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Goal.com poll results: Over 80 per cent of readers believe the League Cup is not a waste of time

A huge majority have argued in favour of the domestic cup competition following article questioning the legitimacy of the tournament in the English football calendar

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Houston's Brad Davis emerges as MVP front-runner - SOCCER - Sporting News
Sébastien Le Toux, Philadelphia Union Pro: He has 11 goals and nine assists for the Union, who could finish first in the Eastern Conference in only their second season. Only De Rosario has more goals and assists combined.

After months of turmoil – preceded by years of worry and struggle – Port Vale's tale could be nearing a happy ending, provided the right protagonists hold their nerve and the decision-makers do something like ‘the right thing.' When last we were in Burslem, boardroom changes were afoot, with the prospect of two new directors, both popular with supporters campaigning for boardroom personnel changes.

Since Marty tagged me as "Poll Boy", here are some interesting poll results from the season. I placed the Cameron poll 1st, as it's more relevant to the current polls. These are revealing as to where we've been and who we are today...Do you still stand by your previous votes?

There are a dizzying number of rumors and reports out there to sort through at the moment, as well as some semi-news from the preseason tour in Asia. And while it's somewhat tiresome to keep up with all the rumors, I'll do my best to sort through some of the bigger news items of the last couple of days.

Next up in our brief series on summer take-overs, Mark Murphy has an update from Port Vale.

Port Vale have a functioning, constitutionally sound, a recently-elected board of directors, a six-figure investment deal (seven-figure, if you include various forms of sponsorship) on the table and a recently-appointed manager who masterminded a strong League Two promotion challenge before being lured away to his home-town club midway through last season.

Be sure to vote in the new weekly poll question at the right of the page. Past poll results can be found here, or at the link under the current poll.
And if you haven't yet, check out Wayne Rooney's new hair plugs.. because whether you love him or hate him, it's hilarious that he got hair plugs.

Be sure to vote in the new weekly poll question at the right of the page. Past poll results can be found here, or at the link under the current poll.
And if you haven't yet, check out Wayne Rooney's new hair plugs.. because whether you love him or hate him, it's hilarious that he got hair plugs.

The Toast is excited to announce our newest site feature: tabs!
The tabs above mostly pertain to kit news (don't worry, we'll be sure to alert you on the main page as well when there is new information to report), but you will also be able to find when and where you will be able to find European and International soccer on TV in America.

Liverpool fall to Villa in the final match of a rollercoaster season.

For the time being, I'm going to leave this as an open thread, as I missed almost all of the first half and was interrupted for large spells of the second. From what I hear there wasn't much to recap anyhow, with few chances for either side and a pace dictated by the fact that neither side looked like they could be bothered to do much.