It looked as though Kevin Keegan was going to be the first Premier League manager out of job this season, although Alan Curbishley has beaten him to it by a whisker. The now-former West Ham gaffer has had his resignation accepted by the board, bringing a 17-month rollercoaster to an ... Click to continue reading...

This tackle, or lack thereof, is very topical. Ferguson's victim is none other than Blackburn's new gaffer, Paul Ince. Paul Ince, is a legend, but was unceremoniously dumped on his arse by both Fergie here, and by West Ham this weekend as they blew the doors off the Rover wagon in extra time. Poor guy gets no respect. Click to continue reading...

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Gary Waddock, Niki Bull and Scott Donnelly's Aldershot picked up their first League home win in seventeen years. Bull saved a penalty. Match Report

Dennis Oli got the only goal of the game in Gillingham's win over Accrington. Simon Royce in goal for Gillingham - Report

Tony Roberts Dagenham won 2-1 at MorecambeReport

Kevin Gallen came on as sub for MK Dons (and was booked) as they lost 1-2 at home to Swindon - Report

Tommy Doherty's Wycombe won 1-0 at Chesterfield. Click to continue reading...

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QPR's draw at Bristol City leaves the club in 9th place with 7 points from 10 games: Two wins, a draw, a loss (plus two Carling Cup victories). Photos from Bristol City vs QPR

QPR Official Site - IAIN DOWIE - AN IMPORTANT POINT'
Manager Iain Dowie was pleased to pick up a point at 'a difficult place to come' as QPR recorded their first draw of the season at Bristol City. Click to continue reading...

An increasing phenomenon in the Premier League is for chairman, owners and other directors to sign players for the team rather than the actual manager. While some clubs have the two parties working in harmony (Arsenal for example), there are many others where the gaffer is given a player that ... Click to continue reading...

Glenn Roeder may have the appearance of a fourth grade geography teacher, but you wouldn't want to get on the wrong side of the Norwich manager. The former Newcastle and West Ham gaffer has done a tremendous job at Carrow Road to date, and he's managed to keep them in ... Click to continue reading...

The New England Revolution nearly accomplished something their cross-town sporting counterpart failed at last night – claiming a victory in Toronto.

The Boston Red Sox were thrashed to the tune of 11-0 by the Blue Jays at the Rogers Center, while miles away at BMO Field, the Revolution saved themselves from similar embarrassment with a solid 1-1 draw to the Reds. Click to continue reading...

Harry Redknapp, the Portsmouth manager and Setanta pundit whom I quoted earlier today, rubbed the England gaffer's rhubarb the wrong way with his comments regarding the lacklustre performance versus the Czech's yesterday and primarily with the positioning of a certain Scouser. Now, Mr. Capello responded shortly after saying that he was playing a 4-3-2-1 and said Scouser, Steven Gerrard, was indeed playing behind the striker, along side Master Rooney. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool gaffer Rafa B is a big Gareth Barry fan, that much is evident. The Spaniard has been stalking his quarry for the whole summer now, and such was his desire to nab Gareth that he offered Steve Finnan as a potential makeweight. Unfortunately, Martin O'Neill didn't take the ... Click to continue reading...

So we survived the first day of the EPL season, yes? For those of you who missed it, The Gaffer held a liveblog over at EPL Talk for the first day of the season. I was a part of it for a while, until my son fell and we spent a nice afternoon at the [...] Click to continue reading...

The Liverpool gaffer didn't pull one of his 'I'm only here to talk about football' moments but he comes pretty close with a 'don't talk to me about players, don't blame me for Barry, talk to Parry and the owners'. He stops short of saying 'blame the bosses' but he doesn't need to say it, [...] Click to continue reading...

Cobi Jones grabs the mic for his 1st run through the press ringer as LA's temporary gaffer. Personally I am not a fan of cornrows but there is something brilliantly South Bay about it when you realize that Carson is not only home to the Galaxy, but Boo-Yaa T.R.I.B.E. as well.

Bang on Cobi, bang on. Click to continue reading...

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Nice Interview!

Vital Football/QPR - Part II - Former R`s stopper Chris Day speaks to Vital QPR about his time in W12 in the second of two parts.

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After three years of hard work you saw the R's promoted to Division 1 - How could you best describe the day? Click to continue reading...

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Plymouth Official Site - BARKER SIGNS

ARGYLE have signed defender Chris Barker from QPR.

The Yorkshire-born defender has followed former Loftus Road team-mate Simon Walton to Home Park on a three-year deal after the two clubs agreed an undisclosed fee. Click to continue reading...

A look at Bayer Leverkusen's Bruno Labbadia concludes our The New Gaffer: Introducing... series this week. So far we've examined, in order: the journeyman, the company man, the stranger and, er, Martin Jol. Labbadia is a mix between a poor man's Jürgen Klinsmann and a poor man's Christian Bale (take a look! Click to continue reading...

Something to read from the safety of your bulletproof bra... The best of Bellamy (Who Ate All the Pies?) Ola Rafael (Real Madrid Offside) Dish Network says adios to GolTV (The Beautiful Game) The (talented) Fallen Out With Fergie XI (The Spoiler) Overseas Poles (Poland WCB) Some brilliant satirical stats (The Gaffer) The "giddily bullish transfer market" of European footy (Time) Click to continue reading...

The Daily Mail is reporting today that Blackburn gaffer Paul Ince, the self styled Guv'nor, has already gone a long way to losing the changing room with this pugnacious antics. Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager! Not only has Ince waved goodbye to David Bentley and Brad Friedel, ... Click to continue reading...

Harry Redknapp is probably the Premier League manager who most likes to bang on about how small his squad is. While others are probably equally, if not more, concerned by the need to strengthen in certain areas of the pitch, they don't rabbit on about it like the Portsmouth gaffer. ... Click to continue reading...

Rafael Benitez was happy with the bustling shift put in by new-look strikeforce Fernando Torres and Robbie Keane as his Liverpool side put Rangers to the sword in Saturday's friendly.

Against Rangers on Saturday, Liverpool gaffer Rafa Benitez started with the partnership that has had Liverpool fans talking this week: Fernando Torres and big-money signing Robbie Keane. Click to continue reading...

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As all the messageboards were saying before the official announcement. The QPR announcement is a little bit more effusive than the brief Fulham statement! So first there were months of rumours before we sold Cook; then after we sold him, there have been months and months of reports of his return: Hopes raised; and then dashed. Click to continue reading...

So the Champions League draw has paired us with Twente from Holland. Twente have recently installed a new manager who we English know very well.

The Wally with the Brolly aka Steve McClaren, returns to English soil for the first time since he inspired England to a 3-2 Wembley defeat at the hands of Croatia. Click to continue reading...

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QPR Official Site - MAHON FITTER THAN EVER
This evening the R's travel to Kilmarnock for their final pre-season friendly in Scotland.
Following the 2-0 loss at Falkirk on Saturday afternoon, Iain Dowie's men are keen to avenge that with a victory tonight.
Gavin Mahon, who has featured prominently throughout the pre-season, told www. Click to continue reading...

Terry McDermott has moved to assure Newcastle United fans that manager Kevin Keegan is working hard at signing new players. Terry McDermott - with the Newcastle gaffer Click to continue reading...

The only soccer action to speak of today after a busy Sunday of MLS soccer is tonight's Monday night match up between a recently struggling Toronto FC (6-6-4) and Real Salt Lake (sporting an evil record of 6-6-6).

Toronto FC is missing their top scorer, Danny Dichio, and are likely to look to 16 year old Abdus Ibrahim for help in finding the net against a defensively strong Real Salt Lake. Click to continue reading...

Spurs haven't wasted anytime in lining up a replacement for Paul Robinson as the Londoners are supposedly ready to bid for Swedish keeper Johan Wiland according to reports on Sky Sports today.
After Robinson's exit to Blackburn last week, Spurs are on the hunt for a new shot stopper at White Hart Lane with the 27 year old, who is currently playing for Elfsborg, thought to be one of the club's top Summer targets. Click to continue reading...