An incredible week in ‘Football News' means that not much has happened on the pitch. Liverpool and Spurs played out a 0 – 0 whilst a cat became the highlight of Twitter on the night. On the news: Fabio gone ...
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Chesterfield United Football Club in Richmond, VA has had multiple players from their youth teams selected to participate in prestigious international tournaments and an elite women's showcase.
JoJo Taylor and Jackie Zerull invited to participate in the Puma Elite Women's Showcase held in July Puma has informed Chesterfield FC that two of their very talented young women, JoJo Taylor and Jackie Zerull, were selected to participate in the Puma Elite Women's Showcase held in July.

The Flowers of Manchester - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Daniele (from Red Rants) has a written a moving piece on the Munich disaster here's an extract:

Sam couldn't have been more focused if he had been watching a movie, so I moved on: "Harry Gregg, United's keeper, had been thrown out the cabin after the impact along with Bobby Charlton.

Sunder, Sunder, SUNDERLAND, HO! - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Ever since I saw the scoreline for Sunderland's win against Norwich yesterday, the above title has been ringing around in my head. There's always the uplifting effect that a new manager has on the club and yes, many of the mid-table clubs in the Premier League haven't fared too well of late, but Sunderland's sustained success in the last couple of months is heartening.

How To Choose Your Ideal Bundesliga Club - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Are you new to German football, and attracted to the much-lauded mix of exciting end-to-end football, standing fans, cheap beer and cheap tickets, not to mention the chance to watch football in a country where the national team can actually amount to something come crunch time?

On this side of the Atlantic, the football news that received quite a bit of attention over past few days was Friday's FA Cup tie between Everton and Fulham, featuring Clint "Hat Trick" Dempsey, Landon Donovan, and Tim Howard. Everton won, and as SI.com put it,

Landon Donovan etched his name further into Everton lore with two assists in the Toffees' FA Cup victory over Fulham.

Saturday Liverpool - Manchester United 7:30am - Fox Soccer A highlight encounter in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup, even if Liverpool are 7th in the league to United's 2nd. "Liverpool have been struggling for form recently, and if we play like we did at Arsenal then I can't see why we can't get a very positive result," former United striker Ashley Cole told the club's official site.

Manchester City Enjoying Home Comforts In Title Race - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Castrol EDGE analysis shows that Manchester City's strength at the Etihad Stadium has been central to their challenge for the Premier League title.

Roberto Mancini's side have won each of their last 15 home league games, a home winning streak only bettered once in Premier League history, by none other than their Manchester rivals United.

Forward-thinking Richards Can Add Attacking Edge To England - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Castrol EDGE performance analysis shows that Manchester City's muscular full-back, Micah Richards, has rediscovered his best form this season, providing his star-studded City side with a potent and creative attacking threat.

Bale living up to the hype for Tottenham - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

According to Castrol EDGE Performance analysis, Gareth Bale has been one of the Premier League's best performers this season, with the Welsh winger both scoring and creating regularly for his high-flying Tottenham side.

Gazzetta dello Sport Inter Shout Nerazzurri beat Milan with a Milito goal are back in the scudetto race Moratti: "Ranieri is a wise guy. Now we'll see about Tevez..." Juve are top on their own Udinese stop as Genoa celebrate Lazio re-start Fiorentina down Tuttosport Juve Benefit Draw with Cagliari but the Inter win sends them to the top alone.

SPANISH FOOTBALL SPORTS is all about you. The mission is to get all the Spanish Football News & Spanish Sports achievements to you in English. Why? Because you may not read Spanish for starters, & because "English" is currently the global language. With this in mind, I also wish to keep giving a better service & value to you.

Like to wish all the Spanish Football Sports readers from around the World a Merry Christmas. Enjoy the festive season with your loved ones & friends. Hope you get your presents, & if not, at least lots of human warmth. Look after yourself as we have a packed 2012 coming up with Spanish Football news, Euro Championships & plenty of Sports action.

El Clasico Video Preview: Lionel Messi, Crisitano Ronaldo, Audi and ESPN - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

While Neymar and everybody else thinks Lionel Messi is the best player in the world, you have Cristiano Ronaldo voting for himself, Messi-haters voting for Xavi and Xavi himself voting for Paul Scholes (which, in a nutshell, tells you all there is to say about 'votes').

If you are ever planning a party, don't invite Uruguay. They famously scuppered Brazil's World Cup festivities back in 1950. And, on a much more minor scale, they burst the balloons blown up for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification in Rome. It brought the Azzurri back down to earth after a victory over one of the hosts of next year's European Nations a few days.

If you are ever planning a party, don't invite Uruguay. They famously scuppered Brazil's World Cup festivities back in 1950. And, on a much more minor scale, they burst the balloons blown up for the match to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Italian unification in Rome. It brought the Azzurri back down to earth after a victory over one of the hosts of next year's European Nations a few days.

The Italian manager continues to live in London after the sack from Chelsea, and the English press continue to speculate on Ancelotti getting his foot in the door at another English Premier club, perhaps even Tottenham Hotspur.
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Sunday's afternoons clash at the Stadio Bentegodi was billed as the most important game of the season so far and one of the most important in the stuttering career of Domenico Di Carlo the Gialloblu Coach. Coming on the back of three straight defeats and a run of five games without a win, the pressure was mounting on the former Sampdoria Coach.

A few words from the editor It is with great pleasure I welcome back Stuart Harper after a recent absence to the pages of Serie A Weekly. Stuart has been one of our best received writers during the last year and his coverage of AS Roma has surely been missed, welcome back Stu! Whether other tifosi feel the same it is hard to say, but for this particular Romanista, watching Roma this year.

Lionel Messi's 202 Goals For Barcelona In 12 Minutes - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

All of Messi's 202 goals scored for Barcelona (2005-2011), in a simple, no-frills video. After the constant adulation, it is still ridiculous how good is really is.

Of course, when you're playing with the likes of Ronaldinho, Eto'o, Henry and Iniesta, it gets a bit easier.

As football news goes, it's pretty vanilla, but making red cards in the box a more rare occasion, leaving goalkeepers more leeway to explore their more rambunctious selves in and around the general ankle region of attackers.

There's also apparently a rule which says no image but that one to the left can be used in a story on red cards on a football-related site.

Champions League: Legendary Football With Heineken - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

The Champions League (sponsored by Heineken) represents competition between the finest football sides in Europe (and the best footballers in the world). Winning the domestic league is undoubtedly important, and it is the bread and butter of any football club but participating in the most prestigious, world-renowned and toughest club competition in the world is another matter entirely.

Win a free copy of Football Manager 2012 - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

To celebrate the release of the new Football Manager (2012), Soccerlens is giving away one (1) free copy of FM12 to our newsletter subscribers.

The back story:

As every year, Soccerlens pre-ordered Football Manager (through Steam) to ensure that we would get our hands on the game as soon as possible.

A new & relatively unknown name has sprung up onto center stage of SPANISH FOOTBALL today (however brief). MARIO GOTZE, 19 year old German & BORUSSIA DORTMUND midfielder that Spanish Sports paper "Marca" claims is on the REAL MADRID agenda. Gotze: courtesy Marca Perhaps its the lack of local Football news that makes the paper venture into German Football.

Win a pair of adidas adiPower Predators - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

Soccerlens is giving away a pair of adidas adiPower Predators (RRP £115) to one lucky reader this month.

To win the prize, all you have to do is to like Soccerlens on Facebook we'll be picking a winner at random from our FB followers.

Arsenal assistant coach Pat Rice believes Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is capable of breaking into the England team this season after the former Southampton youngster impressed on his Champions League debut against Olympiakos last night.

Oxlade-Chamberlain completed his switch from the Championship side to Arsenal this summer and more than held his own against the Greek Champions, finding the net to become the youngest ever Englishman to score in Europen football's leading club competition.

Football news in brief

• Everton agree short-term deal for Marcus Hahnemann • Kenny Dalglish says people are obsessed with Andy Carroll Everton The USA goalkeeper Marcus Hahnemann has joined Everton on a short-term deal. Hahnemann has signed a contract with the Merseyside club until January after being released by Wolves in the summer.

Kenny Dalglish has spoken of his delight at seeing Steven Gerrard return to competitive action following six months out after requiring surgery on a troublesome groin injury.

The Liverpool captain played 16 minutes of the Carling Cup win at Brighton last night and Dalglish believes having Gerrard back in the fold could be huge for the team.

Failure to beat Cagliari on the season's opening game served to make Roma's trip to Inter a considerably more daunting prospect. Normally, both a clean sheet and an accompanying San Siro point would have been considered a profitable raid to the north, but in retrospect, Enrique was left to rue his team's bewildering inability to score.

Arsene Wenger has responded to his critics by stating his intentions to remain at Arsenal for the long-term following his side's 3-1 Carling Cup victory over Shrewsbury Town last night.

The Gunners – who are currently 17th in the Premier League after a shocking start to the season – went 1-0 down to their League Two opponents before goals from Kieran Gibbs, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Yossi Benayoun rescued the home side.

Chelsea boss Andre Villas-Boas has wasted no time in stamping his personality on English football after lambasting the weekend performance of the officials in the Blues' 3-1 defeat at Old Trafford.

The Portuguese manager has even taken the unusual step of complaining to referees chief Mike Riley about Phil Dowd and his assistants after replays suggested Manchester United's first two goals were both scored by players who had been in offside positions.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has revealed that he wanted to keep Jonathan Woodgate this summer, before the injury-prone defender moved to Premier League rivals Stoke City on a free transfer.

The classy centre-back had a stop-start career in North London making only 64 appearances after an £8m move from Middlesbrough in January 2008 mainly due to a long list of injuries which stemmed from an unstable pelvis.

Following victory in the Champions League last night, Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas has called on his team to raise their game once again when they face Manchester United at Old Trafford this weekend.

The Blues secured a 2-0 win over Bayer Leverkusen at Stamford Bridge last night, with David Luiz and Juan Mata scoring the goals to ensure life under Villas-Boas in Europe began well.

A few weeks ago the transfer window slammed shut. This was the biggest thing that had ever happened. Jim White's Scottish head almost exploded in your telly.

Twitter was abuzz with rumour and counter-rumour regarding the human resource situation at football clubs up and down the country.

Ducky's Note: Long-time Manc Sai Adithya tries his best to make something out of our routine Bolton win. I mean, we barely scraped through with three goals lesser than our last game...

Like every Manc out there, I will admit that I wished the Arsenal game would never end.

Just Play Football - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

If ever there is a time to push football it is when the dark nights draw in and the jackets go on. Push football? I know, we all watch it; comment; log on; and couch surf our way through hundreds of hours of football.

England manager Fabio Capello has revealed that Frank Lampard is still very much part of his plans.

The Chelsea midfielder was dropped for Friday night's qualifier against Bulgaria and this has led to some concluding that Lampard's international career is coming to an end.

Capello has moved to deny these reports though, revealing that the 33-year-old is a crucial part of the squad and that he could start against Wales tomorrow evening.

Former Manchester United defender Gary Neville has spoken out about England's failures in major tournaments over the last few years.

Neville himself was involved in many disappointments for the national team and he has revealed that even Sir Alex Ferguson couldn't have helped England win major silverware.

United's young guns have certainly impressed England boss Fabio Capello who has called up Tom Cleverley, Phil Jones and Chris Smalling into the senior squad for their Euro 2012 qualifier against Bulgaria (bonus link: video interview with Cleverley and Jones).

They join team mates Wayne Rooney and Ashley Young, who will be keen to carry on their goal scoring exploits on the international stage in tomorrow night's game (7.

New Queens Park Rangers signing Shaun Wright-Phillips has spoken about his determination to be successful at his new club, proving some people wrong in the process.

The England winger joined the newly promoted club from big-spending Manchester City on transfer deadline day for an undisclosed fee.