So the Foxes managed to wobble through to the next round of the Johnstone Paint Trophy last night.

Not the most heart warming performance I gather but nevertheless a creditable win on penalties.

Unlike the Arse's babies who - not to put too fine a point on it - completely stuffed the Blades. Click to continue reading...

Spurs loanee Simon Dawkins looks set to be back in contention to resume his spell with Orient after nearly a month on the sidelines with an ankle injury. Ironically the young striker, who returned to training yesterday picked up the knock during the 4-2 Johnstone's Paint Trophy victory at Southend at the start of September, but [. Click to continue reading...

So I've been geeking out all week long on the new Red Bull Arena webcam. To most people watching a stadium being built is about as entertaining as watching paint dry but without getting a contact high from the fumes. But if you are a Gotham soccer fan watching this process feels like being introduced to your one true love a single, supple body part at a time. Click to continue reading...

Go on then.

Ask me how we did in the Johnstone Paint Trophy match last night.

Oh yes - thanks for asking. We beat Hartlepool 3 - 0.

I think I may be falling in love with Nigel Pearson.

Well can you blame me? After such a dismal season last year I had kept my expectations pretty low to avoid disappointment. Click to continue reading...

We don't need no Premiership.

We don't need no Champion's League.

We've got - the Johnstone Paint Trophy competition!

This will be the first time we have ever had the opportunity to compete as it is only open to Leagues One and Two.

And of course, as we know, this is the first time EVER we have been outside the top two tiers. Click to continue reading...

Now the Premiership has finished its 3rd round of games (Sunday), Chelsea 1-1 Tottenham, Aston Villa 0-0 Liverpool and Sunderland 0-3 Man City, the Premiership has closed for two weeks, no sooner had the Premiership started, for qualification games towards 2010 World Cup to be held in South Africa. Click to continue reading...

A lot of time you'll hear the phrase that something was so dull it puts you to sleep. Most of the time it's a figure of speech -- like, for instance -- who actually watches paint dry? Saturday morning the second half of Arsenal's 1-0 loss to Fulham at Craven Cottage indeed put me into slumber land. One minute I'm stretched out on the couch and its around the 55th minute of Arsenal's hapless Click to continue reading...

I know that I'm a bit late on this, but I just wanted to weigh in with a few thoughts surrounding the U-23's 1-0 victory over Japan in their first Olympic outing. Please note that my viewing of the match was in Hampered FF Mode (more on that later), so this really isn't a meticulous (nor probably accurate, for that matter) analysis. Click to continue reading...

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Football League FL BACK FA 'RESPECT' PROGRAMME
The ?Respect? programme
It will be handshakes all round before all football matches in England next season in support of the FA's 'Respect' programme.
Respect is set to be the key word this coming season, as The Football League gives its support to the FA's latest initiative. Click to continue reading...

...And it's much more enjoyable than the real Austria vs Germany game, funnily enough Did they swap paint after the game? [Spotted... all over the web, including at The Offside and The Spoiler]... Click to continue reading...

After the first five minutes of Italy v Spain I just KNEW the game would be decided on penalties. I just knew it!! 2 hours of tedium, 2 hours of boredom, 2 hours of nothing.

It wasn't Spain's fault they just couldn't break down the masters of negative football - 'Let's play for penalties chaps, Spain haven't won a penalty shootout on the 22nd June before.

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Paul Ince today became the first British Black Premiership Manager by signing a three year contract to manage Blackburn Rovers.

The job became vacant went Mark Hughes moved up the road to Man City.

Ince has certainly took himself up the rungs of the managerial ladder - Swindon Town, Macclesfield Town and MK Dons.

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A new jersey sponsor to add to the growing list of clubs with weird kit sponsors. Thankfully I will take any and all weird ads on the MLS kits these days to get rid of the unsightly team logo in the middle of the jersey. My question is who is Glidden and what are they doing [...] Click to continue reading...