Nothing beats knocking a Premier League side out of the FA Cup when you are a lower league side. Brighton did that by knocking out Newcastle 1-0 over the weekend. The fun of the Cup was shown by Brighton's Adam El-Abd as he dances with an FA Cup mascot after the win. This is my favorite moment of the weekend.

Arsenal On The Up. Fantastic F.A. Cup Tie by Lorenzo Sallows Drawn against another Premier League side and coming after a torrid spell of form, emotions were sure to run high. The match did not disappoint. I have been more than negative in my approach to Arsenal these past few weeks but, like all fans, [.

It must be hard being a manager when you have said the lads will put up a good performance after the Fulham disaster, and then we lose to a lower league side in the FA Cup. Alan Pardew it was a bit galling And it's not gone unnoticed that's for the second year in a row Newcastle have been eliminated [.

Argentine lower league side Club Atlético Talleres got on the radars of soccer fans around the world last year when it used some revealing pictures of a local soccer babe...

Argentine lower league side Club Atlético Talleres got on the radars of soccer fans around the world last year when it used some revealing pictures of a local soccer babe...

Talksport: Liverpool 5-1 Oldham: Reds recover to ease past Latics

Premier League side through to the fourth round of the FA Cup despite scare

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In celebration of January, In The Stands have chosen one player per Premier League side that we believe will make a difference. Arsenal: What they need: With an improved defence in recent weeks Arsenal may turn their attentions to another attacking midfielder to give Wenger increased attacking option.

Proof Liverpool have worst record in front of goal and every other Premier League side's goal conversion rate

Click on the arrows to see a countdown of the top 20 clubs based on percentage of successful attempts on goal

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Swansea City manager Brendan Rodgers bemoans fee dispute over Cliftonville striker Rory Donnelly

Everton and Liverpool have declared their interest in the Northern Irishman, with the 38-year-old boss conceding a move to a more established Premier League side is likely

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Stats: warning for Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool your opponents this weekend are dangerous from long range

Use the arrows to find out which Premier League side have scored the most goals from outside the 18 yard box

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£71.8 million paid to players' agents: Which Premier League side paid the most for their transfers?

Use the arrows to see the top ten spenders on agents' transfer fees last year

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Manchester City spent more than any other Premier League side on agents' fees over the past year with £9.66m going to player representatives.

The Premier League has announced what each of its club spent on agents' fees. Demba Ba wonder how much his agent fee was? And of course Manchester City spent more than any other Premier League side over the last year with £9.66M going to representative of the players, which is now obviously a lucrative [.

It wasn't really surprising when it was announced that Steve Bruce has been sacked by Sunderland. Steve Bruce with Alan Pardew After watching the Sunderland game over the weekend against Wigan, Sunderland found a way to lose in the last minute of added time, through comical mistakes made by their defense.

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The offseason news has been coming along pretty quickly the past day or two. Like last year, Teal Bunbury is going to spend some time in England training with a Premier League side. Bunbury is going to apparently go train with Bolton.
Bunbury's supposed to spend two weeks in December with the Greater Manchester club.

Liverpool sign up MK Dons schoolboy Seyi Ojo

MK Dons teenager Seyi Ojo joins Premier League side Liverpool and will go straight into their academy.

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I think it's fair to say that Josh McEachran's minutes on the pitch in the first team this season have been limited to say the least. I fully expect McEachran to play tonight against Everton away in the League Cup but, as seemingly the case this season, a return to the bench for the Arsenal on Saturday.

What was missed a little yesterday was the draw for the 4th round of the Carling Cup, when Newcastle were drawn away, for the third time running, this time to Blackburn Rovers. Things are looking up at Newcastle under Alan Pardew And while we could have had a home draw against a lower league side, Newcastle could also [.

Vietnam Football is reporting that former Persiba striker Fortune Udo is presently trying his luck with V League side Binh Duong. Fortune hit 34 goals last season helping Persiba Bantul earn promotion to the ISL.
This story however suggests Fortune is happy to stay with Persiba!

Newcastle United's 2-0 friendly win over Darlington was marred by a crowd invasion and violence in disgusting scenes, which held up the game for over 10 minutes. The Premier League side will take appropriate action against the aggrevators with a life time ban while Police will also investigate the incident.

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Dario Conca, Dario...Conca, struggling to place the name? Allow us to refresh your memory.

Despite no-one really knowing who the bloody bejesus he is, Conca is now the third highest-paid player in world football (behind the 'big two', Messi and Ron) courtesy of Chinese Super League side Guangzhou Evergrande, who snapped him up on a mammoth contract from Fluminese a week or so ago.

Rennes midfielder Sylvain Marveaux has underlined that his transfer to Liverpool fell through because he could not agree personal terms with the Premier League side.
The former France Under-21 international appeared set to sign for Liverpool on a free transfer from Rennes to put a couple of disappointing seasons, marred by injuries, behind him, but the move collapsed on Friday.

Rennes midfielder Sylvain Marveaux has underlined that his transfer to Liverpool fell through because he could not agree personal terms with the Premier League side.
The former France Under-21 international appeared set to sign for Liverpool on a free transfer from Rennes to put a couple of disappointing seasons, marred by injuries, behind him, but the move collapsed on Friday.

Javier Gracia said he was "proud to become part of such an ambitious project" after being appointed coach of Greek Super League side Olympiacos Volou FC.

Three British clubs will tour Asian cities in the Premier Leagues' off season. Two EPL London clubs, Arsenal and Chelsea, will play against a Malaysian XI in Kuala Lumpur; Arsenal on 13 July and Chelsea on 21 July. Arsenal will subsequently play Chinese Super League side Hangzhou GreenTown on 16 July and Chelsea will play the Thai All-Stars in Bangkok on 24 July.

Rumour has it Newcastle United are after Dimitar Berbatov, although personally I think that's a load of codswallop. The Sun is allegedly the source of the rumour that Berbatov wants to come to Newcastle after being left out of Manchester United's Champions League side that lost to Barcelona on the weekend.

Liverpool will begin its attempts to dethrone Manchester United with a summer move for Dennis Praet.
The 16-year-old Anderlecht midfielder, who celebrates his 17th birthday on Saturday, is one of the most exciting prospects in Belgian football and is set to be the subject of a bidding war in the summer.

It is being reported locally that struggling Indonesia Super League side Persiba Balikpapan have sacked their Philippine international midfielder Jason de Jong despite only signing him in February. It is said that De Jong refused to fly to Papua for a couple of games there saying he was injured. He also got upset when he was substituted against Arema.

Reports from Italy suggest Juventus have run into competition from Liverpool in their pursuit of Lyon's flying Brazilian left back Michel Bastos.
Both the Reds and the Old Lady are looking for a quality left back option for next season, and though Juventus have been surprised by the late arrival of the Premier League side on the scene, they will still battle for the Brazilian's signature.

3 first half Stoke goals were enough to see the Premier League side easily dispose of minnows Brighton today in the FA Cup.

When United are your local team, whilst you're obviously always aware of the size of it globally, it takes weekends like this to remind you of just how massive this club is.

Watching the reaction of the Crawley fans seeing their team get drawn against United was great viewing. It makes you realise that as a United fan, there are certain things you'll never get to experience.

As it's little vs. Large, David vs. Goliath, Minnows vs. Champions; in the form of Crawley United and Manchester United today; I thought I would hit you with a relevant fact...

The last time a non-league side beat top-flight opposition away from home was Altrincham's victory over Birmingham City at St.

As it's Little vs. Large, David vs. Goliath, Minnows vs. Champions; in the form of Crawley Town and Manchester United today; I thought I would hit you with a relevant fact...

The last time a non-league side beat top-flight opposition away from home was Altrincham's victory over Birmingham City at St.

Non League side Crawley visited Old Trafford today before their FA Cup 5th round tie with the Red Devils tomorrow and a lot of them looked starstruck by the look of things. However they are all looking forward to taking on the 11 times FA Cup winners in their own back yard.

Tomorrow evening Man United have the chance to reach the quarter-finals of the FA Cup, if they beat non-league side Crawley Town at Old Trafford. The two clubs have never played each other in any...
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Here is the email that started making the round this morning concerning the state of things at Everton. I'm not speaking to it's validity, but it's worth reading and discussing at the very least. We'll have to see how things play out.
The timing is convenient considering the horrible transfer window Everton had and you can probably makes arguments for and against each point, so don't take this is absolute fact.

Manchester United have been drawn at home to Crawley Town in the fifth round of the FA Cup. Man United have never played Crawley in any competition. The non-league side beat Torquay United 1-0...
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Almost as if in response to the post measuring his "effectiveness", Chicharito strikes yet again to secure our passage into the next round. The scoreline doesn't even begin to tell the story of how poor we were for the first 45-60 minutes prior to the 2 substitutions that changed the complexion and fate of the tie.

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