Arsenal are watching Newcastle United goalkeeper Tim Krul.
The People says Arsenal scouts will be keen spectators when Krul skippers the Dutch Under-21 side against Spain, in Rotterdam, on Tuesday.
Real Madrid, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are also keeping tabs on the 21-year-old, who is understudy to Steve Harper at St James' Park. Click to continue reading...

After 0-0 in Bahrain, New Zealand had all the advantages to progress to their second World Cup ever. 35,000 spectators in Wellington were an all-time record for a football match in New Zealand, and they were not disappointed as New Zealand managed to pull a narrow 1-0 victory on a goal by the Plymouth Argyle striker Rory Fallon. Click to continue reading...

AC Milan thinks it's being nice by offering tickets at a discount rate to win back disgruntled fans.
I hate it when stories try to portray teams are being nice in these circumstances.
The team is just trying to make as much money as possible. With less demand, you have to lower the price. Click to continue reading...

1. Where's Tottenham at? -- via EPL Talk
2. Tennis spectators are the stars -- via Kickette
3. New kits around the world -- via TOW
4. River Plate museum? -- via Futbolita
5. Inside John Terry -- via The Spoiler
6. UF's Drogba Award -- via Unprofessional Foul
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Keith Hackett stating the obvious.

"I have said to managers in the past that this is an area of great difficulty for referees and it can come down to the viewing angle of the referee."

I think it is time to give him the goods on the human eye. The game has gotten a lot quicker and the art of deception even more perfect.

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• That's The Dona's son, Diego Sinagra and not a reincarnation of Wolverine, mind you. He demands that you give his papa all the respect in the world! "He was brutally attacked. Qualifying for the World Cup is his victory. My father deserved it as well as the rest of the nation.

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Greetings, Dynamo fans. I haven't written in awhile. It's partly because my internet closes out 90% of the time I try to access the site, but mostly because soccer (or MLS) hasn't held my interest.

I am fairly new to soccer so I was hoping this blog would chronicle my growing appreciation and understanding of the sport.

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by CARL ELDRIDGE I've been to a good few Arsenal games over the past four decades but never have I had the pleasure to bump in to a Gunners fan quite as lovely as this buxom babe. More's the bleedin' pity!

So when this rather appealing snap landed at arsenalinsider we thought it only right and proper to share it with our growing army of visitors.

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A playoff win against Chivas USA - and this shot - eluded the Galaxy and goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts Sunday at Home Depot Center. (AP Photo)

So Chivas USA Coach Preki walks into the press conference after the game and virtually the first thing out of his mouth are the words:

"I guess it was a fun game for the spectators, not so much for the coaches.

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Flamengo v Fluminense, Brazil

Over the coming weeks we'll be giving you the run down on the World's most passionate and fiercest rivalry in football. We start our list with two Brazilian giants.

History
Known as ‘Fla-Flu' this is Brazil's most passionate rivalry, dating back to 1911 when 9 Fluminense players quit the club to form Flamengo, which at the time was just a rowing club, any one for Pimms old boy?

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The Gerrards took in the Liverpool v. Manchester United game on Sunday as spectators, since Steven is still nursing that groin injury.

Hee. We said "groin".

Since it's been awhile since these two were last photographed/spotted out together, we're not entirely sure the reason behind the long faces.

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Images via Zimbio/EPA

The Gerrards took in the Liverpool v. Manchester United game on Sunday as spectators, since Steven is still nursing that groin injury.

Hee. We said "groin".

Since it's been a while since these two were last photographed/spotted out together, we're not entirely sure the reason behind the long faces.

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Jack Bell creates a list of 10 most memorable games at Giants Stadium.

Some of the highlights.

Last summer's USA vs Mexico Gold Cup final turned out be an embarrassing 5-0 rout. David Beckham's New York introduction in 2007 resulted in a 5-4 pulsating shootout between the Galaxy and the Red Bulls.

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Oh man, do we have a barn burner on our hands tonight or what?!? It's going to be incendiary, a real slobber knocker. People of Earth, it's the Dynamo versus Isidro Metapan!

Approximately 10 hours from now, just 10 short hours, we can relive the glory, the passion, the edge-of-your-seat, non-stop heart-pounding action that once captivated the heavens above and the world below.

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For ranking methodology and other information about the series, see the original post. To read the about the No. 8-rated stadium, the Monumental in Buenos Aires click here. To see all "soccer mecca" entries click here.
7. Camp Nou, Barcelona
Open since: 1957
Capacity: 98,000
Tenant(s): FC Barcelona
World Cup hosts: 1982
In its relatively brief (by soccer mecca standards) history, Barcelona's Camp Nou has hosted some memorable matches: a World Cup, a memorable Champions League final (very memorable for Manchester United fans) and an Olympic gold medal game, to name but a few. Click to continue reading...

Introducing a new series of features on national teams travelling to the FIFA World Cup in South Africa. We start with Switzerland.
Stealth technologists would do well to examine the characteristics of the Swiss national team. It seems that despite their successful qualification for the World Cup, no-one seems to be paying any attention to them. Click to continue reading...

Opinion piece

Saw a cool headline today "Keep the Coach, Fire the Spineless SAFA Board" – well that is perhaps a bit over the top, but didn't the new President Kirsten Nematendani come flying out of the starting blocks, promising to take this soccer crisis in hand?

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

When all is said and done next week following the conclusion of South America's two-year marathon of World Cup qualifying, fans everywhere will have witnessed one of the most exciting conclusions the continent's federation has ever produced since its decision more than a decade ago to switch to a home-and-away format for all 10 nations.

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By NESTOR F. SEBASTIAN

When all is said and done next week following the conclusion of South America's two-year marathon of World Cup qualifying, fans everywhere will have witnessed one of the most exciting conclusions the continent's federation has ever produced since its decision more than a decade ago to switch to a home-and-away format for all 10 nations.

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The UT women (5-6-1) overcame Lynn University (6-5-0) on Sunday afternoon at Pepin Stadium in front of about sixty spectators. The 2-1 win gave the Spartans their first Sunshine State Conference win of the season.
The match saw the return of sophomore Kendall Bourdon to the Spartans' net. Click to continue reading...

If I recall correctly the average attendance in the Indonesian League back in 2007 was about 11,000. For the season just completed it was always going to be a lot less given that clubs like PSMS, Persitara, Persija and Persija couldn't use their own stadiums for what ever reason.
In addition clubs like Arema, Deltras and PSIS had less than impressive campaigns. Click to continue reading...

The village of Willand, home of Bath City's FA Cup 2nd Qualifying Round opponent Willand Rovers, is exactly two hours south-west of my home. This was deemed too long a journey for Little Nedved Junior to go on, but Big Nedved Junior was allowed to claim a seat in the Nedvedmobile. Things started off well. Click to continue reading...

We've all been there. It's the last minute and your team is clinging on to a vital, undeserved win away from home. You stand and bellow support for your lads with their backs against the walls, frantically throwing themselves in front of every ball headed toward the goal to break your heart.

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Public displays of fake unity are never entirely convincing. Take Brown and Blair in the 2005 election campaign or Ritchie and Madonna in the final days of their marriage. However, the post-goal celebration between Franck Ribery and his boss Louis van Gaal was positively coital in its intensity. Click to continue reading...

Almost every World Cup concerning football is really interesting to watch. Thousands of spectators flock to the scheduled venue to see live games that are filled with adrenaline and aggression.

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Almost every World Cup concerning football is really interesting to watch. Thousands of spectators flock to the scheduled venue to see live games that are filled with adrenaline and aggression.

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Almost every World Cup concerning football is really interesting to watch. Thousands of spectators flock to the scheduled venue to see live games that are filled with adrenaline and aggression.

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Almost every World Cup concerning football is really interesting to watch. Thousands of spectators flock to the scheduled venue to see live games that are filled with adrenaline and aggression.

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Barca coach Pep Guardiola had what we can only imagine was an incredible evening for him, attending the Coldplay concert last night at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium, as one of over 63,000 spectators. Pep, there with his wife Cristina, was recognized and recieved by the fans with a standing ovation before the concert began. Click to continue reading...

It is perhaps the most vexing part of watching football, yes even more so than diving and simulation. I am talking about the negative tactics played by Europe's top clubs in some of the most anticipated matches every year.

This happens numerous times a year and we all got an early taste of it in the Manchester United vs Arsenal match over this past weekend.

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It seems that whenever a team does poorly they just fire the coach. Well I guess they have to blame somebody. It's no surprise that the New York Red Bulls were the worst team in the MLS this season holding a 2-16-4 score.

Juan Carlos Osorio - N.Y. Red Bulls

I suppose that the blame could could have been pointed at anyone of the players but the scapegoat turned out to be the head coach, Juan Carlos Osorio.

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Don't get me wrong. I am very happy that Abou Diaby and William Gallas are on the leader board as far as scoring goals is concerned. As long as Arsenal wins, it does not make an ounce of difference who scores the goals. But here we are three games into the season with three wins and 12 goals scored.

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AIK won't enjoy any sort of peace and quiet at the top of Allsvenskan. Their pole position will immediately be threatened by a very tough opponent as the reigning champions Kalmar FF comes to RÃ¥sunda on Saturday. It's a tricky match-up that AIK hasn't won since 2006. But this game could very well mark a negative turning point for Kalmar, a team that has been an unlikely success story for the past few years. Click to continue reading...

Considering the amount of physical exertion that takes place on football pitches the length and breadth of the country each year, it is perhaps surprising that that there are so few deaths amongst those people that play the game each week. Indeed, we should be grateful for the fact that such deaths are so rare that the names of those that do die playing football live long in the memory.

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Giles Oakley has offered us some more insight to United of days gone by, looking at the best 'street-fighters' at United, in two parts.

I have often wondered if I am the only person who witnessed both of the two most spectacular match-day assaults ever perpetrated by Manchester United players on spectators, explosively sudden moments of violence which occured with a 35 year interval between them and which had markedly different impacts on the players concerned, and on the club.

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