Paul Scholes was stretchered off with 15 minutes played in United's Champions League group stage match against Aalborg. Although not looking in great deal of pain, carrying an embarrassed look as he sat upright when carried off the pitch, our fans of course feared the worst. With Owen Hargreaves and Michael Carrick both carrying injuries, the [. Click to continue reading...

Dutch champions PSV will probably be without their highly rated playmaker Ibrahim Afellay for the Champions League match against Liverpool.

Dutch giants PSV lost their first Champions League match 3-0 against Atletico Madrid and need a good result in the away match against Liverpool. However, they will most likely be missing key man Ibrahim Afellay. Click to continue reading...

Worries about the future are now undermining Jürgen Klinsmann's sun-drenched, pro-active, motivational California-isms.

Bad times for Bavarian giants, on pitch and in parliament.






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Tottenham midfielder Jermaine Jenas has admitted there is a severe shortage of confidence running through the team that is affecting their results on the pitch. Spurs slipped to their fourth league defeat in just six games after their 2-0 loss at Portsmouth yesterday, leaving them rooted to the foot of the table with just two points [. Click to continue reading...

The news coming out of White Hart Lane just keeps getting better, and better! After dropping points again over the weekend to Portsmouth, assistant manager Gus Poyet has come to the realisation that his current strike can't be on the pitch together at the same time. Gus Poyet fears that ... Click to continue reading...

I'm still recovering from that. Tip of the cap to the coach and players of Hull City - they played an outstanding game, whereas the high paid players of Arsenal looked liked they didn't care Geovanni's goal was sublime, but he was given too much time and too much space. William Gallas is once again facing a hail of criticism for his shoddy defending and leadership.

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Just for once this season wouldn't it be nice for United to turn on the style for the whole ninety minutes when we face AaB Aalborg in the Champions League on Tuesday? The only problem is United are currently about as predictable as stocks and shares in high-street banks.

At the weekend Ferguson benched Rooney as he made way for Carlos Tevez, who it has to be said didn't cover himself in glory while he was on the pitch (for around 70 minutes to be precise) - it wasn't the time for the Argentine's worst game of the season so far. Click to continue reading...

"Crisis" is an over-used word in football. When your badly-run bank has to be taken over by the government, that's a crisis. When your football team doesn't win a match, it's a mere misfortune. But I'm not alone in feeling something deeper is amiss at Charlton right now. But I can't put my finger on what's quite wrong. Click to continue reading...

Not going to talk about the embarassing display on the pitch. We all know it was sh*t and not good enough. Aside from the match, I am angry, really angry about the ticketing situation that saw two Hull muppets get seats in the middle of the North Bank upper yesterday. When Hull scored, they showed themselves and [. Click to continue reading...

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Stan Bowles' Perspective - At least, according to the Sunday People!

Sunday People/Peter Ward - 28 September 2008 - TIGHT Rs BLASTED
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QPR legend Stan Bowles has branded the club's billionaire owners skinflints after being sidelined from his hospitality role. Click to continue reading...

One of my least favorite subjects- aside from ethnic cleansing, and life threatning diseases- is Lyon's resident brat, Frederico Chaves Guedes Fred. Fred recently gave an interview in French on OL's website. Since they didn't offer an English translation- and annoyingly, OL doesn't offers translations for alot of their articles- I thought I'd share a verbatim of the interview.

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Thierry Henry is suffering at Barcelona and it breaks my heart to see the situation that he is in.

The man is a legend at Arsenal and I thought he would have ended his career with us. Obviously that didn't happen and although I, like every Gooner, was sad to see him leave, I wished him no malice and hoped he would be happy in Spain. Click to continue reading...

Not one to dwell too much on what the reaction might be, Rafael Benitez has never shirked away from making controversial choices because people might not agree with them. Few of his decisions, however, will match the levels of surprise hit the last time Liverpool travelled to Goodison Park.

With the game stuck at 1-1 and Liverpool struggling to build play, Benitez came up with a strange solution: take off Steven Gerrard and replace him with Lucas Leiva. Click to continue reading...

STEVEN GERRARD insists that Rafael Benitez has made him a better player during his reign at Liverpool – and the Anfield captain has also praised Fernando Torres for helping boost him as an attacking force.

Gerrard's ability to operate in several different midfield positions to good effect has prompted manager Benitez to deploy him in varying roles during the past five seasons. Click to continue reading...

The 'Respect the Ref' campaign is something I fully support, after watching football players abuse the referee for years. Whilst as part of the crowd I have done this on numerous occasions, there is something so classless and disrespectful when the players on the pitch do it. They are all professionals and there should be [. Click to continue reading...

A week ago I asked you, the readers, if Chelsea needed to sign a short-term replacement for Essien. A hefty 44 percent of you said we should ink free agent Stephen Appiah if he were interested. Some 43 percent of you said we need not delve into the market.

Well, neither of you got your wish.

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Sevilla defender Aquivaldo Mosquera will be out for three weeks due to an ankle sprain.  In the MRIs that were done Mosquera's absence will allow Ivica Dragutinovic to once again be a part of the nervionense  Starting XI. The Colombian international was carried off the pitch after a hard foul by Chica should have earned Espanyol [. Click to continue reading...

To fill the void left by the injured Michael Essien, the Chelsea powers that be have signed Brazilian midfielder Mineiro.

The 33 year old will take over the Makelele/Essien spot now a void space for the Blues.

'I say to fans of Chelsea, if they remember (Claude) Makelele, Mineiro is the same.

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Cristiano Ronaldo, the Prodigal Son, welcomed back to Old Trafford lovingly at both the Villarreal and Middlesbrough matches. His song was sung (although it must be noted, not as frequently as it was last season) and fans rose to their feet when he was subbed on or off the pitch. Before recovering from his injury, Ronaldo [. Click to continue reading...

Tough-tackling Liverpool defender Martin Skrtel says that he already feels perfectly at home in Merseyside despite barely being at the club for eight months.

A long-term injury to Daniel Agger convinced Rafael Benitez to sign Skrtel from Zenit St Petersburg as cover in January and since then the Slovakian has managed to exceed expectations by striking up an excellent partnership with Jamie Carragher in the heart of the Liverpool defence. Click to continue reading...

The Dynamo escaped from Panama City with a tie Tuesday night that felt like it could have been a win. The MLS champs played San Francisco FC to a 0-0 finish under difficult conditions, namely a soggy, slippery pitch and... Click to continue reading...

All of these are courtesy of BehindTheBadge.com so go there where you will find a plethora of quotes from United players such as Clyde Simms, Louis Crayton and coach Tom Soehn. And Click Here for a bunch of articles about tonight's match.
"Lucigol" Emilio on Honduran TV

"We haven't really done much coming off the LA game so we just wanted to get some touches – obviously, it's a different ball that we play with – so, we need to get used to the ball again" - Clyde Simms.

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A thoroughly depressing evening. Roy Hodgson set the tone with an uninspiring choice of starting line-up, and the Fulham players on the pitch followed up with an utterly lifeless performance. To say this game was dull would be an understatement – writing only a couple of hours after having left the stadium, the ‘events' of [. Click to continue reading...

Islanders 3 vs Santos Laguna 1(Mexico) Dynamo  0 vs San Francisco FC 0 (Panama) Final Thoughts: FMF apologists will complain about the condition of the pitch tonight in Bayoman, but the bottom line is the Islanders coming off three points last week versus Tauro FC and winning the Regular Season USL-1 title are in form and looked eager [. Click to continue reading...

The second matchday of the Group Stage is underway, so let's go!San Francisco 0-0 Houston Dynamo 65'Puerto Rico Islanders 3-0 Santos Laguna 65'Cruz Azul - Saprissa 1900 (UTC -7) 1827: Watching the San Francisco-Houston match...San Francisco is laying back and holding out for counterattacks. Dynamo are seeing more of the ball but can't manage to hold it for very long. Click to continue reading...

An assortment of Valencia news today ahead of Thursday's match against Malaga ...

- The club officially named their captains, as Carlos Marchena, Raul Albiol, Vicente and David Villa will wear the armband.

Three are Euro 2008 champions, with Vicente getting the nod for his commitment to the cause.

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Paul Robinson you have some company. Those this guy can blame his defender a little bit for a difficult pass.

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Chivas USA walked away with a victory on the road against Real Salt Lake.

Not the prettiest game, but a win none the less. It was a tough fight for both teams, as both teams played tight defensive soccer. The game could have gone either way, with neither team controlling the pitch.

The Good:

Lots of friendly faces on the pitch.

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Chelsea entertained Manchester United at Stamford Bridge, the scene last season of alleged racial abuse leading to a contretemps between United players and Chelsea groundstaff, disciplinary action still sitting gathering cobwebs at the FA Headquarters. This time, the trouble was on the pitch, seven United players cautioned triggering an automatic £25k fine, three of which [. Click to continue reading...

Neither Freddy Adu or Jozy Altidore saw the pitch as an overhyped Sunday matchday came and went without a peep.  I don't have much to say about it, because I'm crippled with sadness, but let's see... Park started and went 90 for Monaco, and to be honest, he looked very very poor.  I was surprised that [. Click to continue reading...

Premiership giants Arsenal are looking strong and in great shape on the pitch. And off it, the Gunners appear in excellent health, too. They have just announced a profit of £37 million from last season, with income rising by 11% to £232m even though they failed to win any silverware. Arsenal ... Click to continue reading...

Edwin Van der Sar was substituted with half an hour played against Chelsea today, following a tough challenge with Florent Malouda. Whilst Andy Gray was hoping for a penalty, it was clear our keeper got something on the ball. He tried to stay on the pitch, but it was only minutes later that he made way [. Click to continue reading...

An unexpected side-effect of the Respect the Ref campaign has been the joy in pointing out examples of refereeing errors that are so bad that it makes respect impossible and just refraining from running onto the pitch and slapping him senseless with a sweaty shin pad. As examples of bad decisions go, they don´t get much [. Click to continue reading...

Sustainability at Arsenal more important than instant success, says Peter Hill-Wood

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood believes the club's supporters understand the need for long-term financial sustainability to take precedence over short-term pressure to succeed on the pitch.

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The concepts of the game are universally renowned at every level, from watching our stars dazzle the pitch through a flash of virtuosity on our TVs or simply playing five-a-side down the local pitch with our friends. The ultimate objective? To be triumphant through scoring as many as goals as possible and thereby beating the opposition. Click to continue reading...