strong>It's a cold, damp and blustery day over here in Newcastle, so what better way to spend
your evening than to go and watch a reserve game eh? Well that's what the Bowburn branch of
nufcblog.org has decided to do tonight, and I've even roped in my old man to come and keep me
company. Of [...]
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If Jay Spearing needed a lesson in the fickle nature of football fans, he certainly got it this
week. Given the Lucas Leiva's continuing unpopularity, Spearing somehow became not only a viable
alterative for the Brazilian but also a better player. A sort of 'he can't be any worse than him'
attitude took over.
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Some players have that innate talent that when they get on the ball it is impossible not to notice
them. Others are always doing the hard work that goes unappreciated but which is vital for the team
to succeed. Indeed it could be argued that whilst the brilliance of the individual might
occasionally win matches, it is what those around him do that usually plays the key role.
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The Swope Park Rangers (the Wizards reserves) defeated the US Under 17 national team tonight out at
the Swope Park training complex 3-0 on goals by Roger Espinoza, Herculez Gomez, and Kevin Souter.
The Rangers dominated their younger opponents for much of the game, but the 17's still did well
throughout, having their moments.
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Blog United 12 October @ 07:59 AM EST
Rafael da Silva will make his long awaited return from injury tonight as he is lined up to play
against Oldham Athletic for the Reserves in the Manchester Senior Cup.
Rafael had an impressive debut season at United which saw him nominated for PFA young player of
the year award but has been kept out of action so far this campaign as he recovered from a shoulder
injury.
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Yesterday I posted about the US U17 team training in KC in their preparations for the U17 World Cup
and how there was likely to be a game while the they were here. Today on Bigsoccer, Robb posted
again saying that the game would be Tuesday out at Swope Park.
I've gotten some more information on the game.
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Newcastle Reserves were flying high until they went to the Riverside Stadium on Tuesday evening,
and were finally beaten 2-1, after leading the game at half time. Alan Thompson - lots of positives
to take out of performance Of course the Newcastle Reserves these days is nothing more than our
very best young players coming through the [.
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Newcastle Reserves take on Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium tonight (7:00 pm) and coach Alan
Thompson is hoping the youngsters can keep up their unbeaten run in the league, so far this season.
Alan Thompson Reserve team coach hopes to maintain unbeaten run Local lad Alan Thompson said today:
"It's been a great start and the [.
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It's not only the Newcastle first team that's on a winning streak at the club. Wesley Ngo Baheng
another 2 goals last night And Wesley Ngo Baheng bagged two more goals as Newcastle United Reserves
twice came from behind to claim a deserved 4-2 victory at Huddersfield Town, with a couple of goals
in [.
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Newcastle United Reserves got their season off to a winning start at St, James' Oark last night
with a tidy 1-0 win over Bradford City. Baheng slots home the winner on 59 minutes And it was 19
year-old French youngster Wesley Ngo Baheng, who scored the winning goal after 59 minutes to claim
victory for a very [.
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Last night our second string bounced back from their disappointing first game of the season against
Villa with a great result at Portsmouth. For a full report courtesy of chelseafc.com click here!
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Last night our second string bounced back from their disappointing first game of the season against
Villa with a great result at Portsmouth. For a full report courtesy of chelseafc.com click here!
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Chelsea reserves went down 4-0 tonight to the current reigning Reserve League Champions tonight in
front of Carlo Ancelotti.Not a very good start for new Reserve Team Manager Steve Holland.For the
full report on the first Reserve Match at Griffin Park click here to take you to ChelseaFC.com the
official Chelsea Website.
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The Swope Park Rangers started the fall portion of their "season" with a 4-2 win over the
University of Creighton today out at the Swope Park training facility. You can follow the twitter
updates of the game over at the Wizards twitter page. Here's the lineup that started the game.
Pardo
Leathers - Hohlbein - McKenzie - Marquess
Morsink
Myers - Zusi - Espinoza
Cristman - Thompson
From what I was told by people at the game, the Rangers had a few early chances, beating the
keeper, but unable to beat the post.
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The strength of our squad has been a major talking point over the summer and the opening days of
the season have certainly suggested youth will play an important part this year. I think back to
the Souness days when the shocking quality of our first eleven meant the likes of Fowler,
Mcmanaman, Jones and [.
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It's a big week of football for the club what with the Celtic clash being followed by a Saturday
game against Portsmouth in the Premier League but it's not just the first team that will be busy.
This weekend also sees the Premier Academy League kick off as Arsenal's young guns are away to
Sheffield United on Saturday.
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Newcastle United have some of their players in International action this week and the young
Reserves side visit Leeds United tonight. Andy Carroll - 20 year-old expected to make England U21
debut Andy Carroll, Damien Duff, Tim Krul and Jonas Gutierrez are in action this week having joined
up with their respective national sides.
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FC Boro 10 August @ 06:06 PM EST
I don't know who exactly will feature for Boro in this year's Totesport.com combination league,
but the fixtures have been released none the less. Wycombe will be the first opponents of the new
reserve season at Broadhall Way before an away fixture at Portman Road against favourites Ipswich
Town.
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Richard Money seems to have a wealth of young stars at Newcastle right now, and these lads will be
given every chance to push through to the first team squad in the Championship this season. Richard
Money - very pleased with youngsters in pre-season The young Newcastle Reserve side retained their
100% summer record after last night's [.
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Increasingly, every time Alex Ferguson talks about Liverpool it is to put a negative slant to
something that was said or done. It is, I guess, a form of praise as it show that he sees us as a
threat.
That said, there is an element of truth in his latest rant where he implies that Liverpool should
have taken better care of Michael Owen when he first made it into the first team.
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After performing poorly in the Confederations Cup with Italy, Luca Toni has recently returned to
training with Bayern Munich and things apparently aren't going so well there either. From
FourFourTwo:
"[New Bayern manager Louis] Van Gaal is believed to have been unhappy with the striker's
fitness, and duly sent him to practise with the reserve team.
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There's a lot of rubbish posted on internet fora, none more so during the transfer window when
everybody has an opinion on who Liverpool should by and why the players that Benitez is going to
bring in aren't good enough / the missing piece in the puzzle (delete as appropriate).
Occasionally, however, something worth reading sticks out.
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I have to admit that I'm not a big fan of goal.com: they're far too interested in spreading (mostly
unfounded) rumours to take them seriously.
Yet occasionally they do come up with something that is worth reading. This week's interview with
Cadiz youth coach Quique Gonzalez is a case in point.
The piece is of interest because it focuses on recent Liverpool addition Jesus Fernandez.
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MLS Rumors 20 June @ 05:32 PM EST
Here is yet another video interview prior to the LA Galaxy alumni game footage. EX-USMNT defender
and LA Galaxy player, Jorge Salcedo was kind enough to discuss expansion and development of the
league. His most important areas to continue league development were to increase the roster size
and reintroduce the reserve league.
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The KC Wizards and Swope Park Rangers took part in a scrimmage today against PDL side, the Des
Moines Menace today at the Swope Park training complex. Unfortunately I didn't find out about the
game until after it had already started so I missed the beginning of the game. In the first half
though, the Wizards starters (minus Santiago Hirsig who was rested due to a minor injury) played
against the Menace.
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The Swope Park Rangers won again today, defeating the KC Brass 6-0 today. The lineup today was made
up of all the players that didn't start yesterday against the Crew along with a few guest players.
Here's the way the Rangers lined up to start the game:
Pardo
Leathers - Josh White - McKenzie - Marquess
Morsink
Harrington - Zusi - Souter
Thompson - Kraus
Both teams started off the game fairly even, with the game going back and forth.
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Just wanted to share the photos from the Wizards/Demize game on Monday. Check out Mike's writeup ot
the twitter feed from Kyle on Hillcrest Road for more details.One of Abe's 5 goals...Another shot
by Abe...Another goal!!!McKenzie heading a corner back across the goal...Rauwshan was close on a
couple occasions.
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The Swope Park Rangers, the Wizards reserves, completely destroyed Springfield's PDL team, the
Demize, today at the Swope Park training complex 11-0. The Rangers today were made up of all the
players that didn't play in LA Saturday, along with Graham Zusi and Abe Thompson, who appeared as
subs on Saturday.
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The Swope Park Rangers take the field again today out at the Swope Park training complex when they
take on PDL side, the Springfield Demize. The game is at 1pm. Springfield is currently winless on
the PDL season, as they sit at 0-5 with 4 goals for and 17 against. I will be at the game providing
twitter updates, along with a full write up later tonight.
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The Wizards once again took care of KC's PDL side, the Brass today out at the Swope Park training
facility, 4-1. Unlike last week when the two teams played, the Wizards first team actually took
part in part of the match, playing the first 45 minutes, with the reserves playing the second half.
Here's the lineup for the Wizards in the first half.
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I found out this morning that the Swope Park Rangers will be taking on the KC Brass today out at
the Swope Park training complex. Last time these two teams met, 9 days ago, the Rangers easily took
care of their PDL counterparts, winning 7-0. I will be out at the training complex for the game and
will be providing updates via twitter.
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I found out about this game only yesterday, but the Swope Park Rangers took on KC's PDL team, the
Brass today out at the Swope Park training complex. Here's the lineup that started the game.
Pardo
Harrington - Leathers - McKenzie - Marquess
Morsink
Souter - Zusi - Gomez
Kraus - Thompson
The Rangers dominated the game from the start, but didn't create many good chances early.
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Watching our collapse against Manchester United set me to thinking about what changes we need to
make at Arsenal. Right now we just aren't good enough to win a trophy. We need to offload some
players and we need to start looking at other players who could come in and address our
shortcomings.
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