Port Vale's trip to Broadhall Way for their 1st round replay against Boro next Tuesday will be streamed live on the FA website. It's great news for the club as they are now due to receive £33,750 for the game being broadcasted live, even though it isn't on TV. It's an unexpected bonus for Phil Wallace and the club, who after losing the Setanta TV money in the summer have now received this income as well as part of the £1m the Premier League gave to the Conference earlier in the season.

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Stevenage made it into the draw for the second round of the FA Cup after a superb performance up at Port Vale. Boro dominated the game in long spells and were unlucky not to win the game comfortably. Vale looked poor and I think underestimated the task ahead of them. Boro manager Graham Westley will be delighted with his side's performance after ripping the League 2 club apart for the majority of the game, but will be frustrated that missed chances again cost his side winning away from home for the second weekend in a row.

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Stevenage will get home this evening and wonder how they didn't end up taking all 3 points after a dominant second half performance. Although Kettering had a couple of opportunities in added time, the second half was mostly at the other end as a host of Boro players missed chances to give the Hertfordshire side the victory.

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This week I'm bringing you a few gems...

Portsmouth vs Everton: I'm going with a big win for everton, with a cheeky 3-0 win at 21/1 on Betfair.
Tottenham vs Burnley: Gotta be Spurs with the same scoreline at 9.

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Yup, Wycombe Wanderers forward Jon-Paul Pittman has scored for the third straight match, knotting up a Football League Trophy first round contest with visitors Northampton from the spot just past the hour. It's still 1-1 with 20 to play, so he could add on with a winner.If it's just one goal, I won't bother trying to dig up a PK clip, but we do have an interview with the Wycombe site where JP Click to continue reading...

1970 senesinde Northampton-Manchester United Fa Cup maçı sonrası Northampton'da bir yerel gazete küpürü. United nispeten zayıf rakibini 8 gol ile dağıtırken George Best bu gollerin 6'sını atmış. Başlık da manidar olmuş. Tam olarak karşılığını veremesemde "United'ın İyi'si fazla iyiydi! Click to continue reading...

Three teams we are following were in Carling Cup action this week, two won and one was beaten.
In the battle of the 'Hamptons,' South beat North 2-0, Ipswich won 4-2 on penalties after drawing 3-3 away at Shrewsbury and finally Notts County lost at home to Championship side, Doncaster Rovers. Click to continue reading...

I don't know who exactly will feature for Boro in this year's Totesport.com combination league, but the fixtures have been released none the less. Wycombe will be the first opponents of the new reserve season at Broadhall Way before an away fixture at Portman Road against favourites Ipswich Town.

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League Two 2009-10 Predictions

1. Notts County
2. Rotherham
3. Bury
4. Shrewsbury
5. Bradford
6. Grimsby
7. Northampton
8. Barnet
9. Crewe
10. Rochdale
11. Darlington
12. Bournemouth
13. Chesterfield
14.

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According to Francisco Acedo at Sky Sports News, Arsenal have agreed to loan Fran Merida to Levante for the upcoming season. The deal should become official on Sunday.

According to Stoke City's official website, Stoke City have loaned out Ben Marshall to Northampton for three months.

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Some good news concerning Les Rosbif friend Lloyd Butler. Having been released by Geylang United in Singapore, the former non-league striker has turned up playing for the Prime League (reserve) side of crack team Singapore Armed Forces FC. It could represent a great move for young Butler, who, if he impresses, looks a good bet [. Click to continue reading...

According to Sky Sports News, Aston Villa have signed 16-year-old Northampton academy graduate Courtney Cameron. The fee of the deal is undisclosed.

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Paul Merson. The name conjures up many memories. For some, it's the troubled footballer who suffers from addictions of drugs, gambling and alcohol. For others, it's the former England international footballer Paul Merson, who played 327 matches for Arsenal.

If you're wondering what the legend has been up to lately, he's been doing the dinner circuit in the United Kingdom which consists of speaking engagements at sports and men's clubs.

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As a big weekend of football promotion and relegation battles approaches, research by an online casino has revealed unique insight into who will live to fight another day in the Premiership.

As the weekend of relegation battles gets closer, Gala Online Casino have predicted that Newcastle United will remain in the premiership for 2010.

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League One
Leicester City have won League One and bounce back to the Championship a season after being relegated. Peterborough continue their climb up the divisions and will join Leicester in the Championship along with the playoff winner. Scunthorpe needed a late goal from captain Cliff Byrne to earn a 1-1 draw against Tranmere to claim the final playoff spot.

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League One News
The top two clubs earn automatic promotion from League One, and Leicester City will almost certainly be one of them, especially after their 1-0 win against Millwall today. Steve Howard scored the only goal of the match as Leicester are on pace to bounce straight back up to the Championship after suffering relegation last season.

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Millwall grab their first home victory since January 17th in a 1-0 result over Northampton. The Lions greatly improved their chances for promotion as they pulled level with MK Dons in the table and moved within striking distance of 2nd place Peterborough. Gary Alexander's 9th goal of the season was the difference maker in a game that [. Click to continue reading...

When The Real Latics step out to play Leeds United next month at Boundary Park, they will be doing so in a bright Pink kit.
Pink shirts, Pink shorts and Pink socks.
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What a strange day in the Premiership for the top four.
Chelsea drew 0-0 with Newcastle
Liverpool drew 0-0 with Fulham
Man Utd drew 0-0 with Aston Villa
and the Gooners/Woolwich, lost at Man City 3-0
Now Aston Villa are in the top four and Woolwich are fifth LOL LOL
The Real Latics won at Southend 2-1, their 2nd away League win within a week. Click to continue reading...

Well I never! It's always strange when you meet someone from nearby your home town when you live over 100 miles away but particularly stranger when you meet someone who lives just down the road, yet supports the same football team as you. Now that may not seem such a co-incidence for Premier League supporting fans but when the team in question is Northampton Town, the weirdness increases! Click to continue reading...

A load of old Cobblers The F.A. Cup First Round proper kicks off this weekend and the Cobblers are thrown into the national spotlight again, this time on Setanta Sports against Leeds United. Stuart Gray's side go into the game as massive underdogs despite being in the same league as our hosts but hopefully the magic of the cup will work on our side again. Click to continue reading...

Wolves' unbeaten record is shattered After a full mid-week fixture list in The Championship, Wolves' superb start to the season was ended by fellow promotion hopefuls Reading but Birmingham failed to capitalise after being held away from home. Click to continue reading...

Sunderland manager Roy Keane has revealed that he has a zero tolerance policy towards verbal abuse. The Black Cats boss announced his policy following comments from the Sunderland crowd during the Carling Cup tie against Northampton last night. He said: "One or two supporters were abusing me and that is something I won't tolerate. Click to continue reading...

Another day, another form of competition.
Here are Tuesday's knockout stage scores in the Round 3 of the Carling Cup. All the home teams won.
Arsenal's teenage forward Vela (right) had a hat trick. Good for him.

Arsenal 6-0 Sheff Utd
Burnley 1-0 Fulham
Leeds 3-2 Hartlepool
Rotherham 3-1 Southampton
Swansea 1-0 Cardiff
Watford 1-0 West Ham
Liverpool 2-1 Crewe
Man Utd 3-1 Middlesbrough
Stoke 2-2 Reading (Stoke wins shootout, 4-3)
Sunderland 2-2 Northampton (Sunderland wins shootout, 4-3)

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Arsenal v Sheffield United
Brighton and Hove Albion or Manchester City v Derby County
Burnley v Fulham
Portsmouth v Chelsea
Blackburn Rovers v Everton
Rotherham United v Southampton
Swansea City v Cardiff City
Ipswich Town v Wigan Athletic
Stoke City v Reading
Leeds United v Hartlepool United
Watford v West Ham United
Manchester United v Middlesbrough
Liverpool v Crewe Alexandra
Aston Villa v Queens Park Rangers
Sunderland v Northampton Town
Newcastle United v Tottenham Hotspur
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It's goals, goals, goals and controversy After another weekend of exciting Football League action, we take a look back on a week that saw Wolves extend their lead at the top of the Championship, Oldham remain on top in League One and the League Two leadership change hands once again. Click to continue reading...

RESULTS Champions League Chelsea 4-0 Bordeaux Marseille 1-2 Liverpool AS Roma 1-2 Cluj Barcelona 3-1 Sporting Lisbon Panathainikos 0-2 Inter Milan PSV 0-3 A Madrid W Bremen 0-0 Anorthosis Basel 1-2 S Dontesk Championship Reading 6-0 Sheff Wed Burnley 2-0 Blackpool Bristol City 1-2 Birmingham Wolves 2-1 C Palace Barnsley 0-1 Cardiff Sheff Utd 1-1 Coventry Doncaster 0-1 Charlton Swansea 1-1 Derby County Watford 1-2 Plymouth Preston 2-1 Nottm Forest LEAGUE ONE Stockport 1-1 Northampton Cheltenham 2-1 Bristol Rovers Click to continue reading...

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. Click to continue reading...

Fryatt...gratuitous Leicester picture #1
Shot Differential
Team Shots For Shots Against Shot_Diff League Position Leeds Utd 87 45 +42 6 Peterborough 82 47 +35 12 Leicester City 55 27 +28 3 Oldham 56 39 +17 1 Walsall 67 52 +15 10 Huddersfield 52 47 +5 17 Tranmere 48 43 +5 13 Brighton 45 40 +5 8 Millwall 35 31 +4 7 Northampton 38 35 +3 20 Bristol Rovers 56 55 +1 15 Hereford 61 65 -4 21 MK Dons 52 56 -4 5 Swindon 47 52 -5 11 Hartlepool 42 47 -5 14 Colchester 24 30 -6 16 Southend 52 60 -8 22 Leyton Orient 57 66 -9 9 Yeovil 39 50 -11 19 Carlisle 52 66 -14 2 Stockport 32 51 -19 18 Crewe 63 84 -21 23 Scunthorpe 49 75 -26 4 Cheltenham 52 80 -28 24
Shot Efficiency

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Real football in the football league So we're a month into the new season in the Football League and already fans are setting their sights high after their best start in 87 years or drowning their sorrows after another below par start to the season. It's been as tight, surprising, dramatic and entertaining as usual in the Football League and here's a look back on the first month of 2008/09. Click to continue reading...

Notable arrivals: Mark Bunn (Northampton), Vince Grella (Torino), Keith Andrews (Milton Keynes Dons), Julio Santa Cruz (Cerro Porteno), Danny Simpson (Manchester United, loan), Paul Robinson (Tottenham), Carlos Villanueva (Loan). Notable departures: Paul Gallagher (Plymouth, loan), David Bentley (Aston Villa, Tottenham),. Click to continue reading...

Can't deny it for much longer. Two bad losses, one was a missed penalty at the Toon and the other was a 2-1 loss to a lowly Northampton. It looked so positive last week but these losses are making us look like Bolton of last year. I just want Jimmy Bullard and a bolstered midfield. I'm sorry that I haven't been writing but these games rarely come on over here.

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