Major League Soccer suffered a loss to it's coaching community this past week when Paul Mariner resigned from his position with the New England Revolution to take a similar position with Coca-Cola Championship club Plymouth Argyle.
Soccer America's Ridge Mahoney outlines his significance in New England, as well as in MLS. Click to continue reading...

We've said for a while now that the structure of English football will lead to less competition as each year passes by, and we're already seeing that. Paul Sturrock addressed some of the problems over the weekend when he said: "The three teams coming down have brought a distance between themselves and the rest of [. Click to continue reading...

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- Video: Exeter vs QPR
- Ex-QPR Stuart Wardley Scores on His Debut
- Ex-QPR Micky Walsh Turns 55
- Flashback: Four Years Ago - Sheffield United at Loftus Road: On and Off The Field Events
- Marc Bircham (and others) League Podcast
- Football Chant Award Goes to Southend United
- Sousa Reflecting
- Martin Ling Back again at Cambridge! Click to continue reading...

When a player like Simon Walton changes the surroundings, that doesn't come as a surprise to anyone and is as if someone else goes to practice. You can say that the young hope of English football is still searching for the place to settle his unpredictable temper, and finally start playing at the expected level [. Click to continue reading...

Best of luck to former Saints manager Paul Sturrock. Sturrock, who is currently in his 2nd stint as manager for Plymouth (div 2; Championship), was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. This shouldn't affect his duties, at least not for awhile. He was only in charge at Southampton for a few months but he's not a bad manager. Click to continue reading...

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Skysports - No regrets for Ollie
Ollie reflects on life at Leicester, Plymouth and QPR
When Ian Holloway moved from Plymouth to Leicester last season, many people were surprised by his decision.
Last November, Argyle looked like contenders for a place in the Championship play-offs and Holloway was seen as a hero around the town, while Leicester were scrapping it out at the wrong end of the table and had been through three full-time managers in less than a year. Click to continue reading...

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Managerial "Sack Race"
EDP24 "...The bookmakers don't rate [Norwich] City's chances for promotion this season - and one company has him down as a 16-1 shot to be the first Championship manager to be sacked this season.
Roeder is rated at 16-1 to get the elbow from Carrow Road, although it's another former West Ham manager, Alan Pardew, who SkyBet reckon could be the first to pick up his P45. Click to continue reading...

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Goal.com/Ricky Brooks - "Championships Tops & Flops: Week 2 - The second round of Championship games kicked off on Saturday afternoon with all 24 clubs in action. Ricky Brooks takes a look at the best and the worst performances...
Flops...
"...3 – Queens Park Rangers
QPR might be the richest club in England's second tier and herald the title of the ‘Chelsea of the Championship. Click to continue reading...

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Plymouth Official Site - BARKER SIGNS
ARGYLE have signed defender Chris Barker from QPR.
The Yorkshire-born defender has followed former Loftus Road team-mate Simon Walton to Home Park on a three-year deal after the two clubs agreed an undisclosed fee. Click to continue reading...

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PLYMOUTH OFFICIAL SITE SIMON SAYS
NEW record signing Simon Walton has said that Plymouth Argyle is the ideal place to get his career back on track.
The 20-year-old signed for Argyle for an undisclosed record fee on Wednesday having completed the formalities of a four year deal. Click to continue reading...

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The Times' "Dowie close to sack" story (unequivocally denied by those "close to" QPR) is noted by BBC Gossip "QPR manager Iain Dowie is on the verge of being sacked after a row with owner Flavio Briatore over the proposed transfer of an unnamed player from the Middle East. Click to continue reading...

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The Ref for the opening game: QPR vs Barnsley - N D SWARBRICK - I F Bentley and W Bull - Fourth Official M F Thompson
Interesting Memories from QPR Vital Football Interview (Part II) with Dennis Signy: Talks to Journalist & Ex-QPR Official Dennis Signy: "Dennis Signy OBE speaks to Vital QPR once more, about his time within Brentford and the possible take-over by Queens Park Rangers in 1967. Click to continue reading...

The revolving door of management
9 Managers Who Were Sacked Shortly After The Start Of The Season
1. Neil McDonald (Carlisle United, 2007) - 2 days
2. Paul Sturrock (Southampton, 2004) - 9 days
3. Alan Buckley (Grimsby Town, 2000) - 10 days
4. Alan Ball (Manchester City, 2000) - 12 days
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Plymouth Argyle winger Peter Halmosi has been a long-term target of Premier League new boys Hull City, with Tigers manager Phil Brown admitting his interest publically last week. Brown was met with semi-positive responses from Pilgrims manager Paul Sturrock: We're trying to keep our best players, but like everything they've all got prices and at the end [. Click to continue reading...

I was trying to think today of all the Ipswich Town Captain's I have seen in my lifetime.
Of course there's Mattie Holland...
Our very own Jim Magilton...
Legwinski, Wilnis and Naylor in recent years...
And now Jason De Vos. Click to continue reading...

Square Football has a nice post about Hull and Plymouth. They're the 2 largest cities in England to never have a team in England's Premiership. If the season were to end today, which it is far from with 17 games remaining, Sturrock's Plymouth would be in the play-offs. Hull would miss out by a point. Click to continue reading...