Wolves' unbeaten record is shattered After a full mid-week fixture list in The Championship, Wolves' superb start to the season was ended by fellow promotion hopefuls Reading but Birmingham failed to capitalise after being held away from home. Click to continue reading...

It's goals, goals, goals and controversy After another weekend of exciting Football League action, we take a look back on a week that saw Wolves extend their lead at the top of the Championship, Oldham remain on top in League One and the League Two leadership change hands once again. Click to continue reading...

Real football in the football league So we're a month into the new season in the Football League and already fans are setting their sights high after their best start in 87 years or drowning their sorrows after another below par start to the season. It's been as tight, surprising, dramatic and entertaining as usual in the Football League and here's a look back on the first month of 2008/09. Click to continue reading...

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FourFourTwo - Web Q&A WitH Les Ferdinand
Who's the best player you've played with?
Ashley Adams, Greenwich
Paul Gascoigne was exceptional, as was David Ginola. Roy Wegerle was also a fantastic player. When I was at QPR, he scored a goal against Leeds that won Goal of the Season. Click to continue reading...

It's been a busy period for Southend United and longpier over the past week. Lots of news coming out of Roots Hall - details are below. Also we've been testing the new LONGPIER LIVE Skypecast - a new, easy and FREE interactive discussion show, starting on the first day of the new season. If you haven't seen the details click here and have your say on Southend's season. Click to continue reading...

It's girls week at UK Football Finder Just to prove it's not all about us guys here at UKFF we interviewed little cutie Kerry Oldham of Billericay Town Ladies and here's what she had to say. I always played sport as a child for as far back as I can remember. We were lucky to live in a cul-de-sac with a large green area in the middle for all the kids to congregate. Click to continue reading...

Miki Roque is expected to join FC Cartagena on a season long loan as the young defender tries to put his career back on track.

One of the many young players brought to the club by Benitez in his first months in charge, Roque progressed better than many had expected and even made his Champions League debut against Galatasaray. Click to continue reading...

We received word early this morning that D.C. United Academy player Paul Torres has been named to the U-15/16 Academy Starting XI for his play in the U.S. Soccer Development Academy. The midfielder helped United to a 16-8-6 record and second place finish in the Mid-Atlantic Conference at the U-16 level.

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Another in a series of very interesting Vital Football/QPR interviews with the people running some of the QPR fan sites/or writing about QPR. This time Dave Barton of the very fine Queens Park Rangers FC site offers his perspective.

Vital Football/QPR - Media Eye - Dave Barton

Dave Barton from queensparkrangersfc. Click to continue reading...

A full list of Oldham's 08/09 fixtures are available on the BBC website. Here is my take on what has come out....

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Here are the fixtures which clash with England games, in that they kick off on the same day and travelling time between venues is not possible to see both games, correct at the time of writing:

• 6th Sept Tranmere v Oldham; Andorra v England
• 11th Oct Oldham v Hereford; England v Kazakhstan

The Andorra match is likely to be played in Barcelona so would nice to go to and I wouldn't expect a shortage of tickets, Tranmere away on the same day is annoying.

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Ties are due to be played in the week commencing 11 August. The draw for the first round of the Carling Cup: Preston v Chesterfield Chester v Leeds Leicester v Stockport Sheff Utd v Port Vale Grimsby v Tranmere Crewe v Barnsley Hartlepool v Scunthorpe Derby v Lincoln Notts County v Doncaster Sheff Wed v Rotherham Shrewsbury v Carlisle Wolves v Accrington Bury v Burnley Rochdale v Oldham Nottm Forest [. Click to continue reading...

The BBC report that Everton manager David Moyes has defended his decision to rest several key players during Saturday's 1-0 FA Cup defeat against Oldham. Phil Neville, Tim Howard and Yakubu were all rested for the match, although surely the team he fielded should have been too strong for their League One opponents. Click to continue reading...

The Toffees crash out to their lower league near neighbours
The dreaded 'r' word of rotation will be weighing heavily on the minds of supporters of one half of Merseyside today. However this time its the blue half of Merseyside cringing as David Moyes attempts at a rotation policy brought about a crushing FA Cup result. Click to continue reading...

Upsets left right and centre in today's FA Cup action. But what was the biggest shock?Coventry somehow managed to obliterate Blackburn 4-1, whilst League One Huddersfield beat Birmingham 2-1. Special mention should also go to Sheffield United who booted out Bolton with a 1-0 win lowly and injury ravaged Oldham, who beat Everton 1-0 at [. Click to continue reading...

The ever-popular Three Things series has expanded to include matchday action, and this weekend we'll be dealing with the glorious FA Cup. Some people saw this match in all its live glory, others on the telly, and some not at all. Either way everyone probably saw it differently and here's your chance to tell [. Click to continue reading...

Benitez risking it all for rotation, as Moyes fears an upset
Whatever you say about Rafael Benitez, he is most certainly his own, very brave, man. As his position has become more and more weakened by recent results, he is prepared to risk it all by rotating his squad for the tricky FA Cup trip to Luton. Click to continue reading...

I was away for two games - more about that later this week. But firstly the Blues went to Oldham and claimed all three points, thanks to a Leon Clarke goal.
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