SoccerLens 06 November @ 04:57 AM EST
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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"Tevez: Pippo! If both of us marry, a kid with my work rate and your goal rate
would be born who would go onto become one of the finest strikers in the world. What do you
think?
Pippo: But what if the reverse happens you fool?"
An excerpt from the book "As gay as it gets"
A LETTER TO CASTROL
Dear officer concerned,
I can understand that this entire manufacturing of lubricants is a boring
business.
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Soccerblog 29 October @ 08:30 PM EST
Put behind bars for 18 months for groping a woman, and after she spurned his advances, breaking
her nose.
He is terminated from Wigan although this incident occurred when he was loaned out to Hull.
"He is absolutely sacked - we will not tolerate football players who get sent to jail for 18
months.
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A new website for Man United fans has just launched. This website has a unique idea of voting for
your best player and it is called Greatest Manchester United Football Players. The website has
a...
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Soccerblog 24 October @ 08:26 AM EST
Capello should tap this man for ideas
Capello on how other sports can influence football and how he is going to use them to prepare
the England team for the World Cup.
"It's important to understand the psychology of all these sports and they've helped me to
improve my own style," said Capello.
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Red Rants 20 October @ 06:54 PM EST
The Guardian has an interesting piece on a forgotten tale involving United players, 100
years ago. Here's an extract:
The first meeting of the Association Football Players Union in 1907 was chaired by United
player Billy Meredith – the "Welsh Wizard", who was one of the first footballing
superstars.
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Listen to the report here Transcript
Goalkeepers can often be overlooked when talking about the best football
players, but a great goalkeeper can inspire the rest of the side to play with confidence and help
them perform better than they look on paper. this was surely the case with Lev
Yashin, quite arguably the best goalkeeper at any World Cup.
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Gary Neville and Ryan Giggs have both surprisingly spoken out about the controversial issue of
football players earning every penny of their astronomically large salaries.
When the starting salary for a nurse is £20k a year, a teacher is £21k a year and a police
officer is £22k a year, it's hard to argue that John Terry deserves £160k a week!
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In yet another club versus country debate, Belgium have come down hard on midfielder Marouane
Fellaini. Unlike most other club versus country dilemmas, though, Fellaini is coming under fire
simply for choosing to receive long overdue surgery to get his wisdom teeth removed. Belgium,
meanwhile, has reacted angrily to his decision as they are clamoring for the Everton player to be
banned from club football this coming weekend.
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If you are a Bath City fan then yesterday's meeting with Bishop's Cleeve was the most important
match of the season. It was not actually the glory of a FA Cup Third Qualifying Round that made it
so important, though. What really made it a must win was the prize money: £7,500 was up for grabs
for the winner.
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ManUtd24 06 October @ 05:29 AM EST
Uefa's Technical Report on the Champions League season 08/09 reveals what's needed to win
Europe's most prestigious attempt. The report is 24 pages long, but we'll try pick out the best
stats, facts, trends and innovations which is believed to be a must for a top European side.
Speed: The first requirement noted down is simply speed.
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Arsenal Manager Arsene Wenger has told the "News of the world" that he
does not want to buy players, to stop the development of his youngsters. The french man especially
has mentioned his exciting prospects Carlos Vela, Aaron Ramsey as well as Jack Wilshere.
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Lionel Messi is one of the most accomplished young football players in La Liga history. Last
season was of course Messi's miraculous treble winning year and the forward was awarded both the
UEFA Footballer and Forward of the Year Awards for achieving the most goals of any player in the
world in the UEFA Champions League tournament.
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Stockportinsider have teamed up with The Last Kick Forum - Thelastkick.co.uk is a football forum
that was established recently by Jamie, and has grown in popularity since. They boast a large array
of fans from different backgrounds and clubs. Their users actively take part in intellectual debate
as well as light hearted banter.
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The MLS has announced that during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa that there will be a
two-week hiatus from any league matches. The 15 day timespan the American league gave for the
break will be from June 11th to the 25th. During those weeks the World Cup group brackets will
be played and the league also confirmed that no MLS games will be played during the semi-finals or
finals of the World Cup as well.
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There are many legendary football players. There are many legendary hair styles. But only a
select few managed to combine the two. Germany and Borussia Mönchengladbach playmaker Günter
Netzer is one who had the hair of legends.
This post sets out to tell its' story.
Season 1965/1966 to 1966/1967
Here's the template from which to start.
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There are many legendary football players. There are many legendary hair styles. But only a
select few managed to combine the two. Germany and Borussia Mönchengladbach playmaker Günter
Netzer is one who had the hair of legends.
This post sets out to tell its' story.
Season 1965/1966 to 1966/1967
Here's the template from which to start.
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Football is a passionate game.
It's one of it's greatest charms.
I don't think anyone would dispute that analysis.
But where those feelings flare into aggression and violence, or the goading of players (including
racist and homophobic chanting), that passion become problematic.
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Goonerboy 14 September @ 10:12 AM EST
Well that was a bit of a kick in the teeth, wasn't it?
I felt sure, so sure (to quote Take That) that the universe would be aligned in our favour for the
game on Saturday. That we would hold the moral high ground with our system of breeding young talent
against city's collection of hideously over-paid egomaniacs.
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QPR Report 29 August @ 03:02 PM EST
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For up-to-the-minute QPR news - and QPR Nostalgia - visit the combination blog and
messageboard, QPR Report Messageboard Throw in some eclectic football news. And post your own
views. QPR Report is Updated throughout the day-
QPR REPORT Available on TWITTER!- Axed: Barnsley Manager Simon Davey
- QPR's Win at Scunthorpe: Compilation of Reports and Comments
- Updated League Table
- QPR Away to Chelsea in the Carling Cup, September 21 or 22.
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QPR Report 29 August @ 06:17 AM EST
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For up-to-the-minute QPR news - and QPR Nostalgia - visit the combination blog and
messageboard, QPR Report Messageboard Throw in some eclectic football news. And post your own
views. QPR Report is Updated throughout the day-
QPR REPORT Available on TWITTER!QPR Away to Chelsea- The Draw has been made: In the Carling Cup 3rd Round, QPR will play Chelsea at Chelsea.
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KICKETTE 25 August @ 09:02 AM EST
It's one of those days.
Why should we fight it? Our inbox is full of football players in various states of undress and
we need to do the right thing.
Sharing is caring, after all. News of any real variety may have to wait.
To those of you at work that need to
a) remain employed;
b) are getting tired of your co-workers thinking you.
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KICKETTE 25 August @ 09:02 AM EST
It's one of those days.
Why should we fight it? Our inbox is full of football players in various states of undress and
we need to do the right thing.
Sharing is caring, after all. News of any real variety may have to wait.
To those of you at work that need to
a) remain employed;
b) are getting tired of your co-workers thinking you.
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BWFC 24 23 August @ 04:00 AM EST
The English tradition of speculation and rumours about football players and which club they're
signing continues and will do so until the transfer window closes on September 1st. The media is
full of transfer news, rumour and speculation, but the only sure way of finding out the truth is
when a player holds up the home shirt of their new club for press photographers, even if it is too
big.
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SoccerLens 12 August @ 02:40 AM EST
As a young star-struck kid, like most of my peers, my unswerving ambition was to meet some of my
heroes (all footballers needless to say), get an autograph... a photograph even, and become the
envy of my football crazy mates.
It never actually happened though! My being in Dublin and my heroes hanging-out in Manchester
didn't help and, in truth, I never actually had a cohesive strategy.
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What do you get when you cross the fortunes of an oligarch and the ego's of some very arrogant
football players?... Failure to beat a team from South Africa! Hahaha... so much for Premier League
domination!
Match highlights:Older Robinho news:Confed Cup - Mamma Mia, What A Mess!
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What do you get when you cross the fortunes of an oligarch and the ego's of some very arrogant
football players?... Failure to beat a team from South Africa! Hahaha... so much for Premier League
domination!
Match highlights:Older Robinho news:Confed Cup - Mamma Mia, What A Mess!
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Football now spend $8 million per year on junior development/grassroots football. A long way from
the AFL's $45 million but lightyears from the old days, and that figure will surely continue to
grow in coming years.
Cottees announcing school football gala days, up to $20,000 for your club for up to three years
from NAB/FFA and now this.
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I am not so big on reality TV. But if you are going to have it, this one is probably for me. I only
watched the last 2 episodes. Which was enough.
The idea was a top 50 of young football players is reduced to one - selected and then signed by
Melbourne Victory for the upcoming A-League season.
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The Offside 15 July @ 06:46 PM EST
(Spotted on Who Ate All the Pies) Which soccer team would your company be? (CNET News) What if
there was a Quidditch team of football players? (Bleacher Report) Building a perfect Union (The
Local) The evolution of Brazil's kit (See the Cup) Has Lyon gone batshit crazy? (Lyon Offside) 30
promising Italian players to keep an eye on [.
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Beginning in December of 2008, rumors filled the web with information on Manchester City's
supposed done deal in signing Kaka from AC Milan, which at that time (before CR9's transfer) would
have made him the most expensive player ever with City offering 100 million pounds. AC Milan and
their executives were sold.
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Soccerblog 13 July @ 07:37 PM EST
When Cristiano Ronaldo was sold for 80m, one of the mitigating reasons was that the money would
be used to buy big name players to offset the effect of his loss. Players like Franck Ribery and
David Villa were mentioned as replacements.
The club then decided to change the policy and not sign any more players over 26 years as with
advancing age the resale value would drop sharply at the end of a five or six year contract.
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With Real Madrid's recent spending extravaganza, most of the talk coming from bloggers and other
football analysts has been centered around whether or not Real Madrid's transfers will in fact turn
into results on the pitch. The general consensus from various websites is that it will be a
flop.
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Some football players are motivated by money (allegedly).
Some football players are motivated by ego.
Some football players are motivated by a pure love for football.
And some football players are motivated by ..erm ... singing.
Well and why not?
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