MORNING all, hopefully this blog finds you well on 'hump-day'.
Just a quick note on yesterday's post on the void of Perth Glory news. Apparently, Monday was a
rest and recovery day for the players - which is understandable, considering they have been on a
two-week road trip of Queensland.
So yesterday there was a bit of news coming out the Glory camp, but the first official media
gathering for this week, will be a presser just before training today.
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Muhsin Ertugral has quit Ajax Cape Town. Urban Warriors CEO George Comitis said that the
Turkish-born coach is leaving for Sivasspor, which finished second behind Besiktas in the Turkish
League last year.
In the interim, Jan Pruijn will oversee the team over the next couple of weeks until they
announce a new Head Coach.
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Here is the schedule of matches for Week 7 of the Turkcell Super League. All matches will kick
off at 8pm local Turkish time (1 pm EST, 12 pm CST, and 10 am PST). Referee assignments are in
parenthesis.
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Friday September 25th:
Gençlerbirliği – Trabzonspor (Hüseyin Göçek)
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Saturday September 26th:
Antalyaspor – Fenerbahçe (Yunus Yıldırım)
Bursaspor – Diyarbakırspor (Özgüç Türkalp)
Gaziantepspor – Ankaragücü (Kuddusi Müftüoğlu)
İstanbul Büyükşehir Belediyespor – Sivasspor (Selçuk Dereli)
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Sunday September 27th:
Kayserispor – Kasımpaşa (Özgür Yankaya)
Galatasaray – Eskişehirspor (Cüneyt Çakır)
Denizlispor – Manisaspor (Halis Özkahya)
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In its fifth match in European Cups, Sivasspor has suffered a disappointing defeat against
Anderlecht. With 5 new players in the squad, and the injuries of Mehmet Yildiz and Sezer Badur,
Sivasspor has shown signs of extreme lack of discipline and organization. Especially the Australian
goalkeeper Petkovic made crucial mistakes and the team failed to produce goal chances.
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Arsenal's path to the Champion's League group stages has been clarified somewhat today with the
draw for the qualifying round of the Champions League.
Arsenal are automatically in the "Play-off" round along with Atletico Madrid, Lyons, VfB
Stuttgart and Fiorentina. We will be joined by the winners of the following matches:
Sparta Prague  v Panathinaikos Â
Shakhtar Donetsk  v Timisoara (Rom)
Sporting Lisbon  v Twente Â
Celtic v Dynamo Moscow Â
Anderlecht  v Sivasspor (Tur)
The draw for the "Play-off" will take place on 7 August.
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Du Nord 11 June @ 10:24 AM EST
Justin Paul fills us in on the top flight Turkish football season.
The Turkish
Süper Lig saw one of its most competitive seasons ever recently finished. Most
notably, two provincial Anatolian sides, Sivasspor and Trabzonspor, were competitive up until the
final week. It was however
BeÅŸiktaÅŸ, historically Turkey's 3rd club from the Istanbul big
three, that took the crown.
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The streets of Istanbul became a sea of black and white at the weekend as Besiktas fans in their
tens of thousands riotously celebrated the Kara Kartallar's (Black Eagles) first Turkish league
title in six years. The team coached by Mustafa Denizli had already won the domestic cup and thus
became the first club to do the double since 2000.
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The streets of Istanbul became a sea of black and white at the weekend as Besiktas fans in their
tens of thousands riotously celebrated the Kara Kartallar's (Black Eagles) first Turkish league
title in six years. The team coached by Mustafa Denizli had already won the domestic cup and thus
became the first club to do the double since 2000.
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It is the last Tango in the Turkish Turkcell Super League and It's the Championship Saturday
too.
Turkcell Super League Leader Besiktas could clinch the title with a away win or a draw in
Denizli.
Denizlispor who is safe by only goal average, would want to get at least a point from Besiktas to
reach 39 points mark.
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It is the last Tango in the Turkish Turkcell Super League and It's the Championship Saturday
too.
Turkcell Super League Leader Besiktas could clinch the title with a away win or a draw in
Denizli.
Denizlispor who is safe by only goal average, would want to get at least a point from Besiktas to
reach 39 points mark.
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Just as the football season around Europe is finishing, let's take a look at the cup winners and
newly crowned league champions of some of the major European leagues which have been decided. A
short recap of those leagues which are yet to be decided will also have a special mention.
England
Premier League Champions: Manchester United 90pts
Carling Cup Winners: Manchester United
FA Cup: Chelsea vs.
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Turkcell Super League Review...
Besiktas is one step closer heading into the final weekend of the Turkish Turkcell Super League
season with a two-point lead after they beat Galatasaray 2-1.
Yusuf Simsek scored a valuable winner for his side on the hour mark after Australia international
Harry Kewell (49) had canceled out a Deivson Bobo strike four minutes before half-time.
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Turkcell Super League Review...
Besiktas is one step closer heading into the final weekend of the Turkish Turkcell Super League
season with a two-point lead after they beat Galatasaray 2-1.
Yusuf Simsek scored a valuable winner for his side on the hour mark after Australia international
Harry Kewell (49) had canceled out a Deivson Bobo strike four minutes before half-time.
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CAN BESIKTAS CLINCH THE TITLE THIS WEEKEND?....
Two weeks to go in the Turkish Turkcell Super League, the team ,who will have saying, in this race,
will be Galatasaray .
Galatasaray playing this weekend on Sunday against League Leader Besiktas and than in the last
weekend of the league, next weekend they will face Leagues another top contender Sivasspor in
Istanbul.
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CAN BESIKTAS CLINCH THE TITLE THIS WEEKEND?....
Two weeks to go in the Turkish Turkcell Super League, the team ,who will have saying, in this race,
will be Galatasaray .
Galatasaray playing this weekend on Sunday, against the League Leader Besiktas and than in the last
weekend of the league, next weekend they will face Leagues another top contender Sivasspor in
Istanbul.
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CLUTCH WEEKEND WILL BRING OUT THE CLUTCH TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE..
As we get closer the end of the rope, things are getting hotter in the Turkish Turkcell Super
league.
In the 32th week, Top two team Besiktas and Sivasspor will put a fight against the lower teams in
the league.
There will be only one match in Ankara on Saturday and rest of the seven matches will play on
Sunday at same time (20:00 Turkish Local Time)
Once again, Sivaspor will play before Besiktas .
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Defeat at the hands of Chelsea mean that we finish the season in 4th place and qualify for the
Champions League knock-out stage. Â Â What does this mean, and how does this differ from previous
seasons?
 Under Michel Platini's plan to get greater inclusion for team like Cluj and BATE Borisov,
qualification for the group stages is split into two; the Champions of the smaller nations play in
one section and the runners-up, third place and fourth place teams play in the other section.
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Defeat at the hands of Chelsea mean that we finish the season in 4th place and qualify for the
Champions League knock-out stage. Â Â What does this mean, and how does this differ from previous
seasons?
 Under Michel Platini's plan to get greater inclusion for team like Cluj and BATE Borisov,
qualification for the group stages is split into two; the Champions of the smaller nations play in
one section and the runners-up, third place and fourth place teams play in the other section.
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What a Saturday it was!...
There were eight matches and they all started at same time....
First bad news came from Sivas..
Istanbul Buyuksehir scored two goals in seventeen minutes and Sivasspor fans were stunned! And
Sivasspor lost the match 2-1 at the end of the ninety minutes.
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Thrilling climax in Turkey
Bulent Uygun is much in demand these days. The former Turkey international is currently the man in
charge at Sivasspor, where his methods are producing remarkable results. The club from Sivas, a
town of 300,000 in central Anatolia and something of a footballing backwater until recently, are
top of the Super Lig with just four games to go.
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This was a golden second opportunity for Besiktas when league leader Sivasspor lost the away match,
against Gaziantepspor, hours before The second place Besiktas took the pitch in Istanbul.
This could it been a huge morale booster for Mustafa Denizli's Besiktas side but,
Instead, there was better Fenerbahce team on the pitch, against Besiktas.
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There are seven matches on Sunday, and five of them will be the battle, for teams who does not want
to be the second or third team to bite the dust in the league!..
All these teams are floating between 35 and 30 points...
Accept, Koacaelispor who has 26 points will travel to face Konyasspor who has 32 points.
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Trabzonspor kept up the pressure with a convincing 4-1 victory over Kayserispor.
Trabzonspor were two goals up inside the first seven minutes thanks to strikes from Umut Bulut and
Gokhan Unal.
Franco Cangele pulled a goal back from the penalty spot for Kayserispor on the stroke of half-time
but Gustavo Colman (77) and Unal (90) put the result to bed in the second half.
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Meet the new Anatolian kings.,.....Sivasspor.
They just demolished the team that wear the "king" hat in the Anatolia of Turkey.
What I saw on Saturday , is a "total team" on the pitch.
They scored three unanswered goals, against the team one time ruled the Anatolian teams and was the
only and first team ever to win a Turkish League Championship.
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Sivasspor - ready for the fight...Last weekend's Three to See saw Inter Milan practically wrap up
the Scudetto, Bordeaux further their own title ambitions while denting massively the hopes of
Lyon,...
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ISTANBUL, April 24 (Reuters) - Five weeks separate surprise Turkish league leaders Sivasspor from
wresting the title from an Istanbul club for the first time in 25 years, a feat the team says would
boost the league's status and delight most of Turkey.
Sivasspor, knocked out of the Turkish Cup this week, lead Istanbul's Besiktas by just one point
with 57 points and face third-placed Trabzonspor on Saturday.
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Ten man Besiktas team just could not pass Bursaspor on Sunday night in Istanbul.
The scene was all there, with their 12th man , who did not stop chanting, until last minutes of th
match.
In the last game of the week 28 in Turkish Turkcell Super League, Besiktas was hopeful of taking
over the lead position.
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After Sivasspor was held by Konyaspor in Konya to a scoreless draw , Besiktas has a chance to
capture the Turkish Turkcell Super League top spot if they win against Bursaspor on Sunday night in
Istanbul.
Turkcell Super League 28th week started with Trabzonspor against Genclerbirlgi on Friday and
Tranbzonspor after beating Genclerbirligi with two unanswered goals.
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BESIKTAS HAS A CHANCE TO CAPTURE THE TOP SPOT ON FRIDAY...As we get closer to the end of the season in the Turkish Turkcell Super League the excitement on
top and agony of defeat feeling at the bottom is in full force...
After all disappointment scores by big guns from Istanbul , Sivasspor just could not open the gap
wide open , instead they are only one point in front of second place Besiktas and five points away
from three teams too
Those teams are,Fenerbahce , Galatasaray and Trabzonspor , they all have 47 points.
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The Offside 27 March @ 04:30 PM EST
The city of Sivas is modest and the Sivasspor#8217;s history even more so. They don#8217;t have the
allure of Istanbul and their Turkish Super Lig adventure only begun in 2005. They staked a claim to
middle ground in their inaugural top flight season, finishing 8th, and have built on their
performance each year, finishing seventh [.
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