Why are we waiting...
The 17 Clubs Around The World Who Have Been Waiting The Longest To Win Another Championship Title Despite Holding The Record For The Most Championship Titles In Their Country
1. Club Colonial, Martinique (18 titles, last one - 1972)
2. Horseed, Somalia (8 titles, last one - 1980)
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Zalaegerszeg Ultras, Hungary

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Graffiti at Estadio Jose Alvalade by Directivo Ultras, Sporting Lisbon supporters' group.

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Ryan Guy's goal against Shamrock Rovers proved to be the lifeline that St. Patrick's Athletic needed to avoid relegation, while Chris Konopka featured for Sporting Fingal in a defeat to Athlone Town. Click to continue reading...

Clint Dempsey has scored from the spot for Fulham in the first half against Wigan, earning him a league turkey for strikes in three consecutive frames. That game is ongoing, knotted at ones.Yesterday, we had Leeds United's Mike Grella and Wycombe's Jon-Paul Pittman bag their first career FA Cup goals. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Guy and St. Patrick's Athletic attempt to secure Premier Division survival when they take on Shamrock Rovers, while Chris Konopka will be hoping that Sporting Fingal finish runners-up in the First Division. Click to continue reading...

St. Pat's attacker Ryan Guy fired an early second half decider for a 2-1 win at Drogheda United.The proud new papa celebrated with his fifth goal of the season, giving the Saints a shot at avoiding the relegation playoff in next Friday's closing day visit from Shamrock Rovers.As always, we cross our fingers hoping that the St. Click to continue reading...

Display by ultras of Shamrock Rovers, Ireland.

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Ryan Guy will attempt to guide St. Patrick's Athletic into the semi-finals of the FAI Ford Cup when they take on Waterford United, while Chris Konopka could feature for Sporting Fingal against Shamrock Rovers. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Guy played well but was on the losing side as St. Patrick's Athletic were defeated by Shamrock Rovers while Chris Konopka was a used substitute in Sporting Fingal's win over UCD. Click to continue reading...

Ryan Guy should be involved as St. Patrick's Athletic take on Shamrock Rovers in a Dublin derby, while Chris Konopka will be hoping to make his debut for Sporting Fingal. Click to continue reading...

Ireland under-21 manager Don Givens has named an 18-man squad for next month's European Championship qualifier in Tallinn against Estonia.
Histon's Lanre Oyebanjo, James McKeown of Peterborough United and Aston Villa's James Collins are included in the squad for the first time. Click to continue reading...

A fresh batch of news tidbits for the Colorado soccer fan. ...

PREKI FINED: Major League Soccer fined Chivas USA head coach Preki Radosavljevic $1,000 for inappropriate conduct directed toward match officials following Chivas USA's 3-1 U.S. Open Cup loss to the Charleston Battery on June 30.

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Last night, we brought you the first part of Gavin Saxton's extensive preview of the 2009/10 Scottish football season. This morning comes the second part of his round-up, focusing on the Second and Third Divisions of the Scottish Football League.

Division Two

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Ireland has already hosted one of the unlikeliest pre-season pairings of the summer - Shamrock Rovers and Real Madrid - but that match-up is about to be surpassed in the David versus Goliath stakes.
Tiny Dunmanway Town from the southern Irish county of Cork are preparing to host the might of Liverpool - or at least a Liverpool XI, which they are assured will feature some of the club's big-name stars. Click to continue reading...

"Liverpool have The Beatles and Manchester have Oasis. I think Manchester has the better band."
Cristiano Ronaldo is not such a big Fab Four fan.

"I don't like John Terry and I never have. He's got funny eyes and he's a cry baby. He's also a Cockney."
Man City fan Noel Gallagher is uncharacteristically outspoken as he list the reasons why he doesn't want John Terry at Eastlands. Click to continue reading...

"Can we play you every week?"

Shamrock Rovers fans to Real Madrid when they were holding them to a 0-0 draw.

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In a week when the heavies of European football struggled to make any significant impact around the globe*, comes another surprising result straight out of the bowels of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers, a team whose name sounds more like a wrestling move or a Robbie Williams album title than a football team, made a good account of themselves and put up an almighty battle against the squillion-dollar boys of Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

In a week when the heavies of European football struggled to make any significant impact around the globe*, comes another surprising result straight out of the bowels of Ireland. Shamrock Rovers, a team whose name sounds more like a wrestling move or a Robbie Williams album title than a football team, made a good account of themselves and put up an almighty battle against the squillion-dollar boys of Real Madrid. Click to continue reading...

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• Greaseano claims that he was "tired" against Shamrock Rovers. Madrid's goal in the friendly came courtesy of Karim Benzema. "I'm tired because we are training hard three times a day," he said. By the way, Kaka is still on holiday after the Confeds so this means that The Fangirls need to start warming up.

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Real Madrid played a friendly against Shamrock Rovers and Ronaldo didn't make the best of debuts.He could have made history by scoring on his first free kick but only succeeded in bouncing the ball of the wall.He got a few boos for his efforts and bowed out of the game at half time.An ingenious comparision of Ronaldo's forgettable debut on the anniversary of the moon landing here.

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Subject to jeers from the locals, Cristiano Ronaldo made his Real Madrid debut last night following his transfer from Manchester United for a record £80m ($132m) against Irish part-timers Shamrock Rovers. The venue for the match was the half-built Tallaght Stadium on the outskirts of Dublin. Nevertheless, 10,000 fans each paid £50 to attend what was [. Click to continue reading...

Anche il Real è, dunque, sceso in campo, per la prima sgambata stagionale e i risultati di calcio parlano chiaro. Uno striminzito uno a zero contro i mediocri irlandesi. In attesa che il fuoriclasse brasiliano Kakà raggiunga i suoi nuovi compagni, e soprattutto che Cristiano Ronaldo si scrolli di dosso il peso dei 94 milioni di euro pagati da Florentino Perez, la scena della prima uscita stagionale dei blancos è dominata dal franco-algerino Karim Benzema: è sua la rete che regala la vittoria alle merengues nell'amichevole contro gli irlandesi dello Shamrock Rovers. Click to continue reading...

Let's take a look at how some new faces fared in some early action with their new clubs:

• Word is Cristiano Ronaldo didn't dazzle at all in his Real Madrid debut against the Shamrock Rovers. Though Karim Benzema did score a late goal in the 1-0 win.
  
  
• Manchester United got another goal -- albeit another easy one -- from Michael Owen in a 2-0 win against a Malaysia XI.

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Newcastle will be at Huddersfield tonight for a game that kicks off at 7:45 pm, and Chris Hughton will want another win to go with the two victories already in pre-season against Shamrock Rovers and Darlington. Chris Hughton another win needed tonight Newcastle have scored 10 goals in their first two pre-season games, and have just one [. Click to continue reading...

First point, excellent game from the Irish Football team ShamrockRovers, grand!A few points from tonight's first friendly for the Madrid team,REAL MADRID are more competitive, their game has improved inthe touch Football aspect & the new players look good. The resultagainst SHAMROCK ROVERS 0-1 was not at all important, but theconnection of the players was the positive aspect of a team & thatin Click to continue reading...

Wonder no more Cristiano Ronaldo made his Real Madrid debut against Shamrock Rovers last night. But the £80 million man put in a rather disappointed 45-minute shift and was eclipsed by fellow debutant Karim Benzema, who grabbed the winning goal. Ronaldo admitted in a post-match interview that he was no 100 per cent fit but said he [. Click to continue reading...

Real Madrid opened their preseason with a match against Irish Premier Division club Shamrock Rovers. It was the first match with Cristiano Ronaldo who broke the tranfer record leaving Manchester United. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

Real Madrid defeates Shamrock Rovers 1-0 in friendly - Video Highlights - Real Madrid struggled in their first preseason match as Cristiano Ronaldo played his first game for the Spanish club.

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A beautiful goal from the french man in the 86th minute gave Real Madrid the first victory of the new season. Benzema also had a shot to the cross while Cristiano Ronaldo demonstrated his skills the first 45 minutes of the match. Click to continue reading...

Ronaldo makes his long-awaited debut for Real Madrid tonight as they take on Shamrock Rovers in a friendly in Ireland. Click to continue reading...

Steven Taylor has opened up about the team's morale following the game at Darlington and what he has to say should be encouraging for Toon fans. Steven Taylor-A future captain Steven spoke of the trip to play Shamrock Rovers, "After the Shamrock Rovers game, they [the players] were asked these questions, and people might think [. Click to continue reading...

Chris Hughton will this afternoon probably limit the number of substitutions made in this afternoon's game at Darlington, which kicks off at 12:30 pm. Chris Hughton - limited substitutions Chris essentially fielded two separate sides during last weekend's 3-0 win over Shamrock Rovers in Dublin, so as to give all the lads a run-out. Click to continue reading...

Friendlies are fun. It can be enjoyable to watch your team play an opponent that wouldn't usually visit in the regular schedule; especially if it's a high-profile team from overseas. It's a chance for your manager to try something new, and see some younger players get some minutes. Usually they take place before the season starts, so it's a good warmup for your vocal chords as a supporter, a way to get back into the swing of things.

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The new Galacticos of Real Madrid are currently in Dublin, Ireland for  pre-season training. Critiano Ronaldo and the boys will then take on Shamrock Rovers (who currently sit fourth in the Irish Premier Division) on July 20th before heading to North America for friendlies against Toronto FC and DC United. Click to continue reading...

By all accounts Wesley Ngo Baheng, our French youngster, had a terrific first 45 minutes against Shamrock Rovers and has completely recovered from his knee ligament injury suffered in April of 2008. Wesley Ngo Baheng-Played well on Saturday Wesley is looking to make an impact this year and push for a first team place. Click to continue reading...