Stevenage will host Tottenham at the Lamex Stadium

Not the draw I wanted at all, but taking personal reasons away and concentrating solely on the club, drawing Tottenham at home is a very good tie. The Lamex Stadium is almost guaranteed to be packed to the rafters mostly with Spurs supporters to watch Boro host the Premier League side for the first time in a competitive fixture.

Old Trafford legends Roy Keane and Paul Ince were livid with Man United's 'schoolboy defending' at Anfield earlier today, and both players were disappointed that Alex Ferguson's team could not turn [what they perceived to be] superior possession and quality into goals.Summarising the game on ITV, Keane was typically blunt about United's defensive failures:"Poor goals from United's point of view;

Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany foolishly got himself sent off early on in yesterday's FA Cup derby after a dangerous tackle on Nani. The defender went in with both feet off the ground and with a scissor kick took the ball away from Nani who, unsurprisingly, got out of the way of the challenge.

Football and Music never meets, well rarely unless it does and I'm too stupid to realise. Anyway, were you wondering what song is played at half time during ITV's coverage of Football? No? Well here you go anyway, you ungrateful so-and-so's Now I leave you with my good friend Mr. Wiki Wiki to give [.

Written by Jamie

When Thierry Henry scored in Madrid in 2005, the ITV commentator, Peter Drury, I think, called him "the gunner galactico" and since we have now given our record scorer a statue, it seems a fair representation of his greatness.

In April 2004 I stood in the lower east stand, just over an hour before kickoff.

Confirmation of the live televised matches for the Third Round of the FA Cup came early this year, and while there was no great shock in the Manchester derby a match which has, arguably, taken on a heightened level of importance given the events in the Champions League last night, even if it still isn't the main even of either teams season it was a little surprising to see that the decisions were taken by both ITV and ESPN before next weeks Second Round replays had even been played.

Southern League Premier Division side Stourbridge finally ended their greatest ever FA Cup run at the hands of League One Stevenage at the War Memorial Athletic Ground earlier today, thanks to two goals from Chris Beardsley and a late third from Robin Shroot.

Stourbridge started with the same eleven that defeated Plymouth Argyle in the First Round, with the exception of influential midfielder Sean Geddes who missed the game through suspension – his place taken by Drew Canavan.

This weekend, the FA Cup reached its final qualifying round and the introduction of the clubs of the Blue Square Premier adds a little extra spice to the competition as well. Everybody that took to the pitch in this competition at the weekend went into their match knowing that a live appearance on ITV and a sizeable pay day could well be on the cards if they could just get over this hurdle, and this evening we have four matches from this round of the competition.

Pressure grows on ITV and others to drop MacKenzie

Earlier in the week ITV sent a standard reply to questions about their use of Kelvin MacKenzie on This Morning. MacKenzie was the editor responsible for the front page lies under the headline "The Truth" in the Sun in 1989.

Kelvin MacKenzie and ITV's This Morning

THE following points were sent to various ITV communication and press executives earlier today with the intention of allowing them a right of reply. As of publication of this article at 6.30pm Tuesday there had still been no response from ITV, not even an acknowledgement.

As we wait for the international break to turn back into club play, let's draw from both to stroll down memory lane with iTV.- Greg Seltzer

Our recent performances have been more positive I think. We're still desperate for that elusive Premier League win but I'm feeling much happier than I was a few weeks back. Tomorrow's going to be a tough game to watch though. We'll all be on edge the longer we go without scoring and should we go behind, well I think it might get ugly.

Rafa Benitez is still revered by many Liverpool fans, and since leaving the club, he's continued to live on Merseyside, and has become something of a benefactor for local community projects. Yesterday, ITV conducted an exclusive interview with Benitez and his wife Montse. You can watch the interview on the ITV website here: Rafa Benitez InterviewA couple of snippets from Benitez:"Since the

Welcome to TGIF, Thank Gooner it's Friday, which was derailed by a major computer crash courtesy of Microsoft windows 7 Ultimate, which even they were unable to fix. But seeing as it Saturday, perhaps I should use Berg10's suggestion of TGIS! TGIt's Saturday? There is so with so much going on in the world at the moment, but I am going to concentrate yet again upon the plight of Arsenal Football Club and it's beleaguered Board, as they retreat into the Laager.

Emmy winner dedicates award to the 96

LIFELONG Liverpool supporter Brian Percival has dedicated the Emmy he won on Sunday in memory of the victims of the Hillsborough disaster. He won the Emmy for best director for Downton Abbey, the popular ITV show that returned to screens at the weekend.

Support Bellamy's African dream

'Craig Bellamy's African Dream' airs for the first time on ITV Wales at 7.30pm BST tonight – and the striker is calling upon football fans to help take this unique project to the next level.

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Robin or Cesc Arsenal supporters are probably happy to settle for small victories at the moment, so here is one for them. Striker Robin Van Persie and recently departed captain Cesc Fabregas were pitted against each other in last night's episode of new ITV gameshow Red or Black. And it was current player Van Persie [.

Julie Neville wife of Everton captain Phil appeared on Lorraine Kelly's ITV couch yesterday morning to promote WinNaturally, her new organic and healthy living website. We give style snaps for her chic ruffled BCBGMAXAZRIA shirtdress, surprise jazz hands for her good work and a pat on the back for those readers who use their best judgment in the comments section of this post.

RoM talks to The Metro and ITV about United's chances.

The Independent reports that the Sneijder deal is dead.

The Mirror reports that West Brom have offered Owen Hargreaves a contract.

The Guardian looks at the top six prospects for the title.

The first newsletter of the season is upon us.

The English Conundrum: Why Social Attitudes Hold Back England's Tactical Evolution - originally posted on Soccerlens.com

England versus Switzerland. ITV's typical attempts to wrench a piece of excitement from a fixture which promised as little entertainment as one could ever expect from a competitive international fixture reflected the weariness out on the pitch.

In The Stands have pulled out all the stops in an attempt to accurately predict the winner of Saturday's UEFA Champions League Final between Barcelona and Manchester United. Read on for more details...

So who is going to win tonight? Take your pick; Blaugrana or Red Devils?

Sky Sports and ITV have bagged the rights to telecast the Champions League for three more years. The new Champions League TV deal begins in the autumn of 2012, when the current deal expires, and will carry on till 2015. Reports estimate that Sky and ITV will pay a little under £400m for this three [.

Here we go again with Serie A Weekly giving you a list of five stories to read this lunchtime that we have seen from around the web and enjoyed ourselves. Many of these will be about Italian football of course but there is always room for something different and those will be here too. Take a look at our recommendations, pass them on and be sure to leave a comment on these great articles.

The Football Association have agreed to sign up to a Uefa scheme, which will essentially help centralise the sale of the nation's international television rights. The deal will consequently help to significantly exceed their existing income from international rights, a move that the FA general secretary, Alex Horne, is very pleased about.

The Football Association have agreed to sign up to a Uefa scheme, which will essentially help centralise the sale of the nation's international television rights. The deal will consequently help to significantly exceed their existing income from international rights, a move that the FA general secretary, Alex Horne, is very pleased about.

Each year, the FA Cup brings the English football consumer, entertainment that (apparently) no other country brings to the table, as the joy of a second knock-out tournament makes its yearly appraisal.

And now, our journey has brought us to a completely underwhelming semi-final, where even the mere glimpse of the ties makes you wonder if the FA Cup itself is out to ruin its own enjoyment.

Written by CarlitoII

They say familiarity breeds contempt. Yesterday's game saw a familiar pattern reassert itself. Out of 3 competitions in quick succession and what looks like a season-ending injury to one of the main reasons for continued belief in what remains of the season.

On Friday afternoon, we brought you the first part of our mini-series paying tribute our top six football commentators, and today it's time for the second three. Again, we would like to take the opportunity to point out that this top six is not in any particular order merely that it was a pleasure to spend our Saturday afternoons, Saturday evenings, Sunday afternoons and more in their company.

Forgive me while I vomit a few thoughts at you this afternoon. Nothing too strenuous. A midweek round-up, if you will. There's that barbarous mix of ITV and an England international later on so it's not likely to get any better for you.

That was the weekend that was, then. Amongst all the record breaking and unlikely comebacks there was another three points being hauled up by the resilient, steadfast troops of Hotspur.

Nicklas Bendtner has been selected in the Denmark 21- squad for their upcoming game this Wednesday Vs England @ the Parken Stadium, Copenhagen, Viewers in England can catch the game on ITV 1, It should be an interesting game with NB52 expected to start.

The squad is as follows . . .

Later this week I'll be interviewing Robbie Earle, the former Wimbledon and Jamaica international footballer, who has been a pundit and TV co-commentator for the past decade after retiring from playing in 2000. Recently he was let go by ITV by allegedly breaking ticket regulations, but now he's back on television which is just one of the topics I'll be asking him about.

I didn't write a match preview for yesterday's FA Cup forth round tie at Fulham mainly because I had a bad feeling about it. I'm not being Mr I Told You So after the event and I didn't for one second think we'd get our asses handed to us in the manner we did but I thought it would be a tricky tie, won by the odd goal in 3.

Coming off the back of two highly satisfying away wins the Arsenal now have a run of six home games out of the next seven.

At our last home game great joy was had by ITV's cameramen in capturing the negative reactions of the Ashburton Grove support to our number 23's struggles to impose himself on the game.

Continued gnashing of teeth over England's lost bid for the 2018 World Cup. It appears that the English bid wasn't beyond the odd bit of deal making though. Including on the issue of free-to-air sport on TV:
The BBC and ITV were set to join forces to battle a secret government decision that could have handed Sky the chance to air the 2018 World Cup.

By Ollie Irish

Robin LOVED to skydive but was terrified of heights

No Cup glory for Leeds then. Arsenal were deserved winners in this easy-on-the-eye FA Cup replay at Elland Road. Samir Nasri opened the scoring with a composed finish past Kasper Schmeichel, then goals by Sagna (a fierce striker) and Van Persie put the game beyond Leeds.

Episode 2 of the New Year bring more surprises as the boys are joined by Matthew Barker a freelance writer who has been published in the pages of FourFourTwo, When Saturday Comes, Esquire, GQ, ITV and Skysports. Topics include the Macheda loan-transfer, Roma and Mexes, Juventus' crashing fall and Udinese's romp in the San Siro.