Chris Hughton claims that the team's focus was the key to Newcastle United's win over Peterborough yesterday. Cardiff lost away to derby rivals Swansea and West Brom managed to beat promotion hopefuls Leicester, which means a bit of a gap has opened up between the top 2 and the chasing back. After the game, Hughton said: "We have [. Click to continue reading...

Stevenage embark on another FA Cup journey this weekend as they travel up to Stoke to face League 2 side Port Vale. This time last year we were preparing for another trip up the M1, that time it was to Leicester, who comfortably beat us 3-0 at the Walkers Stadium. Now though, Boro are a much improved and experienced team.

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One of the world's largest banks, HSBC, is to cut a number of jobs in Southend as part of a cost-cutting exercise.
In total 1,700 jobs will be lost nationwide in the latest round of cuts - an unspecified number of positions will go in the town.

The union Unite said that the cuts would be centred on HSBC sites in Southend, Southampton, Leicester and Sheffield and would bring the total number of job losses at the bank to 4,600 so far this year.

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Popular "pit-bull" Edgar Davids might get back on football scene and as no less than a Leicester City member. Dutchman's final decision is expected these days and everyone in Leicester are unanimous about getting this excellent player and winner of many trophies on their side.

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Boro have a break from league action this Saturday as the FA Cup campaign starts against Chelmsford City. It was only a few months ago that Boro faced Chelmsford in a pre-season friendly where Charlie Griffin and Chris Beardsley both scored Boro won by 2-1.

Chelmsford find themselves in 11th place in Conference South despite winning 3 of their last 5 league games.

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"I wonder if that's an omen", I said to my lover as we passed a dead fox on our way up the Fosse Way to the Walker's Stadium this morning.
It was only said in jest. I was feeling pretty optimistic as we looked forward to reaching Leicester and sitting down to a cooked breakfast and mug of hot tea. Click to continue reading...

Hang your head in shame...
11 Players That Have Been Sent Off At Wembley Stadium
1. Antonio Rattin (for Argentina v England, 1966 World Cup)
2. Billy Bremner (for Leeds v Liverpool, 1974 Charity Shield)
3. Kevin Keegan (for Liverpool v Leeds, 1974 Charity Shield)
4. Kevin Moran (for Man United v Tottenham, 1985 FA Cup Final)
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The stars are starting to line up for Newcastle, as both Middlesbrough and WBA were beaten last night in the Championship. Barnsley , who were bottom of the league, beat WBA 3-1 at home, for an amazing result, as WBA seem to be in a big slump. And Middlesbrough lost at home to the impressive Leicester [. Click to continue reading...

Many great strikers have scored hat-tricks for Liverpool down the years but which player has achieved the incredible feat of 17 hat-tricks in nine full seasons?
Between 1926 and 1936, South African striker Gordon Hodgson scored an incredible 17 hat-tricks for Liverpool, including a stunning 4 hat-tricks in a single season (1930-1931). Click to continue reading...

Ireland Under-17 manager Sean McCaffrey has today named an 18 man squad for the Under-17 UEFA qualifying first phase qualifiers in Bulgaria later this month.
Ireland will play against the host nation Bulgaria, Latvia and Sweden with the aim of securing a top-two finish in the group to progress into the Elite section of the qualifying series. Click to continue reading...

Big Story

At the age of 18, most would say Shane Supple had it made.� Subbed on for Ipswich in the thirty-fifth minute against Leicester, he kept a clean sheet for the rest of the match.� Supple's future looked bright, but almost as soon as he debuted for the first team, the Dublin native met with Roy Keane to effectively end his young career.

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It's been a long hard summer for Rafa.

In

Glen Johnson

Already proven himself to be a very effective attacking force and offers more than the steady but unspectacular Alvaro Arbeloa. Seemed pricey when initially purchased but seems like a very good transfer even after such a short spell, hopefully will get better and better.

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Another week of Premiership action is now in the books, and Thursday means one thing: it's time for the Thursday Throwdown from A to Z. Here we go...

A� is for Anelka. Chelsea fans should be counting their lucky stars that both Nicolas Anelka and Didier Drogba are in spectacular form.

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.Arsenal Transfered In: Thomas Vermaelen (Ajax, £11m), Damian Martinez (Club Athletico Independiente, £1.3m), Jamie Edge (Cheltenham, undisc) Transfered Out: Abu Ogogo (Dag & Red, free), Amaury Bischoff (Academica de Coimbra, free), Emmanuel Adebayor (Man C, £25m), Kolo Toure (Man C, £14m), Jay Simpson (QPR, loan), James Dunne (Exeter, free), Rui Fonte (Lisbon, free), Rene Steer (Oldham, free), [. Click to continue reading...

Steve Hoawrd of Leicester, who was more than a handful in the first half on Monday night, against his home town club, has come out and said Alan Shearer has to be the new manager on Tyenside. Steve Howard it must be Shearer Howard began his career at non-league club Tow Law Town, back in [...] Click to continue reading...

A disappointing outcome to a really good game of football.
The game could have gone either way and both teams played with tenacity and commitment.
The Foxes played the best I have seen since I began supporting them almost 2 and a half years ago.
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Nile Ranger will in all likelihood start as striker tonight against Leicester, but the 18 year-old must be given sufficient support up front. Nile Ranger - second successive start tonight? Ranger seemed to struggle in the first half last Wednesday against Huddersfield, until Ameobi was introduced at half-time to partner him and give him some physical support [. Click to continue reading...

Nigel Pearson has bolstered his Leicester City squad with the loan signing of Ryan McGivern from Manchester City.

The 19 year old left-back joins the Foxes until January from the Premier League side and City are waiting to hear back from the Premier League for Ryan to receive clearance to play in Monday night's clash against Newcastle United, at St.

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Tom Cleverley made it 2-0 against Valencia on Wednesday, something that has made the youngster very proud. He has admitted that after watching his friend Danny Welbeck score in front of the Stretford End against Stoke last season he was jealous, but now he can be happy that he's done the same.

"To score in front of the Stretford End?

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Bolton Chairman Phil Gartside has called for a two-tier Premier League with no relegation to the Football League.

This controversial idea could offer hope for some of the clubs languishing in the Championship but cut adrift those clubs in League 1 and 2.

It seems that this will make the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

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At the end of a season where we fielded no less than five goalkeepers (not all together of course!), it's reassuring to hear that we have some new, hungry, blood on the way.
Slightly unsettling, however, is the array of headlines in different publications about the move.
"Pearson nets Weale". Click to continue reading...

New Blackpool boss has got OTP in stitches already Ian Holloway has only been in the Blackpool hot-seat for a day and he is already reminding us what we have been missing since he was sacked by Leicester. Holloway compared his stint with the Foxes to an extra-marital affair. He said: "What I wanna do now is [. Click to continue reading...

Rafa Benitez is ready to make Sami Hyypia captain for his final Liverpool appearance.
The Finnish centre-back is leaving Anfield this summer after 10 years with the club after agreeing a two-year deal with Bayer Leverkusen.
And Benitez, whose side host Spurs on Sunday, admits the Reds will be losing a legend when the 35-year-old leaves Merseyside. Click to continue reading...

Supreme drop-outs
The 16 Teams That Have Been Relegated From England's Top Flight Most Often In The Last Fifty Seasons
1. Leicester City (7 times)
2. Sunderland (7 times)
3. Birmingham City (6 times)
4. Crystal Palace (6 times)
5. Manchester City (5 times)
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Astrit Ajdarevic doesn't have a long term future with Liverpool but the young midfielder claims that there is interest in him from a Premier League club.
Ajdarevic is currently on loan with Leicester, who are interested in keeping him next season, but the Swede is keeping his options open, as he explained to Fotbollskanalen:
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No, sadly not Canberra, not yet..but Burton Albion.
I was born in the Brewing Capital of the World, surrounded by Brian Clough League Champs Derby County, European Cup winners Aston Villa, and Notts Forest, and the super Baggies of the 1980's.
Burton is just eight miles from Derby, 21 from Nottingham, 25 from Birmingham, 30 Stoke, 25 Leicester, 25 West Brom, 25 Wolves so plenty of local football around over the years. Click to continue reading...

Rites of Passage are an important feature in most societies and cultures across the world.
It is the duty and the privilege of a parent to guide and support their child at such times.
For my son, Junior Goonier, today saw his journey from a sofa-based football fan to the world of the live game. Click to continue reading...

Simon from Leicester is now officially a new personal hero. He didn't call MUTV to discuss last night's game, he called in to compliment Gary Pallister on the size - or supposed size - of his package (much to Paul Parker's shock and dismay). Who, besides Pallister apparently, has the balls to do that? Click to continue reading...

Transfer campaign has hit the boiling point and many of the players from English lower tiers have been in the heat over the past couple of days. Let's start chronologically, from our last briefing. Firstly, Bristol City striker, Steve Brooker, has finally become a Doncaster member and Sean O'Driscol's wish has finally come true. Click to continue reading...

For all the players related to the Coca Cola Championship, transfer window is going on just as it was guessed. Unlike the Premier League, it appears that rumors in the lower tiers usually turn out to be quite true and it all ends up exactly as the papers talk. That was exactly what happened to the [. Click to continue reading...

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With Manchester United and Aston Villa joining most of the other Premier League clubs in the fourth round, the FA Cup draw has cooked up some interesting draws. The pick of the bunch is perhaps the Merseyside derby. Everton will be making the short trip to Anfield in the fourth round to take on cross-town rivals Liverpool. Click to continue reading...

So the FA Cup dream is over for another year after Leicester comfortably progressed into the 2nd round of the competition beating Stevenage by 3 goals to nil. Graham Westley decided to stick with the core of the team that grinded out a 1-0 victory away at Woking last weekend, only replacing Callum Willock with [. Click to continue reading...

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