Sir Alex Ferguson has had a coloured history with the media. It's been years since he last took an interview with the BBC, while he has regularly banished reporters from press conferences if they've had the audacity to ask a difficult question. Therefore, it hardly comes as a surprise to ... Click to continue reading...

BBC Sports is reporting today that Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has reduced his asking price for the club from £450M to a figure in the region of £280M to £300M. Mike Ashley - asking a reasonable £280-£300M for club We had thought that around £270M would give Mike a decent profit of around £25M on a £145M [. Click to continue reading...

The Nigerian consortium hoping to buy Newcastle United has told the BBC that it has now officially presented its bid to the club, and it was placed late Friday evening. The BBC is reporting that the man fronting the Nigerian bid, UK-based businessman Chris Nathaniel, has however refused to confirm the size of the bid. Click to continue reading...

With the very real danger of adding to the debate, I have to say that I'm sick and tired about hearing about Rob Styles gifting United a penalty on Saturday against Bolton. Referees' make mistakes, get over it.

I don't know if it's just me, but the BBC in particular seems to be snided out with ABUs these days and there's definitely too many Liverpool fans in the Biased Broadcasting Corporation. Click to continue reading...

Coming out of the ground on Saturday I heard one disgruntled Arsenal fan behind me say "You know, if it were up to me I'd drop the whole fucking lot of them and play the kids on Tuesday".

Knee-jerk reactions to defeats like Saturday's are normal but it was easy to see where he was coming from.

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Something to read while you pay your $2,000,000 worth of speeding tickets... Bosnich comeback ends badly (Mariners Offside) Just a finger wag for Polkraine (BBC Football Blog) Vela still the new Henry? (Footballing World) The Homeless World Cup (Unprofessional Foul) In defence of Thierry Henry (La Liga Review) Ray Hudson goes too far (Eleven Devils) Managing Newcastle like managing Madrid (NUFC Blog) Dave's [. Click to continue reading...

Ex-England manager Terry Venables is expected to decide on Thursday whether to take over as interim Newcastle boss ... so the BBC tells me. But is this such a good idea? Does Terry Venables really have what it takes to turn Newcastle around? What has he achieved since Euro 96? Will ... Click to continue reading...

Joe Kinnear has talked to BBB Radio 5Live following his appointment today, and said that Ashley told him some investors are ready to buy the club in early October, which is about a week away. Joe Kinnear - Investors ready to buy Newcastle Joe told BBC Radio 5Live following his appointment: "I am aware that the new owners [. Click to continue reading...

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Birthdays:

- Kenny Sansom Turns 50 - Stats-

- Ex-QPR Loan, Martin Cranie, Turns 22 - Stats

- And apparently also...Luigi De Canio, Turning 51- "1957: Luigi De Canio (51) – Former Udinese, Napoli, Reggina and Siena coach, who most recently had a spell at English Championship side Queens Park Rangers. Click to continue reading...

Well done to the good folk of Woolton for winning gold in the Britain in Bloom awards.

Because we are (infrequent) regulars at The Victoria on Quarry Street in Woolton we walk through it fairly often and it's so obvious how much the appearance of the place is a labour of love to it's residents (This year the floralness even seems to have spilt over to dear old Hunts Cross). Click to continue reading...

"Former German international [Franz] Beckenbauer is not a Uefa executive committee member but is a European Fifa executive member who sits in on the meetings as a non-voting observer." With these words, BBC Sport said approximately everything there is to say about the UEFA executive committee's decision, revealed today by football's favorite non-voting former German [. Click to continue reading...

"We acknowledge again that the club broke Premier League rules in the original signing of Carlos Tevez but we were dealt with accordingly by an independent Premier League commission and accepted the significant punishment handed down at that time.

In light of this and the wider implications of this latest ruling for English football we have decided to ask that the case be considered by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Click to continue reading...

After previously getting Tim Burgess of The Charlatans to give a few minutes to talk about United, proper red Terry Christian has spoken to Republik of Mancunia about several United related topics. Christian, Old Trafford born and bred, got his first gig at local BBC Radio stations, with his 'Barbed Wireless' programme winning Sony Awards in [. Click to continue reading...

Radio4's comedies come and go and at the moment we are waving a fond goodbye to Bleak Expectation and Mark Watson makes the World Substanitally Better. They were both brilliant. Hut 33 is good whilst the jury is still out on The Castle.

The 6:30pm slot on BBC Radio 4 is absolutely superb.. Click to continue reading...

This is from Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse's informatively titled BBC sketch show Harry & Paul. For my money the above sketch is further evidence that Whitehouse is the real comedy talent in that pair, while Enfield is just a walking catchphrase generator. But that's a debate for another day. Click to continue reading...

Look at the happy couple. Cheryl said the wedding is back on and she has forgiven Ashley for his sins.

Not only that, she's gonna let him party and hang with the boys without bother.

Sounds fishy to me.

• Remembering soccer at Yankee Stadium. [Goal!]
  
• Kahn snubs return from retirement.

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On last week's Match of the Day, BBC pundit Mark Lawrenson claimed that if tackles like the one Gael Clichy received at Bolton were banned, the game would be 'for the jessies'. The former Liverpool defender's words will certainly come back to bite him. First Gael Clichy. Now Man United's Rodrigo Possebon. Click to continue reading...

Cavalieri
Degen Agger Hyypia Insua
Pennant Lucas Plessis El Zhar
Ngog Babel

Subs:
Torres for Ngog 66'
Carragher for Degen 73'
Keane for El Zhar 87'

Goals:
Agger 15'
O'Conner 25'
Lucas 58'

This is a placeholder; for the first time in recent memory, there weren't even any streams, just radio commentary. Click to continue reading...

BBC NEWS | England | Merseyside | Cains' former owners buy it back: "The former owners of Cains brewery in Liverpool have bought it back, securing 90 jobs.

Brothers Sudarghara and Ajmail Dusanj finalised the deal, which includes nine Cains Beer Company pubs, administrators PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) said. Click to continue reading...

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Yesterday, as announced by Derby County, and reported in the Derby Press...Thus far, still no official comment or announcement by Queens Park Rangers about the League ruling (and thus far not even QPR comments in the media). No word yet what it means for QPR fans; and what it means for future games - and how the club will make up for the possible absence of this additional revenue. Click to continue reading...

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BBC Gossip - Crystal Palace midfielder Ben Watson will seek a cut-price move to QPR in January. (Daily Mirror) BBC


Sydney Morning Herald/Michael Cockerill - Bosnich - "....QUEENS PARK RANGERS
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It seems almost difficult to believe now, but there was a time when, if you saw the football on the television, that was it. You'd see the goals once, maybe twice, and then they'd disappear into the vaults of the BBC and ITV, only to resurface once or twice at random intervals on the likes [...] Click to continue reading...

Well it would seem that Moyes has not yet signed a new deal which is a bit silly of the BBC to report that it was a done deal. I know he will sign and I can understand why he hasn't signed yet but let's just get it done.

Anyway in 4 hours from now golf becomes interesting as The Ryder Cup gets underway! Click to continue reading...

Moyes agrees £17m Everton deal
"Everton boss David Moyes has agreed a new five-year contract with the Merseyside club worth over £17m, BBC Sport understands.

The 45-year-old Moyes, who joined Everton as manager in 2002, confirmed in July that he had opened talks on a new deal with chairman Bill Kenwright"

17m. Click to continue reading...

Which is the better Premier League highlight show? BBC's Match Of The Day or TWI's Premier League Review Show? Millions of people around the world watch the highlight packages that feature the best bits of each Premier League match, so the shows should be quite similar, right? Wrong. Read on to learn the major differences between the [. Click to continue reading...

Good day folks. Thanks to my current unemployed status, I'll be following the match online (In Spanish) and bringing a blow by blow account of the action. Not sure how this will go, but feel free to leave thoughts in the comment section. Back soon with starting lineups.

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Starting Lineups courtesy of BBC Sport:

Dynamo Kiev: Bogush, Betao, Diakhate, Mykhalyk, Nesmachniy, Vukojevic, Yussuf, Yeremenko, Aliev, Ninkovic, Bangoura.

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  Last week MLS Rumors broke the story that Major League Soccer had tired off fending off critics like yours truly and was looking at revamping the entire structure of its season. Subsequently, The Original Winger and BBC Five Live's Sean Wheelock followed up on this story with more thoughts. My thinking on this subject is that [. Click to continue reading...

If you read this story on Tribal Football, you will find a story you most likely read here for the first time over a week ago. (With no link to our site or credit given.)

Here's our original September 8 story...

And here's our September 13 follow-up with Audio....

And here's an excerpt of the September 16, Tribal Football story. Click to continue reading...

Newcastle United fans protested during the home game against Hull on Saturday. Some with banners (see above) others by just flat out not attending. The BBC has some nice video of unhappy Toon Army fans including one lady who says the new owner has ruined her life. Supporter protests are usually completely ignored by boards [. Click to continue reading...

If you're visiting EPL Talk after reading the article in The New York Times or International Herald Tribune, welcome. The goal of EPL Talk is to provide you with daily news and analysis of the Premier League.  We have a team of more than a dozen writers who bring a unique perspective on the world's most [. Click to continue reading...

Something to ponder ahead of the games this weekend.

As first seen here in this posting, MLS insider and commentator Sean Wheelock talked about MLS examining the Apertura/Clausura type schedule as a solution to several scheduling problems.

Sean Wheelock was a guest on BBC's World Football Phone-In again early this morning UK time. Click to continue reading...

Old habits are hard to break. Toronto FC continues to look to Britain's leagues.

This comes to us courtesy of the BBC:

Former Hibernian midfielder Brian Kerr is having signing talks with Major League Soccer outfit Toronto.

Kerr, capped three times for Scotland, is currently a free agent after his contract with Hibs was terminated by the Edinburgh club last month.

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As far as I'm aware there aren't that many football podcasts, certainly not a lot of good ones. The one that comes out of the BBC World Football Phone-In tends to be very good whilst the ones that are done by the Times and the Guardian have their good moments but far too often try too hard to be funny. Click to continue reading...

In one of those "SkySports understands" articles, not to be confused with the similar "BBC Sport understands" stories, Arsenal have been linked with former Hertha Berlin midfielder Carlos Luciano da Silva, better known as Mineiro. My research tells me that the 33-year-old Mineiro is definitely a late bloomer in footballing terms. Click to continue reading...

Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher admits Manchester United have been better than the Reds in recent derbies ahead of their home clash on Saturday.

The Reds have not beaten United in the Premier League since 2004.

Carragher, 30, told BBC Radio Merseyside: "I'm not a great believer in being lucky or unlucky. Click to continue reading...