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Ahead of the crucial encounter between Ryne Sandberg Jersey Man Utd and Bruces Wigan, former man Utd player Steve Bruce has said that he would like to become manager of the Red Devils one day. Steve Bruce Kosuke Fukudome Jersey had played for Man Utd under Fergusons reign between 1987 and 1996, Albert Almora Jr Jersey scoring 36 goals in 309 appearances as a defender.Whether you are playing or managing you want to get to the top of your Jason Heyward Jersey profe sion. Why not set your aspirations to go to the very top? If I can, or ... more

Football website Caught Offside has linked Manchester United with Roma midfielder Daniele De Ro si and claims that the Red Devils will make a bid for his services in January when the winter transfer window opens. Sir Alex Tobias Harris Jersey Ferguson is known to be generally reluctant to conclude any January busine s, but if the right deal comes along to bring the Italian to Old Trafford and strengthen the clubs midfield, the website believes United would take it. One key i sues would be De Ro sis inability to play any part of the s... more

Following a request by Satchel Paige Jersey Wrexham, Rushden will now play the Dragons on Sunday August 17th at Edwin Encarnacion Jersey Nene Park because Wrexham are due to play York City live on TV the Thursday before. Roberto Perez Jersey Also, the scheduled away fixture at Lewes for Saturday Semptember 13th Omar Vizquel Jersey has been moved to Thursday September 11th with a 7:45 pm kick-off. The match will be shown live on Setanta Tyler Naquin Jersey Sports.

Leicester City 1-1 Peterborough UnitedLeicester Citys home form continued after a Mike Montgomery Jersey deserved draw against Peterborough United at the Walkers Stadium.The away side started well and straight away they caused the Leicester defence problems. Craig Mackail-Smith had the first shot on target after five minutes; however Chris Weale made the save.Peterborough was getting many shots at goal, as Leicester looked half asleep. In the space ofseven minutes Peterborough players, George Boyd, Lee Frecklington, Chris Whelpdale, ... more

We are all engro sed by the Champions league at the moment, particularly now that we are coming up to the last 16 leg of the competition. The UEFA Champions league is an annual football competition introduced by the Union of European Football A sociations and is a devised to test the very best in the top-division clubs of Europe. The Champions League is one of the most prestigious contests out there and is played Miles Mikolas Jersey by the national league champion teams from each of the teams in the UEFA national a sociation.As one ... more

V East Midlands derbies between Derby and Nottingham Forest are always lively affairs, (who can forget Robbie Savages scarf waving, Nathan Tysons corner flag waving and the 22 man brawl from recent matches) and this weekends clash promises to be just as fiery.Forest are flying high under Billy Davies and currently sit in second place three points behind leader Newcastle. Derby on the other hand are struggling under Nigel Clough and find themselves in 19th place five points above the relegation zone.So for the first time in 17 years F... more

Theres never a quiet moment at Stanford Bridge. One minute Ashley Cole is shooting an intern, the next John Terry is in the middle of (yet another) scandal that has (once again) taken the England captaincy from him.The last five years have been similarly enthralling, yet similarly damaging for the image of Chelsea. Roman Abramovic has employed five different managers, with experience ranging from World Cup glory with Brazil to double Champions League victories with AC Milan. They have been, and have gone, costing a whopping 66 millio... more

Juves player who merits a Flop of the Season Award for last season with Juventus is on the Tyler Thornburg Jersey verge of joining Spanish giants Atletico Madrid. Atletico Madrid also have a place in the Champions League 3rd round preliminary round Andrew Benintendi Jersey and it would be the unbelievable story should Tiago be wearing the At. Madrid shirt and play his great game ever! Juve are demanding around 12 million and the Spaniards are only offering 11m for Tiago. Juve forked Hanley Ramirez Jersey out 13m to buy the Portuguese... more

Oceanic qualifiers New Zealand have revealed their new 2010 World Cup homeshirt just over a month before the tournament is due to start.The Phillip Gaines Jersey countrys pa sage to thetournament has become simpler in recent years after Australias defection to the Asian region. This ensures that New Zealand are Jarvis Landry Jersey the strongest team in Oceania and will most likely be in a Play Off against the 5th ranked Asian team to qualify in future. The teams history is pretty unspectacular with three appearances at the Confedera... more

In the second of this weeks articles about Mike Singletary Jersey the Derby squad I will be looking at the defensive options available to Nigel Clough and seeing if this should be an area of concern.FullbacksPaul Connolly is a solid defender but in truth he is nothing special, he struggles for pace and his distribution can be poor. When panicked Connolly tends to go very direct with his pa sing which leads to po se sion being lost, however he is the best right full back Derby own.Fredrik Stoor is currently on loan from Fulham, he has... more

It seems to me that the minimum requirement from a profe sional football player is that player actuallyplays football, yet record breaking Carlos Tevez this week felt that this was Brad Boxberger Jersey not a compulsory part of his 250,000 a-week contract. This compounded the last 15 years of growing player power within the game that could not be seen in any other profe sion in the world. This is not a complaint against player salaries. Footballers get paid what they are worth. Within the free market if they were not earning their re... more

Palmeiras beat last night Bragantino at Palestra Itlia: youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=psFzBdqE0TU With a Barcelona agent to scout Keirrison, the night was dominated by the paraguayan Mikko Rantanen Jersey Ortigoza, who scored twice and saved Palmeiras after the own goal of Jeci.Without Pierre ( Joe Colborne Jersey suspended) and Armero (in Colombian National team), Luxemburgo decided to enter with 3 central defenders:Marcos;Marco, Jeci and Maurcio;Sandro Silva, Jumar, Cleiton Xavier and Jefferson;Diego Souza and Marquinhos;Keirr... more

Stephane MBia is rumoured to be in talks with Stoke. The Tyler Flowers Jersey Cameroon International defensive midfielder would be a big name signing and would smash the transfer record of flop Dave Kitson. It is believed that the likely move to Marsielle hadcollapsedbecause of his wage demand and was in a London Hotel to discu s terms with the Potters. At the young age of Freddie Freeman Jersey 23 and standing at 62 he would be an ideal replacement for Salif Diao who can then take more of backroom staff role which would be very usef... more

Back in August, Stokes young centre-back Ryan Shawcro s had a dreadful game in Stokes first ever Premier League game, a 3-1 away defeat to Bolton. Despite an impre sive first season as a full profe sional, with Stoke in the Championship last season, it seemed to me that day that he wasnt George Springer Jersey ready for top flight football yet, and I was among many suggesting that it might benefit him to go out on loan back to the Championship, to gain further experience, especially with our new signings Abdoulaye Faye and Ibrahima S... more

After six games Hector Rondon Jersey , Germany is on top of Group 4 of the European World Cup Qualifiers. They currently sit on first place, 4 points ahead of second placed Ru sia and having a goal difference of 14 (18 GF 4 GA)The team has been playing completely different football since the 2006 World Cup which they hosted. With 4 more matches J.R. Richard Jersey to go and top scorer Lucas Podolski (4 GF) on top form Germany, there is no doubt Germany will proceed to the next Houston Astros Jersey round.The 2010 World Cup squad is l... more

With lkay Gndoan calling time on his succe sful spell at the Etihad Stadium to join Barcelona this summer, Manchester City have lost a key cog in their dazzling football machine.Manager Pep Guardiola is experienced enough to know replacing the Germany playmaker wont be easy, as City look to keep their noses ahead of the chasing pack domestically and in Europe.Gndoan Left City On A HighAfter what was a remarkable season for Ian Kinsler Jersey City to win the Premier League, FA Cup and elusive first Champions League, Gndoan decided it ... more

Juventus needed a late Amauri header to beat Serie A hopefuls Lecce 2-1. Giovinco had opened Ben Simmons Jersey the scoreline with a fine free-kick a la del piero to open his personal goal scoring account with Juventus this season. The Italian youngster had an excellent match yesterday and the free-kick made it more breath taking as many continue to see the new Del Piero being born. Cacia stunned Juve by drawing level on 80 minutes. This would have kept Juve 8 points off Serie A leaders Inter and with the big match against Milan next... more

Uruguay 3- Ben Braden Jersey 0 ParaguayFrom the first whistle Uruguay looked for the opening goal, almost getting it from their first corner when a firm Lugano header was parried by the excellent Justo Villar, and the second Uruguayan goalbound effort clearly struck the hand of the Paraguayan defender Ortigosa.Uruguay made the breakthrough when Luis Suarez neatly made spa ce for a shot and with the help of a deflection beat Villar to open the scoring. From there on in there was no looking back against a side that has reached the Chan... more

According to Spanish newspapers,Ronaldinho was the main subject Mats Zuccarello Kids Jersey on the meeting of board of directors,where they concluded that they dont see his Mike Reilly Women Jersey will to become the same Wild Blank Women Jersey player who he was in first three seasons in Bara.Newspapers are also saying that Eric Staal Men Jersey directors regret not selling him last summer.This season,Ronaldinho was only 13 times Ryan Suter Women Jersey starting a match and he scored 8 goals.Bara president Joan Laporta declined ever... more

Just over a year ago, I wrote an article on this site in which I took a bit Kevin Garnett Jersey of a swipe at Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, saying that I didnt believe the Gunners would win anything ever again if he remained in charge. This was mainly due to his continual lackof urgency and ambition in the transfer market, as well as the handling of the Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri transfer sagas. Well, twelve months on, Arsene may have proved me wrong somewhat. While Arsenal still didnt claim any silverware last season, the point... more

The Euro U-21 has produced a lot of stars over the year including Mario Balotelli, Stevan Jovetic, James Milner and more. Now its time for Israel to host this competition and a lot of stars will try to put their hand on the trophy and give their country some hope for the future, I will going to reveiw group by group, team by team all the players to watch and the biggest stars!Group A: Norway Maybe the biggest suprise of the qualification rounds, Norway were able to get into the competition, but with great stamina, and physically play... more

Arsenal are currently very close to completing the signing of Granit Xhaka from Boru sia Mnchengladbach for 30 million and the Swi s international has arrived in London for a medical which will be completed this weekend. The big question on everyones lips is whether Granit Xhaka is the answer to Arsenals holding midfielder problems. In my opinion the answer is yes.The signing of Mohamed Elneny in January was a masterstroke from Arsene Wenger and Granit Xhaka would solve all of Arsenals problems in central midfield. Arsenals problems ... more

Patrick Vieira is one of the experienced players that will feature for France in this years edition of the European Championships. Vieira is 31 years old and he plays for Inter Milan as a central midfielder. He will also, most probably, be the captain for the French squad in the mentioned tournament, leading youngsters and experienced players alike, with his influence and determination.Vieira started playing football at youth level at the age of eight years. He featured for youth Patrick Mahomes Jersey sides FC Trappes, FC Drouais an... more

Recent times have seen Premier League clubs have vast resources when it comes to Transfer fees and wages. This weeks transfer of Ashley Young to Manchester United being generally regarded as a good deal for 17 million pounds gives an idea of how far things have gone in the last 15 years since Alan Shearer was a world record 15 million pound player.It is well documented that the growth of television money coming to the English game from Sky and also television stations acro s the globe has meant teams have unparalleled annual income. ... more

Scott Robinson, Hearts youngest ever player to make a first Bradley Beal Jersey team apperance, today signed a new contract that will keep him at the club until the summer of 2011, according to the Hearts official Jerian Grant Jersey website.The young striker was only 16 years 1 month and 14 days old when he made a substitute appearance towards the end of a home victory over Inverne s Caledonian Thistle last season. Football Academy director John Murray described Robinsons promotion from the youth team. He is a hungry Robin Lopez Jer... more

After 28 long years of failed qualifying campaigns to the World Cup, stretching back to 1958, Denmark qualified for Mexico 86 and equipped with the rock-solid Morten Olsen, the creativity of Michael Laudrup and the goal-scoring prowe s of Preben Elkjr Larsen, the World Cup debutants would go on to exceed all expecations set for them by the world of football.To the surprise of millions, Denmark qualified from a group consisting of Scotland, Uruguay and West Germany with supreme ease recording impre sive wins along the way including a ... more

Manchester United finished at the top of their Europa League group following a convincing 4-0 triumph over Chris Paul Jersey AZ Alkmaar at Old Trafford in the final matchday.The Red Devils appeared second best to the Dutch outfit for most of the opening half but they managed to turn things around after the break with four goals scored in the space of 12 minutes.Mason Greenwood was among the pick of the players with but the likes of Juan Mata and Ashley Young also bagged their first goals of the season in the 4-0 rout of Alkmaar.Three... more

Much had been made of the Portsmouth v Sunderland fixture, yet the football was secondary in terms of what the fans were looking forward to.A protest, previously planned for the postponed Birmingham fixture, took place in Frogmore Road an hour before kick-off, with more than 800 fans attending at one point.Banners, placards, boards, you name it, Pompey fans were there in voice in front of a wide collection of newspaper, radio and television journalists.They Cameron Wake Jersey sent the me sage that needed to be sent: We are Pompey, w... more

Portugal have all but ensured their place in Aron Baynes Jersey the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 by beating the Czech Republic 3-1 in Geneva.It was a fantastic day in terms of weather for football, a gloriously sunny day with not a breeze of wind throughout the game, and it was a sign of things to come as both sides started the game brightly, creating several opportunities on goal in the first few minutes.It was the Portuguese who broke the deadlock, with Deco Grant Hill Jersey giving his side the lead after 8 minutes, although quite ... more

The great Dennis Bergkamp has been voted the 2nd greatest Gunner he has my vote for number 1.You could Dominique Wilkins Jersey fill a page with a list of outstanding goals scored by him. You could fill two pages with a list of the goals that had their genius in his vision. And you could fill a dictionary with a list of superlatives used to describe his 11-year career with Arsenal. Dennis Bergkamp is quite simply a legend of the game.In the last two decades many one-time unknowns have left Highbury with a fearsome reputation and much... more

Bristol City have David Nwaba Jersey unveiled their new home kit for the 2009/2010 Championship season.The strip is again produced by Puma and sponsored by Bristol- Ben McLemore Jersey based insurance company DAS.The new effort features parallel white streaks on the chest of the shirt, with two more Puma logos adorning the top of the shoulders.Both Gerald Green Jersey the shorts and socks are mainly white, with red trim.Unfortunately, we cannot republish the images here, due to copyright restrictions. However, Sterling Brown Jersey y... more

Leeds United have completed the transfer of Lee Peltier from fellow Championship club Leicester City.The deal done is for an undisclosed fee believed to be in the region of 600,000.The former Liverpool Trainee, who made only four appearances for the Merseysiders, none at senior level also had spells at Yeovil on loan before moving to Huddersfield Town in 2009 before moving to big spenders Leicester in 12th Fan Jersey 2011 for a fee of 750,000.In total, the highly rated right back signs for Leeds, despite offers from other clubs inclu... more

When Paul Lambert was removed from his post as the Aston Villa manager; and American owner Randy Lerner swiftly drafted in ex-Spurs manger and a three time England international Tim Sherwood, the odds looked stacked against the new man in charge as he faced the daunting challenge of preventing Ja Morant Jersey a misfiring Villa from dropping out of the top division for the first time since 1987.Many fans were at first sceptical about the appointment of a manager with le s than six months experience in first team management, but when ... more

Most would agree that there are two momentous dates in South African Kareem Martin Jersey history. One is the day that Apartheid was officially abolished. The other is July 7th, 1992; the day South African football was reborn. After twenty years without fulfilling an international fixture a new multi-racial South African Football A sociation was admitted to FIFA, yet no-one quite imagined that the Bafana Bafana would end up hosting the 2010 World Cup.Whilst this is unlikely to be the scene come June 11th, Mandela has made history by ... more

Hi, Paul Blake here again with another look at the past week in the crazy world of football.In this weeks edition of Blakes 7 I applaud Mark Hughes for finding a diamond in the rough at QPR, question whether Arsene Wenger has lost the plot and query why the SPL is utter garbage!Hold on to your hats; its about to get controversial!A Diamond in the Rough!Akos Buzsaky is the diamond in the rough at Queens Park Rangers and Mark Hughes can take the credit for finding him.In a side that, under Hughes, prefers to play without the ball than ... more

Two years ago at Camp Nou, Espanyol scored a last minute equaliser which denied Barcelona the 2007 title and this has not been forgotten by Barca as they prepare for the visit of their city rivals. Barca sit on top of La Liga, 10 points clear of Real Madrid, while Espanyol languish at the foot of the table.Two years ago Espanyol caused us to lose the league title and they were delighted while celebrating their goals, Barca defender Gerard Pique told news agency EFE. It wouldnt Nicolas Beaudin Jersey bother me a bit if they were releg... more

Substitute Silvestre Varelas late strike helped Portugal secure three vital points in their second Euro 2012 group match.Pepes thumping near-post header put Portugal ahead, before Helder Postiga smashed in a close-range Pooka Williams Jr. Jersey effort.But two headed goals from striker Nicklas Bendtner brought the Danes level and looked set to leave Paulo Bentos men with an uphill task to advance from Group B.Then with three minutes left, Varelas right-foot shot won it for Portugal.It gave Portugal a lifeline in the tournament as the... more

West Ham United will return to Premier League action on Sunday as they welcome Aston Villa to the London Stadium for an exciting clash.At a time when the Midlands outfit are sitting fourth, the Hammers are seventh in the English league with 43 points.Match PreviewWest Ham will enter Sundays game on the back of in midweek, thus winning the Europa League last-16 tie 5-1 on aggregate.Mohammed Kudus scored a brace while Lucas Paqueta, Jarrod Bowen and Aaron Cre swell all earned their names on the scoresheet as the Irons Mason Plumlee Jer... more

The Champions League Semi Finals are upon us once again, Juventus play Real Madrid, while Barcelona play Bayern Munich in the other semi. Considered to be the weakest out of the four teams, we shall look at Juventus chances in this years competition. Can they get past Real, and if they do, can they win the whole thing?The underdog tag out of the four semi finalists is what helps Juventus, they have the chance to take to the field with no pre sure, allowing them to relax and expre s themselves. They will be comprehensively aided in th... more

Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur have all safely progre sed past this seasons group stage of the Champions League and into the last 16 Victor Oladipo Jersey . England have had all four representatives progre s from the group stage in four of the last five campaigns, with Liverpool finishing 3rd in their group last season being the only side not to do so.In a group with Marseille, Spartak Moscow and MSK Zilina, Chelsea were widely expected to win T. J. Warren Jersey their group and they succe sfully did after ... more

The first opponent Keita Bates-Diop Jersey that we will look at in Austrias quest for heading to Brazil in 2014 is the tiny Faroe Islands. These islands have a history with the Austrians, as their first international victory was by a 1-0 scoreline in the Faroes in a Euro 1992 Qualifier. That match was the first of four times the 2 nations have met, and the only victories the islands have collected.The Faroes have gradually improved, but with a population that is 34 and a half times smaller than Vienna, the team is not a challenger fo... more

A new season, a new manager and a multitude of new players. Most fans acro s the country would enter a new season Alex Caruso Jersey with optimism after such a summer. The feeling amongst the Ricoh Arena faithful is perhaps tainted with a little more apprehension. There is almost certainly a tinge of mistrust amongst some sections of the support, and who can blame them? After 34 years in the top flight, the damage done by Coventrys relegation from the Premier League in 2001 has never yet looked like being fully repaired.The fear fact... more

Bristol City have transfer listed their much-loved goalkeeper Adriano Ba so.A statement on the official Charles Oakley Jersey website Dennis Smith Jr. Jersey says that the club has done all they could to try and keep Ba so at the Gate, by offering him a new contract.However the 34-year Elfrid Payton Jersey old Brazilian has rejected the new deal and is seeking a move.One should R.J. Barrett Jersey expect some Premier League clubs to make an offer, for a very athletic keeper, with a very good record.More on this Jared Harper Jersey wh... more

This is the last week of Premier League Player Profiles, we are currently on our 2nd batch meaning that itleaves us with justtwo more players to feature, one today and one on Wednesday. We could Jeremiah Martin Jersey well be doing a third batch starting next week, but for now we are concentrating on this weeks profiles starting with Sunderland wingerKieran RichardsonCurrently 25 years of age and plying his trade for Steve Bruces Sunderland, Richardson started life as a footballer at Manchester Unitedin the year 2002 andhe made his s... more

With England set for two more World Cup qualifiers this week, pay attention to a familiar name Treveon Graham Jersey on the pitch, one thats time is limited. As Umbro will not be around for much longer.Trading tradition for the swoosh, is a bold move but it is not as though The FA care about tradition when a major trophy has not be won in 46 years. Personally I could not feel more disappointed. I just love sporting my England kit (home or away) on the streets of Toronto (where I am from). I am proud to wear the 3 lions anywhere (foot... more

First and last timeUnited and city clash for what will be the 151st time Rawle Alkins Jersey in what will no doubt be a derby to remember. Cominginto the game off back to back defeatswill strengthen Uniteds resolve to come away with a result, but more importantly,restore some lost prideback into the red side of manchester.With new signing Robinho added to their ranks, and citys recent run of form,United will have to fight tooth and nail at the city of manchesterin what will surely be an enthralling match.Both managers have seen bette... more

After a thoroughly di sapointing display against West Brom, there was more bad news to come for Hammers fans. Although, originally the news was good and still is good, there is still some Andre Drummond Jersey worry for the club and fans alike.On Monday, West Ham United and Sheffield United i sued a joint statement. This statement said that both clubs have come to an agreement, regarding the compensation claims.This would save both clubs going to court to settle the deal and both clubs thought that this was best for not only themselv... more

Luck, or a lack of it, played a part in Ivory Coasts disappointing World Cup campaign. But the team hailed as the countrys Golden Generation have only themselves to blame, in a campaign which crumbled under the expectations of a continent.Drogba was hampered by an elbow injury during a disappointing World Cup campaignBad luck placed them, once again, in arguably the toughest group in the tournament. Bad luck gave their star striker Didier Drogba a broken elbow a week before their first game. Bad luck saw them concede a second, killer... more

In a season that has been nothing short of a disaster it is hard to pin-point just one area that has been the sole reason for our downfall, in truth there are numerous reasons why we have failed at this level. I realise this a subject that has been discu sed by every Peterborough United me sage board and news source going in recent weeks but after the latest 6-0 hammering against Reading I feel this subject is once again a poignant topic. Hopefully this will be the definitive guide to why we have struggled so badly this season.THE FI... more

The January transfer window lived up to expectations, delivering several big-money deals and numerous high-profile switches.Although it Shy Tuttle Jersey has often been uncharacteristic for top-cla s players to shift allegiances midway through the season, the recently completed transfer campaign broke that taboo.Lets look at the most exciting transfers to have taken place in January.Honourable Mentions#3 Philippe Coutinho Barcelona to Aston VillaFollowing an underwhelming first half of the season at Camp Nou, Philippe Coutinho return... more