While Harry continues to dominate the headlines there's the small matter of our Premiership fixture against Newcastle United on Saturday evening as Spurs prepare to welcome their boss back into the dugout.

Normally at this stage of proceedings we have an injury update and the club will be sweating on the fitness of a number of players including Jermain Defoe, Rafael van der Vaart, Younes Kaboul and Aaron Lennon.

Liverpool were presented with a golden chance of going within 2 points of 4th place after Chelsea were held to another draw on the weekend against Manchester United.

But it was not to be as Liverpool were held to their eighth league draw at Anfield by a determined Spurs outfit.

Andy Carroll went close to opening the scoring early on after Steven Gerrard sent through an inch perfect pass to Carroll who was stopped by an inch perfect tackle by Michael Dawson.

How many times out on the park have you heard that cry: "What is he looking at?" That and all its variants: "You're missing a great game!" or "How could she miss that?" and "It was right in front of...

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Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Luka Modric firmly believes that his side can win away to league leaders Manchester City this Sunday despite the hosts having a perfect record at the Eastlands this season.

Modric, who endured a shaky start to the campaign due to being distracted by a potential move to Chelsea, has rediscovered his form of late and after scoring in the Spurs' 1-1 draw against Wolves, he is approaching the clash with City with a strong mindset.

Inter's slender 1-0 victory over their city rivals Milan last night threw them back in the title race. A 65th minute goal from Diego Milito was enough to hand Claudio Ranieri's men win the 204th edition of the Derby Della Madonnina.

Juventus who were level on points with Milan before last night's round of fixtures also failed to make most of their match against Cagliari as they were held to a 1 all draw at the Juventus stadium.

Ah Levadeiakos... one of those teams, along with Panionios, Volou, and Xanthi, that I just love seeing AEK beat.

Couldnt watch the game because I had to work, but hey, we got the three points. Highlights from what Ive heard/seen: Sialmas' goalara, good keeping by Konstantopoulos, and a well reffed match (aside from the unnecessary to Sialmas).

Fantastic game in Melbourne last night. Is it me or does this stadium lend itself to exciting games. Fast, furious and full of entertainment.
Is it the surface, or the proximity of the crowds?
Harry Kewell was superb in Melbourne last night as the Victory defeated the Jets 2-1.
Returning to his left wing position - wonder what Mehmet thought - Kewell simply did what everyone knows he can.

Ever since Mike Williamson arrived on Tyneside, we always thought he was a very good defender, and he's also a smashing lad and a top class professional. Mike Williamson great game against Manchester United And with players like Demba Ba, Cheick Tiote and Yohan Cabaye getting most of the plaudits for Newcastle's terrific win [.

If Carroll starts he'll be looking for those delicious crosses from Gerrard...Liverpool travel to the City of Manchester Stadium on Tuesday evening to face Mancini's side for the first of three times this month. The Reds will be looking to take advantage of City after they lost to Sunderland on Sunday.

By Joel Greenwaldt
Each week during the season I'll post an updated MISL Power Ranking which will be based off the cumulative results and current strength of each team. Here's my rankings heading into Week 8.
#1 Milwaukee Wave (7-0, 1st Place MISL Central Division)
Milwaukee turned in another strong performance this past weekend in their 15-4 victory over the Wichita Wings.

Liverpool midfielder Jonjo Shelvey had a great game against Aston Villa at the weekend, but his comments after the game have led to a minor public rebuke from Kenny Dalglish. Shelvey - who recently returned from a successful loan spell at Blackpool - showed impressive self-confidence after the game with his forthright views about staying in the first team, an approach that is not always the best

Firstly that was a great game of football and a credit to the Premiership. I cannot fault the performance and effort from our lads, despite a plethora of injuries to our full backs, we cobbled together a back four, that despite yet another injury mid-game fought hard for the duration. This was a game decided by small margins and it is arguable that a few little things could easily gone our

Arsenal only managed to win 1-0 over Everton this weekend and it was thanks to the usual Van Persie winning goal, but the Dutchman was not happy with his own performance and thought that his finish was just lucky! He said: "It wasn't a great game in my opinion, especially from myself as too often [..

Real Madrid players have lamented their 3-1 loss to arch rivals Barcelona at the Bernabeu last night with defender Sergio Ramos saying that losing to the Catalans is always more hurtful.

Speaking to the press after the loss, Ramos was also quick to offer his congratulatory remarks to Barca.

The game in the Carling Cup against Manchester City was one of the better ones I have seen for some time from the "second-string", or more precisely the young starlets. Ignasi Miquel looked the most assured of the defenders (bar the first five minutes), Oxlade-Chamberlain had a great game down his side, Frimpong held the [.

Mario Balotelli's latest indiscretion is no laughing matter | Richard Williams

Colourful and crazy as ever, the Manchester City striker is in hot water again after his red card at Anfield A great game for English football," Charlie Adam said afterwards. Not, however, a great game of English football, at least in the sense of one typifying national characteristics.

Jere Longman writes of how the use of heart rate monitors can enhance a player and team's training to make their fitness as game-like as possible.
As soccer practice began one recent afternoon, each University of Connecticut player grabbed a puck before he kicked a ball. The puck was a small rectangular transmitter that attached to a chest strap and was worn beneath the players' jerseys.

Decided tonight, in the midst of some serious procrastination, to check on the old blog and see how it's gone. I'm very pleased to know that my post regarding the average number of minutes of actual playing time is the most commonly cited post on here. While I enjoyed the momentary notariety that came with predicting Jorge Larrionda would red card an American midfielder in our Confederations Cup match against Spain in 2009, I didn't start the site to criticize refs.

We are only a couple of days away now. I have explained how much this game means to me and being a game I can't stomach losing out of all of them. I have asked you for to post your starting eleven's for this one and now I present to you the best video promo I could find on YouTube for this one:
(Credit to reggiOMarcJFT96 on You Tube for the video)
So come on people, I want to hear from as many football fans as possible.

Luis Suarez declared himself 'very happy' after scoring all four goals in a 4-0 win over Chile to help Uruguay stay top of the South American World Cup qualifying group.
Our No.7 became the first player to fire four in a CONMEBOL World Cup qualifier since Brazil's Romario in October 2000.
He hit two in three minutes just before the break, including a stunning low drill with his left foot from 25 yards.

Real Salt Lake vs LA Galaxy
The Home Depot Center, Carson
Sun, Nov 6, 9 pm ET/6 pm PT

Real Salt Lake survive a close one in Seattle after thumping the Sounders 3-0 in Salt Lake. The Galaxy took care of NY 3-1 and their fans developed a special place in their hearts for NY forward Luke Rodgers for this:

Houston Dynamo vs Sporting KC
Livestrong Sporting Park, Kansas City
Sun, Nov 6, 5:30 pm ET/4:30 pm CT

Meanwhile in the much weaker Eastern conference, Sporting KC cruised to a 4-0 victory over the reserve squad of the defending champion Colorado Rapids (they had a lot of injuries).

It is well known history to Baggio fans that he started playing with Vicenza then moved to Fiorentina where he was very talented. Then, he became the most expensive player in the world in 1990 when Juventus bought him. However, there is a certain week, where it might be his best week at his young age, that week declared him as the next big thing for Italy.

There are only five....I know there are heaps more these days but most blog readers have the attention span of a gnat.
1. Friday night football - Adelaide United at home, I love it and United and Heart always play or try to play good football. Both our Dutch Coaches under the pump, with Versleijan gone and taking a pop at our Craig Foster this week - Dutch are cellar dwellars just now.

How many emotions can one football team make you feel just three months into the season?
Elation: Check (Bristol Away)
Anger: Check (Peterborough Away)
Pride: Check (Coventry at Home)
Hope: Check (West Ham Away)
A little bit Lucky: Check (Portsmouth at Home)
Pure Frustration: Check (Millwall Away)


August's trip to Peterborough was devastating because it highlighted what a mess the side were in at the time.

I apologize to everyone for the lateness of this post I have been dealing with sick kids and a sick wife, which means a busy daddy and a busy husband.

Both of these are going to be pretty quick hitting.

Colorado Rapids vs Sporting Kansas City

What a difference a change of name makes for a team.

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By Walter Broeckx

How many times in the past 6 years (an obviously random generated number) have we played a great game in a top game only to end up with empty hands at the [.

In 1996 Olympic Games, Italy played its second game against Ghana. Both lost their first game 0-1: Ghana lost to South Korea and Italy to Mexico. It will be a definite disaster for the team that will lose this game. Italy had some great names like Gianluca Pagliuca, Alessandro Nesta, Fabio Cannavaro.

Football is winning the racism battle but Suarez and Evra proved we must remain vigilant

Only Luis Suarez and Patrice Evra know what really went on at Anfield last weekend and ­whether racism reared its ugly head. I used to think racism was a thing of the past in football.

Sorry, I couldn't write a post discussing the game. I didn't manage to watch it, recorded it instead, but only had time to skip through it.

A few quick thoughts:

A great game for Neuer to showcase what sets him apart from most other goalkeepers in the game. Instead of just [read more]

It's all about VDV this morning with several quotes appearing concerning the Dutchman's displeasure at being played out of position and at being substituted in Sunday's win over Arsenal.

Last week, Spurs' manager Harry Redknapp claimed that Rafa sometimes asked to come off due to an on-going issue with his hamstrings but that may not be how the player sees it.

Former Liverpool manager Roy Evans was disappointed by Jack Rodwell's sending off during the club's 2-0 win at Goodison, and believes referee Martin Atkinson made a 'poor decision' underpinned by a lack of common sense.It's refreshing to hear Evans be so forthright and honest about the issue:"Happy with the three points, but I didn't think it was a great game; the referee probably spoiled it in

Newcastle have four wins and three draws in the Premier League from seven games, and have won another two games in the Carling Cup. Tim Krul had great game against Wolves So is that a good start to the season for Newcastle? You bet your life it is, and the Newcastle manager Alan Pardew seems to be like the rest [.

When I woke up this morning I was in a state of immediate excitement. I felt a lot like how a kid feels on Christmas eve (or a Hanukkah night for Jews like myself) - giddy, wide eyed and energetic.

Unfortunately, Rutgers' mail office is evil incarnate and kept me from playing FIFA '12 until my friend came back from Target with his own copy.

Manchester United have definitely improved this season but City are laying plans to become a world force

Manchester United have evolved again since their defeat against Barcelona in the Champions League Final. You only have to look at the number of passes that Sir Alex Ferguson's team now makes and the movement of his players off the ball to realise that even the great man himself is still learning about this great game of ours.

Yohan Cabaye has an excellent game for Newcastle on Saturday and was unlucky not to score and give Newcastle all three points. In our Man of the Match poll Cabaye has captured 91% of the vote and he had a great game, especially in the second half when he was allowed to push up the field more, and he [.

Yohan Cabaye has an excellent game for Newcastle on Saturday and was unlucky not to score and give Newcastle all three points. In our Man of the Match poll Cabaye has captured 91% of the vote and he had a great game, especially in the second half when he was allowed to push up the field more, and he [.

Alan Pardew was delighted with the Newcastle performance yesterday, if just a little disappointed that Newcastle couldn't get the win. Cheick Tiote - excellent performance yesterday After Newcastle equalized through Leon Best on 57 minutes, the game became very open, but Newcastle looked more like the team that would win the game and Cabaye, who has a great game, went close twice at the [.

Alan Pardew was delighted with the Newcastle performance yesterday, if just a little disappointed that Newcastle couldn't get the win. Cheick Tiote - excellent performance yesterday After Newcastle equalized through Leon Best on 57 minutes, the game became very open, but Newcastle looked more like the team that would win the game and Cabaye, who has a great game, went close twice at the [.

TRABZONSPOR KEEPER.... TOLGA ZENGIN
First Trabzonspor in Italy than, Besiktas at home in Istanbul gave something to simile to Turkish football fans after Turkish football rocked with negative news about Turkish football...
They shocked the world and beat Inter in Italy 0-1.