Ireland manager Giovanni Trapattoni has named a 24-man squad for the upcoming international friendly against the Czech Republic in Dublin on February 29th.
Speaking after the squad announcement, the Irish boss said, "This game is the beginning of our Euro 2012 preparations.
"As we face this fixture, it is important for our players to remember the attitude and performance that brought us qualification.

Now the title of this one might be rather annoying to some fans. Many (me included) have seen Tom Cleverley becoming something of a savior for our team. In truth, when we were 2-0 down against City...
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By FRANCO PANIZO

Chelsea is looking for a better second half of the season in the Premiership, and it is hoping the signing of an attacking midfielder will help them do that.

Chelsea is set to sign Kevin De Bruyne from Belgian club RC Genk on a five-year deal.

Finisce a Leicester il sogno dello Swindon Town Di Renato Cignoni LEICESTER CITY 2 (4'-52' Beckford)SWINDON TOWN 0 Swindon Town:Wes Foderingham; Paul Caddis (cap), Joe Devera, Alan McCormack, Alessandro Cibocchi; Matt Ritchie, Oliver Risser, Simon Ferry (Thompson L '81), Raffaele De Vita (Gabilondo '54), Paul Benson, Alan Connell (Murray '60)Sostituti: Phil Smith , Jonathan Smith, Lukas Magera,

A pair of heated English derby match-ups headline today's action, and both will have added subplots that will only make things more intense.

Manchester United and Liverpool clash in their first meeting since the controversial match where Luis Suarez allegedly used racial slurs against Patrice Evra; while London rivals Chelsea and Queens Park Rangers meet for the first time since John Terry allegedly used a racial slur against Anton Ferdinand.

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CONCACAF's two places in the women's soccer tournament at this summer's Olympics will be determined Friday night, as the U.S. women look to maintain their stretch of dominance and clinch a place in London with a win over Costa Rica.

Friday, January 27
11am Niger vs Tunisia Al Jazeera Sports USA
2pm Gabon vs Morocco Al Jazeera Sports USA
2:30pm Hannover 96 vs Nürnberg ESPN3, ESPN Deportes
2:45pm Watford vs Tottenham Hotspur Fox Soccer Plus, FoxSoccer.tv, Fox Soccer 2Go
3pm Everton vs Fulham FSC
8pm USA vs Costa Rica concacaf.

Reports are reaching us that Nottingham Forest Head Coach (Driver) has landed himself in deep water. It seems that Steve Cotterill sought to emulate the late, great Brian Clough by driving the team coach to the FA Cup 3rd Round Replay at Leicester last week [...]

By Chris Wright

Like a deleted scene from the airport bit in Love Actually, Leicester City pair Sean St. Ledger and Kasper Schmeichel touch nipples to celebrate their 2-0 win over Southampton last night...

Beautiful.

With love blossoming all around at St.

Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 Highlights 2012 David Nugent Matt Mills Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 Highlights 2012 David Nugent Matt Mills Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Southampton vs Leicester 2012 ( Saints v Leicester video Below) Final score and result:- Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 ( David Nugent, Matt Mills) St.

Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 Highlights 2012 David Nugent Matt Mills Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 Highlights 2012 David Nugent Matt Mills Goals Video is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Southampton vs Leicester 2012 ( Saints v Leicester video Below) Final score and result:- Southampton vs Leicester 0-2 ( David Nugent, Matt Mills) St.

Nottingham Forest's Robbie Findley had the chance to level Tuesday's match against local rivals Leicester from 2 yards out, but make quite a mess of things... After Kasper Schmeichel makes a mess of dealing with a cross, American Robbie Findley has the chance to tap in to make it 1-1. His missed opportunity and the [.

Rescue teams have said they are abandoning their search for survivors of the passenger ship Nottingham Forest which sank off the coast of Leicester last night [...]

Put this miss down as one for the season. 2 metres out in front of goal and Robbie Findley makes a complete mess after Leicester City's goalie fails to hold onto a cross. Findley's club, Nottingham Forest were humbled by City letting in four goals without scoring any in their FA Cup third round tie.

By Chris Wright

Forest got stuffed 4-0 at Leicester City in the FA Cup third round replay last night. Safe to say, I don't want to talk about. Quite honestly, it could've been double figures had Leicester not had the good grace to stop playing for the last half-an-hour.

Leicester v Nottingham Forest FA Cup Highlights 4-0 Video Jermaine Beckford Goals 2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Leicester v Nottingham Forest FA Cup Highlights 4-0 Video Jermaine Beckford Goals 2012 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter Leicester v Nottingham Forest 2012 ( Leicester vs Forest video below) Final score and result:- Leicester vs Nottingham Forest 4-0 ( George Boateng own goal, Jermaine Beckford*3) Walkers Stadium, FA Cup- [.

Video- Robbie Findley miss vs Leicester FA Cup 2012 Nottm Forest is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Video- Robbie Findley miss vs Leicester FA Cup 2012 Nottm Forest is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Robbie Findley miss vs Leicester City ( see video of Findley miss Below) was probably one of the misses of the season in the FA Cup so far.

Video- Robbie Findley miss vs Leicester FA Cup 2012 Nottm Forest is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter

Video- Robbie Findley miss vs Leicester FA Cup 2012 Nottm Forest is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Robbie Findley miss vs Leicester City ( see video of Findley miss Below) was probably one of the misses of the season in the FA Cup so far.

Leicester City - Nottingham Forest 2:30pm - Fox Soccer FA Cup Third Round replay for Robbie Findley's Nottingham Forest and a reminder that draws don't lead to overtime and penalties in the venerable FA Cup. Instead, they lead to hastily arranged additions to the schedule. Findley was used as a substitute over the weekend, with Forest in the relegation zone in the Championship at 22nd.

Resultados FA Cup 2011/2012 Tercer Ronda Ida
Viernes 6 de enero de 2012 5 Liverpool vs Oldham Athletic 1Sábado 7 de enero de 2012 0 Birmingham vs Wolverhampton Wanderers 00 Dagenham & Redbridge vs Millwall 02 Barnsley vs Swansea City 41 Brighton vs Wrexham 11 Coventry City vs Southampton 21 Crawley Town vs Bristol City 01 Derby County vs Crystal Palace 00 Doncaster Rovers vs Notts County 22 Everton vs Tamworth 01 Fleetwood Town vs Blackpool 54 Fulham vs Charlton Athletic 01 Gillingham vs Stoke City 33 Hull City vs Ipswich Town 12 Macclesfield Town vs Bolton Wanderers 21 Middlesbrough vs Shrewsbury Town 01 Milton Keynes Dons vs Queens Park Rangers 12 Newcastle United vs Blackburn Rovers 14 Norwich City vs Burnley 10 Nottingham Forest vs Leicester City 00 Reading vs Stevenage 13 Sheffield United vs Salisbury City 12 Swindon Town vs Wigan Athletic 13 Tottenham Hotspur vs Cheltenham Town 04 Watford vs Bradford City 24 West Bromwich Albion vs Cardiff City 21 Bristol Rovers vs Aston Villa 3Domingo 8 de enero de 2012 2 Manchester City vs Manchester United 34 Chelsea vs Portsmouth 01 Sheffield Wednesday vs West Ham United 00 Peterborough United vs Sunderland 2Lunes 9 de enero de 2012 1 Arsenal vs Leeds United 0 Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol

By JOHN BOSCHINI

The FA Cup has lost some of its prestige with the rise of the Premier League but Sunday's clash between Manchester United and Manchester City was a glimpse at the drama knockout competitions can provide in a 3-2 win for United.

United were up by three goals before halftime thanks to two goals from Wayne Rooney and a stunning strike from Danny Welbeck.

Nude pictures of Robbie Savage stripped naked for Cosmopolitan Magazine to publicise testicular cancer awareness and send women everywhere drooling have been released. The former Leicester City, Birmingham and Derby ace-turned-BBC-pundit and columnist threw his kit off in a bid to raise awareness for testicular cancer.

Sir Alex Ferguson celebrates his 70th birthday today and his Manchester United will try to give him a present in the form of a victory and sole possession of first place when the Red Devils take on struggling Blackburn today.

Manchester United pulled even with Manchester City during the most recent set of Premier League matches, but can pull ahead with a victory against a Rovers side that has endured a nightmare season under manager Steve Kean.

New Year's Day will usher in 2012 this weekend, but it will also provide us with a loaded menu of English Premier League matches as most of the league pulls off a two-games-in-three-days marathon over the next three days.

Brad Guzan will look to continue his stellar form for Aston Villa when his team travels to London to take on Chelsea on Saturday.

At the time of this writing, no programming information was available for Fox Soccer Channel for Saturday, December 31 and Sunday, January 1.

Friday, December 30
2:45pm Liverpool vs Newcastle United FSC
7:30pm Xelaju vs Comunicaciones (Copa Mesoamericana) Azteca America
9:30pm Jaguares vs Isidro Metpan (Copa Mesoamericana) Azteca America

Saturday, December 31
7:15am Leicester City vs Portsmouth FSP, foxsoccer.

With the FA Cup third round just around the corner, let's take a look at how the cup was won last season.
Arsenal and Manchester City were given scares by Championship sides on their way to the fourth round. The Gunners needed a late penalty to earn a replay at Elland Road, while City were taken to a replay by Leicester City.

Former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage has blasted Luis Suarez for getting caught on camera making a gesture to Fulham fans, but he has also defended the Liverpool striker over the 'crazy' charge handed down by the FA. In his weekly column, Savage was his usual blunt self: "The FA charge against Luis Suarez for raising a finger to Fulham supporters is crazy.

By Alan Duffy

Thedraw for the third round of the FA Cup was made on Sunday afternoon, with the occasion throwing out a few tasty looking ties, none more so than the meeting of City and United.

Sir Alex Ferguson will no doubt have wanted a rather easier draw, although the chance to get some revenge for the 6-1 mauling at Old Trafford might well give United an extra incentive in this game.

The draw for this season's FA Cup 3rd round was made today with Manchester City drawn Manchester United at hom in what is the draw of the round. There will be only one other all Premier League tie with Newcastle at home to Blackburn, while non-league Tamworth got a dream tie with Everton at Goodison Park.

Kenny Dalglish is one of Liverpool's most successful managers, and is one of only three managers to win the league with two different teams. Liverpool fans would almost certainly argue that the King is a World Class manager, but former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage is not so sure.

Former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage has been sticking the knife into Liverpool again, this time claiming that Kenny Dalglish overspent on Andy Carroll, Stewart Downing, and Jordan Henderson, players he feels are not good enough for a title-challenging team
Savage, who recently suggested that Liverpool were '200m off the pace' argued:
"If Liverpool don't finish in the Champions League places this season - and after draws to Norwich and Swansea, there's no guarantee they will - they won't even be in the market for the very best players.

As I'm sure every Liverpool fan remembers, Steven Gerrard almost became a Chelsea player on two separate occasions during the mid-2000s. Thankfully, he decided to stay at Anfield, but almost 7 years later, Gerrard still hasn't won what he desires the most: the league title.
Time is running out for Liverpool's captain, and former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage believes that Gerrard must leave Anfield if he is to achieve that goal:
"I'm sure Gerrard doesn't regret turning down Chelsea and Real Madrid in summer 2005 to stay with Liverpool.

Kenny Dalglish has spent over £100m on new players since returning to Anfield, and he has repeatedly stated that the club's current squad is much stronger than it was last season. There may be some truth to that contention, but former Leicester City and Blackburn Rovers midfielder Robbie Savage believes Liverpool still need to spend a huge amount of money to be in with a chance of winning the title.

Today there was only going to be one game in Loughborough in the form of Genesis FC, but on having had a butchers at some of the under-21 fixtures in the Midland Combination an easy Loughborough double stood out. The Under-21's section of the Midland Combination was set up this season and the majority of the kick-offs are on Saturday mornings.

John Terry scandal: FA examine new footage and Kevin Keegan for Leicester City job

FA investigators will examine footage from 20 Sky cameras in a bid to establish if John Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinand. And Kevin Keegan has emerged as a shock target for Leicester City.

FA examine new John Terry footage and Kevin Keegan for Leicester City job

FA investigators will examine footage from 20 Sky cameras in a bid to establish if John Terry racially abused Anton Ferdinand. And Kevin Keegan has emerged as a shock target for Leicester City.

Part 4 of my mapping series covers the premier division of the North Leicestershire League. The information I have on the league only goes back to 1997.
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CLUB NAMEJOINED NLL1ANSTEY CROWN20032ANSTEY TOWN2009 (prev. Leicestershire Senior League)3ASFORDBY VILLAGE2005 (prev.

For Leicester City, might British be best? is a post from: Just Football

By David Cockcroft

An October managerial casualty seems to be the norm in today's game, yet the news of Sven Goran Eriksson heading out of the Leicester City exit door came as no little surprise to the football world.

Sven-Goran Eriksson sacked by Leicester City Telegraph.

Leicester City today dismissed, or "agreed by mutual consent to part ways" depending on which news source you trust, former England manager Sven Goran Eriksson after 12 months in charge and after something close to $20m of player purchases had been flushed down the sewer.

By Alan Duffy

The former Leicester City hardman has managed to keep himself in the public eye courtesy of some ropey punditry and a spell on the Beeb's Strictly Come Dancing show.

However, on Strictly at the weekend, the blonde media node made a right eejit of himself (again) when a naff kissing of the camera move earned him a broken nose.