Michael Tonge's loan move from Stoke to Preston after Tony Pulis's unsuccessful attempt to establish the languid midfielder as a Premier League player comes as little surprise; his spell at the Britannia Stadium having been as excitement packed as a Cabinet meeting to discuss the Lisbon treaty. Tonge is one of a special breed of players who look the part – and his formative years in some dramatic Click to continue reading...

Found this list online, here, and thought it was interesting. Good for Spurs and Villa fans at least.

The list is correct as of 17/11/09.

Top 20 Teams For Producing England Internationals (all time):

1. Aston Villa 68
2. Tottenham 62
3. Everton 59
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Derby midfielder's inadvertent identity theft Robbie Savage has spent most of his career being told he looks like a woman, but when it really mattered it turned out he just wasn't quite girly enough. The Welshman had been due to travel to Amsterdam with the Derby squad yesterday to play a friendly match. Click to continue reading...

Darren Ferguson's inconceivable departure from London Road is a sad indictment of the times. Chief among those feeling sympathy for the departed Scot will be another son of famous heritage, Nigel Clough. "A talented Dad doth not a talented son make" will be the mantra and just as Ferguson Junior's sterling work in shepherding Posh through the divisions will now be forgotten, so will those golden Click to continue reading...

El Atlético de Madrid está confiado en poder vencer al Real Madrid en el derby que se jugará este sábado en el estadio Vicente Calderón de la capital ibérica, y romper una racha de 10 años sin ganarle.

El cuadro colchonero ha manifestado su confianza a raíz de haber dado uno de sus mejores partidos de la temporada ya bajo el mando de Quique Flores, en la Liga de Campeones, empatando contra el Chelsea, aunque eso les significó su eliminación, y ahora sienten la obligación de sumar de a tres, y que mejor que ante su acérrimo rival jugando de local.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, St. Etienne
4PM ET (21:00 CET, 20:00 GMT)

Saturday, OL make their descent into Le Chaudron and you can believe it will be hot- aka Stade Geoffroy-Guichard to kick-off the only derby that really matters.

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Enough Liverpool bashing has been done to keep me sated for a month now. There are only so many Voronin jokes and beach ball jokes you can make before it gets a bit stale. Fortunately for us Arsenal fans, fresh meat has arrived in the form of the scum. North London derbies are always a special occasion (if you're an Arsenal fan all the more so, barring the one obvious time).

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Flamengo v Fluminense, Brazil

Over the coming weeks we'll be giving you the run down on the World's most passionate and fiercest rivalry in football. We start our list with two Brazilian giants.

History
Known as ‘Fla-Flu' this is Brazil's most passionate rivalry, dating back to 1911 when 9 Fluminense players quit the club to form Flamengo, which at the time was just a rowing club, any one for Pimms old boy?

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Wolves will host Aston Villa this week at the Molineux this Saturday on ESPN2 (for all of you US viewers) in what should prove to be a hard fought match between two local rivals. This big derby match-up will aim to please a near-capacity crowd that will be flooding into the Molineux.

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Team News:

• Manager Mick McCarthy will be hoping his team shuts down Richard Dunne as he tried to sign him over the summer.

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Two weeks ago ex-Manchester United and Millwall player Eamon Dunphy wrote that this year's title would be fought out between Man United and Chelsea after the Manchester derby.

Two weeks later a lot has changed. United perform poorly against Sunderland and this Monday Dunphy states it's going to be a battle between Arsenal and Chelsea.

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With the first quarter of football almost over in most leagues around Europe, now is a good time to measure the current progress of some of the giant clubs on the continent. Actually, analyzing the success or failure of clubs in general won't be nearly as exciting as identifying a more specific object of analysis.

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There is a thin line between being a mad genius and simply being mad. If Brian Clough was the mad genius of English football, the new film The Damned United explores Clough's simply mad stage when he got fired at Derby County and then, after 44 days in charge of Leeds United, got himself dismissed there as well.

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The title to this article might suggest that I am providing some late coverage on Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner's recent car accident while driving to practice in his Aston Martin. In reality, though, this article is written in vehement defense of the player, who has certainly had more than his fair share of critics, to put it bluntly.

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La semana pasada el clasico de Manchester se jugo, dos delanteros recibian la bienvenida a este clasico de la ciudad inglesa, Carlos Tevez que salia del United y Michael Owen que salia pero de una lesión muy grande y del Liverpool.
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Decent match preview here. We've had a bit of a bad run lately, so it's hard not to be nervous. But if our lads show up to play, there is no question we are the better team.

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No trago al Manchester United. Será por ese aire de superioridad de bibliotecario raspa de Ferguson, por esa atroz camiseta de rugby a 13 o quizás sólo porque en el fútbol, como en los bares, siempre hay uno que te cae muy mal en cuanto echas el primer vistazo a la barra. Click to continue reading...

With the wealth of options at the disposal of both Manchester United and Manchester City, who would have that that it would end up 4-3 with five total goals coming from Michael Owen, Craig Bellamy, and Darren Fletcher? The injury time question may linger, but for me this was the real start of the season.

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What a Manchester Derby. Man United took the lead three times, only to find local rivals Man City come back three times, at least untill the 95th minute, where Michael Owen forever endeared himself to the Man United support by popping up with a last gasp goal. An absolute sucker punch for City, whose spirit [. Click to continue reading...

The fans hate eachother, the teams hate eachother more!

We are only weeks into the season and we have already been treated to some entertaining matches. This weekend there is another that has our mouths watering.

When Tevez left United the way he did I knew that the first Manchester Derby was going to be special.

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Substitute John Carew knocked a free-kick into Gabby Agbonlahor's path who directed a header past Hart at St Andrew's.Villa beat Birmingham to claim derby win. Click to continue reading...

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Euro 2009 for the ladies, a mouthwatering clash in the World Cup qualifiers to look forward to, and controversial decisions from footballs governing bodies all feature on this week's Good, bad and Ugly.

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Inter recorded one of their best ever derby day wins today against rivals Milan today, as they waltzed to a 4-0 victory. Most of the pre-match build up had been about how Milan could get something, after their good opening day of the season, and Inter's dissapointing opening day draw to Bari. But there was [. Click to continue reading...

.Few football matches are more exciting, enthralling and passionate than the Derby della Madonnina. When two of the powerhouses of Italian football meet it is rarely a dull affair and this weekend's match promises to really kick start the season. After a disappointing 1 – 1 draw at home to Bari on the opening weekend, Inter [. Click to continue reading...

Serie A Talk Podcast

Dov Schiavone and David Stansfield review the weekends action as Serie A Champions, Inter took on Serie B Champions Bari, whilst also casting their gaze to the Stadio Franchi as AC Milan were victorious over Siena.

As the Milan Derby is upon us, they preview the Derby della Madonnina.

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Jermain Defoe yesterday scored his fourth goal of the season to help Tottenham move back to the top of the Premier League table. Harry Redknapp's men came through a tricky London derby with West Ham to maintain their 100% record this season and I think it's fair to say now that Tottenham will be challenging for a Champions League spot come the end of May.

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So, only one more day of waiting before the big game, the one game we all wait for all summer. AEK-Olympiakos, one of the most well known fixtures in Greek football. Unfortunately though, and as much as I hate to say it, I think our chances of winning are very slim. The best result I can see for us is a draw.

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After browsing the Allsvenskan fixtures earlier today, it struck me that there are no less than five derbies in the upcoming round. The derby on Saturday between AIK and Brommapojkarna will most certainly be the most interesting match and of course it's one that I have carefully planned my entire weekend around. Click to continue reading...

The preseason for the European clubs is winding down as most leagues are set to begin in the next few weeks. Here are video highlights for several of Saturday's friendlies including Chelsea v Reading, Burnsley v Manchester City, Celtic v Sunderland, and Derby County v Stoke City.

Celtic (1) – Sunderland (2) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

Derby County (2) – Stoke City (2) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

Barnsley (1) – Manchester City (1) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

Chelsea (2) – Reading (2) – Friendly – Saturday August 1, 2009

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Estudiantes arrived in Argentina after title of Copa Libertadores. The detail is that the players had with them a flag of Atletico-MG, the main rival of Cruzeiro.

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Estudiantes win the Copa Libertadores for the fourth time and Juan Sebastian Veron does his father proud as he leads the Argentinians to a come from behind 2-1 victory (his father won the cup three times with Estudiantes). Well done the 'rat-stabbers'. In Europe, transfer fever continues and Tevez crosses the divide from Manchester United to Manchester City, who are still courting Chelsea's John Terry.

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After the 10th round of Campeonato Brasileiro, Atletico-MG returned to the top after the 3-0 victory in the Belo Horizonte derby. Besides the pathetic red card by Cruzeiro's Ze Carlos, the men of the match were veteran Junior and forward Eder Luis - even though in his goal goalie Andrey gave a big help.

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Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our shortcomings. Click to continue reading...

Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our shortcomings. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United took another step towards the title against Manchester City on Sunday, and Chelsea squared off against a wounded Arsenal side at the Emirates. Here are the winners and losers from today's action

Winners Carlos Tevez

Manchester United fans woke up this morning to the news that Carlos Tevez is bidding farewell to United, to Manchester, and to England.

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