Firstly, welcome back Mark Halsey, after a tough seven months he has his whistle in his pocket and he's back where he should be.

Another must win game tonight and it's another tricky one too. Hull City are a funny old side really, led by a man who looks as if he been ‘Tangoed' and should be seen only in the local discotheque with his ear/mouthpiece!

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The halcyon days of the 60's, 70's and 80's were apparently a boom time in England's glorious history of great goalkeepers. From the benchmark that was the great Gordon Banks and his understudy, Peter Springett, to the rotation of Ray Clemence and Peter Shilton in the 70's and early 1980's, England always had a top class goalkeeper.

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Sorry about the week's absence, my friends, but I spent last weekend on top of Mt. Sinai and you'd be amazed at poor the WiFi reception is up there. I have to admit that except for a little bit of the Manchester United – Arsenal match, I didn't see too much football this weekend, either, because I was crossing the Jordanian/Israeli border and floating in the Dead Sea.

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Not only is the team so very in debt.
And so very in last place of the Premiership table.
The Portsmouth club website was shut down since the broke team hasn't been able to pay their web guys. Oh and their chief executive and coach might be quitting, perhaps this weekend.
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The hectic Christmas fixtures have come and gone. And although West Ham ended the year 2009 dejected with that 2-0 loss to a very good Spurs side, we have every reason to rejoice. Why do I say that?
Well for starters, in the last three matches, West Ham have collected five out of a possible nine points while the rest of their relegation rivals only muster three points maximum. Click to continue reading...

The English Premier League had another busy weekend as Chelsea faced Everton. Chelsea were leading the Premiership table by two points heading into the match while Everton are struggling and in danger of relegation. Who won the match and what happened? Here's a recap along with video highlights.

Chelsea draws with Everton 3-3 Video Highlights

Everton have come away from Stamford Bridge with a fully deserved 3-3 draw where Louis Saha scored twice and David Moyes' side picked up a fourth successive away point in as many seasons.

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After their large spending spree in the last few transfer windows, many have expected Manchester City to challenge for a top four finish in the English Premier League. Currently, the club is in the top half of the Premiership table but the questions remains if where will they finish? It's hard to say at this point but here's a look at the season so far and a prediction of if they will earn a UEFA Champions League spot for next season.

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Well it looked like AmaZulu has it all in hand, two wins on the run and a KZN Derby as the opening match of the Moses Mabhida Stadium, but then the Maritzburg defender Byrone Hendricks wrote his name into the history books by becoming the first player to score a goal at Durban's new 2010 Stadium.

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I'm not sure what else Chelsea would have to do to demonstrate that it is the best club in the world at the moment. This week, it faced two clubs that are advancing to the knockout round of the Champions League, both in away matches, and walked away with two victories. Granted the Champions League match against Porto was virtually meaningless, but that can't be said about the Arsenal match and the Blues crushed the Gunners 3-0.

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Image via Wikipedia Doesn't time fly? We are already more than a third of the way through the Premiership season and whilst there is no surprise that Chelsea and Man Utd once again dominate the Premiership table, there have been some shocks so far. Surely no one could have predicted how poorly Liverpool would perform this [. Click to continue reading...

Manchester United hosted Everton on Saturday, November 21, 2009 in the English Premier League. With Arsenal losing in the earlier matches, it was a chance for Man U to move back into second place in the league table while Everton is looking for any result on the road. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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West Ham finally got their second win of the season with a last minute Zavon Hines' equaliser. It was a match that Villa lost rather than West Ham winning it. Nevertheless, the spirit and determination of Zola's men cannot be faulted and definitely this must spur the Hammers to climb up the Premiership table. Click to continue reading...

This week included two gigantic matches in world football, the North London Derby, Arsenal against Tottenham, and Ajax against Feyenoord. Pellegrini is a bit safer at Madrid, and Benitez is moving up the spots in the sack race. While Inter escape to the top of Serie A, seven points above second place Juventus, Portsmouth start getting the three points needed to start moving up the Premiership table. Click to continue reading...

We're back in the United States for the week while club football returns to action around the world. All of the top clubs were in action this past weekend and most of them play twice in the coming week, so we are back in full force.

The volatility that marked the past few weeks in the rankings has slowed down this week, though top-ranked Chelsea did manage to lose to Aston Villa to give up its place at the top spot both in the Premiership and the rankings.

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I saw most of the 1-1 draw between Man City and Aston Villa on Monday and I have to say that I am very impressed with Aston Villa. The top of the Premiership Table is getting a little crazy and this should make for some interesting Soccer.

With the draw Man City feel to 5-1-1 and Aston Villa pulled up to 4-1-2.

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.Arsenal defeated Blackburn Rovers 6-2 in a thorough team effort in a Premier League encounter. Playing at The Emirates Stadium, The Gunners pulled off a superb performance with spirited goals with 6 different team members. It was the Rovers who got off to a good start as Steven Nnonzi headed in a Paul Robinson free kick [. Click to continue reading...

In the Premiership Chelsea continues to stay at the top of the table while Manchester City probe themselves against Arsenal, Manchester United able to come back against Tottenham 3-1 and with the Manchester derby next week the table might start to take its form.
In Serie A everything continues as expected except Roma who with new coach Claudio Ranieri are
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