Ahead of their final game of the League Two season, Southend's players were given a pre-match gee-up by none other than Jeremy Kyle, i.e, the megalomaniac host/ringleader of the scum circus that is The Jeremy Kyle Show.
Can we just point out now that Southend's manager is Phil Brown.
As a rule of thumb, if a manager is good enough to lead a team to a cup final, it is generally neither necessary nor beneficial to relieve him of his duties right before said cup final.
Southend Utd have thrown the Book of Logic and Sound Reasoning straight out of the window, parting company with manager Paul Sturrock on Sunday.
[H]aving somewhat nervously accepted an invitation to Sunday Night's Football League Awards, my tension was only heightened as I negotiated a cabal of smartly turned out livery men to enter into the Xanadu like surrounds of mega-venue The Brewery, at the heart of the City of London, a few paces south of hip Whitecross Street.
Despite quiet confidence in advance of this season's opening salvos, a tough sequence of fixtures
added to the absence through injury of midfield playmaker Peter Leven will have left Oxford United
fans cautious before the Capital One Cup visit to Bournemouth on August 14th. But their divisional
betters from Dorset were seen off on penalties and the League campaign has started no less
auspiciously – two of the favourites, Bristol Rovers and Southend have been vanquished and the
performance in the latter game in particular was notable for its ease.
We continue our Five Days of Football League build-up with a focus on the archival section of our
108-page overview of the coming season. In putting together the Preview, we wanted to touch upon
the writing that we feel best represents our sites by giving selected pieces a second airing.So,
kicking the section off on page 66 is Iain Macintosh's ode to Southend, which first appeared on The
Seventy
Yesterday marked the end of an era at the Den. Neil Harris' departure for the northern shore of the
Thames Estuary brought to an end a second spell in Millwall blue and put a downer on many a
Millwall supporter's afternoon.It had been obvious for some time that we were watching a club
legend in action.
The play offs were supposed to leave everything hanging in the balance but as we enter the final
weekend of the regular season, too many issues have been resolved and Murdoch's boyz must be
agonising about their hit rates and advertising revenue. They've missed out on a straight shoot out
between Cardiff and Norwich after the former collapsed against Boro, they've seen those Peruvian
shirted
The term must win is used too much over the course of the season, but tomorrow's game
at Sixfields is just that for both ourselves and Northampton. Three points for the Cobblers would
probably all but confirm their safety and a place in next season's League 2 with so many other
sides nervously looking over their shoulder into the non-league trap door.
Stevenage have an early opportunity to get back to winning ways after Saturday's disappointing
defeat away at Accrington Stanley. Southend are the visitors to Broadhall Way and they themselves
come in to the game on the back of a 5 match run without a win in all competitions. However, it
could be argued that the point they won against Shrewsbury at the weekend was one gained rather
than lost.
After an unimaginably poor performance at the weekend, including two own goals and a missed penalty, Stoke striker Jonathan Walters managed to score two again last night. Luckily this time they were in the right end! The Potters hitman made amends from his Chelsea disaster to help book his side a home tie against Premier [.
We have tickets to all West Ham United games this season both home and away. For home games we
are part of the West Ham Ticket Exchange which means you can buy tickets directly from West Ham
ticket holders. You will not find cheaper West Ham tickets anywhere online.
West Ham Preseason Schedule
July 7 Austria Vienna (Generali Arena, Prague)
July 10 Boreham Wood (Meadow Park)
July 14 Southend (Roots Hall)
July 17 Oxford United (Kassam Stadium)
July 21 Colchester (Weston Homes Community Stadium)
25 July FC Rot-Wieb Erfurt (Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt)
July 27 Dynamo Dresden (Glucksgas Stadion, Dresden)
July 29 Energie Cottbus (Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus)
We have tickets to all West Ham United games this season both home and away. For home games we
are part of the West Ham Ticket Exchange which means you can buy tickets directly from West Ham
ticket holders. You will not find cheaper West Ham tickets anywhere online.
West Ham United 2012-2013 Schedule
Preseason
July 7 Austria Vienna (Generali Arena, Prague) 4pm
July 10 Boreham Wood (Meadow Park) 7pm
July 14 Southend (Roots Hall) 3pm, July 17 Oxford United (Kassam Stadium) 7:45pm
July 21 Colchester (Weston Homes Community Stadium) 3pm
25 July FC Rot-Wieb Erfurt (Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt) 7pm
July 27 Dynamo Dresden (Glucksgas Stadion, Dresden) 7:30pm
July 29 Energie Cottbus (Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus) 2:30pm
We have tickets to all West Ham United games this season both home and away. For home games we
are part of the West Ham Ticket Exchange which means you can buy tickets directly from West Ham
ticket holders. You will not find cheaper West Ham tickets anywhere online.
West Ham United 2012-2013 Schedule
Preseason
July 7 Austria Vienna (Generali Arena, Prague) 4pm
July 10 Boreham Wood (Meadow Park) 7pm
July 14 Southend (Roots Hall) 3pm, July 17 Oxford United (Kassam Stadium) 7:45pm
July 21 Colchester (Weston Homes Community Stadium) 3pm
25 July FC Rot-Wieb Erfurt (Steigerwaldstadion, Erfurt) 7pm
July 27 Dynamo Dresden (Glucksgas Stadion, Dresden) 7:30pm
July 29 Energie Cottbus (Stadion der Freundschaft, Cottbus) 2:30pm
Paul Dickov insists his Oldham side will look to attack when they chase an FA Cup upset against
Liverpool on Friday night.
A second-round replay victory over Southend at Boundary Park in December booked a mouthwatering
trip to face Kenny Dalglish's side for the Latics, who currently lie 14th in League One.
The appeals for both Luke Foster and John Mousinho's red cards received in last Saturday's
defeat at Northampton have been thrown out by the Football Association. The news comes as a huge
blow for Graham Westley who must now prepare for this weekend's crucial encounter with Bury without
two of his most "in form" players.
It feels like a long time since I've updated this place. The lack of matches and news hasÂ
meant that there has been nothing to write about. As the Port Vale game was called off last
weekend, the only talking point over the past fortnight has been our forthcoming 3rd round tie
with Newcastle United in the FA Cup.
[T]his time four years ago Carlisle United stood on the brink of glory. Â A single win from their
last three games against Leeds United, Southend or Millwall would have been enough for the
Cumbrians to claim the final automatic promotion spot from League One and reach the heady heights
of English football's second tier for the first time in 20 years.
Rotherham are the visitors this Tuesday night as Boro look to continue where they left off on
Saturday. The games are coming thick and fast now as Boro effectively begin their Christmas period
after the original fixtures were postponed due to the poor weather at the back end of 2010. This
game was initially pencilled in for the 8th January, but our 3rd round tie against Newcastle meant
that the game had to be put back.
Liverpool youth player Raheem Sterling has signed his first professional contract with the
club.
Sterling turned 17 on the 8th December, and Liverpool wasted no time in tying down the exciting
prospect to a pro-contract.
"The talented winger joined from Queens Park Rangers in February 2010 with a reputation for pace
and flair.
Liverpool pair Raheem Sterling and Adam Morgan are doing their club proud for the England Under-17s
at the World Cup in Mexico.
Sterling stuck the second in England's opening group game against Rwanda and on Wednesday club
team-mate Morgan headed John Peacock's side ahead against Canada.
The 16-year-old Morgan has had a season to remember at Liverpool, after going on a run of 17 goals
in 12 games, including a goal on his reserve team debut.
It is said that true winners are seen not in victory but in how they react to defeat. By that
truism, it will be interesting to see what happens next after Liverpool's defeat in the quarter
final of the FA Youth Cup.
This was a disappointing game for Liverpool; disappointing not because of the nature of the defeat
or the name of the opponents but because of the way that the team played.
After his five-star FA Youth Cup show, Raheem Sterling helped Liverpool under-18s make it six of
the best with a 4-1 victory over Stoke City at the Kirkby Academy on Saturday.
Rodolfo Borrell's side made it six wins in a row and stretched their unbeaten run to nine matches
as they continue their quest for honours on two fronts.
Liverpool wunderkind Raheem Sterling racked up an impressive tally of five goals in Monday's 9-0
FA Youth Cup rout of Southend and, by way of reward for his progress at the Kirkby academy, looks
nailed-on to be named amongst the substitutes for the first-string's Europa League tie with Sparta
Prague this evening after earning himself a spot on the flight out to the Czech Republic.
His former coaches think 16-year old wonderkid Raheem Sterling development as a footballer is at
the same level as Wayne Rooney at the same age. Raheem has been likened to Arsenal's Theo Walcott
but it is said Sterling is even better than Walcott. A fast, pacey attacking midfield player who
can "pass, shoot, head, score goals, tackle, defend" according to his Steve Gallen of QPR.
It is impossible not to notice Michael Ngoo. During games he sticks out as an adult playing with a
bunch of kids would, such is the gap in height between the 6 ft 4 tall striker and the rest of the
players. The difference is so marked that it is difficult not to presume, even if fleetingly, that
his inclusion might be purely to leverage on his height and get the team some easy goals.
Michael Ngoo's penalty earned Liverpool under-18s a point at Sheffield United and kept up their
hopes of finishing top of the Group C table in the Barclays Premier League.
Rodolfo Borrell's youngsters are now five points behind Everton and must win both their final two
matches to go ahead of Everton at the top.
Raheem Sterling grabbed a brace and Conor Coady hit a thunderbolt as Liverpool U18s made it six
straight wins with a 4-1 triumph against Stoke City on Saturday afternoon.
The Reds' skipper fired home an unstoppable volley to open the scoring on 28 minutes before the
winger everyone is talking about tapped home the second after a superb run and cross from Brad
Smith.
Robb Heineman continues to give us an inside look at some players that are in camp on trial as
preseason kicks off. Yesterday he told us about trialist Julio Cesar Santos, and today he gave us
four more names. Two have already been mentioned, the two Trinidad players, Daneil Cyrus and
Sheldon Bateau, both defenders.
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- Fifty Years Ago Today: QPR's RECORD VICTORY
- December 3, 1960, QPR defeat Tranmere 9-2 at Loftus Road in a QPR team which included Mike Keen,
Clive Clark, Tony Ingham and a recently-signed Mark Lazarus.
[A] week on from Crewe's triumph at Wembley, our illustrator and sometimes contributor Ben Piggott reports back on his experiences of the Football League's Trophy Final. ... The talk on the stroll/waddle up Wembley Way – at least among those who hadn't had to crawl down the spine of the country in the early hours – was of the 33,000 tickets that Southend had managed to shift for their first ever final here.
Leon Cort has a big summer head of him. While the attention of most of this country will be
squarely focused on events in Poland and the Ukraine, his national side Guyana will be stepping out
on to the turf at a yet to be determined Mexican stadium; this potential tussle with a man known as
Chicharito, the first of a sequence of six games that are the most important in the nation's
footballing history.
This first trip down to Portland in the MLS era for a Cascadia Cup match between the Portland
Timbers and Seattle Sounders will be on familiar ground, but in some ways an unfamiliar stadium.
JELD-WEN Field has some significant redesign to it, with some new stands and new experiences. For
those fans that traveled down in the past it will both be similar and different.
After his, pardon the ghastly pun,sterling performance in Liverpool's 9 - 0 win over Southend in
the FA youth cup,Raheem Sterling has been put on the Liverpool squad for their game against Sparta
Prague in the Europa League.
Sterling scored 5 goals in that FA youth cup game - his second being the most brilliant.
Liverpool strike starlet Michael Ngoo dropped a major hint to manager Roy Hodgson on Wednesday
night.
While the senior side struggled to a 0-0 draw in the Europa League group match against Utrecht at
Anfield, the Liverpool junior side was making a statement at Meadow Lane in the FA Youth Cup.
Michael Ngoo was the star of the show for the young Reds, scoring twice for Rodolfo Borrell's side
in a fine team performance.
