Former Manchester United goalkeeping coach, Tony Coton, has revealed that Tom Heaton is looking
for a move away from the club this January, ahead of his contract running out in the summer.
The 23-year-old knows he won't be getting the opportunity any time soon at United so is hoping
one of the clubs interested in him comes in with a formal offer.
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Arsenal are a rather special team, for many reasons. Manager Arsene Wenger has been in the job for
more than a decade, which is an achievement in itself. In a day and age whereby managers come and
go like candidates to be Sir Alan Sugar's apprentice, 10 years in the job deserves a gold medal.
Secondly, [.
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Hatters Youth Boss Craig Madden has named his squad for tonight's FA Youth Cup first-round tie
at the Don Valley Stadium .
The Squad is as follows : Parisi; Disney, S Barnes, Halls, L Barnes, Murty, Hare, Williams,
Wilson, Darkwah, Fisher, Roberts, Ormson, Whitehead, Rowe, Lee.
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Rio to Spurs
With Rio Ferdinand suffering from poor form and repeated injuries, the papers have pencilled Harry
Redknapp in for trying to sign our defender in the summer. Rio seems to be gravitating towards the
London lifestyle again and next summer United might be looking to get back some of the £30m they
paid out for him eight years previously.
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This week and continuing from the close of the summer transfer window Arsenal have been linked
with many players, the majority being more young possible acquisitions. However today I have set
out to attempt to reveal what players are realistic signings in January.
Eden Hazard
Hazard is an attacking midfielder currently playing for Lille in French Ligue 1.
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Follow Barnsley vs United with the RoM live blog
"VIDEO: Welbeck Goal Against Barnsley" was originally published at The
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Manchester United take on Barnsley in the fourth round of the Carling Cup which on paper is one
of the easier draws of the round, given the several Premiership pairings to be played tonight and
tomorrow.
Still, United are no strangers to cup upsets and were even knocked out of the FA Cup by Barnsley
in the 97-98 season.
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Manchester United Reserves beat Oldham Athletic Reserves 3-0 in the Manchester Senior Cup, with
Gabriel Obertan getting his first 45 minutes of action under his belt since signing for the
club.
Febian Brandy, Sam Hewson and Joshua King were on the scoresheet, but Obertan drew in attention
thanks to his quick feet and impressive speed.
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You may be forgiven for thinking Independent School's Sport is centred around Rugby and Cricket,
therefore not realising that Football is in fact bigger than the two in most cases. Independent
Schools, such as the one I attend (Shrewsbury School), are renowned for their big playing grounds,
excellent facilities and top-class coaching, thus giving pupils [.
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Good times lay ahead, we know that anyway. But.... Good times could be 99% assured this
season should we sign two players this January. I know it is a while off January at this time
but I'm sure Wenger is already looking ahead so shy shouldn't we. I'm not gonna mention the papers
because as soon as the window shuts they are looking for the next window moves, but anyway.
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It seems as though Ritchie de Laet has impressed the manager as much as he impressed most of our
fans given that he has just been offered a new three year contract extension.
We last saw him in the Wolves League Cup game but he previously put in impressive performances
against Hull last season and Valencia in a pre-season friendly.
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After scoring a brilliant goal in his debut during our 5-0 battering of Stoke last season, Sir
Alex Ferguson tipped Danny Welbeck for a big International future, as well as with United.
Welbeck scored our only goal in a 1-0 win over Wolves this week, where we played with ten men
for an hour of the match, and says he's more concerned with his United career than with
England.
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While he was honored as Estonia's best player in the past half a century by the nation's
football association, Mart Poom could not earn even remotely the same kind of respect on club
level. Despite boasting a variety of Eastern European and English clubs on his resume during his
early days as a player, the legendary former Estonia goalkeeper is best remembered for an extremely
inactive spell as a back-up keeper at Arsenal F.
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Well this is a topical subject here on WDKF. All the talk of grass roots and women's football has
today been blown up in the media by the government attacking the FA, and threatening to withdraw
its central funding by the state Four years ago the government set out a criteria for the FA to
implement, in [.
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bridge views 23 September @ 08:54 AM EST
Another day, another London derby. This time it is QPR coming to the Bridge for what is an
eagerly awaited clash, particularly for the Hoops.
I'm looking forward to the game particularly because it represents the best chance Chelsea's
younger players have of making an impression that we've seen for a long time.
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bridge views 23 September @ 08:54 AM EST
Another day, another London derby. This time it is QPR coming to the Bridge for what is an
eagerly awaited clash, particularly for the Hoops.
I'm looking forward to the game particularly because it represents the best chance Chelsea's
younger players have of making an impression that we've seen for a long time.
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East Lower 22 September @ 05:00 PM EST
Arsenal 2-0 WBA
Strictly speaking, this is no match review. I couldn't listen to the game, I didn't hunt around
for a stream in a haystack and I've not got time to watch the re-run on Arsenal.com. So seeing as,
at the time of writing, all I've done is flitted in and out of Twitter, I've not got a lot of
insight into the game itself.
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When the Carling Cup Round 3 draw was first made, it was very difficult to
imagine West Bromwich Albion providing much of a competition to
Arsenal at The Emirates. Granted, Arsene Wenger
uses the competition to provide some first-team action to his reserves, but even those teenagers
usually prove to be a handful for the opponents.
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The 'beautiful' game. One of excitement, passion, skill, determination, hard-graft, controversy,
joy, and despair. Sometimes we get so wrapped up in the game we all love that we forget about the
bad, the ugly, and the downright shocking side of the game that we perhaps can't see directly.
That's a side of the game that allows [.
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Vasco USA 20 September @ 10:07 AM EST
Yesterday was a delayed opening day for my kids. We started at a new club that I had heard good
things about, as far away as when I lived in Virginia.
So far we had one day notice on the coaches meeting, and less than two weeks before the season
started. When I inquired, about this I was scolded.
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I get the feeling this one's going to be around for a long time yet. Joleon Lescott and Manchester
City eat your hearts out. The controversy surrounding the Gael Kakuta affair has definitely had a
massive affect on football. After Lens' complaint to FIFA about Chelsea's actions, it seems to have
given the rest of Europe [.
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When Ole Gunnar Solskjaer scored that goal against Bayern Munich, you probably felt you loved
him as much as you could love any other man without actually being gay. That was the best moment of
my life and Solskjaer gave it to us.
However, since then he's given us more reasons to love him: his strength and determination when
coming back from what might have been a career-ending injury for another player, his connection
with the fans which saw him become the only player to openly support MUST in our battle against the
Glazers, and his willingness to continue on with the club developing stars for the future in the
academy.
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Football is a special sport At least, Football thinks he is a special sport. More specially
specialist special than any other on the planet. Billions watch him. Everyone envys the super cool
guy. Cos he is just so damn special. Specialtastic! I think football is a bit more special-needs
than being super cool.
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Last week's biggest headline was the announcement that Chelsea have been handed a transfer ban.
The Blues are accused of illegally tapping up former Lens youngster Gael Kakuta, and the ruling has
sparked controversy all around the world of football. Manchester United appear to be the next club
on the chopping block as French club Le Havre are accusing the Premiership champions of tapping up
16 year old Paul Pogba.
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After scoring on the pre-season against Boca Juniors, Anderson found the back of the net again
when playing with the Reserves against Wigan Reserves last night.
United went a goal behind before Anderson equalised just before half time. Magnus Eikrem scored
the winner for United early in to the second half.
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Manchester Senior Cup, Moss Lane, 27 August 2009.
MANCHESTER UNITED 5 BURY 0
Hewson 5, Macheda 31 (pen) & 50, Stewart 36, Moffatt 70
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"Sir Alex Ferguson would have us believe he is quite happy with his squad going into their
defence of their Premier League crown," said Stan YSB Collymore. "Yet I still think United
look a lot weaker than last term following the loss of Cristiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez. Federico
Macheda and Danny Welbeck, as I said recently, are a pair of strikers for the future.
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Tom Cleverley has revealed that chats with Sir Alex Ferguson and Ben Foster which convinced him
to take up the Watford loan offer.
"Sir Alex said Malky Mackay is a good man and good to play for," said Cleverley.
"He said it is a good club with good facilities – the training ground and stadium – and
good fans, so Sir Alex definitely made Watford look inviting to me.
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Tom Cleverley had hoped he could stay at Manchester United this season after scoring against
Valencia in a pre-season friendly. Sir Alex Ferguson said Premiership clubs were interested in
signing him, but it is Watford who have won the race to take him there on loan until January.
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"If you don't put them in then you can't know what you've got...if they're good enough,
they're old enough," was the message of Sir Matt Busby, a legacy which has continued through
to present day. Whilst having experienced players in your squad is important, you should always
make room for the development of youngsters.
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Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is not prepared to send Fran Merida out on loan this season.
The 19-year-old Spaniard enjoyed a short spell back in his homeland in the 2007/08 campaign
after being allowed to join Racing Santander.
There had been talk of a similar deal being struck this summer, with the teenage midfielder keen
to experience regular first-team football.
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Wayne Rooney - Is our most important player. The general consensus is if Rooney has a
good season, United will win the league. If Rooney gets injured or doesn't do well, United won't
win the league. Now, that's a lot of pressure to put on one person's shoulders but Rooney will
relish it.
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Wayne Rooney - Is our most important player. The general consensus is if Rooney has a
good season, United will win the league. If Rooney gets injured or doesn't do well, United won't
win the league. Now, that's a lot of pressure to put on one person's shoulders but Rooney will
relish it.
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