I posted about Beckham's most famous sending off on the main page earlier, but thought it was
worth re-posting here on the England blog too.
We all know what happened. The 23 year old David Beckham was fouled by Diego Simeone, and then
foolishly had a kick at Simeone's calf in retaliation.
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The press coverage afforded to John Terry's ignominious relinquishment of the England captaincy
last week has been so overwhelming that, amidst it all, the significance of Fabio Capello's
decision to give the armband to Rio Ferdinand has largely been overlooked. The Manchester United
defender has captained England in the past, but his permanent appointment in the role means that,
for the first time in the history of English football, a player with Afro-Caribbean ancestry
(Ferdinand's father is from St Lucia) will be recognised, conclusively, as the leader of the
national side.
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By Ollie Irish
Ollie's Photoshop skills = almost as bad as Liverpool's form this season
"Inter are working to sign Steven Gerrard [this summer], given that Liverpool are in
economic difficulty," an Inter source has told Corriere dello Sport.
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Avenell Road 16 January @ 04:50 AM EDT
Our Big Phil wants out, we all know that, and rumours are still around that David Moyes wants
him at Everton and need another top notch defender to be there in case TV or Gallas get injured. I
know we have Silvestre and Big Sol but if either Gallas or Vermaelen suffered a long term injury
would they have the legs to play every two or three days?
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Footy Factor 12 January @ 03:52 AM EDT
We've said it once and we'll say it again: nothing good ever comes of the January transfer
window. But while rumours of big-money moves and blockbuster trades persist, here is our pick of
four relegation-bound players ripe for the plucking:
Morten Gamst Pedersen. Having threatened to drop off the radar under Paul
Ince's stewardship, the Norwegian winger looks to be re-discovering his best form with Big
Sam in charge.
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According to Pa Sports at MirrorFootball, MK Dons boss Paul
Ince would like to extend the loan deal of West Ham United midfielder
Nigel Quashie until the end of the season. Ince said,
"We're looking to do something with Nigel but we are waiting on a phone call from his agent and
some contact with someone at West Ham.
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The English Football League Trophy or Johnstone's Paint Trophy (JPT) had its Northern and
Souther sections semifinals on Tuesday, December 15, 2009. The matches included Leeds United v
Accrington Stanley, Carlisle United v Bradford City, Hereford United v Milton Keynes Dons, and
Southampton v Norwich City.
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Anfield Talk 04 December @ 03:26 PM EDT
Liverpool will be hoping to take another step on the road to recovery this weekend when they tackle
Blackburn Rovers, who showed in midweek that they are more than capable of running with the Premier
League's big boys.
Rovers booked their place in the League Cup semi-finals on Wednesday with a shock win over
table-toppers Chelsea.
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Anfield Talk 03 December @ 03:32 PM EDT
"When the bus arrived back in Liverpool, I didn't want to get out. I thought it wouldn't be long
until I was out permanently, sent back to the Under-19s with a note marked 'not good enough'."
It was December 1998 when Steven Gerrard felt this way. He was 18, and had just seen his first
senior start for Liverpool ruined.
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Anfield Talk 02 December @ 02:48 PM EDT
Steven Gerrard has admitted Liverpool's chances of catching Barclays Premier League leaders Chelsea
are slim and that Champions League qualification is now the target.
The Reds are in fifth place, 13 points behind Chelsea and two behind fourth-placed Arsenal having
played a game more than the Gunners.
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Those of you who read my last article will know it was regarding Liverpool's current striker
plight.
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The question above brings me to Ives' news today that the Red Bulls' coaching hunt includes two
foreign names with no MLS connections - former Norway coach Age Hareide and former Portsmouth coach
and Arsenal legend, Tony Adams.
Let's start with Hareide because no one here, including me, has ever heard of him before.
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Danny Simpson left Manchester United under a bit of a cloud after mistakes in his personal life
saw Sir Alex Ferguson ship him out to Blackburn Rovers. The move was supposed to be as a favour to
Paul Ince but Danny struggled to get in the team and the move became a bit of a waste of time.
Simpson is enjoying himself a lot more at Newcastle though and reckons he would sign for them if
he was asked in January or at the end of the season.
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We'll be back a little later on today with a report on the match between Paulton Rovers and
Norwich City. In the meantime, however, The First Round of The FA Cup started yesterday evening
with three matches. The remainder, of course, are to be played over the next three days. One of the
traditions of The FA Cup is the press sending one of their hacks who is probably none too happy at
not being to assigned to a Premier League match to write a few words about the smaller clubs that
are taking their spot in the limelight.
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As Michael Owen prepares to go back to Anfield as a United player, another player to break the
unwritten rule, Paul Ince, has reflected on his respect for Sir Alex Ferguson, their fallings out
and why he left the club.
"I was playing golf with Ryan Giggs in 1995 when the phone rang. It was Fergie telling me he
was at the clubhouse," said Ince.
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Man United manager
Sir Alex Ferguson believes that United striker (and former
Liverpool striker)
Michael Owen will be able to handle the boo's tomorrow.
Owen joined Liverpool and played for their youth team in 1991. In 2004, Owen left Liverpool for
Real Madrid, that didn't quite work out so he joined Newcastle United in 2005.
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Sky Sports Magazine'den Alex Ferguson'un tedrisatından geçmiş eski futbolcu yeni teknik adamlar
kolajı. Alex Ferguson'un dünya futboluna katkısını farklı bir biçimde ele almışlar.
İsimlere tek tek bakınca dudaklar uçukluyor. Alex Mc Leish, Gordon Strachan, Steve Bruce, Roy
Keane, Bryan Robson, Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Darren Ferguson, Henning Berg ve Laurent Blanc
listenin ilk akla gelen isimleri.
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Blog United 07 October @ 05:04 PM EDT
Featuring Mark Hughes, Paul Ince, Andrew Cole, Dwight Yorke, Paul Scholes and Dimitar
Berbatov.
Andrew Cole gets my vote. Amazing goal!
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Blackburn
Last Season: 15th, 10-11-17 (41 points, -20 goal differential)
Recent Form: LDWLW
Away Form (last season): 4-4-11
Last Meeting: Arsenal 4-Blackburn 0 (3/14/09)
Back in league action early tomorrow against Blackburn.
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Soccer Pie 22 September @ 04:00 AM EDT
There is generally at least one managerial casualty in the opening stages of a new season and
there are plenty of contenders in the Premier League in my opinion. Portsmouth, Hull City
and Blackburn are the current occupiers of the relegation places but Bolton, West
Ham and Wigan aren't fairing much better and heads may roll before October (or even
September) is out.
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(All times - UK)
Monday 14th September
19:45 MK Dons v Norwich City, League One Sky Sports 1, Sky Sports HD1
Another mammoth Midweek TV Preview begins with an England v Scotland clash - in managerial terms,
at least. Paul Ince's MK Dons and Paul Lambert's Norwich are enjoying similar form at the moment,
but Norwich need the points more after a poor start.
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EPL Talk 13 September @ 08:50 PM EDT
As the EPL and the rest of Europe completes the first month of the domestic season, it is
interesting to look at the travels of perhaps the EPL's greatest finisher: one Robbie Fowler.Â
Having been discarded by Blackburn amidst the outing of old friend Paul Ince, many wondered what
Fowler's next move would be.
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Soccerblog 13 September @ 12:21 PM EDT
Saturday, June 1st, 1991 was the day when Man Utd won the Cup Winners Cup beating Barca, 2-1 in
a nerve wracking final, the first such honour for an English side.
Steve Bruce almost scored a goal but it was Mark Hughes with two goals who stole the show. In
that squad too were Paul Ince, Bryan Robson, and Mike Phelan.
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It was pointed out to me earlier today that I don't usually capitalize the title. If ever a time
was right it's now - Viv was the first black player to play in an England Shirt, and Paul Ince was
the first Black Captain of England.
It was my incredible priviledge to play alongside Leroy Rosenior at Torquay, but let's not forget
Arthur Wharton - the first black pro footie player.
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It was pointed out to me earlier today that I don't usually capitalize the title. If ever a time
was right it's now - Viv was the first black player to play in an England Shirt, and Paul Ince was
the first Black Captain of England.
It was my incredible priviledge to play alongside Leroy Rosenior at Torquay, but let's not forget
Arthur Wharton - the first black pro footie player.
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Darren Ferguson was brought through the ranks at Manchester United with his dad and manager, Sir
Alex Ferguson, giving him his first team début when he was eighteen. Filling in for an injured
Bryan Robson during the start of the 1992-1993 season, Ferguson made enough appearances to qualify
for a league title winners medal.
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You would think that our fans had never seen through a whole season supporting United, judging
by the reaction to our defeat against Burnley. Don't get me wrong, it was a dreadful result and a
poor performance, but christ, it's not as if we haven't seen them before. Just looking over the
past ten years or so, we've had some bloody awful results and performances.
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Over the past couple of weeks we have heard Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson predicting
his team's success would continue on into this new season. Given Ferguson has often proven his
doubters wrong, the departures of key players over the summer and the failure to adequately replace
them has left a lot of questions over the quality of this team.
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My favorite soccer league is less than four hours away from kicking off. Before it's too late, I
thought I would give my predictions on how I think the final table will look. In nine months, this
will either be evidence of my soccer brilliance or it will give readers evidence that this site
should be changed to "StupidSoccer.
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Andy Cole has joined a long line of former players to still love the club after leaving. He
spent just six of his nineteen year playing career with us but bought a season ticket for his son
and himself and has settled down in Manchester.
Sadly, he will joining Paul Ince, who has returned to MK Dons with his tail between his legs
after a disastrous period with Blackburn Rovers, to help out with their strikers.
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Andy Cole has joined a long line of former players to still love the club after leaving. He
spent just six of his nineteen year playing career with us but bought a season ticket for his son
and himself and has settled down in Manchester.
Sadly, he will joining Paul Ince, who has returned to MK Dons with his tail between his legs
after a disastrous period with Blackburn Rovers, to help out with their strikers.
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Fantasy EPL 10 August @ 10:55 PM EDT
Blackburn Rovers enter the first full year of the Big Sam era. He's already put his stamp on the
team - Samba as a lone center-forward anyone? - and this year should see further consolidation.Â
They start the season injured with Nelsen, Samba, Gallagher, Emerton, Grella, Dunn, and Reid in
various states of crocked.
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MIKE JACOBS 07 July @ 09:35 AM EDT
Paul Ince is back at MK Dons and expectations are sky high.
The departure of Roberto Di Matteo to West Bromwich Albion cleared the path for a return for Ince,
who has taken a six month sabbatical since his departure from Blackburn.
During his 12-month stint previously he guided the Dons to the League Two title, as well as winning
the Johnstone's Paint Trophy in a memorable campaign.
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Blackburn have renewed their interest in Ahmed Al-Muhammadi after talks in January came to nothing.
Ahmed Al-Muhammadi underwent trials with Blackburn Rovers last January, but after Paul Ince was
dismissed as manager the deal appeared to be dead in the water. An admission by the director of
football of ENPPI, the player's club, has hinted that [.
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SoccerLens 25 June @ 05:39 AM EDT
A strange lull has fallen over the Premier League at the moment. Almost eerie. I can feel it,
and I know a lot of my fellow Liverpudlians can too. Blame Real Madrid I suppose. And Carlos
Tévez. If it wasn't for that amalgamation of characters, chancers and crackpots, we wouldn't have
this feeling.
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In what was supposed to be the season of goodwill, it transpired that there was really no hope
of the "Respect The Ref" campaign working.
The Premier League was targeted firstly by the campaign, as its high profile and influential
nature was hopefully going to place a "verbal cull" on some of its more outspoken players, and
indeed managers.
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The season ended almost four weeks ago and I imagine that you, like me, are missing football
dreadfully.
Our players on the other hand seem to have been enjoying their time off, and here's what they've
been up to since the season finished.
Ryan Giggs attended the 5 Stars Scanner Appeal with Lee Sharpe, Paul Ince, Kim Marsh, Max
Beesley, Suranne Jones, Will Mellor, Angela Griffin, John Simms and Chris Bisson to name a few.
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