Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has today praised referee Rob Styles. United profited from an extremely poor penalty decision from Styles during their 2-0 win against Bolton at Old Trafford on Saturday.

Cristiano Ronaldo was taken down by Bolton defender Jlloyd Samuel, however replays clearly showed Samuel getting a touch on the ball. Click to continue reading...

Take a look at this absolutely out of control tackle in the Premiership action last weekend.

I had heard the story and didn't pay it much mind until I saw it.

The victim, Hull City's Craig Fagan, who had his leg broken is demanding an apology and seeking legal action against the attacker, Newcastle United's Danny Guthrie. Click to continue reading...

"He's come out and said he wants to speak to me, but he sent me a text message on Monday night saying he's disappointed with what's happened. In my eyes, that text message doesn't do the justice of what a phone call does."

"I'm not saying that he hasn't tried to apologise, but maybe it could be different. Click to continue reading...

In the latest from The Special One (and friends) Jose and It go on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire to raise money for the Berbatov Appeal. There's also a not very convincing apology to Nani, the return of Ameobi super-fan Dave, another mysterious glimpse at Capello and - déjà vu alert - the promise [. Click to continue reading...

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After many years, the very distinguished QPR fan magazine, "A Kick Up The R's (AKUTR'S)- An Independent View of QPR" has also gone online. AKUTR's won last season's Championship Fanzine of the Season Award. (The printed AKUTR's publication very much continues). See The AKUTR's website .

From The new AKUTR'S Website:
"At Long, Long, Long Last. Click to continue reading...

We begin with an apology.

When we said yesterday that these were exciting times and that various football competitions were going on around the world except for one which was about to start (i.e. the Premier League), we were being slightly economical with the truth.

Not that these aren't exciting times, etc, etc - it was just the bit at the end about 'one competition remaining that hadn't exploded into life yet'. Click to continue reading...

So the Champions League draw has paired us with Twente from Holland. Twente have recently installed a new manager who we English know very well.

The Wally with the Brolly aka Steve McClaren, returns to English soil for the first time since he inspired England to a 3-2 Wembley defeat at the hands of Croatia. Click to continue reading...

Chicago Fire midfielder and Mexican legend Cuauhtemoc Blanco has been banned from U.S. Open Cup play for a minimum of two years and fined $7,500. The punishment was handed down on Wednesday by a United States Soccer Federation panel in response to Blanco's actions in an Open Cup quarterfinal match against D. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool have completed the signing of Robbie Keane in a deal worth £20.3million but the fall-out with Tottenham over the transfer continued following more comments from Daniel Levy.

Spurs chairman Levy has dropped his complaint against Liverpool to the Premier League but insisted he did not "regard it as a transfer deal" due to the way the deal was conducted. Click to continue reading...

First, an apology with not getting this out sooner; I have a great final week lined up to cap off A More Splendid Life's series on the history of soccer in Toronto. Today focuses on the historic Canadian Championship final game between Toronto FC and the Montreal Impact, and as readers of this series will know, it was a long time in the making. Click to continue reading...

First of all, sorry for the lack of a post yesterday. I was stuck at work for most of the day without a computer so I literally couldn't post. And one more apology- I'm not typing this from my regular computer so no pictures or cool links in this entry (Sucks, I know). But I promise to go back to regular posting from tomorrow on.

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Chicago Fire midfielder and designated player Cuauhtemoc Blanco issued an apology in regards to last week's craziness in the US Open Cup that he caused. "I sincerely regret my inappropriate actions during the game against D.C. United on Tuesday. I disappointed my Fire teammates and coaches, D.C. United players and staff, Major League Soccer, the U. Click to continue reading...

See? It isn't really that hard. Have Blanco issue the non-specific apology, keep quiet about details about which you probably know nothing about, and we can all move onward. Don't have your head coach start mouthing off, don't have your PR director start issuing excuses, just handle things quietly and efficiently and let the inertia of the MLS bureaucracy bury things to where nobody cares about them anymore.

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It seems that Micah Richards isn't the only Manchester-based England defender to be banned from something today (look at that for an example of the seemless linking you can expect from the new and improved thematic STT) as an aspiring national captain has found himself in quite a bit of hot water after his rage at Stamford Bridge near the end of last season.

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As always, the Super Clasico brings forth quite a bit of emotions from players on both sides. The games themselves are heated and intense but after the match is when the emotions can sometimes spill over.

Chivas' locker room after April's 5-2 loss was very quiet. It was quiet there a lot during April and early May but that match was particularly quiet. Click to continue reading...

A moderator at Ready to Go Sunderland Message Board has contacted me, and apologized for the behaviour of the commenters there. I appreciate his concern and I accept his apology. I asked that the thread and my account at RTG be deleted and it has.

As far as I am concerned, the matter is closed. Click to continue reading...

Stuff to read while you leave a toilet paper rose as an apology for breaking out of prison: A final assessment. (Germany Blog) Top 10 flops of Euro 2008. (Soccerlens) The rightful victors... (Guardian Unlimited) ....And Jogi Low agrees. (BBC Sport) More to come from Spain? (Sideline Views) Babes of the final. Click to continue reading...

It's been a few days, apologies for that but at the same time there has been very little going on. First, the Samir Nasri saga - a claim was placed on Nasri's website, indicating that a deal was done, but has subsequently been replaced by an apology from the site administrator. Both Arseblog and Gunnerblog indicate that their sources suggest [. Click to continue reading...

Hello friends...

Just a brief note to apologise for the lack of posts appearing on the site recently. The reason for this has been a particularly bad spell of illness I've endured since last Tuesday. For the vast majority of the time I've been confined to bed, sneezing, coughing and generally feeling (as my Mum always says) like 'death warmed up'. Click to continue reading...

I'd like to extend a personal apology to all of you who were unable to access our website yesterday. It seems Webfusion, the company that looks after our domain name (www.spaotp.com) suffered from some sort of service downtime which was entirely out of my control. I had no warning of it, no time to make alternative arrangements and therefore we were all left high and dry. Click to continue reading...

With no oxygen left outside LA for reasons already discussed, I doubt this will gain notice. But here goes...

- Just when FC Dallas is finally able to field Adrian Serioux, they lose Alex Yi to a hamstring injury. Sucks for them, but even more for Yi, who seemed to be getting used to the whole pro-soccer thing. In a related note, FCD versus DC United ought to be one of the games of the weekend, right? Click to continue reading...