It's not what you own, it's what you're owed this is how the balance of power currently lies at the Rangers Football Club. Lloyds Banking Group is owed far more than they own, and they are prepared to take drastic measures to get what they are owed up to and including administration, if reports of Rangers' mid-October board meeting are to be relied upon.

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Until recently, Sol Campbell had spent the whole of his football career at the top level of English football. A product of Lilleshall and the Spurs youth academy, his previous trips to lower division grounds had been largely reserved for the early stages of domestic cup competitions. As such, it is perhaps that he took one look at the glaring reality of football in League Two and decided that perhaps it wasn't worth all the effort.

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As the USA stumbled upon a second place finish in the Confederations Cup, ESPN surely reaped the benefits. Although the team were lucky to be in the final, every "soccer" fan in the United States of America was jumping up in down as the US took a two goal lead, only to suffer a heartbreak in the second half.

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Just the six matches in Major League Soccer this last weekend, with other teams taking advantage of the opportunity to get schooled by Real Madrid in pre-season friendlies. But we don't care about those games here at Football Americana, so let's get down to business.
At Pizza Hut Park, it was that man Jeff Cunningham making the difference once again. Click to continue reading...

As I mentioned in the pre-season rankings, and many times prior to that, early season rankings don't account for much, especially on this site. As explained ad nauseum on this site, it's because this is a reflective ranking and not a predictive ranking, and as such, the rankings on based on recent performance and, for most clubs anyway, there has been no recent performance. Click to continue reading...

Having missed Arsenal's last pre-season friendlies because of a groin injury, new signing Thomas Vermaelen should feature against Everton.

Speaking after Arsenal's defeat against Valencia, Arsene Wenger in fact confirmed the defender should make it for this weekend's game.

The Frenchman said:

He is very close.

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The new Premier League season is less than a week away, and Liverpool's pre-season form has unfortunately been nothing to crow about. This is how our pre-season friendlies went. Liverpool 2009-10 pre-season friendlies results Drew 0-0 with St.Gallen Lost 0-1 to Rapid Vienna Drew 1-1 with the Thailand National Football Team. Click to continue reading...