Admittedly a little bit of an oxymoron in football, that, considering England's only ever hauled
in one trophy over the two major competitions, and never even reached the final of the Euros. But a
little bit of fiction and child-like imaginantion never hurt anyone, so ITV has gone on to remind
everyone what could've been.
What are the odds Roy Keane is asked to lead Forest out of the woods? Derek McGovern's
Bets of the Day
The first inkling Nottingham Forest owner Nigel Doughty had that Steve McClaren might quit was
when he walked into his office clutching a cappuccino and an umbrella.
No Sergio, you haven't got away with it. Our verdict on your hairdo is coming soon. Image: Getty
Images/Daylife.
The controversy surrounding international friendlies during the season has raged on for so long
now, we would have got bored of it if we had cared in the first place. We have no space in our
lives for debates on whether players are tired, whether the the games are unnecessary and the
criticism of team managers for making too many substitutions, not enough substitutions, playing the
wrong formation or using an umbrella.
Premiership Talk is hitting the streets of England, and in the build up to this Sunday's FA Cup
clash between Manchester United and Liverpool, Prem Talk's Boian Filev was running through the city
with just a scarf, an umbrella, and a camera. Click the image to the right for a glimpse into his
Manchester and Old Trafford photos, and be sure to head over Premiership Talk's official Facebook
page for a link to the full gallery.
64-year-old man can't pull off teenage accessory Fabio Capello might have made a few misjudgements
as England manager in recent months, but even he knows that you cannot use an umbrella on a rainy
night at Wembley. Steve McClaren saw to that. But the Italian still needed some protection from the
elements.
64-year-old man can't pull off teenage accessory Fabio Capello might have made a few misjudgements
as England manager in recent months, but even he knows that you cannot use an umbrella on a rainy
night at Wembley. Steve McClaren saw to that. But the Italian still needed some protection from the
elements.
The quality of officiating in MLS has consistently come into the limelight over the years, and
the league and U.S. Soccer are taking a step to try and rectify that issue.
The two organizations have teamed to create and fund the Professional Referee Organization
(PRO), which will begin its operations next month.
This morning the Texian Army issued the following response to the sanctions MLS levied against
Houston Dynamo supporters' groups earlier this week. I've been clear about what I think about the
sanctions. What do you think about the TA's response?
On Monday, Major League Soccer (MLS) announced the suspension of supporters privileges (flags,
banners, drums, etc.
Sporting Kansas City will again offer a series of youth soccer camps in 2012 for boys and girls
of all ages. Camps will be offered to the experienced player ready to take it to the next level as
well as the player who is newly developing their skills. Campers who attend sessions at our
training center in Swope Park will have the opportunity to observe the Pros at practice.
By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Mar 29, 2011) US Soccer Players -- There are at least a couple of
ways to look at yesterday's announcement that a revamped World Football Challenge will now feature
Major League Soccer clubs. The first is obvious. A tour featuring only international clubs that had
nothing to do with MLS or their marketing arm is now at least partly under that umbrella.
Seen here is an Emelec (of Ecuador) fan wearing a huge and really rather unsettling 'Chucky'
head assuming it's not some terrible affliction in the crowd as his side takes on Paraguay's
Olimpia in Guayaquil in the Copa Libertadores, putting the guy in front's feeble Janet
Street-Porter mask, quite literally, in the shade.
Seen here is an Emelec (of Ecuador) fan wearing a huge and really rather unsettling 'Chucky'
head assuming it's not some terrible affliction in the crowd as his side takes on Paraguay's
Olimpia in Guayaquil in the Copa Libertadores, putting the guy in front's feeble Janet
Street-Porter mask, quite literally, in the shade.
This is what looks to be just any half-football/half-other sports (heavily football, they say)
pitch in any neighborhood in the world, lacking all of the requisite quality for anything but a
casual game. It is remarkable only in its unremarkability.
To look closely at the associated regulations is to acknowledge the Football League's existing loan
system as nothing less than a free for all. ‘Temporary loan transfer' is the umbrella heading
which comprises the following three types of move permissible under the current system: •
‘Standard Loans' (half or full season in length and arranged during the two transfer windows);
• ‘Emergency Loans' (28-93 days in length and arranged both within the two transfer windows and
during fixed periods outside these dates); • ‘Youth Loans' (identical to ‘Emergency Loans'
but applies to scholars or new professionals on a work experience-type.
Barcelona president Sandro Rosell has joined the bandwagon of people who are calling for the
number of clubs playing in top flight Spanish, Italian and English leagues to be cut down to
16.
According to Rosell, La Liga is too big and needs to be cut down to 16 teams. Rosell who also
doubles up as the European Club Association Vice President, said that UEFA is in danger of
witnessing a mass walk out of some of its biggest club's if the association refused to consider the
demands made by the ECA.
Back after a hiatus, I present you the latest attendance figures from the Major Indoor Soccer
League. As you may or may not know, United Soccer Leagues took over the MISL this season and
brought it under their umbrella along with its nascent I-League. The result is a seven-team league
that's averaging right about what the old one was through the same number of games a year ago.
Persija are one of the biggest teams in the country without a doubt. They have some of the biggest
names in Indonesian football. Their Jakmania supporters club is one of the most active in the
country. Their orange shirts are one of the most identifiable in the country. They are, in short, a
footballing brand worth a shit load of money.
Brolly bad luck The La Liga match between Granada and Real Mallorca was called off after an
assistant referee was struck by an umbrella. The linesman was left with a deep cut to his cheek
after being hit by the stray accessory. After spotting his bleeding colleague, the referee
immediately took all the match officials [.
A faulty umberella has been blamed for the abandonment of Sunday's La Liga fixture between
Granada and Real Mallorca.
Granada had just taken a 2-1 lead with about half an hour on the clock when the game was stopped
after a linesman was hit with a flying object in the face drawing blood.
What I enjoy about following soccer is not limited to the actual, physical sport. I find the
social, political, and emotional facets of the sport fascinating as well. Franklin Foer covers
those aspects in his book, How Soccer Explains the World, under an umbrella of a discussion on
globalization.
There couldn't be a stronger signal that the state of women's soccer in America is in flux than
to have Hope Solo and Sydney Leroux join the Seattle Sounders Women. With WPS faltering, WPSL
forming a limited elite division and adding a team in Issaquah, it was already clear that there
would be some change.
It's not fair to tag him now with either one of the two colonial characters whom I opined the new
S.League CEO would be and define the direction the league is heading to under his leadership.
The announcement of former ex-SAFFC chairman Lim Chin came as no surprise with talks of the former
Chief of Artillery being named as the man on the hot seat following several news reports of him
suggested he would.
Last night's La Liga tie between Granada and Mallorca was called off after an hour or so after
one of the linesman, Aguilar Rodriguez, had his face busted open (he suffered a suspected
fractured cheek bone) by an umbrella thrown from the stands...
With Granada 2-1 up at the time after coming from behind and looking on course for a much-needed
win considering how pap they've been this season, referee Clos Gomez stopped play after seeing his
colleague getting brollied over in the corner of the ground, immediately marching from the field
taking his assistants and Granada's three points with him.
I really just thought of writing about this topic this morning, as I came across an article with
some recent quotes from Sandro Rosell from Barcelona. He's apparently sad that Barca can't make
enough money under the current structures of La Liga and the Champions League. From his quotes, I
believe what he wants is for the major domestic leagues to reduce their number of clubs.
Tomorrow sees Singapore take on The Maldives in a friendly that both will use as vial preparation
ahead of World Cup preparations.
One player missing from the squad, despite having been called up initially, is Medan Chiefs Shahril
Ishak. The Medan Chiefs play in the breakaway Liga Primer Indonesia which, under the old PSSO
regime, was not recognised and was effectively an illegal league not recognised by PSSI, AFC and
them doyens of transparency and fairness, FIFA.
And not an umbrella in sight The childish scenes in the video above have led to Wolfsburg sacking
Steve McClaren. When Brazilian midfielder Diego was awarded a penalty during the match against
Hannover, he decided he had earned the right to take the spot-kick. That was despite the fact that
new signing Patrick Helmes had [.
Having seen for the past few weeks of all kinds of solutions, remedy put up by various concerned
parties on whichever means to lift the local from the slumps.
With much due respect, most of which we heard, read and seen are mere "recycled" suggestions that
always brought to attention in any kind of mis-happenings.
FC Saturn is so poor they've been forced to relinquish their top-flight status for the upcoming
2011-12 Russian Premier League season. Terrible for them, but one which sent headline writers the
world over into a heat.
Options were plentiful, including the space race (FC Saturn Lose Race For Space In RPL,
etc), the Cold War umbrella (FC Saturn Frozen Out Of Top Flight, etc) and something about
'succumbing to the moons'.
