Much has been made about Tottenham's spending (almost £150m on transfers in the last 16 months), which presumably pushes them above the Big Four in spending and leaves them second only to Manchester City.

On the surface, it's a lot of money for not a lot of success. However, keep in mind that this Tottenham side has also seen a lot of exits, some of them at fairly good prices too.

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Do you change teams when the results go bad ? Poor old baldy, the tribulations of supporting Newcastle United. Nick was the talismanic epicenter of the LA Vale team that was unbelievably successful in 2007 - arguably the most successful football team in Los Angeles ever.
2009 and Nick is the talismanic epicenter of the FK Dinamo team, top scorer, captain, pre-match motivator and all round great bloke, basque anarchist, intellectual, debater, supporter, friend. Click to continue reading...

This year's annual Supporters Direct conference found the organisation at something of a crossroads. The high profile failure of Supporters Trusts at Notts County and Stockport County have caused a deal of unwanted attention to be cast upon SD (even though they are obviously not for responsible for the goings on at specific trusts) and, with continuing concerns about the credentials of some of the owners coming into the game, this year's conference was always going to carry an underlying theme about two subjects: foreign ownership and the question of whether supporter ownership of clubs is always a good thing.

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The Johnstone Paint Trophy began its Round 2 in the Northern and Section section on Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Most of the home teams advanced with a few exceptions. One match was postponed, Accrington Stanley v Shrewsbury Town, because of rain and the officials ruling the pitch unfit to play on.

Here's a list of the results from Tueday's matches.

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We have three Matches Of The Week for you this week. Tomorrow night, it's England vs Croatia in the World Cup qualifiers and on Thursday night the England Ladies Team take on Germany in the final of the European Women's Championship in Helsinki. Tonight, though, we kick off with Oxford United vs Luton Town in the Blue Square Premier.

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A slightly subdued transfer window for the Emirates has seemingly unearthed one very decent acquisition and one very important bit off damage limitation exorcised!

In

Thomas Vermaelen

The former Ajax captain has fitted in just perfectly.

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Full Name: Plymouth Argyle Football Club
City: Plymouth
Founded: 1886
Stadium: Home Park (19,500)
Colors: Green, White
Previous Names: Argyle Football Club (1886-94), Argyle Athletic Club (1897-1903)
Nickname: The Pilgrims, Argyle
Rival: Torquay United, Exeter City

owners of a title I'm quite sure they'd rather do without - the largest city in England never to have had a top-flight club.

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A day that will live long in the memory of both sets of fans!

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• Norwich City 1-7 (Seven) Colchester United: Yes, You Read That Correctly! (2)
• Calling all Norwich City fans: What can be done to turn the ship around?

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Simon Grayson's Leeds side dominated this encounter but only edged through thanks to a goal from Enoch Showunmi early in the second half. Worth noting that there was a substitute appearance from 40 year old Darlington striker Dean Windass!

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- Leon Jeanne Signs for Weston
- Video: QPR vs Blackpool
- Dexter Blackstock Talking re Nottingham Forest
- Several "Top Ten" Football Lists
- Illegal Websites Threaten Lucrative TV Deals
- Stan Bowles Flashback
- Flashback: If Chris Wright had Never Bought QPR
- Football Agent's Fraud Trial Begins
- England U-20 Squad for tonight's Game
- Alan McDonald Talking re Glentoran Signing
- Repost of Amit Bhatia Profile/Interview
QPR OFFICIAL SITE - MATCHDAY PREVIEW: GRECIANS
- Rangers kick start their Carling Cup adventure this evening with a trip to St James' Park - the home of Exeter City. Click to continue reading...

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

With more European leagues getting their seasons underway this past weekend, it was no surprise to see impressive performances from the Americans Abroad.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

With more European leagues getting their seasons underway this past weekend, it was no surprise to see impressive performances from the Americans Abroad.

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Last seasons top scorer Jermaine Beckford picked up where he left off scoring twice to edge past and impressive Exeter City side.

Leeds 2 v 1 Exeter 08/08/2009
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U.S. national team striker Charlie Davies is just one of several Americans who will see their European league seasons start this weekend.

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In the penultimate part of our exhaustive Football League pre-season preview, Rob Freeman looks at the runners and riders in League One, a division which is, peculiarly, starting to look a little bit like the bottom half of the Premier League did ten years ago.

1. Huddersfield Town

In: Peter Clarke (Southend United), Antony Kay (Tranmere Rovers), Lee Peltier (Yeovil Town), Jordan Rhodes (Ipswich Town), Theo Robinson (Watford), Robbie Simpson (Coventry City)

Out: Danny Cadamarteri (Dundee United), Michael Flynn (Bradford City), Andy Holdsworth, Keigan Parker, Jon Worthington (Oldham Athletic), Daniel Broadbent, Malvin Kamara, Dominik Werling (all released), Andy Booth (retired)

Huddersfield have splashed the cash this summer, thanks to chairman Dean Hoyle, and Lee Clark looks to have spent it well.

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All this week Soccerlens will be preparing for the big kick-off on August 8th with a full preview of the English leagues from Championship downwards. We start off with the Blue Square Premier, better known as the Conference. Can Luton Town bounce back? Will AFC Wimbledon take a third successive promotion?

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All this week Soccerlens will be preparing for the big kick-off on August 8th with a full preview of the English leagues from Championship downwards. We start off with the Blue Square Premier, better known as the Conference. Can Luton Town bounce back? Will AFC Wimbledon take a third successive promotion?

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Stand your ground
23 Football Stadium Stands In England That Are Named After Former Players
1. Billy Wright Stand (Wolverhampton Wanderers)
2. Bobby Moore Stand (West Ham United)
3. Brian Clough Stand (Nottingham Forest)
4. Cliff Bastin Stand (Exeter City)
5. Cyril Knowles Stand (Hartlepool United)
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Sam Malsom, formerly of Plymouth Argyle and B36 Torshavn of the Faroe Islands and now of FC Throttur Reykjavik, kicks off a new feature on Les Rosbifs. The forward will be writing regular blog entries, keeping us posted on his experiences in Iceland, as well as his thoughts on the game. Here is the first [. Click to continue reading...

The crowd are tense. The home team are losing one nil, and are pushing forward in search of an equaliser. Wave after wave of attack is repelled. Eventually the striker snaps off a shot that goes agonisingly wide. The crowd groan, then, in defiance of their position, launch into a chorus of City Til I Die.

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Today the King of Pop will be remembered at the Staples Center tribute.

The Exeter City speech took place in 2002 as he was brought on board by Uri Geller, the eccentric telekinesis guru as part of a business venture to save the troubled club. MJ served a brief tenure as a honorary director of the club's football board where it was hoped his celebrity status would put the club on the map.

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Red Rants The story of "Charles".

Soccerlens looks at when the King of Pop met Exeter City.

Rob Smyth writes for The Guardian on England's class of '93 which included our 'kids'.

Don't forget the RoM summer competition.

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When it comes to discussing Michael Jackson's legacy, it's fair to say the King of Pop had much more influence on music than he did on football, unless you count Bas Savage's moonwalking goal celebrations for Tranmere Rovers. And if you were going to pick one club for Jackson to leave some form of legacy on, you certainly wouldn't have banked on him dropping by Exeter City's St.

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With the day being filled with endless eulogies to the great man and with the sounds of his back catalogue on every radio station, it would be amiss of ATFP not to go through today without mentioning the King of Pop's sad passing.
So, farewell Jacko, your interest in the great game and honorary directorship of Exeter City was debatable, but your influence on goal celebrations went further than you'll ever know. Click to continue reading...

Wacko's other team The late Michael Jackson has been called many things over the years, but you could not call him a gloryhunter. Not when it comes to football at least. Following on from the footage of Jackson becoming honorary director of Exeter City, here is his only other dalliance with English football that springs to [. Click to continue reading...

When Wacko came to St James's Park Arguably the first (and probably the last) honorary director of a football club to take up his post with a speech on AIDS has passed away at the age of 50. The jump in his speech from children with HIV/AIDS to the players and supporters of this football club [...]

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- 1976 Video: Stan Bowles Breaks an European Scoring Record vs FC Cologne
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- Stan Bowles scores to break the European scoring record! Click to continue reading...

After being asked by a friend from the soccer pitch in Oakland about the LA Galaxy "trialists" (South African midfielder Mark Haskins, Irish defender Fred Murray, and Danish-American midfielder Jamil Fearrington) mentioned in Kyle McCarthy's article at Goal.com (click here for all the details in the original article from June 10th), I found out from the LA Galaxy that all the "trialists" have already left. Click to continue reading...

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- Supposed QPR Interest in ACF Fiorentina's Goalie, Vlada Avramov:
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Original Italian See Wikipedia Profile
- QPR Official Site - Carling Cup Seeding
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