Man United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has recently been handed a two-game touchline ban but he will be allowed to be in the dugout this Saturday. The Football Association (FA) has said that the ban does not start until 14 days after the disciplinary hearing, which was last week.
This means that Sir Alex will not be in the dugout for a Premier League game against Portsmouth and the Carling Cup tie against Tottenham Hotspur. Click to continue reading...

On Saturday afternoon, just before 12.45, a big-spending manager will take his seat in the dugout at Anfield aware that his side is desperate for a victory to ease the mounting pressure. Defeat will bring an avalanche of criticism. Yes, Mark Hughes could be in for a torrid afternoon if his Manchester City side is beaten by Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

Last Saturday's derby between Hamilton and Motherwell produced a few DTotD worthy tackles and some fine goals, too. Our interest in the game, however, is when Hamilton's overly excited manager, Billy Reid, celebrates his side's second goal (both scored a man down) by jumping up and grabbing the advertisement board above the dugout, which he rips off, causing him to fall on his ass (4:28 into the video).

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1. Robbie Keane Whether you agreed with the signing of the Tottenham man or not, Rafa failed to give the striker a decent chance and clearly his lack of confidence in the Irishman had a negative influence on the forward.

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Real Madrid midfielder doesn't like being called gay Real Madrid's embarrassing 4-0 defeat to lower league Alcorcon on Tuesday night was painful enough. But Guti had insult added to his injury. He was hauled off by under-fire coach Manuel Pellegrini at half-time, and upon taking his place in the dugout an Alcorcon supporter called him gay. Click to continue reading...

Right then, where do I start? I was at the game and those following my tweets could see that bent frustration I and all those around me felt.
I thought the long walk back to the car after seeing us lose was bad enough; how mistaken I was. We had to endure Harry telling us that he was a bit miffed with Aaron Lennon because he came off without telling anyone. Click to continue reading...

And sign of a great Captain:

Carra making sure Giggs could not influence the ref during the halftime walk to the dugout...priceless!

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Rafael Benítez has been unable to get beach-ball boy off his mind over the past few days. That's the kid who kicked off Liverpool's latest crisis by throwing an inflatable on to the pitch at the Stadium of Light.
Six days later, Benítez's side are on the brink of elimination from the Champions League after Tuesday's defeat by Lyons, their title aspirations are in ruins and Michael Owen and Manchester United are due in town on Sunday. Click to continue reading...

Nottingham Forest put a dent in our title ambitions as what appeared to be a very unmotivated Newcastle side struggled early on.

Forest had the best of the first half and were unfortunate to only go in to the half-time break with a one goal lead. Newcastle were guilty of:

• Giving away possession (Are you listening Marlon Harewood?

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... Quite thrilling for a tie, huh?
Yes, the United States got a goal from Jonathan Bornstein just about at the end of time to steal a point from Costa Rica last night at RFK Stadium in Washington. The point gave the US top honors in the CONCACAF 6-team qualification group, since Mexico failed to win at Trinidad & Tobago last night. Click to continue reading...

Being a Dundee United fan, it would presumably be welcome news that club legend Paul Hegarty has joined George Burley's coaching staff for the national side. The fact that he only collected a handful of caps in his playing career is surely nothing to be worried about – there are after all a number of high-profile backroom string-pullers with comparable experience – but it isn't just the emotional, tactical and judgment-related rollercoaster ride of Burley's reign that flavours this appointment with a lack of ambition.

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Both the Daily Mirror and the Times are reporting that Barry Moat has launched a formal takeover bid for Newcastle United. Moat is said to have significant financial muscle from American investors and has received guarantees from Barclays that he will be given working capital to run the club.

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This weekend's match-up between Chelsea and Liverpool is truly a battle of the titans - not just on the pitch, but also in the dugout.
For while the Premier League's second- and third-placed teams wrestle for the upper hand in the title race, their managers will be embroiled in a tactical tussle of similarly storied proportions. Click to continue reading...

Did Rafa get it wrong? Or were Liverpool's Italian opponents just too good?

After a disastrous first half Liverpool had a mountain to climb and one they invariably didn't even come close to scaling. So what went wrong? Were there any positives to be gained from the match in Florence?

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Instructions, mentality: attacking, passing style: short, tempo: quick. Ohh hang on a second, I can do this for real now.

Last weekend I completed my Football Federation Australia junior coaching license, so am now a 'proper' football manager. Sure I'll be coaching under 12's, but thats not what counts, I can pretend to be educated about the game, shout at my young winger to take more shots, and go to official FFA conferences.

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Our old friend has never been averse to a bit of character assassination (all in the name of raising the standards of Australian football, of course). But this is quite inexcusable, even by his standards.
Once again: Branko Culina's comments about Vitezslav Lavicka were rude and ill-founded, but at least he had the grace to subsequently apologise. Click to continue reading...

It's a pity that Branko Culina's undignified, self-serving comments at Sunday's press conference have served to obscure the fact that he does have a point. He developed that point somewhat truculently in his "clarification" today, pausing for a moment to offer Vitezslav Lavicka a well-deserved apology. Click to continue reading...

Shrek strop Manchester United's Wayne Rooney was not best pleased at being hauled off during last night's Champions League clash with Besiktas. Wazza was replaced by Michael Owen shortly after the hour mark with the score still at 0-0. Rooney shook his head in disgust as he made his way to the dugout before taking off [. Click to continue reading...

How long does he have left?

With Portugal on the verge of non-qualification for the World Cup in 2010, manager Carlos Queiroz is under extreme pressure and has the very real possibility of unemployment looming over him. Given this threat, and inevitability that this will occur, I ask you.

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After County's 2-2 draw with Yeovil on Saturday Baker went over to the County fans to receive a card after the death of his older brother Micheal.

I have taken the best bits out of it to see the full article click here (Read Full) I just had to share this story with you, if you do click the read full link then makesure you read the comments written by worldwide fans.

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Come in Mr Burley. Your time is up. Or is it?At various points before the Macedonia game it appeared that the SFA were ready to sack the national coach. So bloodthirsy did they appear that I thought he might actually be beheaded in the dugout after our inevitable failure against Holland.But then the team came to life in the second half against Macedonia and carried that form into the game against Click to continue reading...

It was one of the early images of the season.
Arsene Wenger, fit to burst with anger, stood, arms outstretched at top the Old Trafford dugout after being sent off by referee Mike Dean.
Dean's curious decision to send the Frenchman to the stands for kicking a plastic bottle a few yards in the 95th minute of the game capped a frustrating day for Arsenal and gave it rather a farcical, yet comical finish. Click to continue reading...

Who remembers when Sir Alex Ferguson criticised the abusive fans and poor security at Emirates Stadium? And Arsene Wenger replied with this: "We always want to respect our opponents and respect the dugout because the way we want to behave at Arsenal is to respect everybody." Wenger got sent from the dugout by the fourth official today after [. Click to continue reading...

We would have settled for a win by hook or by crook or by penalties, but another five-goal salvo does no harm. For some curious reason, I also beam with a vaguely paternal sort of pride at the fact that five different names were scrawled across the scoresheet. It's strangely wholesome.

It all went smoothly enough in the end, although that might have been a different story had Carlo Cudicini not been alert and sprightly from the off.

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Liverpool assistant manager Sammy Lee has been charged with improper conduct over an incident in the 2-1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur, the Football Association confirmed on Thursday.
Lee was sent from the dug-out for yelling at fourth official Stuart Attwell when referee Phil Dowd refused to award Liverpool a penalty late in Sunday's Premier League game. Click to continue reading...

This week's dugout of the week comes courtesy of Alton Town FC. The Hampshire based club seem to have nicked their local bus shelter to employ as a dugout but at least you can sit in it, unlike Hurtspierpoint FC's excuse for a dugout in my first edition! Oh I can here all the [...] Click to continue reading...

For you Footballing romantics out there, I'm doing a weekly feature on the country's funniest, craziest, and daftest dugouts. It will give you an idea of how those hardy souls in the lowest of low Leagues spend their Sunday's with their beloved amateur teams. This rather unique Caravan idea is courtesy of Hurstpierpoint FC, members of [. Click to continue reading...

Glasgow Rangers manager Walter Smith was full of praise for Arsene Wenger and his team after the Gunners beat Rangers 3-0 in the final day of the 2009 Emirates Cup.

Smith said:

It is not very often we come up against a team who play in a manner in which Arsene Wenger has them playing.

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You heard me. And after a fairly hectic summer-period one imagines quite a few of the Tippeliga players could do with a rest as well, which is why it's so convenient that after this weekend the Tippeliga takes a two week holiday. Before that though there is a potentially cracking round of matches to be played, including the ultimate showdown of doom.

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Tackling from the technical area OTP has heard of managers 'kicking every ball' from the dugout, but this incident takes the mickey a bit. Mexico coach Javier Aguirre was sent-off during yesterday's draw with Panama after kicking out at Ricardo Phillips as he made a run down the wing. "I would like to apologize in order of [. Click to continue reading...

FULHAM and Wolverhampton Wanderers players, who will arrive in Perth next month for friendlies with the Glory, will be happy to know that they will have the pleasure of having a shower under brand-new shower heads.
According to a report on WAToday, rusty shower heads (which are so 2008) will be long gone as part of an immediate $30, 000 renovation to Members Equity Stadium. Click to continue reading...

One of the amazing things about football is its ability to drag your emotions from one extreme to another in a second and despite any number of let downs by their side, the hopes and dreams of a supporter will always remain strong and they will keep coming back for more.
Those hopes and dreams have been dashed and resurrected this week at two clubs whose fortunes have been poles apart over the past few decades, but could yet find themselves on a level playing field in the coming years. Click to continue reading...

This clever list came from Goal.com, referencing the most annoying comments made by managers in their post-game interviews-
10) He has been like a new signing
A player returning from a long-term injury. Classic Arsene Wenger spin. No, try signing a player. That's like a new signing. Click to continue reading...

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Saturday 6th June
09:00 North Korea v Iran, World Cup Qualifier, British Eurosport
Iran have much work to do. Lying fourth out of five teams in Asia Group 2 and four points behind their opponents, a defeat would pretty much spell the end of their chances. That said, Iran have won the three previous World Cup qualifiers between these two sides, so a congratulatory phone call to Pak Doo Ik might have to wait a little longer yet. Click to continue reading...

As of 6pm on Sunday, the moratorium around Newcastle United FC started. Over the coming days expect to see the words "big club" and much discussion of whether Alan Shearer will stay on in the dugout fill the column inches, as Newcastle become the highest profile club to be relegated from the Premier League in many years.

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