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September 22, 2008

A stand-up guy: Steve Coppell

It's time to inaugurate what I hope will become a busily regular theme post here at NSC by saluting Reading manager Steve Coppell for his comments in the aftermath of the wacky 2-2 draw ably described by Sean in the previous post (with exclusive remarks from Watford's Jay DeMerit, no less). Sometimes, we get so caught up criticizing that we forget to honor the good guys. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , A stand-up guy, England, NSC, Steve Coppell, by Greg Seltzer

September 21, 2008

Monday's dispatch: U.S. players in head-scratcher

Everton drew, Forest drew and Landon Donovan demolished D.C. But the weird one was over in England, where Reading got a goal even though the ball went well wide. Manager Steve Coppell has offered to replay the game; U.S. keeper Marcus Hahnemann isn't so sure. (BBC)

And a milestone on the U.

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Tags: , Brad Friedel, Brad Guzan, GianFranco Zola, Jeff Cunningham, Jonathan Spector, Kate Markgraf, Landon Donovan, Louis Saha, Marcus Hahnemann, Nottingham Forest, Real Salt Lake, Steve Coppell, West Bromwich Albion, aston villa

August 21, 2008

Midweek TV Preview: August 21st - 24th

(All times UK)

Friday 22 August

19:30 Hannover 96 v Energie Cottbus, Bundesliga, Setanta Sports 1
Both teams were hammered 3-0 last week. Of the two, Hannover can at least say that they were beaten by a title contender in Schalke. Cottbuss lost to one of the few teams tipped to finish below them, Hoffenheim. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Charlton Athletic, Culture, Energie Cottbus, Hannover 96, J League, Midweek TV, Plymouth Argyle, Scottish Premier League, Steve Coppell, Swansea City, Urawa Reds, setanta sports, sky sports

August 20, 2008

No fresh Middlesbrough bid for Reading midfielder - good news for the Royals?

Dave Kitson and Nicky Shorey have already flown the Madejski Stadium nest for the Premier League, and Steve Coppell doesn't need any more of his key players doing one out of the exit door in Berkshire. It appears as though he's taken a step nearer to retaining the services of ... Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Dave Kitson, England, English Premier League, Nicky Shorey, Steve Coppell

August 11, 2008

Reading manager determined to be the predator not the prey

It's not much fun losing your best players. Nevertheless, it's a fact of life for any football club, unless you're a Manchester United, a Chelsea or a Barcelona. Reading manager Steve Coppell has seen the likes of Steven Sidwell, Dave Kitson and Nicky Shorey leave the club since he's been at the helm, and it [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Championship, Chelsea, Dave Kitson, England, Manchester United, Reading FC, Steve Coppell, kevin doyle

August 8, 2008

Reading star leaves for Aston Villa - big dent in Royals promotion bid?

Reading are among the favourites to win next season's Championship, although their hopes of making an immediate return to the Premier League have been seriously dented today. While Steve Coppell was hopeful of keeping hold of one of his star players, the lure of playing in the top flight has proved too much for this [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Aston Villa FC, Championship, England, English Premier League, Nicky Shorey, Reading FC, Steve Coppell

August 7, 2008

Championship Preview

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Football League - Championship Preview

CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW
Matt Smith takes a closer look at this years runners and riders in the Coca-Cola Championship.

THE MAIN CONTENDERSStood on a golf course, in the middle of the short summer break we all get from football these days, a fan of a Championship club asked me whether I thought it would be a total lottery again this season. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Alex McLeish, Birmingham City, Bristol City, Coca Cola Championship, Contenders, Derby County, Queens Park, Sheffield United, Steve Coppell, james beattie, kevin dillon

The Meaning Of Mark Clattenburg's Hair Implant #

So, Mark Clattenburg is a narcissist as well as antisocial.
We had already gathered as much.

Watching Arsenal versus Real Madrid in the Emirates Trophy, something felt not-quite-right.
Something was missing from Clattenburg's officiating.
Then he gave Arsenal one of his more generous penalties and we suddenly realised. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Greed, Kaiserslautern, Leeds United, Real Madrid, Steve Coppell, bum, mark clattenburg, referee, referees, regression

August 2, 2008

Premier Club Bids For Shorey - Is It Newcastle?

News today that Reading boss Steve Coppell is expecting Nicky Shorey to leave for a Premier League team next week, after receiving a new bid for the defender. Nicky Shorey - a Premier Club has bid for player Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, English Premier League, Newcastle United, Nicky Shorey, Steve Coppell, Transfer News and Rumours, boss

May 21, 2008

Reading manager agrees massive pay-cut - will the Royals bounce back?

The last time Reading were in the Championship, they collected 106 points and stormed to the title. The Royals lost just two games on their way to automatic promotion and looked for all the world like a Premier League team. Sadly, after one brilliant season in the top flight, they are back in the division [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Championship, Charlton, Dave Kitson, England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell, james harper, kevin doyle

May 10, 2008

No Way Out?

Big day for my lover's Royals tomorrow.

Hopefully, Kevin Dillon won't live to rue his undignified words about Derby.

If the worst happens and they are relegated, I think we'll have to put a red cross on our front door with a sign saying "Unclean". I mean two in one household. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Reading FC, Steve Coppell

May 9, 2008

Everyone agrees with Keegan - The Premier League is boring

Kevin Keegan came out after Newcastle's 0-2 loss to Chelsea and said that he could not turn the Toon into a Big Four team again within the three years his contract lasts for. Such talk has landed him in hot water with owner Mike Ashley, who has called him down to London for "crisis talks" [...] Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Champions League, England, Fernando Torres, Harry Redknapp, Liverpool, Newcastle, Portsmouth, Premier League, Reading, Redknapp, Steve Coppell, fernando, torres

April 20, 2008

Reading manager calls for Arsenal player to be punished

The heat is on at the bottom of the Premier League after a Bolton win meant it's a three-horse race to the Championship that nobody wants to win. Although Reading put up a deent second-half performance away at Arsenal on Saturday, it wasn't enough to stop them losing 2-0 and manager Steve Coppell appears to [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Arsenal, Birmingham, Bolton, Championship, England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell, graeme murty

March 6, 2008

Steve Coppell explains Lita loan deal

Reading decided to offload striker Leroy Lita to Charlton Athletic on loan for a month and for all those who might still be bemused as to why and how this move came to fruition, here is the reason from Reading manager Steve Coppell's own mouth: Leroy has been very, very frustrated. He's started a number of games [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Charlton Athletic, England, Leroy Lita, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

March 2, 2008

Reading manager hails victory over Middlesbrough

Reading accomplished a vital 1-0 win over Middlesbrough at the Riverside Stadium in the English Premier League on Saturdayand although the Royals remain third from bottom in the table, they have gathered some much needed morale and form with these 3 points. Reading manager Steve Coppell, who was sounding pretty much downbeat ahead of the relegation [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Middlesbrough, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

February 29, 2008

Steve Coppell is scared, so very, very scared

After suffering 8 successive defeats in the English Premier League, Reading are battling relegation and are one of the most likely sides to drop down into the Championship at the end of the season. Although they have a capable enough manager in Steve Coppell, the harsh naked truth is that the team is simply not [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

February 26, 2008

Coppell to alter Reading team?

Reading have lost 7 Premiership games on the trot and besides equalling a dubious record from this perspecive, they are also tethering on the brink of relegation. The Royals play Aston Villa in the Premiership on Saturday and manager Steve Coppell has admitted that he did think of axing several of his first team players. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell, aston villa

February 22, 2008

Reading boss welcomes return of African players

Reading manager Steve Coppell is appearing to be in a state of confidence with an aura of optimism enveloping him. Reading host high-flying and UEFA Cup hopefuls Aston Villa in the Premiership this weekend and the Royals boss is welcoming the return of several key players for the match. Coppell says: After the Cup Of Nations we [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell, aston villa

February 13, 2008

Coppell to remain Reading manager next season come rain or shine…

Reading are in serious, serious danger of dropping down through the yawning trapdoor into the Championship at the end of the season and there must be a few who would put their money on the Royals getting rid of manager Steve Coppell. But they might as well alter their mindset after reading these words of [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Football, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

February 12, 2008

Reading goalkeeper: ‘We need to show some balls’

Reading are in the relegation zone and Marcus Hahnemann has issued a rallying cry of sorts to his team-mates. It's been a horrible 2008 for the Royals, who have lost their last seven league matches and the Reading Post report that their keeper wants the squad to show they have the stomach (and another part [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Marcus Hahnemann, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

Majedski reckons Reading will stay up, do you?

According to reports, Reading Chairman John Madejski believes that his team can stave off relegation and continue to mix it with the 'big boys' in the Premier League. Whilst it is hard to gauge manager Steve Coppell's feelings with his Sphinx-like visage, chairman Madejski wears his heart on his sleeve (let's just [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Premier League, Reading, Sir Alex Ferguson, Steve Coppell, john majedski

February 3, 2008

Coppell expresses relegation fears

Reading might have been a revelation in the English Premier League last season but this time around the harsh reality that survival in top flight English football is the only priority is swiftly sinking in. The Royals were beaten by fellow relegation candidates Bolton Wanderers in the Premiership on Saturday and the result has inspired [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Bolton Wanderers, England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

February 2, 2008

Stephen Hunt signs new Reading contract

Good news for Reading fans. The BBC reports that striker Stephen Hunt has signed a three-and-a-half year deal with the English Premier League club that will sustain him at the Madejski Stadium until 2011 summer. The Republic of Ireland is one of the key players in Steve Coppell's exciting team and everyone at the club is [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Premier League, Reading, Stephen Hunt, Steve Coppell

January 29, 2008

Reading manager backs Kitson for England

Four seasons ago, Dave Kitson was playing for Cambridge United in League Two, yet he's proven himself as Premier League class this term with eight goals scored to date. The Guardian now report that his Reading manager has backed the flame-haired striker for an England call-up, something that would surely constitute a shock, even taking [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Dave Kitson, England, England National Team, FABIO CAPELLO, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

Coppell happy with Reading exile Sidwell at Chelsea

It's not always easy for a club manager to praise one of his former players, especially when that player is about to face his team. Yet Reading's Steve Coppell turns out to be different. Goal.com quotes the Royals manager as saying that although Steve Sidwell didn't manage to carve out a first-team place for him at [. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Chelsea, England, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell, Steve Sidwell, avram grant

January 14, 2008

Reading striker slates Coppell and wants out!

Will Leroy Lita find another Premier League club? After all, it appears his days at Reading are numbered after the striker spoke out about his lack of first-team action on the BBC website. The England Under-21 international has managed just one goal for the Royals this season, after being used sparingly by manager Steve Coppell. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: England, Leroy Lita, Premier League, Reading, Steve Coppell

January 10, 2008

EPL Daily 1.10: Sissoko, Big Al and a new Magpie Boss, Hunt, Lita, Alves, Chimby, Defoe, and Downing

SAM� ALLARDYCE: Sacked - well actually, Big Sam left by mutual consent - but yea, sacked. Who's next? There are reports out there that� Newcastle immortal Alan Shearer will take the post� but he has already distanced himself. Everton's David Moyes - Lucius Vorenus look-alike -� was also put out there,� but that's already been shot down. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Alan Shearer, Jermain Defoe, Momo Sissoko, Newcastle, Rumors, Sam Allardyce, Stephen Hunt, Steve Coppell, Transactions, aston villa, pascal chimbonda

December 7, 2007

Today's Banter: Igor Bišćan heads home, Convey & Coppell talk paper, Contemplating Torres, & more

If I had to make a list of my ten favorite players ever to play for Liverpool, Igor Bišćan would certainly find a way on there. The Bišćuit Man was one of limited talent and physical ability, but had the heart of Hektōr which almost justifies his £5.5m transfer fee. The oft-injured and even more frequently misplayed defensive-minded player has returned to his roots, signing a three-and-a-half year deal with Dinamo Zagreb, the club where he spent his youth. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Bobby Convey, Fernando Torres, Igor Bišćan, Javier Mascherano, LFC, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Rafa Benitez, Reading, Steve Coppell

EPL Saturdays Games - Reading vs Liverpool

Rafael Benitez is at last starting to say what we Liverpool fans have all hoped for. He is to play Torres for the second games in a row against Reading! In a must win game for the Premier League hopefuls Liverpool's manager appeared to hint today that Fernando Torres will start against Reading despite the Marseilles game being only three days later and the six-pointer against Manchester United being the weekend after. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , English Premier League, Fernando Torres, Liverpool, Rafa Benitez, Reading, Steve Coppell

November 13, 2007

Steve Coppell and Quotas of English Players in the Premiership

Steve Coppell said today that "We must protect our identity by having a limited number of English players [in the Premier League]." Steve, my friend, there already is a very limited number! Of course, he means minimum quota. Steve's a smart man yet I can't argue with Gramsci's Kingdom when he brutally points out [...] SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Steve Coppell and Quotas of English Players in the Premiership", url: "http://pitchinvasion. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: Culture, England, In Brief, Premier League, Quotas, Steve Coppell

September 25, 2007

The Daily Madness: Just the sex facts, Leroy & not much else new

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Reading striker Leroy Lita is a proud man, especially of his sexual exploits. The 22-year-old apparently made a mobile sex video allegedly with his girlfriend that he then sent to teammates as a laugh. Trouble began when those teammates sent it to friends at other Premiership clubs and now the U21 England International is receiving taunts from players around the league. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Carling Cup, Leroy Lita, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Reading, Reading FC, Soccer, Steve Coppell, Victoria Beckham, beckham, mobile, sex, sex tape, tape

August 20, 2007

Matches to watch this week: Japan vs. Cameroon

Ah, International friendlies, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em. On Wednesday about half the countries of the world are participating in potential FIFA ranking boosters as they steal countrymen from their clubs and send fans into worrisome frenzies about whether or not their star players will return unscathed. A lot of the matches have the potential to be quite entertaining. Click to continue reading...

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Tags: , Andre Bikey, Cameroon, Celtic FC, Daihyo, Football, Geremi, Gordon Strachan, Indomitable Lions, International Friendly, Ivica Osim, Nakamura, Reading FC, Samuel Eto'o, Soccer, Steve Coppell, japan