Turkish Super Lig club Samsunspor were driving home from an away match late Tuesday night when their bus driver pulled in front of a slowing train. According to Today's Zaman, many players were sleeping when the train collided with the rear of the bus, which will ensure night terrors for while.

By Chris Wright

While making their way home from an away match against Kardemir Karabükspor a couple of nights ago, Turkish top flight side Samsunspor flirted with disaster when their team coach was side-swiped by a train on a level crossing.

The incident was captured on CCTV.

What do you say to this?

Holy @#$%.

Incredibly, everyone from Samsunspor Turkish Super Lig survived and the team bus is the only thing which netted catastrophic damage. And as evident from the video, no signs/warnings appeared that, ya know, a train was steaming in.

Someone's likely to see a change in employment status for this.

With matters outside of football keeping Roman Abramovich busy, it was great to hear that he was at Cobham to see the players train on Saturday, to see AVB for a chat about things and to attend the game on Sunday. Roman even popped in to chat with the players for 30 minutes after the 3-3 draw with United.

On the train going to the match. Things might actually be looking up for the blues with new blood coming in to freshen up a squad in danger of going stale.
Odd to have games on transfer deadline day but hopefully all our business is done with a midfielder, a striker and a defender all signed up and possibly a big earner off the books (although I can't see Saha going to Spurs).

It's been a long week for Harry Redknapp and the manager will no doubt be delighted to get back to football affairs as Spurs take on Watford at Vicarage Road tomorrow night. Reports today are confirming that Harry will be in the dugout and he will pick the team but who is available to choose from?

Wenger made two very poor decisions today:

1. Starting Djourou at right back. Yennaris played well once he came on.

2. Subbing Arshavin on for Oxlade-Chamberlain. We lost energy and attacking intent, Arshavin gave the ball away, and was just utterly poor defending the second United goal.

As if today's disappointing result wasn't enough to elicit anger, we now have news that a section of Chelsea supporters were reported to authorities after allegedly making racist remarks about Anton Ferdinand as they were traveling back from Norfolk via train.

Chelsea Football Club is concerned to hear that a small number of fans travelling back by train from Norwich were alleged to be involved in racist chants and comment.

Where's Waldo? The question should instead be, Where isn't he?

Former US international and current Fox Soccer broadcaster Eric Wynalda may be called many things, but one of them is definitely not "shrinking violet." Wynalda, at the National Soccer Coaches Association of America Convention in Kansas City, Mo.

No Shaq attack for Gunners Robin Van Persie's son has snubbed a move to Arsenal in favour of his local junior football team. Arsenal fans might be more concerned about keeping Van Persie Senior on their books, but the Gunners had invited five-year-old Shaqueel Van Persie to join their youth ranks. OTP isn't sure what [.

Uh oh, Franck Ribery doesn't look too impressed up there! Let's all pretend that it's a major case of jet lag and Franck's failure to pick up the David Luiz Book Of Hospitality. To be fair, it must be dreadful stuck in a training camp where you're forced to sing Birthday songs to the President, train in the sweltering heat and not get to fist pump on the streets or wherever you'd like!

By Tony Edwards - San Jose, CA (Jan 3, 2012) US Soccer Players -- In the first edition of the new year, Tony looks one organization getting new leadership (not the Rapids), the Pan American Maccabi games, and another organization jumping on the retro name train. Also, did Aston Villa's earlier win against Chelsea make up for Monday's loss to Swansea?

It's been a few weeks since my last post, but I thought now would be a good time to see what has become of my Barclays fantasy premier league team.
As you can see from the earlier post, only Silva has been able to keep his spot in the team, all the other players have been forced to give their places to more suitable fantasy football players.

No matter who you support in the Barclays Premier League, it's inevitable that sooner rather than later your team's train must roll through Old Trafford. It's one of the games that epitomizes the smaller club's reason for being. United away ...
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"Pressure? What pressure?" -- Jose MourinhoThe crisis.The sports phenomenon where a team loses a game or two and all of a sudden the sky is falling, left is right and everything is wrong with the world. It's certainly not something exclusive to European club soccer, the New York Yankees deal with 100s of reporters at EVERY game with the fans ready to punch somebody on the Seven Train after one

Kicking off our Wednesday column is the Brazilian trio of Thiago Silva, Robinho and Pato who are seen here passionately dancing to "Ai se eu te pego" ("Oh, if I catch you", a cheeky tune by by Michel Teló) on a train. This video has been going viral, so you absolutely must see it for Pato's cringe-worthy dance moves, which he has been known for since his days at Internacional.

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The offseason news has been coming along pretty quickly the past day or two. Like last year, Teal Bunbury is going to spend some time in England training with a Premier League side. Bunbury is going to apparently go train with Bolton.
Bunbury's supposed to spend two weeks in December with the Greater Manchester club.

Ahead of tomorrow night's Champions League game against Benfica, Ravel Morrison, Davide Petrucci and Zeki Fryers trained with the first team at Carrington today.

"Morrison, Petrucci and Fryers Train With First Team" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia.

[Editor's Note: This is another installment from Orion, to help us through the interlull. And to be clear, the Homey Train is still stubbornly cruising along, but without very many passengers at the moment.]

So I was staring at the screen, waiting for an idea to strike me from some abyss in my mind.

Anfield legend Kevin Keegan has always been refreshingly honest when it comes to talking about his career, and in a recent interview, the former England Manager spoke of his sadness over the way legendary Liverpool manager Bill Shankly was treated by club after he left.
Speaking to the official LFC site, Keegan argued that Liverpool should have taken a different approach over Shankly's departure from Anfield:
"The saddest thing is - and it's a lesson for any football club - if you've got someone like him [Shankly], try and find the solution that's right for everybody.

England goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence admitted to hospital

• Clemence 'having tests in hospital' after falling sick on Friday • 63-year-old likely to miss Sweden friendly The Football Association have confirmed that the England goalkeeping coach, Ray Clemence, has been admitted to hospital.

The Chicago Fire are currently in discussions with Manchester United to let goalkeeper Sean Johnson train with the English Premier League Champions during the MLS offseason.

Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum Marseille 0-1 Arsenal (19:10:11) Dave Macnamara travels over land and sea to watch his beloved Arsenal in the Champions League... France has been a happy hunting ground for Arsenal in recent times; with the exception of two European finals, the Gunners have never lost in France, so there was a degree of confidence amongst my lot as we boarded the train from Kings

For some reason, I had it in my head that the match with Bolton was going to be on Wednesday. So I was going to write a nice little news report today, and then we'd roll out a preview tomorrow. But alas, the schedule is a little different. We apparently have only one day off in between, so I have to do the preview today.

Photos: Reds train for new boys

Kenny Dalglish oversaw training ahead of Norwich City's first visit to Anfield since 2004, and our snapper was there to bring you these photographs.

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After watching his side succumb to a 2-2 draw against the unbeaten Newcastle United at St. James' Park yesterday, Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp was once again left ruing his side's injury luck. Captain Ledley King hobbled off the pitch, and Redknapp admits that he could be out for "a while."

Redknapp also revealed that King has not been training during the week, instead opting to play at the weekend and rest during the week.

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BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. -- Now that the playoffs are more or less out of the picture, the Chicago Fire are simply looking to finish out their final two matches on a positive note.
But the Fire (7-9-16, 37 points) will be dramatically shorthanded when they face Eastern Conference foe D.

Train with Lionel Messi? Sir Bobby Robson's Foundation and Breakthrough Breast Cancer auction

Sir Bobby's Breakthrough Auction, which The Mail on Sunday is proud to support, will raise funds in memory of the late, great England manager Sir Bobby Robson.

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Seattle's Mauro Rosales and James Riley questionable for USOC Final

Seattle's offense has continued to churn out quality despite missing Mauro Rosales since September 17th. However, Seattle has conceded at least one goal every game since James Riley went down at right back.

The seven-year veteran [Riley], who appeared chipper at Sunday's practice session, is also one of the few Sounders without an established backup.

Mock the Weekend: Luis Suarez would throw his mother under a train to win a penalty

The Uruguayan's theatrics helped get an opponent ridiculously sent off, while Bolton's rotten start continued and Rafael van der Vaart continued to annoy the neighbours

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Monday Afternoon Mauro Rosales underwent an MRI to see just how bad the injury to his knee is. He and the Seattle Sounders were told that it is a small tear of his right medial collateral ligament. The Sounders report that the expected recovery is 2-4 weeks, but longer is certainly possible.

Two missed weeks means he's out for games against the Vancouver Whitecaps and New England Revolution in league play.

New video: Reds at Melwood

Our cameras are given exclusive access as Liverpool train at Melwood. LFC TV Online subscribers can watch online now.

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U.S. defender Heather Mitts has wrapped up her quick four-day tour of Great Britain on behalf of the USOC and in advance of the 2012 Olympics in London.
From the looks of things, Heather had quite the good time. Among other things she did, we have:
Heather on a horse.

Cór blimey, guv'nor Córdoba 1-0 Numancia (10:10:11) We alighted the train before it chugged back out of Córdoba Central, onto the cobbled paths and into the heat of the morning. A day of sightseeing, interspersed with cañas and tapas, was on the agenda. But what was this catching my eye and shining like a beacon: a match day poster for a game?

Untold Arsenal on Twitter @UntoldArsenal Untold Arsenal on Facebook here Dream or nightmare – A European super League? by Don McMahon, Like it or not, we are almost certainly headed in that direction and as the train, which has just left the station, picks up speed, even Arsene Wenger's prediction that a merit-based European Super [.

Two weeks is a very long time in football. Being a die-hard Ipswich Town fan, I got the train to Bristol on the first day of the season. After a summer with no football, the expectation and excitement of the new campaign kicking off was at an all time high. A Michael Chopra brace and [...] Related posts:

1. Why England and Capello Will Benefit From This Summer's Transfer Window.

Previously Nepal was awaiting to leave for Amman to play against Jordan. National team got only four days on schedule to train. But DISAPPOINTMENT!!! The training ground was nearly a bushes and clearly unusable to train for the players. Graham Roberts then was infuriated along with his players. ANFA didn't prepared the proper ground for training and National team training days was reduced to 3 days.

Previously Nepal was awaiting to leave for Amman to play against Jordan. National team got only four days on schedule to train. But DISAPPOINTMENT!!! The training ground was nearly a bushes and clearly unusable to train for the players. Graham Roberts then was infuriated along with his players. ANFA didn't prepared the proper ground for training and National team training days was reduced to 3 days.

Well everyone has an opinion and there is always a debate between those who've played professionally and those Coaches who haven't.
Do you need to play professionally to develop young players? I don't think so but then I didn't train professionally - I played in Canberra!!!!
But maybe our Coaches who are full-time, but haven't played professionally have lacked real guidance from the professional side of the game down the years.

The Newcastle midfielder Joey Barton managed to get the Arsenal new-boy Gervinho sent off after going to ground like he'd been hit by a train, but thinks that the Frenchman should have got sent off for diving anyway. He said on his Twitter page last night: "I went down easy, no doubt. Still, you can't [.