January was another interesting month at the Lamex Stadium. After an unbeaten December and with Stevenage now in the shake up for the League 1 play-offs, Graham Westley was a wanted man. GW and his team were snapped up by Preston North End after weeks of uncertainty over his future. A new era has begun at Stevenage with Gary Smith appointed as the new manager.

Karl Robinson and his Milton Keynes Dons side make the short journey down to the Lamex tomorrow night in what could be a pivotal match as both sides look to cement their position in the League 1 play-off positions. MK Dons sit one place above Stevenage going into the game, although the Dons are 5 points clear with the bonus of a game in hand.

Stevenage are on the road again this weekend as they make a trip up to Glanford Park to face Alan Knill's Scunthorpe United. Boro are still managerless after Graham Westley's departure last Friday, but they will be confident going into the game after a run of 10 away games in all competitions without defeat.

FC Boro has returned. After deciding to call it a day back in August, the desire to get this place up and running again has come back after the events of recent weeks. It's not totally back as it was as I've still got a few issues to iron out with the domain name and pictures etc, but the blog is back, just as Stevenage FC enter a new era after the departure of Graham Westley.

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Sending young players out on loan to build experience is standard practice at top Premier League clubs, and Liverpool is no exception. However, Reserve team coach Rodolfo Borrell is worried that some loan moves can be counter-productive, and he argues that this has been the case for promising young striker Nathan Eccleston.

Liverpool's Ressies easily beat Sundeland's 5-1 at melwood this afternoon at Melwood.
Rodolfo Borell had the chance to pick Jay Spearing, Jonjo Flanagan and Sebastian Coates from the first team squad thanks to Kenny Dalglish's wish to give them playing time ahead of the Carling Cup tie with Chelsea this night week.

By Chris Wright

In which Nahki Wells, fresh off the bench, scores the only goal of the game to send League Two Bradford into the second round of the FA Cup at the expense of League One Rochdale with an 84th-minute screamer...

You can watch Wells' thunderous strike in the higher resolution it deserves here.

By Chris Wright

In which Nahki Wells, fresh off the bench, scores the only goal of the game to send League Two Bradford into the second round of the FA Cup at the expense of League One Rochdale with an 84th-minute screamer...

You can watch Wells' thunderous strike in the higher resolution it deserves here.

Liverpool loan out young gun Eccleston

Striker will spend a month in League One with Rochdale

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Rochdale have completed the signing of striker Nathan Eccleston on a month's loan from Premier League club Liverpool.
The 20-year-old will go straight into Steve Eyre's squad for the weekend clash at Exeter.
Eyre told the club's official website: "I'm very grateful to Liverpool for their co-operation.

Eccleston signing completed

Rochdale have completed the signing of striker Nathan Eccleston on a month's loan from Premier League club Liverpool.

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Reds confirm loan deal

Liverpool have confirmed Nathan Eccleston has joined Rochdale on loan.

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Rochdale sign Liverpool striker Nathan Eccleston on loan

Rochdale sign Liverpool striker Nathan Eccleston on a month-long loan.

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Chelsea and Sunderland win Respect and Fair Play Awards for disciplinary record

Watford and Rochdale are also recognised by the FA

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It was a mixed month for Stevenage in September. Here are some of the highlights.

Stevenage 4-2 Rochdale

Boro recorded their first home win in League One with a 4-2 victory over Rochdale. Goals from Craig Reid, Chris Beardsley (2) and an own goal from Neil Trotman gave Graham Westley's side the 3 points.

Aldershot Town to host Manchester United in Carling Cup fourth-round

• League Two side draw the Premier League champions • Arsenal to play Bolton, Liverpool face Stoke The League Two side Aldershot Town have drawn Manchester United at home in the stand-out tie of the fourth-round draw of the Carling Cup.

Carling Cup draw Aldershot play Manchester United

Aldershot have been handed a tantalising home clash against Manchester United in the Carling Cup fourth round. Dean Holdsworth's side beat Rochdale last week.

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Martes 20 de septiembre de 2011
Aldershot Town vs Rochdale 13:45 hrs Arsenal vs Shrewsbury Town 13:45 hrs Aston Villa vs Bolton Wanderers 13:45 hrs Burnley vs Milton Keynes Dons 13:45 hrs Leeds United vs Manchester United 13:45 hrs Nottingham Forest vs Newcastle United 13:45 hrs Stoke City vs Tottenham Hotspur 13:45 hrs Wolverhampton Wanderers vs Millwall 13:45 hrs Blackburn Rovers vs Leyton Orient 13:45 hrs Crystal Palace vs Middlesbrough 13:45 hrs Miércoles 21 de septiembre de 2011
Brighton vs Liverpool 13:45 hrs Cardiff City vs Leicester City 13:45 hrs Chelsea vs Fulham 13:45 hrs Manchester City vs Birmingham 13:45 hrs Southampton vs Preston North End 13:45 hrs Everton vs West Bromwich Albion 14:00 hrs Gracias por tu visita Estadísticas de Fútbol

1 Charlton Athletic 7 17 5
2 Sheffield Utd 8 17 5
3 Huddersfield 8 16 4
4 Milton Keynes Dons 7 16 5
5 Brentford FC 8 16 5
6 Stevenage FC 8 13 3
7 Hartlepool Utd 7 13 3
8 Preston NE 6 13 4
9 Notts County 8 13 4
10 Sheffield Wed 8 13 4
11 Carlisle Utd 8 13 4
12 Tranmere Rovers 8 11 3
13 Oldham Athletic 8 11 3
14 Colchester Utd 8 10 2
15 Walsall FC 8 8 2
16 Yeovil Town 8 8 2
17 Chesterfield 8 8 2
18 Rochdale 8 8 2
19 Bury FC 8 7 2
20 Bournemouth 8 6 2
21 Scunthorpe Utd 8 5 0
22 Wycombe 7 5 1
23 Exeter City 8 5 1
24 Leyton Orient 8 2 0

There was nothing concrete upon which to link Birmingham City winning the League Cup with their relegation from the Premier League at the end of last season, of course, but it didn't stop some from asserting exactly this and it hasn't stopped panicky-looking managers whose main ambition for this season is to finish seventeenth in the Premier League from effectively binning England's second cup competition.

We've all been there: the hubris and cockiness borne of conviction and enthusiasm coming back to bite us firmly in the backside. And so it was on Saturday for the Bury fans - rejoicing at being back in League 1 and fortified by pre-match pints in the metal box of a social club adjacent to Gigg Lane (£1 in for non-members; distinct odour of hot dogs, cooking lager and sweat) - who lustily

If the start of this season in League One has been notable for one thing, it has been for the under-achievement of those clubs which arguably over-achieved last season. After seven matches, the bottom four of Rochdale, Bournemouth, Leyton Orient and Exeter City are all clubs did extremely well when swimming against the current last season, but all are finding the going to be considerably more difficult this time around.

Klinsmann will spend time in Europe
U.S. head coach Jurgen Klinsmann is taking full advantage of his time in Europe following the match against Belgium, traveling across the continent to visit current and future U.S. prospects. Here's the breakdown:
Sept. 7 - Jurgen watched Stuart Holden play 65 minutes for Bolton's reserves against Rochdale in the Manchester Senior Cup.

Stuart Holden passed his second test.

Holden started and played 65 minutes in Bolton's 1-1 draw with Rochdale (Bolton won 6-5 in penalties) in a reserve match on Wednesday in rainy conditions. Playing in front of U.S. national team head coach Jurgen Klinsmann, Holden emerged unscathed and is set for the next challenge on his comeback road.

Why Warnock's wrong about the Carling Cup and Twitter cowards get my goat plus my new tattoo

Shamoe on the managers who treat the Carling Cup as a second-class pot and claim they are glad to be out of it. Neil Warnock, who has never won a major trophy in his life, reckons QPR are better off without the distraction of the Carling Cup after they were humbled by Rochdale.

Did he mean it, then, or was he merely to trying to cover his embarrassment? Neil Warnock is, of course, what is commonly referred to as a "character". He can, however, be a walking contradiction at times, and it often feels as if, just as you're in danger of warming to him, he will say something as if to remind you of why many supporters call him by an anagram if his name which is, well, fairly obscene.

Two matches in and there are already a few things we know about the Premiership.

1 The second best team in the Premiership is Manchester United reserves

2 It is not going to be a good season for north London clubs

3 City's Aguero is going to be brilliant but alas not in every game

4 Steve Kean has got two more matches to get a few points or else those chickens will come home to roost.

By Chris Wright

One in the eye for Neil Warnock, who claimed that no-one cares about the Carling Cup anymore after 4,000 fans turned up at Loftus Road to see QPR go out to Rochdale last night these cheeky Charlton fans bloody love it...

Via our pals over at OTP

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I don't understand why so few Premier League clubs pay any attention to the Carling Cup as it is their only chance to win a trophy.

The Premier League will be decided between six sides. In all liklihood, those six teams will also win the FA Cup. That means that the only option for a team to win a trophy is the Carling Cup.

I don't understand why so few Premier League clubs pay any attention to the Carling Cup as it is their only chance to win a trophy.

The Premier League will be decided between six sides. In all liklihood, those six teams will also win the FA Cup. That means that the only option for a team to win a trophy is the Carling Cup.

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Football is the dream of many youngsters, but only a few get the chance to turn this dream into a reality. Even among these few, there are those who need a second chance to showcase the talents that are unique to them.

In an exciting project developing in Spain, coach John Gontier is leading the way for many of England's struggling young football players to keep believing in their dreams.

There were reports last night that Wigan had taken a firm interest in Joey Barton. Joey Barton Wigan interested in taking the player And the news from Lee Ryder of the Evening Chronicle is that Rochdale also registered a rather cheeky interest in the player, who is still available on a free transfer from [.

The penultimate amuse-bouche to the Season Preview that you might well be getting a little bored of by now focuses on the specially commissioned quintent of articles that may have gone unnoticed in the midst of the club-by-club chow down. Rob Langham, aka Lanterne Rouge, exploited his day job experience as a Commissioning Editor of books to hook in five writers to this section.

One of the headlines emanating from the BBC yesterday morning was that you can only have a day out at the football in Britain for under twenty quid at eleven out of 104 league clubs in England and Scotland. By a day out, the BBC talks about the entrance fee for an adult, a matchday programme, a pie and a coffee.

Over the last week Liverpool FC revealed that new signings Jordan Henderson and Charlie Adam would be wearing the No.14 and No.26 shirts respectively for 2011/12 campaign. They have added to that update by confirming that Stewart Downing will wear the No.19 shirt formerly held by Ryan Babel.