'd have lived to have another week to enjoy with trips to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1> Rome and Wembley.

The season ended for us with a 4-1 stroll in the Islington sunshine against StokeCity.

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Cuando Alexander Chapman Ferguson asumió como entrenador del Manchester United, el 6 de noviembre de 1986, prometió que a futuro alcanzarían al Liverpool en cantidad de ligas locales ganadas. Casi 23 años más tarde, un 16 de mayo de 2009, la promesa del "Sir" se hizo realidad, y tras una igualdad sin goles ante Arsenal, se coronaron campeones por tercer año consecutivo, para así equiparar al conjunto de Merseyside, con 18 títulos ligueros.

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It now appears that Arsène Wenger will not be house-hunting in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1> Madrid next month. At least I hope not. His interview with the French TV football magazine programme Téléfoot, extensively covered both here and in the Spanish sports dailies As and Marca really set some hares running.

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That's not a typo - but I'm morose as well, after Rebecca Moros scored for the Freedom against the Breakers, and all the blue team could come up with was a tie in yesterday's match. I am sure that they wanted to pull off the win against the Abby-less Freedom ... and with Maren Meinert there, no less.

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2XX 98.3FM will be calling all the Canberra United W-League home games live. And the Station will, by then, be streamed live across Australia and the World!
So delighted to announce 2XX is taking Canberra's premier sporting team across the city, country and beyond.
No longer will a Caitlin Munoz shield, an Amy Chapman goal, or Lydia Williams save just be seen by those at the game. Click to continue reading...

Canberra United FC will announce their first signings tomorrow at Capital Football's ActewAGL Junior League Presentation Day, at 11:00am. So go along and find out who is in the team, take a few photo's etc. Details below.
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Canberra's newest national league team, Canberra United FC, will tomorrow (Saturday, 20th September) make a significant announcement regarding the club's playing roster for the inaugural season with the introduction of the clubs first signings at Capital Football's ActewAGL Junior League Presentation Day, at 11:00am. Click to continue reading...

Can you spot the Matildas in the photo and not just the Wannabee's
Wannabee's Matildas flocked to show their skills to World Cup hero Caitlin Munoz and Asian Cup star Amy Chapman on a cold Friday night at Dickson Oval.
The usual training session was taken by not one, but two, of Australia's star players. Click to continue reading...

Matildas Star: Amy Chapman in action
Matildas Stars Caitlin Munoz and Amy Chapman will be taking a number of Majura girls teams through their paces at training tonight.
And it's great to see the stars giving their time to our future players. And unlike the men they don't have a full time salary from football, so it's an extra effort for these players. Click to continue reading...

Yeah, I know it's been quiet around here lately. But frankly, there hasn't been much that I've felt like writing about. I'm choosing to ignore Toronto FC's terrible run of form, and the transfer window is no more exciting than it was a month ago, which is to say, not at all.
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Group A, B, C and D consist of the sixteen male teams. Here are the results from the 2008 Beijing Olympics for Group E which consists of the hosts, Canada, Sweden and Argentina. Team Played Won Lost Drawn GF GA GD Points Canada 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 4 China 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 4 Sweden 2 1 1 0 2 2 0 3 Argentina 2 0 2 0 1 3 -2 0 China 2-1 Sweden ( Tianjin- Aug 6) ( Xu Yuan, Han Duan/ Lotta Schelin) Argentina 1-2 Canada ( Tianjin- Aug 6) (Ludmila Manicler/ Candace Chapman, Kara Lang) Sweden [. Click to continue reading...

A club's colours and kit are a fundamental part of their tradition and heritage; indeed many would recognise a team because of their uniform before their badge. Take my side, Arsenal, and the introduction of their famous white sleeves back n the 1930's. Manager Herbert Chapman introduced white sleeves to the previously all-red Arsenal [. Click to continue reading...

The saying in football "you're only as good as your last game," means Caitlin Munoz and Amy Chapman are pretty good. Australia 1 Brazil 0 was the Matildas last game!
Matildas stars Caitlin Munoz and Amy Chapman take time out for a photo with Alexandra Cook, Matildas fan and Majura Soccer Club junior, after their Nearpost radio performances this week. Click to continue reading...

On the Nearpost: Central Coast Mariners' Lawrie McKinna and Matildas Amy Chapman and Caitlin Munoz.
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Central Coast Mariners Coach Lawrie McKinna joins us in the studio. We focus on the Mariners as they prepare for the fourth A-League season. Click to continue reading...

The Demize lost the second game on their road trip to Colorado on Sunday 1-2, narrowing the gap significantly compared to Saturday's match. Zach Prince sparks Rapids U-23 in win according the the Boulder Daily Camera, who noted:

Springfield broke through for its first goal in the weekend series in the 71st minute when substitute forward Nebossa Osaic flicked the ball into the goal after a Demize corner kick.

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Lawrie McKinna and Amy Chapman on Nearpost Radio this week.

The Mariners are in Canberra this week for a couple of games, plenty of training and media/community work. See list of engagement and games below.
Coach Lawrie McKinna will join us on Nearpost Radio from 6:30pm 98. Click to continue reading...

Canberra's Amy Chapman in action against the USA earlier this week at the Peace Cup in Korea.
What a lovely headline! And the Matildas have beaten Brazil in the Peace Cup today in Korea. Heather Garriock linked with Kyah Simon to score the only goal in injury.
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From FFA Website: Matildas knock down Italians at Peace Cup
The Matildas have bounced back to win its second game at the Peace Cup, a 3-0 result over Italy being played in Suwon, South Korea.
Two goals in two minutes from Heather Garriock midway through the second half and a goal just before the end from Amy Chapman, secured the win and sets up a titanic final clash with World Cup finalists Brazil. Click to continue reading...

Enjoyable evening of Futsal last night at the Shrine Mosque on St Louis Street. The Springfield Demize put on an exhibition game that included a number of former MSU players with a nice mix of high school players who showed well. In particular, Ozark Tiger keeper Jason Taylor manned one net and helped his Storm team earn the win when he blocked two of the three PK's taken in an Overtime Shootout.

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