Welcome to the Premier League, boys The BBC has exclusive coverage this morning of Grimsby Town's sudden promotion to the Premier League. Strange that nobody else has picked up on that - it's pretty big news! Click to continue reading...

For the first 60 minutes at Stamford Bridge on Sunday, the game looked remarkably familiar. Chelsea were passing the ball beautifully around the pitch. Wonderful movement off the ball. Using incredible amounts of imagination and creativity. Yet they couldn't seem to score that crucial second goal. Sound familiar? 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...

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"

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This report suggests that Juande is looking to a new striker to replace the exit bound Berbatov and is set to choose between these three hotshots! Why not join the debate at the COS forum? Atletico Madrid striker Diego Forlan remains a target for Tottenham. BBC Sport says the Uruguay international is . Click to continue reading...

Proper reports: cafc.co.uk, BBC Sport Hmmmmmmm. Going down to a soft goal (Jonathan Fortune, what were you doing?) I can kind of, sort of take. Because these things happen. And you can fight back from those. But having the match totally skewed by a bad ref, a linesman who didn't want to correct him, and the tedious, time-wasting antics of Aidy Boothroyd's golden shower is a tought one to Click to continue reading...

Cory Gibbs/BBC Sport Despite the presence of the two of the most gifted players ever in Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Galaxy appear to be sinking without a trace. A leaky defense and poor linkup play have made the Galaxy at this point a side that is struggling to remain competitive in the Western Conference [. Click to continue reading...

Cory Gibbs/BBC Sport

Despite the presence of the two of the most gifted players ever in Major League Soccer, the Los Angeles Galaxy appear to be sinking without a trace. A leaky defense and poor linkup play have made the Galaxy at this point a side that is struggling to remain competitive in the Western Conference of MLS.

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Dave McIntyre - BBC 606 Communication problems
by David M - BBC Sport (U1628513) 28 July 2008
I had my first conversation with Matteo Alberti on Saturday.
He thought I worked behind the scenes at Falkirk and asked me where the way out was, so I told him. Click to continue reading...

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Dave McIntyre - BBC 606 Championship QPR
by David M - BBC Sport (U1628513) 17 July 2008

So, the wait is nearly over.

Whether you're a Gold, Silver or Bronze QPR fan you'll know that this weekend Rangers play Stevenage in their first pre-season friendly of the summer. Click to continue reading...

The biggest news of the past 24 hours is that Manchester United has reportedly tabled an official £20 million bid for Tottenham striker Dimitar Berbatov. Problem is there's no evidence of an actual bid being made and all we have to go on is a quote from his agent in The Sun newspaper. What is [...] Click to continue reading...

Robbie Fowler, known affectionately as God during his time at Liverpool, is set to sign a new one-year deal with Cardiff City, according to BBC Sport Wales. The 33-year-old former Liverpool and England striker moved to Cardiff after Rafa Benitez called time on Robbie's Liverpool career at the end of . Click to continue reading...

If BBC Sport could be as creative and slick with their live football coverage as they are with their promotional trailers, the Beeb would rule the TV roost once again and kick Sky Sports to the gutter. Such is the artistry and fine detail that's included in BBC Sport's trailer for Euro 2008 (see below). Click to continue reading...

There are only 11 days (or 264 hours) between now and the beginning of Euro 2008, and it all seems a lot like World Cup 2006 all over again.To me, World Cup 2006 was the zenith of soccer coverage on the Internet. I watched all of the matches on a daily basis from my desktop [...] Click to continue reading...

BBC's Director of Sport Roger Mosey wrote an eye-opening article on the BBC Sport blog this morning. In it, he describes how the ratings for BBC's Match of The Day (their highlights show, which features Gary Lineker, Alan Hansen and others) has risen this season and that the ratings for MOTD were much higher [. Click to continue reading...

In a decent interview with the BBC football focus yesterday, Keegan has describe his visions for Newcastle United team after making a shock return and his future plans.

King Kev said that on the last January transfer window, He actually didn't want to bring in any new players.

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I've been listening to the podcast of the 2 G's show for the past few weeks, but if you'll notice, there's no more link to them in the sidebar. That's because I titled that section "Fullback Enjoys" and as far as the 2 G's go - not so much. So I'm dropping them like a bad habit. At first it was really only sometime host Pete Brown that annoyed the hell out of me, but now it's spreading like the plague. Click to continue reading...

The sweet stench of it fills the air!

via BBC Sport's gossip column:

Frank Lampard's agent Steve Kutner was seen holding a "Teach Yourself Spanish" video as he looked on while the England midfielder launched a new initiative at Wembley. (Various)

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