Here is more of my ongoing investigation into why the Somerset Premier Cup continues to be played even though no one wants to play in it (If you have not you would probably be best off reading my previous posts entitled Cup Kafkaesque and The Blue Blazers Speak first).
After Somerset FA Chief Executive Jonathan Pike's surprising response where he implied that the Somerset FA puts on the Somerset Premier Cup only because they are forced to by the FA, I sent him another email just to definitely make sure this is what he meant. Click to continue reading...

Meetings since 2000 27/01/2009 Tranmere 2 1 Stockport 28/10/2008 Stockport 0 0 Tranmere 14/08/2007 Stockport 1 0 Tranmere 08/04/2005 Tranmere 1 0 Stockport 30/08/2004 Stockport 1 1 Tranmere 27/01/2004 Tranmere 3 2 Stockport 25/08/2003 Stockport 1 1 Tranmere 03/05/2003 Stockport 2 3 Tranmere 28/09/2002 Tranmere 1 0 Stockport 03/02/2001 Stockport County 1 1 Tranmere Rovers 01/09/2000 Tranmere Rovers 2 1 Stockport C

Tranmere Rovers Last Six Games 06/10/2009 Bury 2 1 Tranmere 03/10/2009 Millwall 5 0 Tranmere 29/09/2009 Wycombe 0 1 Tranmere 26/09/2009 Tranmere 1 1 Colchester 19/09/2009 Exeter 2 1 Tranmere 12/09/2009 Tranmere 2 3

Stockport County Last Six Games 06/10/2009 Port Vale 3 1 Stockport 03/10/2009 Stockport 0 2 Southend 29/09/2009 Stockport 2 2 Hartlepool 26/09/2009 Huddersfield 0 0 Stockport 19/09/2009 Stockport 2 1 Leyton Orient 12/09/2009 Yeovil 2 2 Stockport

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Por Martín Díaz
Conociendo al mítico Notts County (I)
Regresamos a la ciudad de Robin Hood, para esta vez analizar lo que en estos momentos esta sucediendo en el segundo club de la ciudad...Centrándonos en la actualidad, podríamos evaluar lo realizado por los nuevos propietarios en dos vertientes distintas, la real y la mediática, unidas en una figura, la de Sven Goran Eriksson, el nuevo director deportivo de la entidad, y cabeza visible del reluciente proyecto, que comenzó su recorrido sustituyendo el escudo del club, nuevos tiempos requieren nuevos símbolos. Click to continue reading...

Wheel of Fortune
The 2008/09 season has been a mixed bag for Lewes FC to say the least. The club have been beset by off the field problems (mainly financial) on almost a weekly basis. There are reasons to be cheerful down at the Dripping Pan though and for now let's dwell on the positives. Click to continue reading...

County face Southend United at Edgeley Park tomorrow afternoon, get the knowledge of the two sides below.

Meetings since 2008 17/01/2009 Stockport 3 1 Southend 11/10/2008 Southend 1 1 Stockport Stockport County Last Six Games 29/09/2009 Stockport 2 2 Hartlepool 26/09/2009 Huddersfield 0 0 Stockport 19/09/2009 Stockport 2 1 Leyton Orient 12/09/2009 Yeovil 2 2 Stockport 05/09/2009 Leeds 2 0 Stockport 01/09/2009 Crewe 1 4 Stockport Southend United Last Six Games 29/09/2009 Brentford 2 1 Southend 26/09/2009 Southend 0 1 Oldham 19/09/2009 Brighton 2 3 Southend 11/09/2009 Southend 0 0 Leeds 04/09/2009 Southend 3 0 Leyton Orient 29/08/2009 Swindon 2 1 Southend

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Usually the lower divisions offer calmer seas for managers to negotiate. Away from the cash rich goldfish bowl of the Premier League, fans and chairman are more sympathetic to the restrictions placed on lower league managers.
But given that Bryan Gunn was sacked less than a week into the new campaign those days appear to be numbered. Click to continue reading...

Harry's come out and said that Pavlyuchenko isn't going to leave us. Thing is, I just can't believe that Pav is happy to be a bench warmer. Let's face the facts; Harry has gone with Defoe and Keane in every league game. He won't be dropping the team captain and unless Defoe's form drops drastically, I can't see him being replaced anytime soon either. Click to continue reading...

Two Londoners have flown 8,000 miles to the tiny pacific island of Pohnpei to (attempt to) coach their national football team. Pohnpei's last international match took place five years ago, and ended as a 16-0 loss to Guam. So they're not in great form. Yeovil have kindly donated last seasons kit for them to play in, and, brilliantly, they have adopted and adapted Portsmouth's chant - 'Play up Pohnpei'.

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We're now over halfway through Soccerlens' full season preview ahead of the big League kickoff this weekend. Today we're up to League 1, which contains fallen ex-Premier League teams Leeds, Charlton, Norwich and Southampton as well as smaller teams like Yeovil, Exeter and Wycombe.

Can the Saints overcome their points deduction, can Brentford keep on their buzz after winning League Two?

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Tomorrow sees the return of football to Broadhall Way as Brighton come to town in the second friendly of the season. It should prove to be a good test for Boro, who began their pre season preparations with a solid win away at Chelmsford on Wednesday night. It will be the first opportunity for many to see the likes of Yemi Odubade, Stacy Long, Joel Byrom, Chris Beardsley and Charlie Griffin in a Boro shirt and it could be the new shirt that they play in tomorrow afternoon.

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Tomorrow sees a return to Broadhall Way for Boro as they continue their pre-season preparations against League 1 side Brighton & Hove Albion. The Seagulls are now managed by former Scarborough and Yeovil manager Russell Slade and will provide a stern test for the team. Boro kicked off their pre-season mid-week with a hard earned victory away at Chelmsford and now face a team who will be looking to improve on their lowly position in League 1 last season.

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Soccerword's League Two Awards for 2008-09

Player of the Year: Grant Holt, Shrewsbury
Manager of the Year: Andy Scott, Brentford

League Two Player of the Year
2008-09: Grant Holt, Shrewsbury
2007-08: Aaron McLean, Peterborough
2006-07: Izale McLeod, MK Dons
2005-06: Karl Hawley, Carlisle
2004-05: Lee Trundle, Swansea

League Two Manager of the Year
2008-09: Andy Scott, Brentford
2007-08: Paul Ince, MK Dons
2006-07: Richard Money, Walsall
2005-06: Paul Simpson, Carlisle
2004-05: Gary Johnson, Yeovil

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Boro's strikeforce looks even healthier now after Graham Westley added Yemi Odubade to his list of strikers as he aims to replace Steve Morison for next season. Earlier in the week, Westley brought in Charlie Griffin from Salisbury on a free transfer after his contract had expired and has been quick again to move for the pacy Odubade.

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Dot com minnows seeing stars cherry-picked

Battersea Ironsides GSA, an amateur side signed off the internet, are losing talented players to the Premier League just a year after being formed.

Plying their trade in the amateur leagues of the Southern Counties Division One, the Wandsworth-based outfit have already lost one player to the Premier League, one to the Championship, a player to League Two and one to non-league, just a year after recruiting them straight off a barely-known internet website.

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Back in August 2008, Some People Are On The Pitch wrote one of its most popular articles ever. It wasn't a lengthy thesis on the things we hate most about Cristiano Ronaldo, nor was it an online poll asking you for your happiest memories involving Milton Keynes Dons. Somewhat surprisingly, it was an article listing the kit manufacturers of each of the 92 Premier and Football League teams for 2008/09. Click to continue reading...

That few hours before kick off still gives me butterflies in my stomach. I'll be suiting up for Dinamo Lokomotiv tonight - an 8:25 KO at LA Muni's John Ferraro complex in Griffith Park. Last week - our season opener - we found out the hard way that light is a precious commodity to the soccer community. Click to continue reading...

Southend United have strengthened their squad by signing Ipswich left back Dan Harding on a 6-month loan and Bristol City winger Kevin Betsy for a nominal fee.
The two players go straight into the squad to face Peterborough on Saturday. Harding - who's 24 - says he's taken the decision to drop down a division to get some first team football and the move is likely to be made permanent in January, if the player performs well. Click to continue reading...

Boro went 2-0 up in their latest pre-season friendly down at Bognor Regis, but goals from Duncan Jupp and ex Yeovil winger Gavin McCullum levelled things at Nyewood Lane. More to follow.... Click to continue reading...

Coca Cola leagues The third in a series of blogs looking at the goings on in the Coca Cola leagues...if you're not into that sort of thing, do join us anyway...it's a magical land of goalmouth scrambles and ageing old footballers looking for a last pay packet. I'll buy you a Toffee Crisp if you come along for the ride. Click to continue reading...

Fixtures day's just magic, isn't it? Suddenly, the pain of last season fades, and the bright optimism of a shiny new season takes centre stage. Swansea, under bright blue skies, at The Valley on 9 August. The unlikely seems just a tad romantic. Heavens, even having Yeovil in the League Cup's started to make my mouth water a bit. Click to continue reading...

The only kid that could have saw action today was Miki Roque for Xerez CD. The Segunda División side faced former LFC player Florent Sinama-Pongolle and Recreativo de Huelva in the first leg of the 5th round of the Copa Del Rey. Don't expect the 19-year-old to have seen any action though, for according to the official Xerez site, he's yet to play a single minute for his temporary side, which currently sit third from bottom on the división table, a point from relegation safety. Click to continue reading...

Three of our on-loan kids have a good chance of seeing action today as their respective clubs are in action for the Johnstone Paint Trophy. Two of them might even square off against one another.
Godwin Antwi and Hartlepool United will host Morecambe at Victoria Park this evening. The 19-year-old Ghanaian-Spanish centre-back/defensive midfielder saw action for the first time in a month two days ago. Click to continue reading...