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Anyone who cannot make it down to the Boleyn on Wednesday can follow the Hammers in their Carling
Cup match against Macclesfield on BBC London 94.9.
Hull City, Bolton and Newcastle all suffered surprising friendly defeats against lower league sides
in England on Saturday afternoon, but do the results of these pre-season fixtures really matter?
Crewe, Macclesfield and Doncaster may be reveling in their victories over their Premier League
counterparts, but will Phil Brown, Gary Megson and Kevin Keegan be particularly worried [.
As a proud United fan for many years, I have witnessed a great number of very talented players come
through the Old Trafford doors. I have also seen a select few of these players become managers. Roy
Keane, Mark Hughes, Steve Bruce, and now Paul Ince, to name a few. To be honest, I never expected
Ince to delve into football management's long corridors.
Bruce...the full gamut of human emotion
Premiership -- We got a welcome early opportunity to witness the Steve Bruce Incredulous Face on
MotD after Wigan's defeat at West Ham. He claimed that even Hammers' fans would admit that his side
had been superior and, for once, his assertion was justified.
For me the initial raison d'etre behind collecting and analysing football statistics was to help my
football betting. I reasoned that shot statistics would be especially useful in identifying which
teams had been unlucky and therefore underestimated by the oddsmakers. As time went on I became
more interested in what the data revealed about teams, players and strategies, rather than using it
as a predictive tool.
Those of you with keen memories might recall a little earlier in the year we ran a quite excellent
piece talking about the prevalence/lack of black managers throughout the four professional football
leagues in this country. It was quite shocking, but not altogether surprising really when you think
about it.
Goodness me, that Paul Ince is an ambitious fellow.He helps Macclesfield escape relegation and then
engineers promotion from League Two for MK Dons. Suddenly, that makes him the best thing since
sliced bread according to his biggest fan - himself! The Sun report that the new Blackburn manager
might be letting things get to his head [.
Roberto Di Matteo the scorer of the fastest FA Cup Final goal (43 seconds) has taken over
as manager at newly promoted MK Dons.
Roberto takes his first managerial job, without any experience BUT with the qualifications,
from Paul Ince who has gone to Blackburn Rovers and who has been given dispensation by the Premier
League to obtain his qualifications within two years.
Paul Ince today became the first British Black Premiership Manager by signing a three year contract
to manage Blackburn Rovers.
The job became vacant went Mark Hughes moved up the road to Man City.
Ince has certainly took himself up the rungs of the managerial ladder - Swindon Town,
Macclesfield Town and MK Dons.
The Guardian reports that although Blackburn Rovers have bagged themselves an up-and-coming
manager, they have lost the financial support of the Jack Walker estate. Paul Ince isn't the kind
of person who takes bad news well, he is a self-styled winner and one can only imagine his
incandescent rage when he was [.
Former Liverpool captain Paul Ince took over at Blackburn this week amidst much media fuss
about him being the first British born black manager in the top flight. Yet should such a big deal
be made out of the colour of his skin? A Liverpool Thing editor Paul Grech thinks
not.
All praise Blackburn for going against trend and convention by appointing Paul Ince as manager.
Soccerword's League Two Predictions
1. Darlington
2. Bradford
3. Rochdale
4. Wycombe
5. Shrewsbury
6. Chesterfield
7. Brentford
8. Notts County
9. Port Vale
10. Grimsby Town
11. Gillingham
12. Lincoln City
13.
The ticketing arrangements for the Carling Cup tie against Macclesfield have been confirmed and are
as follows; Standard Adult Season Ticket Holder Senior/Youth Member All Juniors Band 1
£25 £20 £10 £5 Band 2 £25 £20 £8 £5 Band 3 £20
£15 £7.50 £5 Band 4 £15 £10 £5 £5 The match is to be
played Wednesday, August 27, 2008 19:45
Happy days for the Hammers or a potential banana skin waiting to happen? West Ham have been drawn
against League Two's Macclesfield in the 2nd round of the Carling Cup. The game will be played at
the Boleyn during the week of August 25th. Hopefully this match will set us up for a nice cup
run... something [.
West Ham defender George McCartney could make a shock return to action in Wednesday evening's
Carling Cup second round visit of League Two Macclesfield Town. The 27-year-old - an ever-present
last season - has yet to feature this term after being sidelined with a hamstring injury and a bout
of pneumonia.
Tonight the mighty Hammers of West Ham will limp into a match against League Two opposition in the
form of Macclesfield. Hopefully Curbs and the boys who on paper should easily beat this team, will
avoid slipping on the potential banana skin that the Silkmen represent. Curbishley says he is going
to start a full strength [.
It's no secret that Alan Curbishley is the bookmaker's favourite in their Premier League 'Sack
Race' market, something that no manager wants to win. West Ham's 4-1 victory over Macclesfield has
done little to end speculation that the Hammers boss is living on borrowed time, especially as the
Premier League .
Soccerword's League Two Predictions
1. Darlington
2. Bradford
3. Rochdale
4. Wycombe
5. Shrewsbury
6. Chesterfield
7. Brentford
8. Notts County
9. Port Vale
10. Grimsby Town
11. Gillingham
12. Lincoln City
13.
