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Karl Robinson and his Milton Keynes Dons side make the short journey down to the Lamex tomorrow night in what could be a pivotal match as both sides look to cement their position in the League 1 play-off positions. MK Dons sit one place above Stevenage going into the game, although the Dons are 5 points clear with the bonus of a game in hand.

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard put more than two months of frustration behind him to score on his first start since October as his side beat Oldham 5-1 in the third round of the FA Cup.
After three substitute appearances following recovery from an ankle infection the 31-year-old finally reclaimed his place in the team and expertly dispatched the penalty which put his side into a lead they did not surrender despite a valiant effort from their League One opponents.

You've got to feel for Andy Rhodes. Most fathers, having just witnessed their son score four times to single-handedly salvage a point from a pulsating and fiercely contested derby match in front of more than 28,000 spectators, would be bursting at the seams with pride. But not Andy, who, as Sheffield Wednesday's goalkeeping coach, had just seen his charge Stephen Bywater beaten four times, his own flesh and blood Jordan wresting two points from the Owls' grasp seven minutes into stoppage time.

You've got to feel for Andy Rhodes. Most fathers, having just witnessed their son score four times to single-handedly salvage a point from a pulsating and fiercely contested derby match in front of more than 28,000 spectators, would be bursting to the seams with pride. But not Andy, who, as Sheffield Wednesday's goalkeeping coach, had just seen his charge Stephen Bywater beaten four times, his

[Y]ou've got to feel for Andy Rhodes. Most fathers, having just witnessed their son score four times to single-handedly salvage a point from a pulsating and fiercely contested derby match in front of more than 28,000 spectators, would be bursting at the seams with pride. But not Andy, who, as Sheffield Wednesday's goalkeeping coach, had just seen his charge Stephen Bywater beaten four times, his own flesh and blood Jordan wresting two points from the Owls' grasp seven minutes into stoppage time.

Huddersfield's unbeaten run, Man United 1 Liverpool 4 and more hollow achievements in sport

The sporting triumphs that somehow feel a little empty

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Norwich and Republic of Ireland U21 winger Anthony Pilkington has been linked with a shock move to Liverpool.
According to reports, Kenny Dalglish is monitoring him closely following some impressive displays for newly promoted Norwich this season thus far. The 23 year old has been tipped with being an outside inclusion for Giovanni Trappatoni's Euro 2012 squad despite not having played for Ireland.

Welcome back Real Football. We missed you.

Sometimes the international break helps. And on occasion it can disrupt a team's momentum. Many Gunners have only played 90 minutes during the fortnight and, arguably, at an intensity level fairly below the Premiership level. Ideally, this should help Arsenal as the players will not 'lack sharpness'.

Saturday Fox Soccer has the England - Spain friendly at 12pm. FA Cup on Fox Soccer Plus: Newport County - Shrewsbury Town at 7:30am, Swindon - Huddersfield at 10am, and East Thurrock - Maclesfield Town at 9pm. On Fox Soccer: Alreton - Carlisle at 10am and Fleetwood - Wycombe at 2:30pm. All Times Eastern Sunday FA Cup on Fox Soccer Plus: Halifax - Charlton Athletic at 8:30am.

Jordan Rhodes in Scotland squad to face Cyprus

Scotland manager Craig Levein has recalled Russell Martin and Jamie Mackie for this month's friendly against Cyprus. Huddersfield striker Jordan Rhodes earns his first call-up.

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Rochdale have completed the signing of striker Nathan Eccleston on a month's loan from Premier League club Liverpool.
The 20-year-old will go straight into Steve Eyre's squad for the weekend clash at Exeter.
Eyre told the club's official website: "I'm very grateful to Liverpool for their co-operation.

League 1's top-eight looks, as things stand, much like the masses predicted back in August, with the monied Charlton, Huddersfield, Franchise, Preston and Sheffields United and Wednesday all present and correct. Yet, defying convention and sticking it to Big Boyz are two of the division's less chic teams, Notts County and Brentford.

Is this what Chris Waddle did? Nope, there was no sand, binge drinking and sex not on the evidence of this video at least but there was some out-of-context beach games on display at this week's match between Huddersfield and Bradford. The Terriers sidestepped a few health and safety regulations to have fans [.

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.

By Chris Wright

Today is a bit of a 'down day' in footballing terms, so what better way to fill the void than with another ten-strong random selection of intriguing, nostalgic photos from the Pies archive?

Hundreds of fans pour onto the Estadio Centenario pitch at the final whistle to celebrate Uruguay's 4-2 victory over Argentina in the first ever World Cup Final, 1930

England internationals Stanley Matthews, Stanley Mortensen (both of Blackpool) and George Hardwick (Middlesbrough) take part in the filming of an FA instructional film, 1947

'Der Kaiser' Franz Beckenbauer poses with a NASL ball for a photo in front of the Rockefeller Centre in New York after re-joining the Cosmos for the final year of his playing career, 1983

Huddersfield and Charlton play out their Division One game on a dog of a pitch, 1947

The Italian national side pose with Benito Mussolini (centre) after winning the 1938 World Cup in France

England's Terry Venables limbers up during a training session at Stamford Bridge ahead of a friendly against Belgium, 1964

Aston Villa pose for their pre-season team photoback row, 1971

Referee Alan Robinson finds something or other highly amusing, 1985

Arsenal manager Billy Wright (left) quibbles with referee AJ Sturgeon after the latter had no option but to postpone a match due to the ghostly covering of snow on the Highbury pitch, 1962

Flamboyant rock 'n' rollers Little Richard and Screaming Lord Sutch (along with his parrot) enjoy a kick-about on the Wembley turf ahead of a charity game, 1972

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I don't understand why so few Premier League clubs pay any attention to the Carling Cup as it is their only chance to win a trophy.

The Premier League will be decided between six sides. In all liklihood, those six teams will also win the FA Cup. That means that the only option for a team to win a trophy is the Carling Cup.

I don't understand why so few Premier League clubs pay any attention to the Carling Cup as it is their only chance to win a trophy.

The Premier League will be decided between six sides. In all liklihood, those six teams will also win the FA Cup. That means that the only option for a team to win a trophy is the Carling Cup.

Kenny Dalglish: Liverpool's king goes in search of another crown | David Lacey

The Scot will take on Sir Alex Ferguson using the same principles that made his 1980s team such an irresistible force The Premier League could do with a new plot or at least the revival of an old favourite.

Admittedly I was a bit slow to publish this...so with the added benefit of one performance, here's the League Two preview!

Who's Looking Good?

Crawley Town: Most bookies favourites, Crawley have the biggest budget in the league, momentum to die for, and probably the deadliest striker in the division in Matt Tubbs.

Last season, Brighton cantered to the title, with Southampton and Huddersfield fighting neck-and-neck for most of the campaign before the Saints eventually prevailed and were joined in the Championship by play-off winners Peterborough. But who will be up there or thereabouts this year?

Who's Looking Good?

Football League blog: West Ham, Huddersfield and Swindon for a table-topping treble?

For the new season, MirrorFootball is teaming up with some of the blogosphere's best new writers to bring you even more great football reads every single day. Friday is Football League day, so please be upstanding for theseventytwo.

The third of our posts supplementing our season preview bonanza in NPowersville centres upon League 1 and how the division rivals the white stuff for deepness, crispness and even-ness. Reading through the 24 contributions to our spanking pdf (click on the inset below) left me somewhat bewildered. While other classifications promise some element of predictability due to the influence of money -

Lee Clark, who is having a successful time managing Hudderfield Town, has talked to the local Newcastle press today. Lee Clark Huddersfield manager Lee is learning his trade as a manager, and was a little unlucky not to get Huddersfield promoted last season. The Terriers lost the playoff final to Peterborough by a score [.

Tamas Kadar was an up and coming young Hungarian defender at Newcastle. Tamas Kadar - while at Huddersfield in January But he has been hit by injury in two of his last three seasons, and last season he was hardly ever fit. Tamas' season ended with a hamstring injury, when he went on loan to [...]

It's perhaps unfair to blame all the miseries of one club on one man, and Kris Boyd's improvement in fortunes on swapping the red of Teesside for Trentside only heaps further ignominy on Project Strachan; but the disjunct between the reputation of a man with 174 goals plundered north of Hadrian's Wall and the miserable nature of his performances for Boro was startling.

Like Achilles' ankles or Steffi Graf's backhand, Swansea City's weakness over the past few seasons of approximate excellence has been all too obvious. Jason Scotland was the key fulcrum for a time, but the goals for column has rarely been a totalizer at the Liberty. That all ended this Spring when Brendan Rodgers - he of the Big League contacts - took a drive down Fulham Broadway and came back

Hit The North Last weekend EFW made a late decision to hit the north and take in a bit of football and rugby league action. We saw Peterborough spank Huddersfield at Old Trafford in the League One play-off final, followed that up with a brief stop over at The Reebok Stadium, Bolton before rounding off the weekend at Wigan Warriers v Hull Kingston Rovers.

With Paul Scholes retirement we are invited again to confront the nature of footballing greatness. Over on TiFF someone has made the point that Best and Charlton are legends, not Scholes. But surely this is incorrect.

Footballing history as we know it is based on 120 or so years of competitive play.

By Chris Wright

A flurry of late goals from Tommy Rowe, Grant McCann and the ridiculously prolific Craig Makail-Smith were enough to see Darren Ferguson's Peterborough see off Lee Clarke's Huddersfield (who came into the game on the back of a 27-league game unbeaten streak) to win the League One play-off final at Old Trafford this afternoon after a one-year absence, Posh will be playing Championship football again next season.

Although not all football league clubs are catered for by a thoroughgoing blog to boast of, that's simply not the case with Sunday's League 1 play off final protagonists - Huddersfield Town are served by the exemplary This is the Barmy Army and Posh Fenlanders can keep up to date via The Peterborough United blog.

Off to Old Trafford - but will Huddersfield gain promotion?

Now it's not that I have anything against Peterborough – in fact I always enjoy going to their cosy little London Road ground and standing on one of the few remaining terraces in English football – but, along with many of the neutrals, I will be firmly backing Huddersfield Town in the League One play-off final this Sunday.

Really dissappointed with the Europa League final last night...usually they are great games but last nights final in the ridiculously lob-sided Aviva Stadium (Lansdowne Road for the corporately challenged amongst us) was a sifled, scrppy stultified affair.
Braga looked more afraid of losing than being desperate to win and Porto seemed to come down to their level.

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- Three Years Ago Today: QPR's New Crest/Badge/Logo Leaked onto the QPR Messageboards
- Ex-QPR Justin Cochrane's Non-Football Business
- Year Flashback: AKUTRS re QPR (and vs AKUTRS)
- QPR fans in the dock again after Millwall battle part two
- Graham Taylor on Promoted Premiership Clubs Buying Players
- Next: Cardiff - Warnock and Other Perspectives
- Remembering Cardiff and Hotel Fire Alarms
- Routledge Reportedly to Sign for QPR
- Twenty-Five Years Ago: QPR's Oxford United League Cup Disaster
- What's the FA Going to Do on THIS Matter: LEEDS Ownership?

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- Derry Ban Fear Now Lifted
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- Arsenal Set to Be Taken Over
- The Most Depressing QPR Video of them all!

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TAARABT NOT A WINNER THIS TIME!

Leyton Orient 1 Arsenal 1
Frankly, I think the reaction to this match has been overdone.
We put in a good first-half performance but couldn't quite fashion a good enough opening to score. Tomas Rosicky put us ahead in the second half with his first goal in a long, long time and Orient really weren't creating anything.

LEYTON, England Leyton Orient's players will be jetting off to Las Vegas after hitting the FA Cup jackpot by securing a £1 million replay against Arsenal. Jonathan Tehoue grabbed a dramatic 89th-minute equaliser for the East London club to give Orient a 1-1 draw with Arsenal that earns them a replay against Arsene Wenger's [.

The Game Oh please, not again! I can hear you scream that from a long distance and after Leeds, Ipswich and Huddersfield, well, I don't blame you. There is one reason why I'm so bitterly disappointed after ...