Paul Scholes is hoping Sir Alex Ferguson doesn't retire any time soon as he believes having the stability of one manager can ensure silverware.

"His record speaks for itself," said Scholes. "Twenty-three years is a long time and, hopefully, he can continue to be here and win trophies for a long time to come.

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Oh Luca... it's been a long time / via Reuters

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Sir Alex Ferguson is into his 23rd year as Man United manager and midfielder Paul Scholes hopes he will be at Old Trafford for many years to come. Sir Alex was sent to retire at the end of the 2001/02 Premier League season but that was called off.
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Eduardo has committed his future to Arsenal by signing a new long-term contract at Emirates Stadium.
The 26-year-old Brazil-born Croatia international suffered horrific leg and ankle injuries against Birmingham in February 2008 and was sidelined for almost a year as he battled his way back to full fitness. Click to continue reading...

It will be talked about for a long time: a World Cup berth "handed" to France. Thierry's Henry helping hand assist (and a blown offside call) teed up William Gallas for the extra time clincher to leave Ireland feeling backhanded...... but that was hardly the only drama on hand.Earlier, Algeria, Greece and Slovenia procured invites to South Africa via upsets, with Portugal closing out a tidy sweep Click to continue reading...

So the club yesterday confirmed Robin van Persie's injury and the prognosis that he'd be out for around 6 weeks. Now that it's official we can all run around and panic, throwing our hands up in the air like sometimes we feel like doing. I know, I know.

What did emerge yesterday is that Robin is set to try a revolutionary new treatment, apparently with the blessing of the club, whereby he'll travel to Serbia to have his ankle massaged with placenta fluid.

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I really really feel for Robin van Persie. The geezer is in the form of his life, has been injury-free for a long time and then BAM! This happens.
A torn fucking ankle ligament.
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As the world of football continues to mourn the suicide of German goalkeeper Robert Enke on Tuesday and the crippling depression that led to it, mentally challenged French national team manager Raymond Domenech had this to say in his Friday press conference:

"People can say what they want, when they want.

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Here, let me help all of you with my short interview with the Creeper today:

On the Sounders FC inaugural season . . .
"Obviously at the end of the day when you look at the whole thing it was a pretty special year.

I made a lot of money.

It was a special year from the standpoint of what went on in Seattle in terms of the fans, the enthusiasm, the connection to the sport, the unique atmosphere that got created on a game and game basis and I think it was a special year for our team.

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So we are facing Real Salt Lake for the Eastern Conference Semis, even though RSL isn't from the East! I know it is kinda oxymoronic, but the system has worked for the MLS in the past when one Conference (cough cough, the East last year) is completely dominant over the other. Either way, both teams got here in dramatic fashion.

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Preki is leaving Chivas USA...so where will he go next? (Getty Images)

Some news that I'd like to say we've been calling here for the last couple weeks has finally come down. Chivas USA and Preki have decided to go their own ways as they mutually agree to Preki stepping down as the club's manager, this according to a press release just sent out by the club.

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Sir Alex Ferguson has been handed a four match touchline ban as well as a £20,000 for questioning the fitness of referee Alan Wiley.

After spending an unusually long time to book Anton Ferdinand in the second half, Ferguson claimed this was because Wiley needed a chance to get his breath back.

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In this video worksheet post we use a clip from the excellent The History Of Football [2002] [DVD]on the topic of Folk Football. There is also a worksheet, transcript and answer sheet below. The report lasts for 2 minutes 10 seconds.

Folk Football Worksheet | Worksheet Answers | Transcript

Transcript
The legend, whether true or not, is still enacted year in, year out by the people
of Kirkwall, Scotland, making it one of the last strongholds of the game, which for hundreds of years dominated Britain.

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As we draw ever nearer to the big kick-off here is another classic encounter between today's two warring parties. This turned out to be one of the most entertaining Community/Charity Shield finals in a long time.

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Aside from the Manchester United scalp, Liverpool are winless since late September - a feat Birmingham City manager Alex McLeish hopes won't be remedied when his side take on Rafael Benitez's Reds on Monday evening.
McLeish, however, empathises with Benitez over the situation that has engulfed Anfield.

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Steven Gerrard was "devastated" when Xabi Alonso left Liverpool FC and admits the Reds have missed the Spaniard.
Liverpool FC captain Gerrard, who is currently injured forged a good understanding with Alonso in midfield. Alonso moved on to Real Madrid in the summer, since when Liverpool have struggled for form in the Premier League and Champions League. Click to continue reading...

"Devastated, yeah. Devastated. But there was nothing I could do about it...Â

Xabi said a long time ago that he wanted another chapter in his career and finally he got it and his team-mates and the coaches couldn't stand in his way. We just have to say thanks and move forward without him.

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"Devastated, yeah. Devastated. But there was nothing I could do about it...Â

Xabi said a long time ago that he wanted another chapter in his career and finally he got it and his team-mates and the coaches couldn't stand in his way. We just have to say thanks and move forward without him.

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"Devastated, yeah. Devastated. But there was nothing I could do about it. Xabi said a long time ago that he wanted another chapter in his career and finally he got it and his team-mates and the coaches couldn't stand in his way. We just have to say thanks and move forward without him. Click to continue reading...

On Tuesday, Arsene Wenger provided good and bad news when providing his usual injury bulletin update. As revealed last week, Nicklas Bendtner will be out for a long time and he will now be joined ... Click to continue reading...

On Tuesday, Arsene Wenger provided good and bad news when providing his usual injury bulletin update. As revealed last week, Nicklas Bendtner will be out for a long time and he will now be joined ...

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Jamie Carragher admits Liverpool are paying the price for letting Nicolas Anelka leave the club.
The Chelsea striker enjoyed a productive loan spell at Anfield under Gerard Houllier in 2001-02, but chose not to sign the Frenchman permanently, instead signing El Hadji Diouf was signed for £12 million. Click to continue reading...

Well, just as my preview for the first match against AZ announced a monthlong injury to Theo Walcott, I'm afraid I've got more bad injury news to report here.

Gael Clichy reportedly has a stress fracture in his back, and will be out for about a month. Two weeks of that month will be the international break, but he will, at the very least, miss league fixtures against Wolves and Chelsea and Champions League matches against AZ and Standard.

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Franz Smuda called up his first ever squad as the coach of the Polish national team. There were a few surprises such as the absence of Shakhtar's Mariusz Lewandowski and the inclusion of the long time no seen Kamil Kosowski or less than impressive Janusz Gancarczyk. Smuda claims that the door is not closed for anybody and that no player is guaranteed future call ups.

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We're finally here.
After 7 months of grueling regular season action, the Fire is just two hours away from kicking off Game 1 of their two game Eastern Conference Semifinal against New England. Today's game should be a hard-fought, physical battle (as it always is between the two long time rivals. Click to continue reading...

Well, more suffering for fans at Qwest. It's beyond a cliché to say that MLS referring is subpar, but there were two hugely controversial calls that will soon be reverberating over the interwebs. First is Onstad getting off with just a yellow. It's hard to see how that's not a red, and the Montero yellow is also mystifying.

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This Saturday will once again see another North London derby. A fixture which is one of my favourite throughout the year and yet at the same time one that I dread the most. For the last 10 years, Arsenal have been the favourite to win the derby which means that anything less than this feels like a victory for Spurs.

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Emile Heskey has been offered words of encouragement from Aston Villa manager Martin O'Neill. Heskey is known to be unhappy with his lack of playing time at Villa Park, and with his World Cup spot on the line, O'Neill indicated that Heskey still figures into his plans.

The former Liverpool striker has been heavily linked with a move in January, but O'Neill's comments suggest that he can relate to the striker's situation.

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Boro announce Southgate's successor days after everyone already knew about it! Expect post match interviews at the Riverside to be far more fun from now on.

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Middlesbrough have appointed Gordon Strachan as their new manager.

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Striker Michael Owen only joined Manchester United the summer just gone (2009), but manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes that Owen could be at Man United for a long time yet.
Owen signed a two-year contract with Man United but Sir Alex believes that the 29-year old could stay on for longer than that. Click to continue reading...

Game story.

Notable: The Galaxy set a new club record tonight for shutouts - 12. Quite a turnaround from last year when the team had just two - a club-record low for a season.

Quotable:
Here's former Galaxy Coach Frank Yallop on his old club's playoff outlook -

"They're well-organized.

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You just can't get that Saturday feeling without football can you? Well, I say without football but there is just no Arsenal today, it should be a crime against humanity if you ask me and when I come to power one day I will make sure that there is Arsenal 24/7, 12 months of the year. I might even make sure there is some Arsenal on that extra day in a leap year.

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There is not a bloodsucker in sight but it is the weekend and this is getting heavy iPhone rotation at the moment. I feel like it's a bit early to be two singles-deep into Contra since it doesn't drop until January but I'm not going to sweat it as Adam, Gabe and the other guys at their label, Beggars, always have a plan. Click to continue reading...

Ahead of the last meeting between Manchester United and Liverpool, Wayne Rooney claimed he hated Liverpool. The following day we got thumped 4-1 and our favourable position in the league started to look increasingly shaky and the bragging rights were lost.

So ahead of Sunday's game, another big scouse-hater has been interviewed, but he has gone for the more diplomatic approach, talking of his respect for Liverpool, whilst still acknowledging the rivalry.

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So almost without us (or me, anyway) even realizing it, we appear to possibly have a goalkeeping controversy on our hands.

After Manuel Almunia went down a few games into the season with a "chest infection", and last season's number two, Lukasz Fabianski, was also out with a long term injury, we had to hand the gloves over to young Italian Vito Mannone.

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