Pure craziness from the FA as per bloody usual!
RAFA BENITEZ had reasons for celebrations and puzzlement today as the dust settled on
his disciplinary hearing with the FA.
The Liverpool manager was found guilty of making an "offensive" gesture – simulating a pair of
glasses – to referee Phil Dowd after the official failed to give the Reds a second penalty during
the 2-1 defeat at Tottenham on August 16.
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Off the Post 14 October @ 04:35 AM EST
This photo of Crystal Palace boss saves Rafa Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez escaped an FA
disciplinary hearing with just a warning about his future conduct after successfully presenting a
picture of Crystal Palace manager Neil Warnock as his defence. Benitez looked to be in hot water
for reaching into his pocket and pulling out his glasses after [.
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Can it be only two weeks since West Brom's stunning 5-0 win at co-promotion favourites
Middlesbrough?For since that game, which left many pundits regarding Albion as automatic promotion
shoe-ins, an autumnal chill has descended on the Hawthorns, blowing away the sunny late-summer
optimism.First, there was the League Cup elimination against the Wenger boys.
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Soccer Pie 02 September @ 01:07 AM EST
The younger ones of us remember the old fox when he was at the helm of the modest
Sheffield United squad in the Premier League, season 2006/07. No one expected them
to almost survive in the elite, the team whose best striker was John Stead and
best players Phil Jagielka and experienced back Keath
Gillespie.
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SoccerLens 30 August @ 12:06 PM EST
Football is much more than just a sport. It is nothing without its history and traditions, its
routine and habits, or its passion and drama. The sport establishes its roots over an area much
wider than the field of play, an art form which - across much of the world at least - has spilled
over to dominate mainstream culture.
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Newcastle United continued their impressive start to the season and went top of the Championship
with a well earned victory over Crystal Palace.
Regardless of the uncertainty surrounding the future of the club, the Toon players are showing
they are more than up for the fight with goals from Kevin Nolan and a cracker from Ryan Taylor.
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There are rumours that Newcastle United will make an announcement about the sale of the club on
Monday, although I can't find a direct quote from anyone at the club about this announcement. Other
rumours suggest it may be late next week before we find out anything. Sky Sports claims that talks
are continuing with Barry [.
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Newcastle, unbeaten this season travel down to London to take on Crystal Palace at Selhurst
Park. Last week, Neil Warnock, Palace's manager was justifiably infuriated by the goal scored by
young Spears which was disallowed. Let's hope the refs will be equally in our favour tomorrow!
NUFC Team News: Barton won't feature for the Toon, while young Andy Carroll and
Nicky Butt are expected to take some part in the game.
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Winners from London and in the Bundesliga, injuries in the Premier league, women fighting all
figure in this week's good, bad and ugly section.
Good
Two from two for Wolfsburg. The German champions continue their good start with a 3-1 away win
over Cologne.
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In the Mixer 19 August @ 01:41 PM EST
Most people haven't attended a refereeing course, but we can only assume that Lesson One covers
what to do when a player hits the round thing between the two white posts – or maybe not if
Crystal Palace's recent trip to Bristol City is anything to go by.
It did not take long for the season to witness its first truly calamitous piece of refereeing, or
for those in favour of introducing technology to aid officials to re-issue their orders to drag the
game into the 21st century.
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Sometimes, one has to wonder whether this sort of thing follows Neil Warnock around. In 2007,
Sheffield United were relegated on the last day of the season after Carlos Tevez scored an unlikely
winner for West Ham United at Old Trafford. In February 2008, he accused a linesman of celebrating
a goal for Bristol City in a match against his Crystal Palace team.
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Yes, you have read this story in 17 different newspapers in the past 5 years, and yes it's back
again. For the umpteenth time in the history of the Premier League, the old row over goal-line
technology has hit the surface once again. This latest uproar comes courtesy of a truly hilarious
and ridiculous incident during [.
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Crystal Palace Manager Neil Warnock is still fuming after Freddie Sears' 34th minute goal in the
Eagles match against Bristol City Sunday was disallowed.
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Big Story
It's a scenario goal-line technology advocates live for.
On Saturday, everyone believed Crystal Palace's Freddie Sears had made it 1-0 over Bristol City
in the 34th minute when his mid-air strike flew into the net and back out off the stanchion.
Everyone, save referee Rob Shoebridge and assistant Chris Knowles, who adjudged the ball to have
careened off the post.
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The Offside 16 August @ 10:26 AM EST
There's definitely some sort of cosmic karmic balancing force at work in the English Championship.
Last season we had the infamous phantom goal, which ref Stuart Atwell awarded to Reading despite
the ball not coming anywhere near crossing the line. And this season we have "the goal that never
was" (above) with Crystal Palace's Freddie Sear's [.
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Soccerblog 16 August @ 07:49 AM EST
Anyone following English League by now knows the strange case of Freddie Sears's goal being
disallowed after it clearly went in before hitting a stanchion and bouncing out. The referee Rob
Shoebridge awarded Bristol City a goal kick after extensive consultation with the linesman as
disbelieving players surrounded him.
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One of the greatest soap opera returns to television screens on Friday and it will provide us
fans with the characters that will love and the ones we love to hate. No this is not Eastenders or
Coronation Street it's the Football LEAGUE!
The three Coca-Cola leagues, that are arguably the most competitive leagues in the world, are
packed with teams all eager to hit the ground running at the weekend.
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Championship Diamonds Daily Mail/Abigail Montrose"Young diamonds in the lower leagues: Southampton boss Alan Pardew's guide to the rising stars from
QPR to Crystal Palace
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Normal service resumes this Saturday when finally the new football league season kicks-off! No
more Saturdays wondering round Bluewater or at some random friends BBQ, cos ladies and gents
football is back! And what an interesting season the Championship throws up this campaign, with
quite possibly the most evenly matched league there's ever been.
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The week's Ultimate 11's is Crystal Palace's poshest fan and wine connaisseur Simon Phillips.
Simon is well known for his legendary dancing, he once pulled 8 girls in one night without uttering
a single word. Phillips performs his moonwalk dancing routine during the half time interval at
selective Palace home games.
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MLS Rumors 03 July @ 08:03 AM EST
Various sources say Fulham may put Johnson on loan again....
Fulham have put striker Eddie Johnson up for a loan move to Crystal Palace.
The U.S. international has struggled to gain regular first team football at Craven Cottage and was
sent out on loan to Cardiff City last season.
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Nothing else! And all views welcome!Guardian - HAMMERS TALK: Sears sworn in to Palace- CRYSTAL PALACE have beaten off competition from QPR, Sheffield Wednesday and Peterborough to land
West Ham striker Freddie Sears on a season-long loan deal, according to the Sun.
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A day late (and a dollar short, but that's another matter), but this couldn't go without a mention.
And yes, it's also an excuse to employ the underused "Rob Styles is an imbecile" and
"schadenfreude" tags.
Rob Styles retires to escape demands of officiating
There just might be a God after all.
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Nathaniel Clyne is being linked with Arsenal (is every player being linked with Arsenal?) and Wigan
Athletic but his boss at Crystal Palace Neil Warnock said the teenager isn't going anywhere this
summer. The full-back is thought to be available...
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Afrer a week of updating a teaser for the Blackburn Rovers Umbro 2009/10 away kit, the real thing
has been unveiled courtesy of expert modeling by defender Neil Warnock! The new kit will see the
Rovers wear a white away shirt for the first time in their history along with striking red shorts
and socks.
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SoccerLens 08 May @ 05:44 PM EST
Like Marmite, the Football League Play-Offs have always divided public opinion. There are those
who revel in the unmatched drama and tension that the three-game, post-season soirée, whilst its
detractors point to an injustice that a side that missed out on automatic promotion by a single
victory (Sheffield United) should be forced into a two-legged fixture with one who scraped into the
top six thanks to a missed penalty (Preston North End).
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The final round of fixtures in the English Football Championship is set to commence this afternoon
with a number of key issues yet to be finalised. Wolves have already taken the top spot in the
league after a fantastic season which has seen them dominate almost throughout - playing some
classy football in the process.
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Deep breath. This weekend marks the end of the 2008/09 Football League season, and there is
still plenty to play for. As you may or may not be aware, the Championship plays its final round of
matches tomorrow, while League One and League Two finish up today and, as one might expect, there
are a fair few matches that will have a bearing on promotion and relegation issues.
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Warnock won't let it go Three words for Neil Warnock, GET OVER IT. No sooner had we believed that
football's most drawn out story, had finally reached a conclusion than Neil Warnock has opened his
mouth about his own loss of earnings. The end to the Carlos Tevez affair or ‘Tevezgate' as
its been dubbed was clearly not enough for the current Crystal Palace manager.
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