Chelsea v Manchester United
English Premier League
Sunday, 08 November, 2009
Stamford Bridge

The last 5 titles in the Premier League have been shared by Manchester United and Chelsea, and as the two best sides in England go head to head on Sunday, it's bound to be a memorable game no matter what the outcome.

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Eduardo's back heel onto Arshavin, who runs and takes the ball and finds the pass to Diaby, who sets himself up and scores.

That my friends was the goal of the night and the fourth for Arsenal against AZ Alkmaar. The football recently played by Arsenal is nothing short of phenomenal, offensively of course.

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Nabisco Cup final, Kawasaki Frontale vs. FC Tokyo, November 3rd 2009.

Photo credit: dillo-h.com on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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1. Photo Daily: Kawasaki Frontale Tifo Big flags and little flags in the Asian Champions League.

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Without doubt the highlight this weekend is the climax of the season in Malaysia with Kelantan taking on Negeri Sembilan in the Malaysia Cup final at Bukit Jalil. Earlier in the season some 40,000 fans from the north east descended on the nation's capital to see their heroes take on Selangor in the FA Cup Final only to go home broken hearted. Click to continue reading...

Football fans are regularly accused of being 'fickle' but, as Pepe Reina proves with his latest comments, it seems that footballers also fall into that category!
September 12th - Liverpool had lost 2 of the first 4 league games. Clearly down in the dumps, Reina stated the following:
"We all want to win the league but right now it's not a realistic objective. Click to continue reading...

Premiership Talk is pleased to announce that it is giving away two prizes to two lucky readers! Michael Sheen's new DVD You're the Boss hits stores on November 9th, and Premiership Talk is giving a copy away to one lucky reader! If that's not good enough, we'll also be giving away a free copy of Football Manager 2010, the latest and greatest football management simulation game on the market!

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Monday 21st December 2009 is a date to mark in your calendars. Once again the world's best footballers both male and female will gather at the Zurich Kongresshaus for the 19th FIFA World Player gala.

A total of 33 strong candidates make the list this year and the main focus will no doubt be in the male category where Lionel Messi will face-off with Cristiano Ronaldo.

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As part of the Football Unites project, the British Council and Stretford End Flags is organising a match between visiting Moscow CSKA and Manchester United fans. Just a few hours before the two sides face each other at Old Trafford on 3 November, their fans will take to the pitch at the Cliff Training Academy in a celebration of football and the friendships created through sport.

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Dear Mr. Goodell,

What has been witnessed all season long at Qwest Field in Seattle is the potential of professional Soccer in the U.S.� Interestingly, it has all taken place at a football stadium.� Who would have ever guessed, 14 years in,� that MLS would make� its biggest� impact in a football stadium.

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To read Part II.
Yes, this again. Soccer hooliganism is coming to the USA. Check that: it's already here.
In fairness, the "analysis" is a bit different this time. Whereas in the past hooliganism was all about things that were (supposedly) going on in Major League Soccer, it is now all about stateside supporters groups of English teams. Click to continue reading...

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10.The Gallagher Brothers (Man City)

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Football fans have become better educated in the mysteries of football finances over recent years out of necessity as much as anything else, but just occasionally old naiveties come to the fore. It might just be that they can't believe that things could be as bad off the pitch as on it at the moment, but Hull City fans are less concerned than they should be about the lack of financial information coming out of their club in recent times, and now that the information has come out and has proved as grim as one may have feared, they still don't sem to believe that things can be as bad off the pitch as on it; despite the phrase "significant doubt over their ability to continue as a going concern" appearing not once, but three times in a relatively short annual report and statement of accounts for the Tigers' promotion year.

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The swine flu is claiming even more victims in football as Spanish club Real Betis has revealed that around 13 of its players have contracted the troublesome virus. The report comes after football fans have seen both Blackburn and Bolton hit by the virus, and one French Ligue 1 fixture has even been cancelled.

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Football in Namibia, October 12th, 2009

Photo credit: Mr. Curiousity on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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ERIC SAMUEL
The Sultan Mohd IV Stadium in Kota Baru is a "football heaven" for Kelantan coach B. Sathianathan.
The former national coach said that teams should look forward playing in Kota Baru and not be intimidated by their partisan fans.
"The kind of atmosphere you get playing here is lacking in Malaysian football," said Sathianathan after Kelantan, backed by a sell-out 25,000 crowd, defeated KL Plus 3-0 in a Malaysia Cup quarter-final second-leg match on Saturday to advance 4-1 on aggregate. Click to continue reading...

Welcome to Ask The Oppo! Today we talk to Dave Hunt, an Upton Park season ticket holder from Aylesbury, Bucks...

Eldo71: You lot finished 9th last season, played some reasonable football along the way and the hopes for the new season were high under Gianfranco Xola and Steve Clarke.

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Good news for the Premiership as Barclays have extended their global title sponsorship of the Premier League for a further three years.

The new £82.25m deal is a 25 percent increase on the previous three-year contract, will run from the 2010/11 season to the end of the 2012/13 season.

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The postal strikes,� the controversial leader of the BNP Nick Griffin and even pesky little Beach Ball's are things that we have heard of a lot this week in the papers (though in this article, we won't mention anymore about the postal strikes or politics). The word 'beach ball' for many football fans, especially Manchester United fans, would never be thought of in the same way ever again.

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Is it time for ASEAN football to be shown on regional TV?
I was flicking through the channels of South African TV the other day in a bar and I was seeing shows, or previews, dedicated to Zambian football, Kenyan plus of course South African. And that was in just 60 seconds.
It will never happene here though. Click to continue reading...

Tune in for Episode 25 of the world famous Soccerlens Podcast with ex-footballer Adrian Clarke and football journalist Iain Spragg.

This week's humdinger of a show features a fascinating interview on all things Manchester United and Barcelona with respected football writer and author of new book "Glory, Glory!

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If Jay Spearing needed a lesson in the fickle nature of football fans, he certainly got it this week. Given the Lucas Leiva's continuing unpopularity, Spearing somehow became not only a viable alterative for the Brazilian but also a better player. A sort of 'he can't be any worse than him' attitude took over. Click to continue reading...

Sir Alex Ferguson is assured legendary status in football and his achievements have been recognised by football fans worldwide - even those that prefer spending their days playing Football Manager than playing football.

Ferguson topped a poll carried out by Sports Interactive (makers Football Manager 2010) with 26 per cent of the vote.

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Win a copy of FIFA 10 for the Xbox 360 and a chance to win one of three soon-to-be classic football books from EPL Talk during the next few days to few weeks.

Watch the video to find out more details and be sure to visit EPL Talk daily to find out when you can enter the contests.

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After Carlo Ancelotti left to Chelsea in the summer, the AC Milan board took a chance with Leonardo, who played himself to legendary status amongst the Rossoneri fans in mid 90's. On the pitch, Leonardo was one of� the most intelligent players in his era, but he's still unproven as a coach.

The AC Milan hot seat was probably the most unattractive one for the top coaches in the game, as the squad is very old, a laughing stock amongst football fans as "the old folks' home for footballers",� so appointing Leonardo was probably the only right decision the board could make.

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After the disappointment of the Turkish national team not qualifying for the World Cup in 2010, seeing the Turkcell Super League start back up is a welcome sight for Turkish football fans. Saturday action in the Turkcell Super League would feature just two matches. The struggling Beşiktaş took on lowly Kasımpaşa, while Bursaspor took on Denizlispor. Click to continue reading...

On Monday, it was revealed by our sister site EPL Talk that the legendary Martin Tyler of Sky Sports will be joining ESPN for next summer's World Cup as the lead announcer. While I have nothing personally against Tyler (In fact, I like his style, and have seen him present two matches this weekend, since I am currently in India and here the Sky or TWI feed is given for every live match.

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I am sleepy this morning. And possibly a bit grumpy. I share no other traits with the rest of the seven dwarves though. No, not even dopey.

Speaking of dopey how about those Birmingham fans? During the game on Saturday they sang 'There's only one Martin Taylor', to laud the man who broke Eduardo's leg.

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Bjorn Heidelstrom is cycling from Oslo to Cape Town and collecting signed football jerseys from all teams of all levels along the way. All these shirts will be be sewn together to form the world's largest signed football-shirt - a symbol of the unity of the football family and its solidarity with the plight of young refugees.

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Welcome to Ask the Oppo! Perry Groves' Lovechild� is being held by the Tottenham Revolution Army so today Eldo71 talks to Stan Ferris from Dudley, West Midlands, ahead of this afternoon's match against Birmingham City.�

Eldo71: At last, Brum have some real dosh after the Carson Yeung takeover.

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After Liverpool's opening day defeat to Spurs, Rafa Benitez shocked the football world with a tasteless, highly offensive gag at the expense of referee Phil Dowd. Football fans, players and managers around the world were outraged by Benitez's heinous conduct, which according to the FA, plunged football into a ‘state of almost irreparable disrepute'. Click to continue reading...

How many international breaks (interlull™) have there been this season already?
The game against Ukraine on Saturday – which I didn't watch, incidentally – sounds like it was one of the more unconvincing England displays we have seen for a while. To be fair to Capello and the team however, it wouldn't be the first time football sides have turned out sub-standard performances having previously completed the job at hand.

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How many international breaks (interlull™) have there been this season already?
The game against Ukraine on Saturday – which I didn't watch, incidentally – sounds like it was one of the more unconvincing England displays we have seen for a while. To be fair to Capello and the team however, it wouldn't be the first time football sides have turned out sub-standard performances having previously completed the job at hand.

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For all African football fans out there it is great to know that powerhouse Ivory Coast are through to the Finals of the world cup thanks to none other Didier Drogba. His 67th minute equaliser in Malawi was enough to send the Elephants down South for the biggest tournament� on the face of the� earth.

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Big Story
England and the United States might be the favourites to host the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, but both countries have hosted� a� World Cup before: a fact Russia are counting on as crucial in their own bids. "Every tournament should be held in a country that has not previously hosted it," said sports minister Vitaly Mutko.

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