Stephen Ireland. Aunque no lo parezca, de ángel no tiene nada Por RocheteauNo vamos a hablar de la mano de Henry. No es un síndrome de originalidad desmedida. Es que FNF nació para ocuparse de las esquinas de la actualidad, de aquello que otros desdeñan, y por la carretera comarcal, lejos del atasco de la autopista de la unanimidad, cabe invocar otros motivos para la eliminación de Irlanda. Click to continue reading...

I've lifted the F-bomb ban on Cut of the Day because it's Friday and I wanna...#1 - In the aftermath of last night's Real Salt Lake upset of the champs, James Edward pops the surprise cork and Shawn Mitchell does the Crew autopsy.#2 - After another loss to Benfica at home last night, Everton keeper Tim Howard knows his side is in a real scrap for the Europa League knockouts. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal verses Alkmaar 2009: this was not a beery, blood and guts affair of Tottenham in the League or a high energy, alcoho pop fuelled Carling Cup encounter with Liverpool, this Champions League game was a fine red wine for the football connoisseur.

An excellent selection by Wenger: a blend of player that complemented each with the depth of Gallas and Vermaelen and the much anticipated combination of Fabregas, Arshavin and Nasri.

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See, this is what happens when you show a little hospitality. Chelsea offers up its training ground in Cobham to Al-Ahli, even agrees to participate in a match with the Middle Eastern club.

Their thanks? Pulling out the Ric Flair rake of the eyes on Gael Kakuta. Clotheslining Jeff Bruma.

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On Friday Chelsea announced that another one of our promising youngsters has signed a new three year contract and then joined Coventry on loan until the end of December. The report on chelseafc.com said:"Jack Cork has today [Friday] joined Coventry City on a temporary transfer until 31 December.The England Under 21 international has also signed a new three-year contract with Chelsea. Click to continue reading...

The Republic of Ireland were on the receiving end of Cahill's goalscoring skills in the recent friendly against the Socceroos.He scored two out of the three goals that Ireland lost the game by.This inspite of the fact that he has a grandmother from Cork and that Cahill is an extremely irish name.

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Ireland U17 striker Parick McEleney is staying at Sunderland after the young Derry man was confirmed as one of eight players who will be involved at the Sunderland academy of light next season.
The former St. Brigid's College pupil will be joined at Sunderland by fellow Ireland U17 international John Egan from Cork. Click to continue reading...

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13,770 saw the televized-live 4-1 victory of QPR over Southampton at Loftus Road.
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Dexter Blackstock was tormentor-in-chief as the ex-Southampton striker's brace, accompanied by goals from Damion Stewart and Patrick Agyemang, sent QPR to fourth in the Championship table, after a hard fought 4-1 victory over the South Coast side. Click to continue reading...

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Today's teams:
QPR: Cerny, Delaney, Stewart, Mahon, Leigertwood, Parejo, Blackstock, Ramage, Connolly, Cook, Ephraim. Subs: Camp, Agyemang, Gorkss, Rowlands, Balanta.
Southampton: Davis, Wotton, Surman, Holmes, McGoldrick, Schneiderlin, Lallana, Gillett, James, Lancashire, Cork. Click to continue reading...

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Damien Delaney on life at QPR:
"...There's a lot of pressure...Our owners, they're very successful people in other walks of life, in the businesses that they're involved in, and believe you me they expect an awful lot of success in this one as well. The first day that I signed, I was told in no uncertain terms that promotion was expected and either you're with us or you won't be. Click to continue reading...

A new era in Chelsea football begins tomorrow. Uncle Phil, Deco, The Bos Jose Bosingwa if you must make their Blues debuts, along with the rest of the crew, in the club's first preseason match, against Guangzhou Pharmaceutical.

What a crazy club name. Anyway, it'll give us fans at least those with Chelsea TV a chance to see how the club is being shaped under the new regime.

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Dear Darren:
I've heard that you are headed up to Sunderland this week to talk some business with Roy Keane. I've sat on both sides of the job interview desk in my career, so may I offer you a little advice on making a great first impression with the Sunderland manager? Just some suggestions to help you get your foot in the dressing room door at the Stadiium of Light? Click to continue reading...

Just got a text from Keano chastening me for the blog neglect lately. Sorry, babe. I admit, the past week I've gone way overboard on the whole Oranje thing, but you know my heart is still big ol' red and white stripes. And it's been pretty quiet over at Sunderland AFC, as we wait for those big Brazilian/Portuguese/Croatian superstar signings that are just around the corner.

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When the season kicked off one thing that I was looking forward to was those long distance away trips. Due to the fall of the fixtures however, along with a particularly nasty infection hitting me at a most inopportune time, so far I've had to make do with the opening day's trip to Galway. Yesterday [. Click to continue reading...