You guide a team to their best start in the English Premiership for 9 years (granted it is early in the season) and what do you do... well why not quit the club. When you examine the details though as explained in this article by ESPN, you can understand why Alan Curbishley resigned from West Ham United. Click to continue reading...

The first managerial departure of the season came today as Alan Curbishley resigned his post as West Ham manager. Curbishley had been at or near the top of the list of managers speculated to go, along with Newcastle boss Kevin Keegan, so this bit of news shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone.

However, the reason for it is very interesting. Click to continue reading...

Few noticed last week when Juande Ramos called for a shortening of the transfer window, but the nuclear fallout from Monday's race to the finish seems to support his argument. Prior to Monday, Robinho had been settling in nicely at for another season at Real Madrid, Kevin Keegan was sorting out his first proper [. Click to continue reading...

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Eurosport - Dexter happy with lone role
Dexter Blackstock insists he is happy to play the solitary striker role this term if it helps QPR gain promotion from the Championship.The former Derby and Southampton frontman has ploughed a lone furrow up front to good effect at times this season, allowing the likes of Emmanuel Ledesma, Daniel Parejo and Lee Cook to get forward from midfield. Click to continue reading...

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Championship Nominations for Manager of the Month: Wolves' Mick McCarthy; Preston's Alan Irvine; Birmingham's Alex McCleish; Bristol City's Gary Johnson.


Football League - MANAGER OF THE MONTH NOMINATIONS

The nominations are in for the season's first Manager of the Month awards, which are due to be announced at 1. Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official Site - EXCLUSIVE: BUZ BACK IN TRAINING
Akos Buzsaky has resumed full training and could be in line to make his comeback in Tuesday's Reserve fixture against Charlton Athletic at Loftus Road.
The Magical Magyar underwent surgery on his left ankle at the start of June, but has responded well to recent treatment and returned to First Team training earlier this week. Click to continue reading...

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Perspective of one of the historically truly great football journalists, Brian Glanville

KICKING AROUND / BRIAN GLANVILLE COLUMN - SPORTSTAR
Funny game
".....And then, there is the curious case of Queens Park Rangers. Hardly analogous, since QPR, the West London club, have been taken over by three very rich men indeed. Click to continue reading...

I'm back to give you another rundown of the latest transfer news and rumors from the world of football, and while I don't know what Dimitar Berbatov ate for breakfast, I do have plenty else for you, including a bit about who his current club are set to sign. England The Sun says that Chelsea [...] Click to continue reading...

Well yesterday proved an interesting day in the English football league didn't it?

Fulham v the Arse - Oops! Another furrow in Wenger's forehead. You couldn't say they were robbed though could you

Tottenham v Sunderland - I have thought for some time that Sunderland are going to offer us a few surprises this year. Click to continue reading...

The amount of time left in the transfer window gets shorter, and so do the amount of transfer tidbits to talk about. Even though there isn't a great deal to report on, you know I'll be here to deliver it, true, false, or absolutely outlandish. Arsene Wenger has confirmed his interest in Gareth Barry, but [. Click to continue reading...

It is 'rumoured' from a friend who knows a friend who is in the know!!! Nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more that Shaun Wright-Phillips is on his way from Chelsea to Portsmouth on loan for the season. How can this be you might ask? Click to continue reading...

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Friday 22 August

19:30 Hannover 96 v Energie Cottbus, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Both teams were hammered 3-0 last week. Of the two, Hannover can at least say that they were beaten by a title contender in Schalke. Cottbuss lost to one of the few teams tipped to finish below them, Hoffenheim. Click to continue reading...

It's the weekend again, but as always, I'm back to give you the latest top headlines from the transfers world. There is quite a lot to talk about, so before you get on with whatever your plans are for the weekend, make sure you're up to speed on who's heading where, who might be [...] Click to continue reading...

For the most part, things went according to plan in the First Round of the Carling Cup, which was contested over a period of a couple days earlier this week. There were a couple upsets -- League Two side Rotherham United went to Sheffield Wednesday and bounced the favorite out in a shootout, and Yeovil Town made a trip to The Valley and beat Charlton Athletic 1-0 -- and some tricky games for the big boys at this stage of tournament -- Derby County needed extra time to put away Lincoln City, as did Wolves to overcome Accrington Stanley -- but other than that, the favorites held serve. Click to continue reading...

Southend United's player of the year last season, Nicky Bailey, has moved to Charlton Athletic in a deal worth up to £750,000.

The midfielder tied up the deal this afternoon after putting pen-to-paper on a 3-year deal with the Addicks.

The initial fee is thought to be around £375,000 with add-ons subject to Athletic getting promoted/Bailey's appearances/goals. Click to continue reading...

Cory Gibbs and Eddie Lewis, both former MLS players, are coming back to the league. After Toronto FC used their top allocation spot the LA Galaxy moved to that top position and the Colorado Rapids have the 2nd spot. So when Cory Gibbs became available the Galaxy had a chance to take him, but they used the top spot on Eddie Lewis.

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West Ham United manager Alan Curbishley has called on the club's fans to stop booing trialist Ben Thatcher. The former Millwall, Wimbledon and Tottenham Hotspur left-back has played twice for the Irons in pre-season after being released by Charlton Athletic. However, the decision to take Thatcher on as a possible back-up to injured first-choice George McCartney has [. Click to continue reading...

Cory Gibbs, the ever injured American center back who signed with MLS yesterday has joined the LA Galaxy pending a medical examination sources close to the negotiation say.  Gibbs was with Charlton Athletic for two years, but he never made an appearance for them, spending most of his time on the injury table. Click to continue reading...

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Former U.S. national team and FC Dallas defender Cory Gibbs completed a deal to play in MLS on Friday, a league source confirmed to SBI. What remains to be seen is just which club he will play for.

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From Stoke City's official site: Charlton Athletic star Amdy Faye has joined the Potters on trial and could feature in this evening's game against Osasuna. Faye, 31, is a Senegalese international having represented his country on 18 occasions. The talented midfielder [hahaha] spent part of last season on loan at Scottish giants Rangers, where he went on to make a number of appearances Click to continue reading...

Who'd want to be a ref anyway? All that stomping around, shouting and getting angry – and that's from the players and supporters. So what happens when an amateur star-studded football team tries to play 11-a-side without a ref? About the same as what happens to any football game played without a ref – chaos and [. Click to continue reading...

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have just signed a 6 foot 3 inch defender who goes by the name of Danny Shittu. Shittu is a Nigerian center back who has formerly had stints with Charlton Athletic, QPR, and Watford. He is also capable of scoring once in a while having scored goals for all of his previous clubs

"Danny's a mountain of a man, he's aggressive, he's quick and his biggest strength is in the air.

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We all know how good Micah Richards is. The Manchester Citeh ace even made his debut against the Gunners on 22nd October 2005 as a sub and was given his full debut on February 12, 2006 against Charlton Athletic.

He played in the majority of Manchester City's matches for the rest of that season, and was named as the club's Young Player of the Year for the 2005-06 season. Click to continue reading...

Aston Villa target Middlesbrough's Luke Young

Martin O'Neill is considering a bid for the former England international.

As the slowburning saga of Gareth Barry's potential transfer to Liverpool continues to run, Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill has turned his attention to Middlesbrough defender Luke Young. Click to continue reading...

According to several reliable sources, oft-injured American defender Cory Gibbs is looking to make a return to Major League Soccer in the next couple of weeks.

Should the one-time MLS defender return, he would be made available through an allocation process similar to the recent Brian McBride situation, meaning the Los Angeles Galaxy would have first crack at signing the 28-year-old center-back, as they sit at the top of the allocation order. Click to continue reading...