Burley's assistants, Terry Butcher and Paul Hegarty, were also released, 48 hours after Scotland succumbed to a 3-0 friendly defeat by Wales. The SFA had decided against dismissing Burley last month following a review of the national squad's failure to reach the World Cup qualifying play-offs. But Saturday's humiliation in Cardiff proved . Click to continue reading...

The Liverpool player N'gog is a cheat and an actor worthy of nomination for this year's Oscar for Best Simulation on A Soccer Field. His dive extraordinaire, earning his team a converted penalty in Liverpool's Monday night Premier League match up against Birmingham City, will stick in the memory of opposing fans like superglue on a toilet seat.

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The resumption of the Europa League after a short hiatus meant another important round of games for Everton and Fulham. With those clubs in action, both Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard were in action Thursday afternoon.

Dempsey's Fulham traveled to Rome, and after getting out to a 1-0 lead, were reduced to 10 men early in the second half.

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The resumption of the Europa League after a short hiatus meant another important round of games for Everton and Fulham. With those clubs in action, both Clint Dempsey and Tim Howard were in action Thursday afternoon.

Dempsey's Fulham traveled to Rome, and after getting out to a 1-0 lead, were reduced to 10 men early in the second half.

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Manchester United nearly suffered humiliation last night as they faced CSKA Moscow at Old Trafford for the second leg of the group games in the Champions League. United were being led 1-3 after only 47 minutes, until some late drama from Scholes(84th) and a deflected goal from a Valencia shot brought them levelled in added [. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has insisted that he would like to remain as the tactican of the Merseyside club for many more years to come.
The Reds are in a serious crisis, as six losses in seven games has threatened to throw the club's ambitions out the window. A seventh loss - against Olympique Lyonnais in the Champions League - would be catastrophic for the Anfield outfit, as it would be their worst run since the appointment of the legendary Bill Shankly as manager of the club. Click to continue reading...

Real's humiliation brings back the faith in the game. These days I have been thinking whether Florentino Perez is just an amateur who thought he knows football or is it mere profit he is into.

Simply, no man would make the same mistake twice. Los Galacticos one were tragic but this other version looks like a group of clowns.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE With all the excitement over the humiliation of the N17 jesters, the slight matter of a tasty Carling Cup clash with Manchester City has almost passed us by.

And this morning's papers point out that Robin Van Persie, two-goal hero against the idiots on Saturday, is desperate to face Emmanuel Adebayor in the quarter-final tie.

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After much mid week humiliation, Real Madrid return to the Bernabeu to make amends and our friends at Heads or Tails believe Guti's abusive comments have been forgiven and he won't be spending time in obscurity... what matters more though is the fan's take on the situation and that could . Click to continue reading...

After the way he has been treated by Messrs Hicks and Gillett, who would blame him!

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Real Madrid are lining up Rafa Benitez as their next manager after giving Manuel Pellegrini two games to save his job.

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Juventus are looking to end an impressive week on a high when they host Napoli on Saturday.

Third-placed Sampdoria expect to erase the humiliation at the hands of Juve and focus on maintaining their unbeaten run at the Luigi Ferraris stadium against Bari.

Promoted side Parma are determined to defend their fourth position in the standings when they travel to the San Siro to meet AC Milan on Saturday.

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Not quite the humiliation we were hoping for but good enough. Arsenal started where they left off against Blackburn: quick thinking, crisp passing, fast flowing football and being two up after 20 minutes was no more than we deserved.� Van Persie scored what now must be viewed as his trade mark goal; he seems to score in similar fashion in every game: the sublime take, the swivel and the bullet like shot, hard and low along the ground, past the goal keeper, who, because of its speed is unable to get down quick enough to do anything about it.

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In just a few hours D.C. United will take to the pitch with their CONCACAF Champions League life on the line. Honduran club Marathon is visiting, fresh off a 7-0 humiliation against Toluca. Adding to their misery is the political unrest that forced the club to hop on a bus to El Salvador just to make the flight up.

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The morning after the day before and the finger pointing of blame has begun following the shambolic collapse against West Bromwich Albion. The brunt, no pun intended, of the vitriol seems to be aimed fairly and squarely on the shoulders of manager Gareth Southgate, but for me the players who took to the field yesterday let themselves, the club and the fans badly down.

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The ultimate humiliation Nutmegged in training by your own goalie. Dear, oh dear, Marco Materazzi. Still, you have got to admire Julio Cesar's skills. Whether they will be quite so slick with the two broken legs Materazzi has probably since inflicted remains to be seen. Spotted on 101GG

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With the commencement of the UEFA Champions League group stages this midweek, an important piece of news was relegated to the back of most reporting outlets. Perhaps another reason behind the lack of coverage for the story in question� was the refusal, on part of most football lovers, to recollect any part of the uninspiring internationals break.

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Ok the day after the loss to Man Citeh, I can rationalise that it is not the end of the world. We have won the premiership before having lost four games, but under those circumstances, we were scoring lots of goals and shutting out lower teams before half time. What really annoys me is the fact that we possess the players able to beat the likes of Man City, such as Eduardo and Jack Wilshere and yet the weekend after International fixtures we choose not to play them.

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As some had predicted, the match played just few hours before our humiliation VS England proved to be the most important result of the evening. Despite losing out 5:1 Capello's boys, we are still very much in the race for that runner's up spot, which would see us live to fight another day for our South African visas.

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The international break is finally at an end, and football returns tomorrow as we travel up to the City of Manchester Stadium to play Manchester City.

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I had a plethora of titles for this post on my mind yesterday: "F..ing disgrace", "Shameless", "Humiliation" etc. However, after a good night rest I decided not to lose any more sleep over the yesterday's game, I lost enough yesterday in the pub (first anger, then plain resignation). There is nothing to analyze to be honest, we'll never again play in the same lineup and under the same coach.

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Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard grabbed two goals each as England booked their place in next year's World Cup in style with a convincing 5-1 win over Croatia at Wembley on Wednesday. Wayne Rooney's ninth goal of the qualifying campaign completed the humiliation of a Croatian side that was a pale .. Click to continue reading...

Seldom has a talented football nation witnessed the kind of humiliation that the� Czech Republic has suffered in the entire last year. In a World Cup qualification campaign where they were placed in perhaps the most competitive of groups alongside Slovakia, Slovenia, Poland, and Northern Ireland, perfection was almost always essential for the Czechs.

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In the wake of Saturday night's humiliation in Rosario at the hands of Brazil, Diego Maradona has been experimenting with personnel (if not formation) during Monday's training sessions. Whilst the outfield positions are still up in the air, one position that does look guaranteed to change is in goal, where Maradona seems set to use [. Click to continue reading...

Bad breaks from Belgium Standard Liege's Axel Witsel dealt out the ultimate footballing humiliation to Anderlecht's Marcin Wasilewski over the weekend by breaking his leg so badly that he inadvertently kicked himself in the balls. This is one of those sickening leg breaks that we get every so often in football. Click to continue reading...

The gloom after the 1-2 loss to Spurs was clearly lifted after the emphatic 4-0 win against Stoke. It was heartening to watch how we bounced back after a disappointing opener of the season with such an encouraging display of football.

As the wisemen of the game keep on saying, a season is neither made nor broken with one game won or lost.

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What shall we talk about today? The weather and how it's a bitch? There have been two torrential downpours today, one when I was on my way to work and another when I was on my way home. In between, glorious sunshine in a baking office with no air conditioning. I need to win the lottery and I need to win it soon.

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Top marks to the Merseyside outfit for not giving in so easily to megabucks City.

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Everton will demand £30million from Manchester City for Joleon Lescott after David Moyes finally lost patience and ordered the defender to train by himself.

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WHEN Rafael Benitez said Liverpool were trying to manage expectations about the forthcoming season, this probably wasn't quite what he had in mind.
A season in which many have tipped the Anfield outfit for the championship began in a manner that highlighted the shortcomings they must overcome if they are to end that long wait for the title. Click to continue reading...

Losing 7-1 at home -- the worst such defeat in club history -- will piss a few fans off.
After the game protesters rallied late into the night, but things got ugly at the 4-0 mark:

When Colchester scored their fourth after 22 minutes, Carrow Road erupted. Dozens more began leaving, while two incensed supporters got on to the pitch and raced towards [Norwich manager Bryan] Gunn, one of them ripping up his £350 season ticket and throwing it towards the manager.

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Jermain Defoe was this morning mistakenly arrested on suspicion of driving while disqualified.
Police have admitted that they made a mistake in arresting the Tottenham striker Jermain Defoe and holding him for more than five hours at a police station in Harlow, Essex during the early hours of the morning. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle were given a 6 - 1 humiliation by the League One club Leyton Orient. Wikipedia reveals that the last time Leyton Orient were in the top league of English Football was in the 1962 - 63 season.So it's a new low as far as lows go for Newcastle.

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Faced with the humiliation of being forced to wear THAT away kit, Newcastle's miserable summer continued as a strong Toon side lost 6-1 to League One side Leyton Orient today.
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After the finalísima comes the rather more mundane business of recording the scores from the final round of the 2009 Torneo Clausura. Vélez took the title and Gimnasia de Jujuy and San Martín de Tucumán both go down, as we already know, but elsewhere there were wins for Boca and San Lorenzo, one last humiliation [. Click to continue reading...

The Brazilian coach Dunga's name translates as "Dopey" in Portuguese, but this soubriquet could have applied to his entire team this evening as the South American champions rode their luck against an American team which, unencumbered by such considerations as fatigue, outplayed them in every department in Johannesberg for forty-five minutes this evening.

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Come now, admit it, we've all had a laugh at Newcastle every now and then. You can't fail to do so given just how many bad signings they make and how every minor squabble is played out in the open.
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