Wembley Stadium panorama, pre-game, England-Slovenia, September 9th 2009.

Photo credit: _ToMick_ on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion Photo Pool.

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Actually, a lot... pretty much every football trivia question ever in fact. Thanks to Steve (from whom you can also find all the answers).

Question 1

Name 4 teams out of the 92 in England (Premiership, Championship and Divisions 1-2), who start with the same letter that they end with.

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England wraps up its UEFA 2010 World Cup Qualifying on Wednesday, October 14, 2009. Neither team has anything play for as Belarus is out of contention for qualification and England has already clinched their ticket to South Africa. The match will be televised on ITV in the UK and Fox Soccer Channel in the USA.

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This week FIFA Vice President Jack Warner said some pretty mean things about England's "lightweight" proposal to host the 2018 World Cup,  sending the bid's organizers into a defensive tizzy. Forget for a moment how some bureaucratic hack from a small Caribbean country could push the bid to the brink of defeat.

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Just like there is only one true Mecca, can really only be one true spiritual home of world soccer? Until recently, such a place existed in the form of Wembley Stadium (the most storied grounds in the capital city of the founding nation of the sport? I don't think anybody could compete with that) but the old Wembley was demolished in 2003 and replaced with a new version four years later. Click to continue reading...

The UEFA World Cup Qualifying had another set of matches on Wednesday with one of the marquee matches, England v Croatia. England were playing at home in front of a packed Wembley Stadium with a chance to clinch first place in the group and a spot in next summer's FIFA 2010 World Cup. Here's a recap of the match along with video highlights.

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Carlsberg, long-term sponsors of English soccer giants Liverpool and a number of other Premier League clubs, have extended their sponsorship of the Football Association, the governing body of English soccer, for the next four years.
While serious doubts remain about Carlsberg's future at Liverpool, the company has signed an extension to the partnership that sees it the official beer of both the England team and the FA Cup and the lucrative position as exclusive beer pouring partner at Wembley, the national stadium. Click to continue reading...

England faced Slovenia on Saturday September 5, 2009 ahead of their UEFA World Cup Qualifier on Wednesday against Croatia. The match was a warm-up for both sides and took place in front of over 70,000 at Wembley Stadium.

England beats Slovenia 2-1 in friendly Video Highlights

England won 2-1 against Slovenia on Saturday but should have converted more chances.

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England will take on Slovenia in an Internation Friendly as they prepare for upcoming UEFA World Cup Qualifying. The English roster is full of Premier League players along with David Beckham who's been in MLS with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Live coverage of the match will begin about 15 minutes before kick-off or 17:15 GMT (12:15 EST).

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In the baking heat of London, Chelsea won the 2009 Community Shield on penalty kicks after a 2-2 regulation tie against Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. Here are some of my observations from the match. Feel free to add yours to the comments section.

• The match was surprisingly much more competitive than I anticipated and it was clear that both teams wanted to win by fielding first-team squads and playing with a tenacity that has been missing from the Community Shield matches over the past several years.

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An exercise in curtain-raising
19 Venues For Charity Shield / Community Shield Finals
1. Anfield (Liverpool) 1964
2. Burnden Park (Bolton) 1958
3. Elland Road (Leeds) 1969
4. Filbert Street (Leicester) 1971
5. Goodison Park (Everton) 1933, 1963, 1966
6. Highbury (Arsenal) 1924, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1948, 1949, 1953
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Ben Smith from the Times Online reports how Sir Alex Ferguson pays tribute to one of the great leaders of English football.
His notable characteristics - boundless energy, a wicked sense of humour and an ability to make friends wherever he went - made him the perfect standard-bearer for Newcastle, the city he came to represent. Click to continue reading...

The first match is near, and we can barely contain our excitement. It seems like ages since we've seen the boys play (in reality only about two months) and we just can't wait for this!
Barca opens preseason against English club Tottenham as part of the Wembley Cup friendly tournament, which also features Scottish club Celtic and Egypt's Al-Ahly. Click to continue reading...

This is the second in our series of posts on the new stadium under construction in South Africa for World Cup 2010. See our previous post on Green Point Stadium.

South Africa's Wembley Stadium? With its soaring arches, Durban's Moses Mabhida Stadium, currently under construction, certainly has a passing resemblance to London's white elephant.

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762 teams entered the 2008/09 FA Cup, but with the prize money going from £9.7m last season to £16.4m this season, it is perhaps unsurprising to see why.

The FA Cup is widely considered one of the most captivating competitions in British, if not world, football. All those that have experienced the competition either as a player or as a fan will undoubtedly agree that it has a certain intangible magic.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Seven games. Six shutouts. 22 goals.

Those are just some of the more interesting numbers that describe Wednesday's UEFA World Cup qualifiers. But the midweek action wasn't just about numbers as some intriguing story-lines developed, including England getting one step closer to South Africa, Sweden keeping themselves from the brink of elimination and a former American youth player scoring his first international goal.

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by GIANFRANCO PANIZO

Seven games. Six shutouts. 22 goals.

Those are just some of the more interesting numbers that describe Wednesday's UEFA World Cup qualifiers. But the midweek action wasn't just about numbers as some intriguing story-lines developed, including England getting one step closer to South Africa, Sweden keeping themselves from the brink of elimination and a former American youth player scoring his first international goal.

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1. Fortuna Sittard, PSV Eindhoven, Barcelona, Bayern Munich (current club). Whose career?
2. Which Dutchman is credited with inventing "Total Football"?
3. When was the last time England and Spain simultaneously failed to qualify for a World Cup finals?
4. What is the nationality of Ali Bin Nasser, the referee who incorrectly allowed Maradona's Hand of God goal to stand at the 1986 World Cup? Click to continue reading...

Everton's run in the FA Cup fell short at the final hurdle today, with Tim Howard and the Toffees going down 2-1 to Chelsea in the final from Wembley stadium.
Everton's afternoon started in the best possible way, with Louis Saha scoring after just 25 seconds. However, Chelsea clawed their way back into it, with Didier Drogba leveling the score in the 21st minute. Click to continue reading...

Watch Chelsea v Everton live here.

Chelsea v. Everton
Stadium: Wembley Stadium, England
Competition: F.A. Cup Finals
Date: 30 May 2009
Kickoff: 14:00 GMT, 10:00 EST

Chelsea and Everton will clash for the right to lift the F.A. Cup at Wembley Stadium!

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Who: Chelsea vs. Everton
When: Saturday, May 30, 10am EDT
Where: Wembley Stadium, London, England
U.S. TV: Fox Soccer Channel
Preview
Phil McNulty: Everton and Moyes can defy odds
Dominic Fifield: Hiddink's Five Gifts
Lawro's Prediction
Nick Webster's Prediction
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Jack Rodwell is an Everton defender who broke a club record as the youngest player ever to play in the first team. He was 16 years and 284 days old.

He made his first league appearance against Blackburn Rovers on August 16, 2008.

He recently was awarded as the 'Player of the Year' by the club's shareholders.

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For everything David Beckham has been doing for England you'd think he was the Prime Minister. Beckham teamed up with Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday at the Wembley Stadium to help establish a bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Games in London.

Is there nothing he can't do? David was also influential in bringing the Summer Olympic games to London and was even asked to show up in Beijing to accept the Olympic torch on behalf of England.

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It may be eight years from now but the bidding to host the 2018 World Cup is underway and England launched their bid on Monday, in the spectacular surroundings of Wembley Stadium.
David Beckham will front the bid, rather unsurprisingly. Well-known throughout the world Becks is the obvious choice even though he will be well into his 40s by the time the tournament starts! Click to continue reading...

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In 1990, following the supposed need for all stadiums to become all-seater, Old Trafford's capacity dropped to just 44,000. Five years later work began on the North Stand, turning in to three tier stand, which allowed for about 55,000 match-goers. Five years later work was completed on the East Stand, taking capacity to 61,000, before the second tier was added to the Stretford End, giving us a 68,217.

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I'm delighted to offer a great report from Head Coach Eddie Horn, Jeff City Jays, on a Youth Development program trip he was able to take earlier this year to West Ham United. Sponsored by Umbro, he's documented the trip for us via a Q&A format with his close friend Terry Michler, Head Coach of the CBC Cadets in St Louis.

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I aint much into signed stuff but got an email from Kitbag this morning , there are a number of Eric Cantona signed jerseys up for sale and they arent just rolled up in a ball "Â -

Excerpt from the site :
ERIC CANTONA Personally Signed Limited Edition Jersey

Featuring a personally signed replica Manchester United full size jersey, as worn by Cantona in the 1996 FA Cup final against Liverpool at Wembley, this is your chance to own a piece of Manchester United history.

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On Talk Sport today they were asking for people to text in with one word to describe the Wembley pitch.
If I had text in I would have said "scandalous".
It seems to me that somehow the whole rebuilding of Wembley project lost sight of its fundamental purpose.
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It could have been a great Saturday for Lukasz Fabianski; it was his 24th birthday and he was given a chance to compete against Chelsea in the FA Cup semi final on the legendary Wembley stadium. The stage was set for Fabian to come out of Manuel Almunia's shadow. If only he made a name for himself in a positive fashion.

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Say that headline three times fast.
Both coaching legends recently expressed their disgust and hatred for the Wembley Stadium pitch.

Ferguson: 'Looking at the pitch, it looked dead and today it looked the same. It looked spongey and dead and difficult to move the ball about quickly.

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You couldn't blame Tim Howard if he wanted to take some time to enjoy Everton's dramatic FA Cup semifinal victory vs. Manchester United on Sunday, but life in the EPL doesn't leave much time for basking in the glow of victories.

Howard is still in London as he and Everton prepare to face Chelsea in a league match on Wednesday.

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Everton beat Manchester United in their FA Cup semi-final. The Football Association Cup is a coveted prize for both the English Premier League and Football League.

Manchester United was digging hard for a winning round over Everton, but couldn't quite clench the advantage. The match remain scoreless throughout the play time and it wasn't until the end when a 4-2 penalty shootout decided the game for Everton.

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This is the live blog post for the FA Cup Semifinal matchup of Manchested United and Everton at Wembley stadium. Live updates will begin just before kick-off, around 16:00 GMT (11:00 Eastern US time).

Starting line-ups are in for today's match.

Manchester United - Foster, Rafael da Silva, Ferdinand, Vidic, Fabio da Silva, Welbeck, Gibson, Anderson, Ji-Sung, Tevez, Macheda

Everton - Howard, Hibbert, Jagelka, Lescott, Baines, Osman, Neville, Fellaini, Pienaar, Cahill, Saha

Man U will be resting several of their top players including van der Sar, Rooney, and Ronaldo while Everton have their to lineup.

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