Conor Coady has paid tribute to Jay Spearing and Jonjo Shelvey after the duo excelled during their respective run-outs for Liverpool Reserves recently.
The Melwood pair hit a double apiece as the second-string romped to wins over Sunderland and Wigan - and the 18-year-old midfielder feels he can only learn from playing alongside such dedicated first-teamers.

As far as pitch invasions go, there's Jimmy Jump, Antonio Cassano's BFF (Mario Ferri) and any moderately attractive willing to expose her bouncy parts to the elements. That's all that comes to the top of the head, anyway.

It matters not, as the hierarchy has been destroyed. This unnamed pitch invader, possibly Bond, James or Bourne, Jason, dropped in on the Sparta Prague Viktoria Plzen (big game on the Czech calendar) at the half.

As far as pitch invasions go, there's Jimmy Jump, Antonio Cassano's BFF (Mario Ferri) and any moderately attractive willing to expose her bouncy parts to the elements. That's all that comes to the top of the head, anyway.

It matters not, as the hierarchy has been destroyed. This unnamed pitch invader, possibly Bond, James or Bourne, Jason, dropped in on the Sparta Prague Viktoria Plzen (big game on the Czech calendar) at the half.

The Best Things In Life Dukla Prague 1-3 Jablonec (22:10:11) So, things we learnt from watching football in Prague: Slavia Prague are the big boys but Sparta Prague are bigger. Bohemians 1905 are the cool guys - saved by fans who paid off a portion of the clubs debts - whereas FK Bohemians Praha are the villains of the piece; buying out the logo and using the name Bohemians even though court

At last this boring International break is coming to an end and we can look forward to some Arsenal Angst this weekend. Faced with another non-Arsenal news day I thought I'd have a look in the archives and see what this week had been about in times gone past. It turned out that this week 11th to 18th October is historically really very exciting.

Juve and Notts County, Liverpool and Barca, Arsenal and Sparta Prague: foreign clubs influenced by England

The famous foreign football clubs with English heritage

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Things are never as bad as they seem. In 1882 The Sporting Times declared English cricket dead.
Right now England are the number one team in the world, holders of The Ashes that once symbolised their demise.
Sport has peaks and sport has troughs.
But this was a grim night for Scottish football.

The following graphic shows games Liverpool won with goals after the 80th minute. This obviously does not count those where Liverpool equalized to pilfer a point – such as last spring's late late late penalty to draw at Arsenal – or games where they've piled on the misery – as against Birmingham under Dalglish, Steaua under Hodgson, etc.

AC Sparta Prague (Czech: AC Sparta Praha) is a Czech football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in Czech Republic soccer history and has had several group stage appearances in the UEFA Champions League in recent years. Sparta Prague finished last season's Gambrinus Liga in second place and has earned a spot [.

AC Sparta Prague (Czech: AC Sparta Praha) is a Czech football club based in Prague. It is the most successful club in Czech Republic soccer history and has had several group stage appearances in the UEFA Champions League in recent years. Sparta Prague finished last season's Gambrinus Liga in second place and has earned a spot [.

Banik On The Streets Of Ostrava Banik Ostrava 0-2 AC Sparta Prague Iain Thomson with another installment on his footballing adventures in the Czech Republic... Following my trip to Plzeň the previous Saturday, my itinerary took me to the Czech Republic's third city, Ostrava, where I was to attend the real ‘big match' of the weekend, FC Baník Ostrava v.

Mais um jogo do Mundial Sub-17, foi realizado no dia 22/06/2011, na cidade de Torreon-MEX, no Estadio Nuevo Corona, onde jogaram as seleções da Rep. Tcheca (32º no ranking da FIFA) e a seleção da Nova Zelândia (60º no ranking da FIFA).
Antes desse jogo, as 2 seleções nunca haviam se enfrentado.

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.

Liverpool forward Dirk Kuyt insists confidence is brimming at Anfield following his terrific run in front of goal.
The Holland international scored for the fourth successive game on Sunday in the Reds' 3-0 league success over Newcastle.
Since finding the back of the net against Sparta Prague on February 24, the 31-year-old has now bagged 10 goals in 12 games in all competitions.

January 12th, approximately 9:30 p.m. in the United Kingdom.
That was the last time Liverpool conceded with Daniel Agger on the pitch.
It was DJ Campbell's 69th-minute winner in Blackpool, Dalglish's first league game. Since then, Agger played 45 minutes without conceding against Everton before starting in six clean sheets: against Wolves, Fulham, Stoke, Chelsea, Sparta Prague, and Sunderland.

TweetAn article by Sheena McStravick.

You can follow Sheena on Twitter at @sheenagerrard and also on her blog.

Recently I had the absolutely amazing opportunity of going along to the Liverpool vs Sparta Prague 2nd leg fixture in the Europa League at Anfield. And what an amazing night it was!

TweetAn article by Sheena McStravick.

You can follow Sheena on Twitter at @sheenagerrard and also on her blog.

Recently I had the absolutely amazing opportunity of going along to the Liverpool vs Sparta Prague 2nd leg fixture in the Europa League at Anfield. And what an amazing night it was!

An article by Sheena McStravick.

You can follow Sheena on Twitter at @sheenagerrard and also on her blog.

Recently I had the absolutely amazing opportunity of going along to the Liverpool vs Sparta Prague 2nd leg fixture in the Europa League at Anfield. And what an amazing night it was!

Liverpool vs Braga 2011 UEFA Europa League Knockout Stage- 17/3/11- Anfield, Liverpool Final score:- Liverpool vs Braga 0-0 ( Braga win 1-0 on aggregate) Braga knock Liverpool out of the Europa League as the Reds fail to overturn a 1-0 deficit from the first leg at Anfield. ( Credits of this Liverpool vs Braga 2011 [.

Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool had a short felt of joy as just days after beating Manchester United in the league, the Reds were humbled by Braga in the Europa League and definitely have to turn the tie around at Anfield in order to progress.

Despite losing the first leg, this result somehow pleased Dalglish , who felt that his team were actually lucky to get away from the match only with a 1-0 defeat considering their poor performance especially in the first half.

PSV v Rangers Europa League Round of 32 10 March, 2011- 10/3/2011 Philips Stadium, Eindhoven PSV Eindhoven v Rangers is expected to be one of the keenly contested fixtures in the Europa League Round of 16. Both PSV Eindhoven and Rangers are domestic heavyweights, and are doing quite well in their respective leagues.

Sporting Braga vs Liverpool 10th March 2011- 10/3/11 Europa League Round of 32- 18.00 UK kick off Braga vs Liverpool is one of the early Europa League Round of 16 clashes. Liverpool will look to carry the momentum from their 3-1 win over Man United into this fixture against their Portuguese opponents.

Andy Carroll could make his full Liverpool debut in Thursday's Europa League visit to Portugal to play Braga.
The £35million January signing came off the bench in the 3-1 win over Manchester United on Sunday after overcoming the ankle problem that had delayed his bow since his move from Newcastle United.

It is fair to say that Liverpool have not exactly approached their Europa League campaign this season with boundless enthusiasm.
A club that has been European champions five times is bound to see the competition as a consolation prize to Champions League football.
Stuck on Channel Five and playing the likes of FK Rabotnicki and Trabzonspor was always going to leave the Liverpool fans uninspired in the early stages of the competition.

Kenny Dalglish faces a defensive headache ahead of Liverpool's Europa League trip to Braga tomorrow, after both Fabio Aurelio and Daniel Agger were ruled out due to injury.
Neither will be included in the travelling Reds party, which heads for Portugal today, leaving Dalglish with a decision to be made over the left-back position.

Origins of symmetry Liverpool 1-0 Sparta Prague (24:02:11) Esteemed author Nick Davidson brought us so much joy with his Readers' Lives article on Borussia Dortmund v St Pauli last week, we invited him back... I like symmetry. My last UEFA Cup tie was on Wednesday 23rd November 1983, over TWENTY SEVEN years ago.

Origins of symmetry Liverpool 1-0 Sparta Prague (24:02:11) Esteemed author Nick Davidson brought us so much joy with his Readers' Lives article on Borussia Dortmund v St Pauli last week, we invited him back... I like symmetry. My last UEFA Cup tie was on Wednesday 23rd November 1983, over TWENTY SEVEN years ago.

Liverpool escaped Europa League exit at Anfield as Dirk Kuyt finally found the net with only minutes to spare against Sparta Prague.
The approach and attitude from Liverpool was good, pass, move, go forward, attack the opposition at all times and the defence was comfortable with everything the Spartans had to throw them.

Reina
Kelly Kyrgiakos Agger Wilson
Lucas Poulsen
Kuyt Meireles Cole
Ngog
Goals:
Kuyt 86'
Just enough. Barely. But just enough will do.
There were a lot of similarities to the last leg except where it counts, in the result. Liverpool deployed a similar 4-2-3-1 formation, with key players still absent.

1pm, live in the US on DirecTV channel 481 (HD on 481-1)
0-0 on aggregate
Group Stage Results:
Liverpool: 0-0 Utrecht (h); 1-1 Steaua (a); 3-1 Napoli (a); 0-0 Napoli (a); 0-0 Utrecht (a); 4-1 Steaua (h)
Sparta: 1-1 CSKA Moscow (h); 2-2 Palermo (a); 3-1 Lausanne (a); 3-3 Lausanne (h); 0-3 CSKA Moscow; 3-2 Palermo (h)
Last three matches:
Liverpool: 0-0 Sparta (a); 1-1 Wigan (h); 1-0 Chelsea (a)
Sparta: 0-0 Liverpool (h); 1-1 CSKA Moscow (h); 2-2 Palermo (a)
Goalscorers (Europe):
Liverpool: Ngog 5; Gerrard 4; Babel, Cole, Jovanovic, Kuyt, Lucas 1
Sparta: Kadlec, Kladrubsky 2; Kweuke 1
Referee: Milorad Mažić (SRB)
Guess at a lineup:
Reina
Carragher Skrtel Agger
Kelly Lucas Spearing Johnson
Meireles Cole
Kuyt
With the resumption of league matches on Sunday after a two-week respite, pre-match questions remain the same.

Fans will be looking towards on target Raul Meireles for goals... Sparta Prague travel to Anfield tomorrow for Kenny's second game in Europe as Liverpool manager and his first at home. After a match capable of putting people to sleep last week in the Czech Republic, fans are all hoping for a more exciting fixture this time out.

Fans will be looking towards on target Raul Meireles for goals... Sparta Prague travel to Anfield tomorrow for Kenny's second game in Europe as Liverpool manager and his first at home. After a match capable of putting people to sleep last week in the Czech Republic, fans are all hoping for a more exciting fixture this time out.

Kenny Dalglish will not hurry the Liverpool captain, Steven Gerrard, back into action before he is ready, promising before Thursday's Europa league tie against Sparta Prague to "think a bit longer term than just one game".
Gerrard has missed Liverpool's last two games due to a groin problem and Dalglish is anxious not to bring him back into the fold too soon.

Danny Wilson confidently declared ahead of Liverpool's return clash against Sparta Prague: "I relish playing on the big stage!"
The teenager could be given the nod again by Kenny Dalglish tomorrow night for the tie against the Czechs.
The defender gave a solid display last week in the Generali Arena when the Reds played out a 0-0 draw in the Europa Cup.

Joe Cole admits his debut campaign as a Liverpool player hasn't gone to plan so far - but revealed his determination to play an integral role as Kenny Dalglish's contingent chase success in the remainder of the season.
A red card on his Barclays Premier League bow for the Reds coupled with a series of niggling injuries have restricted the England playmaker to just 20 appearances so far in his maiden term as Anfield's No.

Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel has insisted that he wants to stay at the club and denied any interest from Wolfsburg.
The Slovakia international has been an ever-present this season at centre-back in the Premier League for the Reds, making 27 appearances and scoring one goal.
Despite being a mainstay in Liverpool's backline, Skrtel has come in for criticism due to some lacklustre showings.

MOSCOW, Russia — Sergei Ignashevich scored a late equalizer to give CSKA Moscow a 1-1 draw against PAOK Thessaloniki on Tuesday which put the Russian club through to the last 16 of the Europa League. CSKA won the first leg 1-0 away, and advanced 2-1 on aggregate. Zlatan Muslimovic put PAOK in the lead in [.

Andy Carroll could be in line to make his first appearance for Liverpool against West Ham United this weekend, after making a rapid recovery from injury.
There had initially been fears that Carroll - signed from Newcastle United for £35 million on transfer deadline day in January - would miss the remainder of the season with a thigh problem he was already carrying when the transfer was completed.

As expected, yesterday turned out to be a relatively uninspiring day on the football front Everton got through on the back of a fantastic Tim Howard performance and a brilliantly-struck Leighton Baines free kick late in extra time, but other than that all results went as expected. To compound matters, Crawley Town went out and got the worst of the worst to sponsor their shirt for the match at Old Trafford, erasing any chance that Liverpool supporters could swing behind them.

Dirk Kuyt insists Liverpool will triumph over Sparta Prague next week at Anfield.
A much-changed Liverpool team failed to take advantage of the fact their opponents have not played a competitive game for two months, due to their winter break, during Thursday's goalless first leg.
However, the Holland striker was able to extract some positives from the result - most notably the fact they did not concede.