Why are we waiting...
The 17 Clubs Around The World Who Have Been Waiting The Longest To Win Another Championship Title Despite Holding The Record For The Most Championship Titles In Their Country
1. Club Colonial, Martinique (18 titles, last one - 1972)
2. Horseed, Somalia (8 titles, last one - 1980)
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Nottingham Forest supporters.

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Yesterday ended the long and difficult road that is World Cup qualifying. The 32-team field is set and while we won't know until next month what the groups are it does present a good time to discuss each team and how they got there.

(Note: I hope this is a start of many more World Cup posts going into next year.

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There are a number of international friendlies on Wednesday, November 18, 2009. Many of the top countries who have qualified for next summer's World Cup Final include Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Germany, and the United States. Our other site, Free Live Sports TV, will be providing live coverage of the matches at the links below.

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Zalaegerszeg Ultras, Hungary

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"Things that start badly end well" said Franz Smuda after his team's loss in the game against Romania. I hope that our new coach is some kind of prophet because otherwise it's hard to remain optimistic after the Saturday's game. Poland lost for the fourth time in a row, each time failing to score even a single goal.

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Video goal highlights from the Republic of Ireland vs France first leg World Cup 2010 playoff game on November 14, 2009- Saturday. Game kicks off at Croke Park, Dublin- 20.00 GMT. Big, big game for the Irish- they need a good result here ahead of the second leg in Paris. Ireland vs France highlights and team [. Click to continue reading...

Something to read while you support your national team hanging out the window of a moving vehicle. On Friday 13th. FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images World Cup playoff previews here African qualifying preview Like ill-informed radio shows about Asian soccer? Then you'll love this... (Podcast Offside) Premier League legends to cherish right now (EPL Talk) A reminder that penalty kicks aren't [. Click to continue reading...

With a couple of upcoming Friendlies (Macedonia on Nov 14 & Poland on Nov 18), and with a break in my Masters happening right now (oh, how convenient), I finally have chance to to write a proper blog post that isn't a summary of my Twitter stories.

Yeah a lot has happened lately. First Begovic, then Jacob Lensky (and thank you, Stephen Hart, for publicly expressing your disappointment).

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The US national team is already headed to Denmark in November and could possibly play another World Cup qualified side a few days later. While the US hasn't announced it's second friendly for November, reports out of Europe suggest that the Americans will take on Slovakia on Nov. 14.

Slovakia qualified for the World Cup after topping a qualifying group that included Slovenia, the Czech Republic and Poland.

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How about here:
More pictures here. Props to Saturday Night Sammy J for providing the link.
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The demo for  football management game FIFA Manager 10 has been released. According to game maker EA Sports: ...you can play half a season in one of the top leagues from England, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and Spain. The respective save games can be continued with the final version. The demo of FIFA [. Click to continue reading...

A long time ago I wrote that the name Howard Webb won't make it into this blog anymore. However, I think that the last year's emotions are already gone and that the occassion is good to draw your attention to a particular film. "Kill The Referee" is a documentary about the referees flmed during the Euro 2008.

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Unless if Gabon or Bahrain qualify, it looks we'll only have one debutante at the World Cup next summer.
Slovakia is in for the first time since they split from the Czech Republic. An own goal by Poland's Seweryn Gancarczyk early in the first half was enough for the Slovaks to break through in snowy Warsaw. Click to continue reading...

A Gancarczyk own goal in the third minute gave Slovakia victory and top place in Group 3 that takes them to the World Cup finals next summer.

Don't forget to check out Online Football Manager!

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In another tense evening of World Cup qualifiers across the globe, Switzerland and Slovakia qualified from the European zone for the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. Switzerland played out a nervous 0-0 home draw with 10-man Israel and Slovakia held on for a 1-0 win in Poland.
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Debutant-elect Slovakia and Switzerland have become the latest countries to clinch a berth at next summer's World Cup in South Africa.The first-timers did the historic deed with a 1-0 win at Poland, while the Swiss nudged in thanks to a scoreless draw at Israel.The new pair of qualifiers from Europe brings our invite total to 21, with one more each from CONCACAF and CONMEBOL set to be determined Click to continue reading...

Our star young Dutch goalkeeper Tim Krul saved a penalty to preserve his unbeaten record in the European Qualifiers as Holland Under-21s made it three wins in a row with a 4-0 win over Poland in Kielce. Tim Krul - saved a penalty top preserve unbeaten status Tim has yet to concede a goal in the [.. Click to continue reading...

.The Czech Republic got a 2-0 victory over Poland on Oct 10 in a home match at Sparta Stadium. The first half of the match was uneventful. In the first half goalkeeper, Peter Cech saved a closed one to one shot by Irenuesz Jelen in the 33 rd minute. After a few minutes, a goal [...] Click to continue reading...

Setanta has first airs of the following World Cup Qualifiers: Ireland - Italy at 3:30pm, Czech Republic - Poland at 5:15pm, and Serbia - Romania at 7pm. MFL on Univisions: San Luis - Atlante at 5pm. Argentine League on Fox Sports en Espanol: River - Independiente at 7pm. Click to continue reading...

W.C. qualifier has 134 tickets sold
I probably don't know the whole story, but it doesn't make it any less remarkable. Only 134 tickets have been sold in Columbia for an upcoming World Cup qualifier against Chile.
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Their players have only just received their first income since July, and even that is still not enough to make a decent living: this is not the Premier League, not even Portsmouth. But even this small mercy for the players was all thanks to one fan, whose last will was to donate some money to his beloved club.

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Real Madrid goalkeeper Jerzy Dudek has been recalled by out-of-the-running Poland for their two remaining 2010 World Cup qualifiers, after Dutchman Leo Beenhakker was sacked as coach, the Polish FA announced Friday. Dudek, 36, remains iconic for his Champions League-winning penalty shoot-out performance with Liverpool in 2005 but has been out . Click to continue reading...

After losing to Legia Warsaw 0-2 in the Polish classic, Lech Poznan is already nine points behind the leaders Wisla Krakow in the Ekstraklasa. The team that last year represented Poland proudly in the European competition made a huge step backwards this term. What are the reasons behind this temporary downfall?

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With the Under-20 World Cup now underway, and the U.S. Under-20 team ready to make its World Cup debut on Saturday, there is plenty of talk about the team's lack of star power and name recognition, but this year's installment of the U.

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Spain has just won the European Championships in basketball by crushing Serbia in the final in Poland 83-65. The team was led by the NBA stars Pau Gasol and Rudy Fernandez, and was by far the best team in the tournament.Last year, Spain won the Euro 2008, also in an overwhelming fashion, to become the kings of Europe in football. Click to continue reading...

I seriously thought about publishing this Squad Watch report as nothing really interesting happened in Polish football last weekend. None of the Poles scored abroad, the Ekstraklasa round was the most boring so far in the season, Ebi Smolarek still haven't found a new club (though he started training with HSV).

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SPAIN got into two finals today. The first for tomorrow night in theBASKETBALL EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIPS in Poland & the secondin the Tennis DAVIS CUP final to be played at the end of this year.Spain defeated Greece 84 - 62 in todays semi final of the EuropeanChampionships to either face tomorrow Slovenia or Serbia in theFinal tomorrow night. Click to continue reading...

This training ground ain't big enough for two miserable Scots We already knew Andy Murray had decent footy skills, but he called in to Everton's training ground yesterday to emphasise the point. Murray is in Liverpool for Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Poland. He was given a bit of tour by David Moyes before joining the [. Click to continue reading...

Immaculate Qualifications
15 European Countries That Qualified For The World Cup Finals By Winning All Of Their Qualifying Matches
1. Austria
1938 (1 match).
2. Czechoslovakia
1934 (2 matches).
3. England
1954 (3 matches); 1950 (3 matches).
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Following another loss, this time a 3-0 defeat to Slovenia, Poland have sacked the scary dude from Poltergeist. Leo Beenhakker, a Dutchman, took the reins in 2006 as the first non-Polish manager in the country's footballing history. According to Grzegorz Lato, Polish Football Chief, "I don't want to make a rash decision but this cannot be changed. Click to continue reading...

Belgium lose to Armenia, Poland lose to Slovenia, Paraguay qualify, Bahrain still has a chance at the dance...
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A long time coming, but here is an updated look at football on the TV. DateTVLeagueMatch September R/10 1845 SET WCQ Slovenia vs Poland T F/11 0 SET WCQ Bolivia vs Ecuador T 145 SET WCQ Uruguay vs Colombia T...

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via YahooUk!/Eurosport:Sunderland boss Steve Bruce is anxiously awaiting news of George McCartney's hamstring injury amid speculation the defender could be sidelined for up to six weeks. McCartney damaged the hamstring in training on Friday ahead of Northern Ireland's World Cup qualifier in Poland, and missed that game. Click to continue reading...

I ran across this excellent video featuring David Coleman and Jimmy Hill from BBC presenting highlights from the 1982 World Cup in Spain, which was one of the most entertaining in terms of football.

In this particular episode, the video includes highlights of the game between Poland and Belgium at the Nou Camp Stadium.

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