Chasing The Big Leagues West Ham United (English Championship) is a post from: Just Football
Tales from Tier Two is a series on Just Football in
partnership with @tiertwofooty, in which we assess the promotion chances of the clubs in tier two
of Europe's major leagues at the midway point of 2011/12.
Chasing the Big Leagues Real Valladolid and the contenders (Spain Segunda) is a post from: Just
Football
Just Football's Tales from Tier Two series, in
association with @tiertwofooty, continues now as we continue with Spain's Liga Adelante. First we
assessed the promotion chances of Deportivo La Coruña in Spain's Segunda
Division:
Real Valladolid
Real Valladolid have been in and around the top six all season in Spain's
Segunda Division following a run of just 2 defeats in 22 games since kicking off the season with a
3-0 win at Gimnastic Tarragona.
Arsene Wenger goes in to today's FA Cup clash knowing that realistically it is the only trophy
that can end our seven-year silverwear drought. That's probably why he is set to start RVP up front
against Alex McLeish's men at the Emirates.
But as you would ecpect given the lack of success at the club of late, AW is also eyeing new
talent for the future.
Chasing the Big Leagues Deportivo La Coruna (Spain Segunda) is a post from: Just Football
Just Football's Tales from Tier Two series
continues now with a look at the promotion chances of Deportivo La Coruña in
Spain's Segunda Division:
Deportivo La Coruna
Deportivo have a three point lead on Valladolid and Hercules going into week 22 as the
blanquiazules aim to bounce back to La Liga at the first time of asking.
Philadelphia Union
With yesterday's announcement that the Union had declined the option to re-sign Stefani
Miglioranzi and Chase Harrison, the eyes of many Philly soccer followers turned to the other
castoffs throughout the league and the possibility that the Union might find a worthy signing in
Monday's Re-Entry Draft.
By Chris Wright
In which, during the Segunda Division tie between the two sides on Monday evening, Xerez 'keeper
Toni Doblas reduces Girona striker Ion Velez's knee to a mushy paste with a truly horrific
full-tilt tackle.
Warning for the squeamish: I'm no doctor, but I'm pretty sure you can see Velez's knee dislocate
fairly graphically during the second replay.
Andres Guardado volvio anotar gol en esta jornada de segunda division española, y no, no le
anoto gol a las chivas le anoto al Guadalajara español.
El mediocampista mexicano surgido de las fuerzas básicas del Atlas marcó su tercer gol en cuatro
partidos en la Segunda División española, y es pieza clave en el buen desempeño de su equipo el
Deportivo La Coruña en búsqueda del ascenso en la liga de las estrellas.
Uno de los mejores partidos que ha dado el mexicano en España aunque sea la segunda division
española el gol que se avento el Principito hoy fue de antologia, desde media cancha disparo con
esa zurda educada que Javier Aguirre ninguneo en el mundial de Sudafrica 2010.
Hoy el Deportivo La Coruña busca desesperadamente encontrar su puesto en la primera division, el
gol de Andres Guardado fue de primera en cualquier liga del mundo.
Real Betis have confirmed the signing of Paraguay striker Roque Santa Cruz on a one-year loan
from Manchester City.
Thirty-year-old Santa Cruz joined City from Blackburn in 2009 but has struggled to tie down a
first-team berth with the big-spending Premier League club and returned to Rovers on loan for the
second half of last season.
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for
the first two weekends of the season.
Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem
in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real
Zaragoza applying for administration this summer, which is a common occurrence particularly in the
Segunda Division.
The Association of Spanish Footballers (AFE) has revealed that La Liga players will strike for
the first two weekends of the season.
Players want a wage guarantee fund for when clubs become insolvent, an all-too frequent problem
in Spain, with Levante and Hercules struggling to pay staff members in recent years and Real
Zaragoza applying for administration this summer, which is a common occurrence particularly in the
Segunda Division.
Manuel Lanzini (18), cedido a Fluminense a préstamo por un año (hasta el 30 de junio de
2012) con opción de €10 millones después de 22 partidos oficiales en la Primera.
"Está muy claro que no me voy por la plata, me voy porque es lo mejor
para mí. Mi intención era quedarme y pelear la segunda division, pero creo que en este nuevo
plantel no tengo lugar.
By Chris Wright
As you may or possibly may not be aware, the draw for the Spanish Tercera Division play-offs
(for the right to play in the Spanish third tier, Segunda Division B) were made earlier this
week.
Strangely, the president of one of the clubs involved, Pablo Cordoba of Alcobendas Sport, was
entrusted to draw the balls for his side's half of the draw arriving at the plinth with a huge,
sh*t-eating grin on his face only to be *apparently* told which ball to pull out of the goldfish
bowl by the honcho in charge.
Barca B, officially known as the FC Barcelona Athletic has secured the third place in the
Segunda Division A, following their 2-3 away victory at second placed Rayo Vallecano. Rayo
Vallecano who were just one point behind the leaders, Real Betis saw their grim hope of winning the
league wiped off with Barca B victory.
Luis Enrique could become the next coach of Italian side Roma (Photo: Getty Images)
After three successful seasons with Barça B head coach and FC Barcelona legend Luis Enrique
looks like he will be taking over at Italian side Roma.
The 41 year old ex-Barcelona midfielder took over the B squad from Pep Guardiola when he was
appointed head coach of the senior squad.
All Boys was formed by a group of youths in the Floresta neighborhood on the west side of Buenos
Aires. Like many clubs of the era the boys chose to adopt an English name, going with the simple
All Boys. The full name is Club Atlético All Boys (All Boys Athletic Club) and El Albo, as the
team are known, do indeed play a number of other sports including basketball, volleyball, and
rugby.
Liga: Manca ancora qualche verdetto Di Pietro Colella La penultima giornata della Liga non ha
ancora sentenziato definitivamente gli ultimi verdetti come la qualificazione in Europa League e
lotta per evitare la retrocessione in "segunda division".L'Almeria saluta in maniera dignitosa la
Liga vincendo tra le mura amiche contro il Real Maiorca che dovr vincere la prossima per essere
sicuro di
Daddy, Daddy CoolReal Valladolid 2-2 Tenerife (02:01:11)What better way to kick off 2011 than a six hour journey, north by northwest, from our traditional
Spanish festive season HQ in Salinas del Manzano to Valladolid for a slice of Segunda Division
action.
