The Algerian post-match celebrations.

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• Hooligans force a player's premature retirement. (Dirty Tackle)
• The Diego Ban and How It Affects You (Futfanatico)
• Beginning the search for Scotland's next manager. (Inside Left)
• The vignettes of Finland.

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Later today, I will have that 'fun Premier League post' that I promised was coming a few weeks back. Sean and I put it together with a couple of NSC pals. Took a little longer than expected, but it's ready now...#1 - I've posted my Q&A with USMNT/IK Start defender Clarence Goodson, who I had somehow had never interviewed before last week. Click to continue reading...

Although people actually made attempts to tackle Maradona Mads Hansen recently scored what is probably the best Norwegian Second Division goal we have ever seen. Then again, it might just be the only Norwegian Second Division goal we have ever seen. Nonetheless, enjoy Mads' mad dribble. Spotted on Norwegian Football Blog

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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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World Cup hosts South Africa recalled controversial striker Benni McCarthy Thursday for mid-November home friendlies against Japan and Jamaica. The scorer of a record 31 Bafana Bafana (The Boys) goals was ignored for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup in South Africa after shunning a call-up for warm-up games against Norway and . Click to continue reading...

This is slightly late in the game, as it's a preview for the Norwegian 2009 Tippeligaen. The same Tippeligaen season which ended on Sunday. (Rosenborg are celebrating their 15th title in 17 years while Norway of off celebrating parity.) But this little season preview has popped up and it bears a striking resemblance to the [. Click to continue reading...

[Photo: IK Start]IK Start defender Clarence Goodson scored his club's final goal of the 2009 Tippeligaen season to cap a 2-0 win over old MLS foe Troy Perkins and VÃ¥lerenga. Not only do we have the highlight clip, but we also have a closing day interview with the hero.- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

According to The Chronicle, Newcastle United are tracking a 21 year old striker from Norway. The striker is a lad called Joakim Rudolfsen and he plays for Norway's famous third-tier Mo IL side. Apparently he was first spotted by Dennis Wise and has continued to be tracked by Norman Wooster, our Scandinavian scout. Click to continue reading...

I think I've found someone who can solve the country's fiscal woes. Just one primary question: are you at all concerned about an uprising?#1 - Get this. Well, maybe sit down first. You aren't ready for it, no matter how tough you think you are. Please table any glass ewers you may be holding. Your knees will wobble. Click to continue reading...

The ever-expanding list of American players in Norway will now include Colin Burns who is signing with 1. Division club Sarpsborg 08. Click to continue reading...

Is there is no rest for the World Cup-bound? In addition to tomorrow night's qualifier finale against Costa Rica, the Yanks will march on to Aarhus in November for a friendly versus Denmark on the 18th. There is also talk of matches in the spring against the Dutch and the English...to which I say "bring it". Click to continue reading...

Fatih Terim, the coach of the Turkish national football team, will put in his papers after his side's final World Cup 2010 qualifying game against Armenia on Wednesday night. Terim will step down as coach of the team he has managed for nearly the last four years, having taken over the reigns from Ersun Yanal [. Click to continue reading...

International Friendly Match Norway vs South Africa Live Stream here Norway - South Africa : Highlights here Pre-register at the NEW football site 11×2 Click to continue reading...

South Africa vs Norway. Can South Africa beat Norway on Saturday? I think Bafana Bafana fans, who are a pretty optimistic bunch, already have this sick feeling in their stomach because they know what another loss will mean to the morale of their team.

2010 FIFA World Cup Norway Didn't Qualify

Now, Norway hasn't qualified for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and South Africa, who is losing all its matches has qualified automatically as the host of the World Cup there is a bit of pride at stake in this South Africa vs Norway friendly

According to 365.

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The 1. Division gets top billing this weekend in Norway with Jay Needham and Alta in action at Tromsdalen while Connor Tobin hopes to see some minutes for Nybergsund versus Stavanger. Click to continue reading...

On the evening of February 11, while Germany were playing Norway, unexpected breaking news appeared on Schalke's official website, announcing the club had terminated the contract of striker Kevin Kuranyi due to "Kevin's intolerable statements directed at the team". Click to continue reading...

Steven Pienaar

Ajax Cape Town's Franklin Cale, who has been shining in the PSL, will join the Bafana Bafana squad in place of the injured Steven Pienaar for their two friendlies against Iceland and Norway.

The Ajax Cape Town winger was unable to honour his debut call-up for the national team against Madagascar last month due to a foot injury.

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OK, now it's time to get behind the boys once again with feeling. Coach Joel Santana has announced the Bafana Bafana team (squad) for the two friendlies in the cold against Norway and Iceland.

Bafana Bafana will take on Norway on Saturday (10 October) in Oslo and then face Iceland three days later on Tuesday (13 October) in Reykjavik.

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The Yellow Wall - Borussia Dortmund's fearsome home support out in full forceOn last week's 3 to See we scoured all of Europe to bring you derby matches in England, Bulgaria and Norway. Manchester... Click to continue reading...

And we use the term loosely (tackle, not Norway) Were you watching the ball? Yeah, you would have missed Aalesund's Kenneth Dorken's wild off-the-ball assault on Johan Arneng of Odd Grenland in that case. Calm, calculated, and comical. Cheers to Garreth Cummins of the Football Supporters' Federation for the heads up. Click to continue reading...

I don't know what Johan Ameng did to Kenneth Dokken to deserve this unprovoked, off the ball attack (watch the middle of the screen) in the Norwegian Cup semifinal match between Odd Grenland and AaFK, but it must have been pretty bad. I'm thinking something along the lines of taking a dump in locker and then another in his shoe while he was cleaning up the first one.

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We have a lot of things going on tonight with possible debuts, Americans Abroad showdowns, cup games and a big league tilt in Sweden. As you can see some of these have begun. I will be making some updates to try and keep track of everything for you. Here's the slate, league contests first:Serie AUdinese v AC Milan (Oguchi Onyewu)AllsvenskanÖrebro (Alejandro Bedoya) v IFK GothenburgCarling Click to continue reading...

Nybergsun forward Joe Lapira has scored his seventh of the season, and third in four games, to give his side a lead over Notodden in the 18th minute. The game is now at halftime, still at 1-0 to the hosts, so he could add on.Clip link much later...- Greg Seltzer[Photo: Digitalsport] Click to continue reading...

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Our Friends in the North
The 11 Most Northerly Top Flight Football Teams In The World
1. Tromsø (Norway) 69° 38' 56" N
2. Bodø/Glimt (Norway) 67° 16' 39"N
3. RoPS (Finland) 66° 29' 59" N
4. KR (Iceland) 64° 8' 44" N
5. Þróttur (Iceland) 64° 8' 36" N
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Do me a favor, open the door and let Alta IF defender Jay Needham in, because he just leveled matters at Sparta Sarpsborg. It's only halftime, so the highlight clip won't be here in this post for a good while yet. If anyone else scores today, I'll add it on here as well.And sorry I haven't been around much the last coupe days, really been feeling rough. Click to continue reading...

The Yanks in Norway are back in action this weekend with Hunter Freeman and Clay Goodson looking to get Start back on track versus Bodo/Glimt while a road win at Sarpsborg would be a big boost for Jay Needham and Alta. Click to continue reading...

Inside Left gets another prediction horribly wrong as Scotland miss out on another World Cup. Nevermind, there's always Euro 2012 right? Click to continue reading...

When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored that goal against Bayern Munich, you probably felt you loved him as much as you could love any other man without actually being gay. That was the best moment of my life and Solskjaer gave it to us.

However, since then he's given us more reasons to love him: his strength and determination when coming back from what might have been a career-ending injury for another player, his connection with the fans which saw him become the only player to openly support MUST in our battle against the Glazers, and his willingness to continue on with the club developing stars for the future in the academy.

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So the Scottish FA president reckons that Chris Ilewumo's miss against Norway at Hampden is the reason for Scotland going into their last group match with the Netherlands needing a victory to stand any remotely realistic chance of qualifying for the Play-Offs in November, does he?
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So happy that England won yesterday (and it was even available on line)!

Stay tuned today it's Germany v. Norway ... same link as yesterday for the webcast (and same time, too ... I'm thinking).

If Norway could knock off the Germans ... how cool would that be??!!

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I settled down yesterday afternoon ready for one of those great footballing days that come along every now and again. I had the prospect of 4 matches in a row to keep me entertained (including Charlton v Brentford!) and to see if Scotland could get a win against Macedonia. It was an opportunity to run the rule over a few players who have returned to regular football in the Premiership and see just what Scotland could do.

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Norwegian second flighters Nybergsund have just kicked off the second half of their match with visiting Skeid leading 2-1 thanks to a 26th minute strike from Joe Lapira. We naturally will link up the video to that goal and any others he may bag later today.- Greg Seltzer Click to continue reading...

.World Cup qualifiers Europe (Group 1) Denmark 1 1 Portugal Hungary 1 2 Sweden World Cup qualifiers Europe (Group 2) Moldova 0 0 Luxembourg Israel 0 1 Latvia Switzerland 2 0 Greece World Cup qualifiers Europe (Group 3) Poland 1 1 Northern Ireland Slovakia 2 2 Czech Republic World Cup qualifiers [. Click to continue reading...