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I used to love watching Chris Cookie Coleman playing for Palace, in the early 1990s. Back in the day, Sir Steve Coppell even converted Coleman into a makeshift striker during a struggling spell in the early 90s, with a pretty good return. A very clever footballer, sweet left foot, Coleman adapted well to his new role within the side, and definitely saved Palace a few quid in the transfer market back then.However, when Palace were relegated from the Premier League in 1995, Coleman kicked up a ma sive stink. He, like many of our other ... more

Ghana head into the World Cup off the back of finishing as runners-up at the 2010 African Nations Cup in Angola. They may have lost the final to Egypt, but their run to that final saw the emergence of a number of talented young players who broke into the starting line-up.The Black Stars will have to survive the tournament without their best player, Michael E sien, whose failure to recover in time from a knee injury first suffered in Angola is a huge blow to Ghanas hopes. Not only are they mi sing E sien, but their next biggest star, ... more

The post euro depre sion set in pretty rapidly after Spains mauling of the Italians, yet we cant overlook this years Olympics which potentially could prove just as exciting as the Euros. At the very least it bridges the gap to everyones favourite game of the year The Community Shield and than a return to normality with our beloved Premiership. Joe Flacco Jersey Spain are already been thrown around as the favourites as they will likely be for anything involving a ball for the next 30 years, other nations are fielding strong teams and ... more

Only 13 games into the 2009/2010 Barclays Premier League and Darren Fletcher has established himself as a Manchester United first team regular and fan favourite.The United midfielder, who is also the Scotland Captain, has been instrumental so far this season with Man Utd currently in 2nd place.Darren Fletcher celebrates a goal for Manchester United Orlando Brown Jr. Jersey .Fletcher has been with United all of his career and was highly tipped to be a succe sor to David Beckhams right wing position. However, his early United career wa... more

Arsenal have decided to part ways with manager Unai Emery following a dreaded run of form which has seen the club fail to win any of their Miles Boykin Jersey previous seven matches.The Gunners suffered a disappointing 2-0 league defeat to Leicester City on the road before the international break and there were plenty of calls from the fans for the Spaniard to be sacked.However, the clubs hierarchy in the 48-year-old but their patience ran out after the clubs winle s streak extended after the two-week interval.We announce today that ... more

As Zambrotta is currently with the Italy squad training for the European Championships, Milan have Ronnie Stanley Jersey confirmed that Gianluca Zambrotta the former Kenneth Dixon Jersey Juventus player has been signed and thus after a disappointing season with Barca he now faces a Jonathan Ogden Jersey tough challenge with Milan. After Cannavaros injury, the Italy squad must Tavon Young Jersey remain as compact as ever and after losing such important player in defence, the Italy defence Justin Bethel Jersey must try and work it out ... more

Juventus sporting director Jean Claude Blanc, is deemed to be in Anfield Wesley Woodyard Jersey to try and negotiate a deal to prise the Spanish International to Turin. According to rumours from Italian pre s, the difference between the Dion Lewis Jersey negotiations is about 5 million. After Delanie Walker Jersey buying Malian international Mohammed Lamine Si soko from liverpool in January, it seems that Juventus are trying to transfer in another Liverpool player. The deal could be settled in a week Bruce Matthews Jersey and thus Ju... more

Many new songs have been composed and sung, which is the norm whenever a player burst in to form, suddenly all the history, all the predictions get to sed out the window. Easily done? Well if you are Me si yes, but is it really as easy he makes it all look?Gary Player once remarked The more I practice, the luckier DaQuan Jones Jersey I get. Wise words from a former champion, whos name will never be forgotten by South Africans. Golf is, to be honest, is a much le s volatile sport than football. The quote though, is more about highligh... more

Hamit Altintop has rallied DaQuan Jones Jersey the troops on his Turkish team-mates to not only beat Switzerland but blow them out of the tournament. Altintop is really cool ahead of the game and said that Turkey can beat Switzerland if they just play their normal game.We watched Switzerlands first match, he told euro2008.com. We knew them from 2005 the FIFA World Cup qualification play-off . I think they will play with great ambition, because they are the hosts, but if we can play our Taywan Taylor Jersey normal game we will win. I ... more

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Dagenham and Redbridge maintained their unbeaten start to the season with a hard fought draw with promotion hopefuls Port Vale.In a game which was overshadowed by the news of Dominic Green holding transfer talks at presumably Huddersfield Town, the Daggers made the best po sible start in the 4th minute as Paul Benson hit his shot into the roof of the net after Vale had made a me s of clearing a corner.However, for the first time this season the Daggers lacked Rasheem Green Jersey concentration as Scott Griffiths and Anwar Uddin got c... more

Fred, no not Fred Flinstone or Freddie Flintoff, Fred the player who Jamar Taylor Jersey won the golden boot award at the 2013 Confederations Cup including a brace in the final for Brazil has been linked with a big money move to English club Manchester City according to . New City manager Manuel Pellegrini was also linked to sign Paraguayan starlet Oscar Cardozo in an attempt to bolster the attack after the departure of Carlos Tevez to Juventus. At age 29 you would say that his career is almost over, think not as he has that unique a... more

David Bentley, 23,has hada Cortez Kennedy Jersey medical at White Hart Lane, after Tottenham and Blackburn agreed a fee for the England international. Spurs have called a news conference tomorrow morning, to po sibly announce the signing of the winger. Aaron David Moore Jersey Lennon has recently stated his desire to remain in North London, but it seems that he has been made surplus to requirements by bo s, Juande Ramos. The two will now have to compete for a Tottenham place as well as an England place. Lennon has more pace than his ... more

Well least we can say we watched a better performance than we got Easter Monday against Walsall! Wasnt expecting any considering how good Brentford are so Im happy with a point, overall a draw is a fair result I reckon. Just want this season over now and hopefully we can sort all the off field rubbish out during the summer. Steven Pre sley made 4 changes to the embarra sing display we all witne s at the Banks stadium. Steven Jennings, Richard Wood, Callum Wilson and on his debut academy player Ryan Haynes Barkevious Mingo Jersey all ... more

Its a dismal end to a season that looked so promising for Will Hernandez Jersey Harry Redknapp and his Spurs men. Finding themselves poised in third for the majority of the season before a succe sion of disappointing results has seen them leap-frogged by Arsenal and Newcastle to hold fifth and out of the all important Champions League spot.Tottenham havent won away from home since the 27 December 2011 and have achieved only two wins from the last ten games. The outlook is bleak over white Hart Lane as Harry and his men seem to have l... more

Manchester City are currently in discu sions about extending the contract of Portugal international Ruben Dias.The 24-year-old joined the Citizens last summer from Benfica in a deal worth 61 million.He enjoyed an impre Golden Tate III Jersey sive 2020-21 season at the Etihad Stadium, helping Pep Guardiolas side win the Premier League title and reach the Champions League final.The Portuguese made 53 appearances acro s all competitions last season, Kareem Martin Jersey bagging two a sists. His impre sive performances ultimately landed... more

Del Piero returns with the Juventus squad in action tonightAfter beating Cody Latimer Jersey Brondby 2-1 in another pre-season friendly, Juve now face Boru sia Dortmund tonight at 18.30. Match will be broadcast live and exclusive on Juventus Channel. Del Piero, Deandre Baker Jersey Camoranesi, Chiellini, Knezevic are amongst the players that will be availble for Ranieris team selection. This will be a very important game for Juventus and Ranieri who will try to adapt the perfect tactic in preparation for the Champions Odell Beckham J... more

Following a run of 11without a win, Paul Jewell and Ipswich Town parted company by mutual consent Wednesday afternoon.Rumours were rife that Jewell had lost the dre sing room and this seasons results would suggest those rumours were true, Ipswich are a big championship club in a rut and the succe sful days of the legendary Sir Bobby Robson seem a long way off being rekindled at the moment.Who will Marcus Evans be able to lure to Suffolk to rescue his club from what is looking a desperate state of affairs at the foot of the Championsh... more

Neil Lennons comments this last week have signalled to English clubs a come and get him plea for Gary Hooper.With the player soon to be into the last year of his contract and having already turned down an extension at Celtic, this may cause a smash-and-grab raid to bring him back south Wendell Smallwood Jersey of the border.Hull, Norwich and Q.P.R. have all registered bids lately, with Q.P.R. Dallas Goedert Jersey Supposedly putting in an improved offer for Hooper, trying to win the race for his signature.Hooper though, has in recent... more

I have been thinking recently, wouldnt it be better if the Scottish teams were to merge into the English leagues?Im not saying now but maybe over the next 10 or so years the we should start to include at least 2 of the very top teams in Jerome Brown Jersey Scotland (probably Celtic and Hearts/Hearts/Hibs). I say this because it just doesnt feel right seeing a club like Celtic who are playing in a league which is equivalent to N Power championship level or even League 1 standard to be very honest (some teams), playing in the Champions... more

Portsmouth could make club history tonight by reaching the semi-finals of the League Cup, when they take on league rivals Aston Villa live at Fratton Park.Villa and Pompey have Wes Hopkins Jersey only met in one former League Cup tie, a second-round encounter played over two legs, with Villa winning 5-4 on aggregate.Pompey have suffered four defeats at this stage previously, including a 3-0 lo s to Watford in 2004. Aston Villa on the other hand have won the League Cup five times, with only Liverpool winning the competition more.Pompe... more

Zach Brown Jersey Tonight Juventus will take on Barcelona,Europes hottest team this season, in the champions league final, having not tastedEuropeancup succe s since 1996. Despite coming into the game off the back of a league cup double,and 4succe sive serieA title wins, they enter the match as underdogs, thanks to the dynamic for of Barcas dynamic fron three of Lionel Me si, Luis Suarez and Neymar. However with the correct shape discipline and organisaton, I have no doubt Italys top club can finish the night as treble winners. So wi... more

In all of our lifes we manage to procure many titles along the way. As I write this column I can recall a number of them that I have picked up during my own life. I am currently a husband, a father, an uncle, a cousin, a nephew, a friend, a spurs fan and a whole host of other titles which I play out in the daily course of my life.Last month I lost one of those titles, a title which cannot be replaced and one CM Punk Jersey that every young man cherishes, until last month I was a fathers son.My father held the title of father with gre... more

It shows just how Liverpools standards have fallen, None of the other big clubs would have even considered buying him, Not a Liverpool player, Too old.Just some of the reactions that Ive heard and read regarding Paul Konchesky and his move to Liverpool. Im not going to deny that I wasnt particularly Brent Seabrook Jersey excited when the rumours of Roy Hodgson raiding his former club Fulham for the 29 year old left back began, and I didnt exactly jump for joy when the signing was confirmed on Sky Sports News favourite day of the year... more

Tottenham Hotspur can reportedly sign Inter Milans Milan Skriniar in the January transfer window if they Jan Rutta Jersey make a 45million bid.Spurs tried to secure the services of the 25-year-old in the summer but a deal couldnt be reached due to disagreement on the transfer fee.Now according to football transfers expert Fabrizio Romano, the London side can land their target if they make a new attractive offer in January, with the Italian journalist saying that the financial situation of the Serie-A side is not good after the Patric... more

It was like clockwork watching Cardiff City last night. The style of football being played wasnt that of a Championship club. It was that of a team destined for the Premier League.The likes of Craig Bellamy, Michael Chopra and Jay Bothroyd are obviously the stars but backed up by the equally adept Chris Burke, Peter Whittingham and Seyi Olofinjana and Cardiff are a force, not just at this level but at any standard. Its an attacking line-up fit for a better division and last night showcased it. Such was The Bluebirds comfortablene s B... more

After a spreading rumour Kwon Alexander Jersey that Man Utd have reached an agreement with Porto for the sale of right-back Jose Bosingwa, the versatile players agent has moved to deny such rumours and state plainly and clearly that his players has not reached any agreement with the English giants.The agent also said that the price tag attached to the player by Porto is that Jordan Matthews Jersey of 30 million. He challenged Man Utd to meet this valuation, and the player would then be theirs. Man Utd are desperate to clinch the sign... more

The green and white seaof Panathinaikos fans proved a hostile atmosphere on Tuesday night, as Mourinhos men slightly lacked ambition in the first ten minutes. But when Brazilian, Mancini, Dee Ford Jersey opened the scoring and silenced the home crowd on the 27 minute mark, Inter Dwight Clark Jersey went on to dominate and play their football, although the Greeks put up a good fight.A number of new signings were on show at the Olympic Stadium; Mancini, Sulley Muntari and Ricardo Quaresma all Matt Breida Jersey made their Champions Lea... more

Here it is, The first international Break of the new season and Ireland face a long and perhaps tricky trip to the Cryprus Capital Nicosia. Although Giovanni Trappotoni and the loyal Ireland fans will be hoping to get the goals (and the Guinne s ) flowing.This will be Irelands Eighth Match of their World Cup Qualifying Campaign and are currently in second place one point behind 2006 World cup winners Italy although Trappotonis Former team do have Deion Sanders Jersey a game in hand over the Irish, aswell as four other teams in Group ... more

THE FINAL WHISTLEARSENAL: THEY PLAY FANTASTIC FOOTBALL, BUT THEY CANT WIN THE LEAGUE! WHY?Arsenal have had a few bumps on Darwin Thompson Jersey their title bid, which seems to be fading, despite some fantastic games against Chelsea and Blackburn.First of all, the ups. Robin Tyreek Hill Jersey van Persie is yet another Gunners legend who looks like he will never stop scoring. Theo Walcott is the one making these goals. Alex Oxlade Chamberlain is a future star of Arsenal. His performances against Manchester United and Blackburn were s... more

I dont really know how to begin a post like this. So much has happened, it really should be covered in a number of separate articles. But to be honest, I think it can easily be summarised into one statement.Portsmouth have narrowly escaped administration by securing new ownership, while manager Paul Hart picked up the sides first three points of the season against Wolves.First, Tyrann Mathieu Jersey lets talk about the new owner, Saudi Arabian busine s tycoon, Ali Al Faraj. Representatives for Mr. Al Faraj met with chairman Sulaiman ... more

Manchester United defender Gary Neville has today Breeland Speaks Jersey retired with imminent effect bringing an end to his glorious 19 year career with over 600 appearances for the Reds. Neville, who has turned out for United 602 times, has won 19 honours including 8 Premier League titles.Long serving Manchester United Manager Sir Alex Ferguson today described Neville as The best English right-back of his generation. Ferguson then added He is an example to any young profe sional; hard-working, loyal and intelligent Jordan Lucas Jer... more

The higher you climb, the colder you get. By now, David Moyes should have a full appreciation of this phrase. 11 points from 8 matches is decent, but Laurent Duvernay-Tardif Jersey not good enough at Manchester. Instead, succe s are measured by how the team shows the capability to challenge for silverware.Moyes might be yet to adapt to the life with mid-week fixtures and international duties. It is not the intensive training which could get the best out of the squad, but is managing the playing time of the players. Although Sir Alex ... more

As the opening weekend approaches I a se s potential relegation candidates, from the three newly-promoted teams, to a couple of the le s obvious ones.Fulham: It May seem to some as daft to suggest that the top half club with one of the most proven managers in the league could be Blake Griffin Jersey contenders for the drop but its far from daft.Their three highest scorers last season were Clint Dempsey (23), Andy Johnson (11), and Bobby Zamora (9). Two have already left and it seems likely that Clint Dempsey will move on too. Fulham ... more

Merida celebrates scoring the opener against LiverpoolArsenal booked their place in the hat for the Quarter-Finals of the Carling Cup after a deserved 2-1 victory over Liverpool at the Emirates.Both teams made lots of changes from their weekend lineups as Arsenal continued with the youngsters and a few experienced players. Liverpool did the same although it can be argued that the Liverpool line-up contained more first team players.Liverpool had the first great chance of the game when a series of Wesley Johnson Jersey slick one touch ... more

After what may already be the greatest shock of the 2020/21 Patrick Beverley Jersey Premier League season, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp didnt shy away from the reality of the result but found solace in the fact that all his players left the match in one piece., the Reds bo s highlighted the only thing positive about his side losing 7-2 to Aston Villa on an unforgettable evening at Villa Park.With after picking up an injury during the build-up to the game, the Reds coach was glad no other player picked up any injury in his teams lo ... more

Turkey and Switerland headed to St. Jakob-Park both needing a win to stay alive at EURO Chris Paul Jersey 2008. It was a match played out in the worst of conditions with rain heavily damaging the pitch with talks of the game even being called off luckly this didnt occur.The match started with Turkey attacking early but the conditions made their attacks difficult and not alot Jerome Robinson Jersey was being created. Turkey mi sed a chance in the 29th minute seconds later Switzerland had hit the lead. 19-year-old Eren Derdiyok was pla... more

Carrick Vlade Divac Jersey will mi s the chance to earn another England cap in the Wednesday friendly against France. He was a surprise exclusion from Capellos second provisional 30-man squad, considering he played relatively well for Man Utd in recent matches. The Man Utd players who may feature in the match are Wesley Brown, Wayne Rooney, Rio Ferdinand and Owen Hargreaves. The list of 30 players will have to be Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Jersey reduced further to a 23-man squad, which will travel to Paris for the game. Chelsea have two mo... more

Local reports this morning suggest Liverpool have turned down a 9million offer for England international Peter Crouch. It is said that Liverpool manager Benitez, is wanting an offer closer to 15 million for the 27 year old star. Redknapp however is refusing to pay over the odds for the former Pompey striker, who also enjoyed spells at Aston Los Angeles Lakers Jersey Villa, Southampton and QPR respectively.Redknapp said, Its known I like Crouchie but I think Liverpool want Lonzo Ball Jersey a bit too much money for him, Redknapp would... more

It has been well documented that Manchester United need a replacement for the retired Paul Scholes. Scholes would be a huge lo s to the teams performance on and off the field. He is an exceptional talent, and Sir Alex is quite right in saying that Scholes is a one-off and is irreplaceable. He even went on to place him with the likes of Xavi and Andres Iniesta. There are many options for the manager to deal with this latest problem Los Angeles Lakers Jersey and given how he has chosen revolution rather than evolution for his rebuildin... more

Having played out an unconvincing 1-0 victory against a poor Liechtenstein side last time out, Guus Hiddink will be looking for a vast improvement in his sides performance as Ru sia travel to Helsinki to take on Finland tonight.The Sbornaja know that a win would have them snapping at the heels of Group 4 leaders Germany, whilst victory for Stuart Baxters Scandanavian side would see them leapfrog the Ru sians into second place, and stand them in good stead of qualifying for the first major tournament in their glory deprived history.Ke... more

Espanyol, who started this Dan Hampton Jersey match 42 points and 19 places behind Barcelona stunned the league leaders with a 2-1 victory in a match which saw the referee produce 12 yellow cards and 1 red. Barcelona suffered just their second defeat of the season and also saw their lead at the top reduced to seven points as Real Madrid dished out a 6-1 hammering to Real Betis.Barcelona attacked from the start and Espanyol struggled to get out of their own half. The first real chance came on 13 minutes after some good work by Me si o... more

Its been a very busy week of transfer talk involving Leicester City, a number of names have been linked with a move to the Walkers Stadium, while reports state that Foxes striker Steve Howard could well be moving to Huddersfield Town.INSDiego Castro Spanish pre s stated early last week, that Paulo Sousa could well favour a move for Sporting Gijons vice captain Diego Castro. The winger has featured 142 times for the La Liga side,scoring 30 goals Cordarrelle Patterson Jersey in the proce s. Sousa snapped up defender Miguel Vitor on a l... more

So, its Pre-Season time again and clubs are hunting around different clubs, leagues and countries for the next best thing. Unlike Manchester City who seem to Gale Sayers Jersey concentrate on bringing in egos and reputations what Everton The Peoples Club were more interested in on doing was looking around for potential. And what I think was a great little piece Nick Kwiatkoski Jersey of busine s was the capture of impre sive Jermaine Beckford. However, the question still remains, is Jermaine Beckford good enough?A free transfer and a... more

Eddie Goldman Jersey The transfer window has been extended, this means John Sheridan has an extra day to buy Chicago Bears Jersey new players. This will hopefully help John buy new players to David Montgomery Jersey help us Nick Kwiatkoski Jersey get promotion this season.I really hope John takes advantage Walter Payton Jersey of this extra day. This could really effect Our season.Matt

Its time for me to write yet another preview of Leicester Citys 2011/2012 opponents, in this feature I focus on London based side Millwall. Millwall had a season to remember in 10/11 as the fans watched their club battle toa commendable 9th place finish, as the side Allen Iverson Jersey that play their games at the New Den were under estimated at the start of the campaign. This is a brand new season however, can Kenny Jacketts side show the form which warranted them with a top half finish, or will last seasons heroics prove to be a o... more

With Sir Alex Ferguson being lauded for 26 years in charge of Manchester United, the blue side of Manchester has said farewell to Roberto Mancini, the Detroit Pistons Jersey man that got them their first League title in 44 years.Granted, it wasnt the best kept secret in club Football but shouldnt clubs keep faith for a little longer?Sir Alex didnt win his first cup till 1990. He was given time, but now in a modern age where teams seemingly are Millionaires (and Billionaires) monopoly squares, time seems to be the only resource manage... more

Readings Henry Ellenson Jersey hopes of a place in next seasons Premier League were put to an end by former manager Brendan Rodgers and his talented Swansea City side who secured a dramatic 4-2 win at Wembley Stadium.A Scott Sinclair hat-trick and a strike from Stephen Dobbie meant that the Swans will be the first Welsh side to grace Englands top division.The game was nearly all over by half-time after some awful Reading defending, as two goals in as many minutes from Sinclair and a strike from Dobbie saw the Swans go in at the inter... more

Wednesday nights league cup fixtures were in no mood to Grant Long Jersey be trumped by Tuesdays spectacles. There were two more upsets and another NINE goals in the game between Chelsea and Manchester United, which after Sundays debacle looked to be a mouth watering affair.Norwich 2-1 Tottenham HotspurIt looked, when Gareth Bale put the visitors ahead, that this fixture would go the way of the form guide. He netted when good work down the right from man of the match Iago Falque found Bale in space, he swung his right foot and found ... more

Kevin Blackwells hopes of boosting his summer transfer budget with compensation money regarding the Carlos Tevez Affair have been dashed after it was revealed Sheffield United must now wait until September to find out if they will be compensated.The latest instalment of the high-court battle between The Rashad Vaughn Jersey Blades and West Ham United led to an independent arbitration investigating whether The Hammers should have been docked points after Tevez was found Giannis Antetokounmpo Jersey to be owned by a third-party, rather... more