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Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has left Steve Finnan, Steven Reid, Andy Reid and Clinton Morrison out of his squad to face France in their World Cup 2010 qualifying play-off.
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Andy Goram came to Manchester United on loan during the 2000-2001 to help us out during a time when our other goalies, Fabien Barthez and Raimond Van der Gouw, were unavailable Barthez on duty with the French side and Van der Gouw struggling with injury.

His first game was our 4-2 win over Coventry in the league although was subbed off with an hour played with the scoreline at 2-2.

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The English Championship is almost a third into the 2009-10 season. It remains very close at the top of the table and only four point separating the top nine teams. Newcastle United remains on top and looks the favorite to win an automatic promotion spot. West Bromwich Albion is also in the top four and another club that has to be a favorite to be promoted.

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Boro announce Southgate's successor days after everyone already knew about it! Expect post match interviews at the Riverside to be far more fun from now on.

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Middlesbrough have appointed Gordon Strachan as their new manager.

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Newcastle manager Chris Hughton will have been delighted with the performance of Geordie striker Andy Carroll last night at Coventry as he got two good goals to help England U21 beat Macedonia 6-3 in the European U21 Qualifying Tournament. Chris Hughton Andy is a classic number 9 Chris Hughton sees Geordie youngster Carroll as an [. Click to continue reading...

England Under-21s were able to get a crucial 3 points last night thanks to two goals from Newcastle striker And Carroll as they managed to beat Macedonia 6-3 in an exciting game at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry. Andy Carroll - congratulated by Jack Wiltshire on second goal There was a good 20,074 crowd at the Ricoh [. Click to continue reading...

In a game that appears to bear the hallmark of our 'The Entertainers' period, with breathtaking attack and heart-attack inducing defending, England U21s nonetheless came out victors with Newcastle's Andy Carroll playing a starring role in a 6-3 win. The game was played at Coventry's Ricoh Arena and a reasonable crowd of 20,000+ turned out to [. Click to continue reading...

The Football Association will broadcast the England Under-21's European Championship qualifier against Macedonia on Friday for free.

The match will be the first England game streamed live on the FA website and will start at 1945 BST. The contest will take place at Coventry's Ricoh Arena.

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Oh dear Fergie.
You do have a propensity to lack a bit of grace sometimes - great as you may be.
I have to say trying to personalise things the way he does just makes him look a bit - well undignified.
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Newcastle striker Andy Carroll has been included in the England U21 24-man squad,� for the European Championship qualifier against Macedonia next week. Andy Carroll - call up for England U21s The squad also includes Micah Richards, Sam Hutchinson, Fabien Delph, Jack Wilshere and Jack Rodwell� for the qualifier at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Friday, Oct 9th. Click to continue reading...

"He is married and a perfect husband, so sorry for the women, but they will not have any chance."
Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez breaks the hearts of Fernando Torres' female admirers.

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The Peter Reid saga took another twist yesterday when the Englishman was quoted as saying that he will be happy to become assistant to Stoke City manager Tony Pulis.
Football Association of Thailand (FAT) president Worawi Makudi said on Monday that he had talked to national team coach Reid. Click to continue reading...

Kasper Schmeichel has linked up again with Sven-Goran Eriksson at Notts County for an undisclosed fee.

The former Denmark Under-21 goalkeeper, who joined City in November 2004 when he turned 18, has faced fierce competition and played only two senior matches last season, cup-ties against Brighton and Santander.

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Can Alex McLeish lead the Blues to long term Premier League survival?

Its hard to think of another team who have suffered relegation after relegation, followed by promotion after promotion, but thats what Alex McLeish and Birmingham City have once again gone through. Former Scotland manager McLeish, took over from former manager Steve Bruce in November 2007, who had already steered Birmingham through two promotions, and suffered one relegation, whilst heading for another.

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Ireland assistant manager Liam Brady has said that former Ireland manager Mick McCarthy had "thrown them a dummy" over the availability of Kevin Doyle for Ireland's friendly against Australia on Wednesday.
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Back in July I wrote a post 'Teams to Watch out For' and after this weekend's round of fixtures, here is an update:
Money Citeh do not start their season until next weekend, but they did beat Celtic 2-1 yesterday at Eastlands.
This lunchtime, Ipswich lost away at Coventry 2-1 in the Championship. Click to continue reading...

Today another of the Chelsea youngsters joined another side on loan for invaluable experience. Patrick Van Aanholt joined Coventry on loan until the end of 2009 which is another good move for him and for Chelsea. Patrick joins the likes of Di Santo, Sinclair, Bertrand and Stoch out on loan this season. Click to continue reading...

Ex-Coventry striker now gets his kicks by punching women Former Premier League star (well, former Premier League player with memorable surname who scored a couple of decent goals, at least) Peter Ndlovu has been arrested for allegedly beating up his girlfriend. The ex-Coventry, Norwich, Birmingham, Huddersfield and Sheffield United striker was arrested in South Africa after [. Click to continue reading...

Predicted Final Table:
1. West Brom 2. Sheff Utd 3. Cardiff 4. Reading 5. Middlesbrough 6. Nottm Forest 7. Derby 8. Ipswich 9. QPR 10. Leicester 11. C Palace 12. Bristol C 13. Sheff Wed 14. Newcastle 15. Preston 16. Peterborough 17. Watford 18. Click to continue reading...

Nabil El Zhar can be regarded as something of a lucky charm by the Liverpool faithful. He gained his reputation after a succession of substitute appearances last season coincided with some notable late revivals from Rafael Benitez's side.
Sunderland, Middlesbrough, Standard Liege and Wigan Athletic were all only beaten once El Zhar was thrown on from the bench to add the element of surprise to the Liverpool attack. Click to continue reading...

Following Alan Curbishley's rather harsh dismissal from West Ham early last

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term, Gianfranco Zola came in to take over. The little Italian's previous managerial experience amounted to collecting the cones after training for Italy's U-21 side, but he has done a fine job at Upton Park.

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According to Football Spy at the Daily Mirror, along with Giovanny Espinoza, Birmingham is going after Cardiff's Roger Johnson and Coventry's Scott Dann.

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Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni is sure Nigeria will provide tough opposition in their friendly at Craven Cottage on Friday.
The Italian is hoping for a meaningful test before the World Cup qualifier against Bulgaria on 6 June.
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Thought I'd take a quick look at events north of the border....ok, so it's not often we write about the SPL, and no disrespect intended, but I don't particularly find the league the most enthralling.

However, I did note, that whilst Ranger's were celebrating their first title in four years, Gordon Strachan was throwing in the towel over at Celtic Park.

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Diomansy Kamara celebrates comeback vs Manchester City

For most of the season in the Premier League all the attention is focussed on the major issues at the top of the league. The race for the title and the battle for the big prizes grab the majority of the headlines and the lesser lights of the league are left to battle it out for much of the season.

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If you have kept up with our on-again/off again Chris Birchall to MLS rumors then you should know that according to the BBC not only are they on again but Birchall himself is in LA training with the Galaxy.
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Brighton's former Coventry and Port Vale midfielder Chris Birchall could be playing alongside David Beckham at Los Angeles Galaxy next season.

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UPDATE: It is being reported that Manchester City are preparing to offer striker Daniel Sturridge a take-it-or-leave-it offer of £30,000 a week.

April 6th, 2009 Manchester City striker Daniel Sturridge has supposedly turned down a new deal worth £60,000 a week, according to News of the World.

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Wondering what happened to those Chris Birchall to LA Galaxy rumors? So were we. Thanks to an astute MLSR reader we no longer need to wonder any longer. A Galaxy move for the Trinidad and Tobago International has been blocked by his club.
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Albion have put on hold the prospect of Chris Birchall becoming a team-mate of David Beckham in the States.

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Sure, Hull City has to oust Arsenal at the Emirates. But, really, isn't that a foregone conclusion anyway?

The semifinal draw has us facing that winner, while Manchester United and Everton will tangle. The matches will be played on April 18 and 19 at New Wembley.

On to the analysis.

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Coventry City vs. Chelsea Coventry took advantage of Blackburn wanting to focus on Premier League survival in the last round, but I don't think that Chelsea will be quite so generous today. They are all but out of the running in the race for the title and will know that there are a plethora of top [. Click to continue reading...