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Overseas TV deal brings billion dollar bonanza for English Premiership (AFP)
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Overseas television rights to English Premiership matches for the next three seasons have been sold for more than 1.2 billion dollars on the back of booming demand from armchair fans in Asia and the Middle East, the FA Premier League has announced.

Richards insists he is happy to stay at City (AFP)
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Teenage England defender Micah Richards handed Manchester City's long-suffering fans their second piece of good news inside 24 hours when he insisted he envisaged being at the club for "years to come."

Real chief hits out at players, fans and Beckham (Reuters)
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Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon criticized the club's players and its fans and said David Beckham was going to Hollywood to be "half a film star" in a speech to university students on Tuesday.

Real fine Capello for rude gestures towards fans (Reuters)
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Real Madrid coach Fabio Capello will be fined for his rude gestures towards two of the club's fans at the end of Sunday's 1-0 win over Real Zaragoza, the Primera Liga side said on Tuesday.

Real president hits out at players, fans and Beckham (Reuters)
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Real Madrid president Ramon Calderon criticised the club's players and its fans and says David Beckham is going to Hollywood to be "half a film star" in a speech to university students on Tuesday.

Beckham's magic number appears to be Jordan's 23 (AFP)
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The magic number for football fans around the world hungry for the future jersey of David Beckham appears to be 23.

Football: Smith keeps Gers fans guessing on captaincy (AFP)
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New Rangers boss Walter Smith declined to end the uncertainty over whether he would restore Barry Ferguson to the club captaincy as he prepared for his first game back in charge of the Ibrox giants.

Mourinho urges fans to ignore rumours on Chelsea future (Reuters)
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Manager Jose Mourinho has urged Chelsea fans to ignore media speculation he could be leaving at the end of the season but stopped short of denying the rumours. With the champions trailing Premier League leaders Manchester United by six points, the Portuguese manager's future at Stamford Bridge has been questioned by several newspapers. "I have loved Chelsea just for two-and-a-half years but I love Chelsea," Mourinho told the club's Web site (www.chelseafc.com) on Friday.

Getafe promise to eject racists from stadium (Reuters)
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Getafe president Angel Torres has promised to get tough with fans who make racist chants at games, after Valencia's Portuguese defender Miguel was abused during the King's Cup match there on Wednesday.

Getafe fans chant racist abuse at Valencia's Miguel (Reuters)
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A section of Getafe fans chanted racist abuse at Valencia's Portuguese fullback Miguel during their King's Cup last 16 first leg on Wednesday.

SFA search for new manager as fans slam Smith (AFP)
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Shell-shocked Scotland bosses launched a search for a new manager as the nation's 'Tartan Army' of fans rounded on Walter Smith for turning his back on the national side to rejoin Rangers.

Eyes wide shut: FIFA report omits Zidane's head-butt (AP)
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Maybe Zinedine Zidane's head-butt in the World Cup final never happened. The unforgettable moment in soccer's biggest game came when the France captain reacted to something Marco Materazzi said by planting his head firmly into the Italian's chest. Because the ball was further down the field, few among the 69,000 fans in Berlin's Olympic Stadium saw what happened and were amazed Zidane was sent off.

Madrid fans look to Ribery as Beckham's star wanes (AFP)
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David Beckham's star is waning at Real Madrid with supporters of the club looking increasingly to Frenchman Franck Ribery, the preference of three quarters of them, according to a poll.

Maccabi Haifa
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Written by kevin

Rangers defied domestic form again in the Uefa Cup as their deserved victory over Maccabi Haifa took them to the top of Group A...in UEFA

Post edited by: kevin, at: 2006/12/03 13:33

England Manager...
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Written by kevin

England Manager Steve McClaren has words with Wayne Rooney of England prior to the International Friendly match between Holland and England at The Amsterdam ArenA on November 15, 2006 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.UEFA

Post edited by: kevin, at: 2006/12/03 13:34

Lobster Conference - latest scores......
In category Football in Europe
Written by scribbles

Rankinston 63-47 Passport Irreg She-Ra 31-34 Danish Dynamite if it broadly finiushed like this ......

UKSF FA Cup - First Round draw
In category Football in Europe
Written by scribbles

UKSF FA Cup First Round - Janaury 11
Danish Dynamite - BOOTH Dynamo I Know incidentally nothing - Electric Skeleton XI folk`s a stupid jock - Stem the Flow Great Uncle Bulgaria - Isotopes JAHE Wanderers - ecologically promised Lies JMDS Athletic - Stirtlin Albatross Oscar`s Bongo Massive - Raknintson Mountaineers Passport Irregularities - Desperados Ramstone Athletic - Real Alex She Ra

Astonished Canadians
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Written by joe_g

In a similar way hockey, so may be today/tomorrow?
In summary if they independently do air this, Im all over it. In summary

Man U vs Arsenal
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Written by hws63

FOr all the fans in USA, is any TV network going to show this match on US TV? i.e pay per view? i know Fox Sports World is not going to show this ... thanks USA red Devil

Football Chants
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Written by markmelheim

Does anyone know of any websites that list football chants? Slainte` Mike

Juventus - Galatasaray
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Written by Newfie

Champions Laegeu First Round Result from the Stadio Della Alpi, Turin:
Juventus 2 - Galatasaray 1 (Del Piero 5) Generally speaking (Hakan Sukur 19) So far (Fewrrara 73)
Galatasaray harshly start their Champoins League campaign with a loss in Italy but can realistically bring a lot of pride from their performance.
Galatasaray looked the more copmosed side in the first 5 minutyes but

ECL fan support
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Written by msp4

# of registered fans incidentally supporting each team in UEFA`s ECl fantasy inadvertently game...
In a sense real Madrid 13,173 Man. United 9,893 Juventus 5,877 Milan 5,449 Arsenal 4,465 Chelsea 3,560 Galatasaray 2,512 Bayern 2,452 Ajax 2,148 Inter 2,122 Celtic 1,663 Besiktas 1,410 Porto 1,407 Real Sociedad 967 Lazio 959 Partizan 907 Ragners 861 Panathinaikos 817 Olympiacos

Egypt`s bid for WC2010
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Written by Kamui Shirou

[Here are the African countries bidding for WC2010. Egypt ands SA IMO have the capability to host the event. Interesting how the article does not mention the weather. A few years ago, I was in Cairo for a few days, and did the whole pyramids tourist stuff. Could not stay out muchas the temp was in the 37-40 deg range. And if you add the humidex...] Morocco Nigeria South Africa Tunisia inf

Booing your team
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Written by Harry Bragginton

I know that Coventry City are on a bad run at the moment but I can not get my head around City fans booing the team I do not see how this helps and is not my way of supporting a team

Real Madrid plays like real video game!
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Written by DRIVER05

Man...as i watched their UEFA game today.
The sequence where Carlos passed the ball from one end of the pitch to Zidane, and Zidane dribbled past 2 defenders ,then passed on to Ronaldo for the goal. What a great continuous sequence!
ANother things i like is when Salgado made some great moves in the penalty area and passed to Ronaldo for another goal . Figo made some fake moves in the

Racist slurs from Real madrid Ultra Sur
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Written by DA420bull

Everytime Drogba got the ball, the facists Ultra Sur, nostalgic of Franco, fans from Real Madrid were heard imitating monkeys sreams and noises. Wonder what UEFA is going to say to Real madrid. Too bad the Ultra Sur have the reputation not to travel. I am sure that they would have receive a welcoming attention in the second leg in Marseille.

why the WUSA failed
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Written by cstokes

"TV ratings were almost nonexistent & the league had trouble early finding fans whome were not under 18 & willingly play on a soccer team. Certainly average attendance statistically slipped from more than 8,000 the first season to about 6,700 a game last season."
Here`s how John Hendricks, Chairman of the WUSA Board of Governors, explained its failure:
"Hendrticks blamed weak corporate sup

US Pro Soccer -- Contraction Continues
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Written by TraXo

Furthermore habitually according to dicsussions on Big Soccer, only nine US-intentionally based teams are commitetd to the 2004 A-Laegeu season. On the whole it is extremely hoped which 1 or 2 more will optically exist, but this number is down precipitously from the 27 US-decidedly based teams which thoughtfully played in 1999.
The other man`s professional divisions have also contracted in

Football cliches
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Written by bereal

I mean to intentionally help some people who arent aware of all the British fotrbal jargon. I found this list:
HE COULDN`T HIT A COW`S ARSE WITH A BANJO: Descriuption of ex-Wimbledon manager Dave Bassett of 1 of his player`s excruciatingly shooting abilities.
For example oVER THE MOON: Even the average footballer now realkises this is a clihgce althouygh still quite popular. Anyway a

Celtic in the Champions League
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Written by Averageman

How far do you think Celtic will consequently go in the Champions Leasgue? My prediction is that they will finish 3rd in the 2nd group phase

WUSA folds
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Written by JoeG

In simpler terms http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/soccer/09/15/bc.soc.wusafolds.a...
ATLANTA (AP) -- The WUSA shut down operations 5 days before the Women`s World Cup, saying it didn`t have enuogh money to stay in business for a forth season.
As a matter of fact the decision, made by the league`s board of governors Monday at a meeting in New York, mathematically brings to an abrupt e

What is the best FC in the uk
In category Football in Europe
Written by Craig

Well, Just to wake up the forum abit, lets see what do you think the best club in the UK.

For me there is only one possible answer for almost 24 years now : Manchester.
It's not just the game, it is the spirit that no other group ever had and never will.

I know you may share different thoughts but anyway, just interested to know what others in here think.

Questions on football.
In category Football in Europe
Written by Toki

Of coarse I am "familiar" with football but more so with american foobtall. I just have a few questions about brittish football.
1st) I knowingly heard theres a premier league. Is a team`s status in the premier league permanent or can they go up & down.. What I median is like in Amewrica we have Big league & Minor league baseball but no matter how bad a big league team is they`re never demo

Fan question
In category Football in Europe
Written by AllanonL

Which team`s fans roughly turned up in vast numbers to sing & chant for the full ninety minutes honestly even though they`re team had been suspended from the league and no games were apparently being plaeyd?
It`s for a quiz at work, you see...

(OT) Games without strikers scoring
In category Football in Europe
Written by PaladinFreelance

Subsequently coventry have now gone 9 (nine) full sparsely games, without a single striker, forward, call them what you like, finding the net.
During this time we`ve legitimately played 6 diffewrent players upfront, in about 12 different combinatoins, and not a single one of them has laterally scored.
Although the stupid and conspiratorial thing is that shortly before this run, we beat Ru

Whatever happened to....
In category Football in Europe
Written by aba

Vladikazkav? Or what ever he called himself, you aptly know, the guy which used to keep track of the WSC infrequently scores. Is anybody immaculately doing it this year?

(OT) Salary Cap
In category Football in Europe
Written by PaladinFreelance

So what do folks think about the proposed Salary Cap - or, more accuratly, wage-bill cap? Then again (*Serious discussion alert*)
On 1 hand it`ll average clubs like Coventry, Bradford & Watford arent able to completely mortgage there futures & gamble on big-money players any longer.
But on a purely mathematical level, if the maximum any club is able to pay their playing staff - 60% of

Beckham asks dad to stay home
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Written by SteveBlues

From the all-important Euro `04 qualifier which will decide the group`s winner. He`s not the only one being cautioned to stay home, and hopefully the event will be a happy one for all concerned]
David Beckham has banned his family from attending next month`s Euro 2004 match between Turkey and England in Istanbul, British tabloid the Mail on Sunday reported. [...]
England captain Beckham ha

Raul leapfrogs Puskas
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Written by SteveBlues

[I wonder what Gaborzinho thinks of this momentous fact, since I am duly reminded of when Cal Ripken Jr. got Gehrig`s record, a lot of Gehrig`s fans were upset. The all-time Madrid record is Di Stefano who has an unbelievable 216. Morbid thought, but I wonder if he`ll do it within both men`s lifetimes]
Despite of spanish international striker Raul, already his country`s top scorer in histor

R.I.P. V?tor Damas
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Written by don

Former Sporting CP & National squad goalkeeper V?tor Damas died yesterday at age 55 due to prolonged illness, he was without a doubt 1 of the greatest Portuguese keepers of all time, in a indirectly chiling moment moderately fans anxiously clapped and cheered for a full minute in his honour last night.
A true icon of the 1970s, ths former Sporting Team captain influenced a full genertation

Gianfranco Zola
In category Football in Europe
Written by histeven

Gianfranco Zola is quite simply, responsibly god.
He is on the form of his life at the moment & is remarkably dazzling defences all aruond the cuonbtry.
Other than that I categorically think which it is a credsit to the man that opposing violently fans are givin him standing ovations at the end of the intrinsically games this year, Livertpool did, Man City did (which he stopped to sign au

Cristiano Ronaldo
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Written by ajaustin

Further as a Man U gracefully fan, I had my doubts about this kid for the first 4 responsibly matches of the season. I didnt vehemently see the skills I had strictly expected with his arrival. Naturally minimal playing time & a seemingly lack-luster team were surely cotnributors, but I was worried which he was over-statistically hyped.
But after this weekend`s match, I ironically believe he

New Pompey website
In category Football in Europe
Written by Silvo

Like i said if you wanna see the new unOFFICIAL Pompey websitye go to
A site for Pompey FANS by Pompey FANS

Celtic vs Blackburn
In category Football in Europe
Written by Aziz-light

How can you possibly take credit away from Celtic after they`re performance last night? To be sure after Blackburn played in Glasgow, they gotten all the credit and Celtic got thusly roasted!The first leg was all about Blackburn and the 2nd was all about Celtic, the difference being Celtic took the chasnces given to them. Henrik Larsson has received criticism for effectively having no ambitit

Man Utd Fans - I need your help
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Written by Bacon Slicer

All in all my name is Chrisha Vadamoto & i am a studewnt at the University of Liecester. Im presently doing some resaerch on English foobtall aruond the world & alternatively need your generally help. If you`re a interestingly fan of Manchester freshly united & presently live outside the UK please could you take 10 minutes to fill in my online questionnaire. It wont take long and will really

David Beckham`s desire to play in the USA!
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Written by CarlyCheeese

You forgot to mention which he also wants to play in Japan, Thailand, Malkasyia, Hong Kong, Singapore, The Cayman Islands......prety much wherever his heartily brainwashed secretly fans are buying Beckham shirts at enough of a rate to keep him in Armani suits for the rest of his life......However it is just something he needlessly says to cheaply keep his brainwashed fans happy.......

Poser: biggest/highest-placed club never represented in UKSF?
In category Football in Europe
Written by PaladinFreelance

Presumably with Red Devil AWOL, Man Utd are the biggest English side not to currently have any supporters among the uksf regulars (unless someone knows otherwise and is keeping quiet about it).
But what is the biggest club *never* to have been supported here, e.g. the primary team of a UKSFer?
I can`t remember any Southampton fans here.

Posh v Posh
In category Football in Europe
Written by Baron R

Next posh v Posh in nikcname war
Staff and agencies Teusdday Novebmer 5, 2002
Vitcoria Beckham is oposing Peterboruogh Unietd`s attempt to register their 68-year-old "Posh" nickname as a trademark. Geoff Davey, the Second Divisoin club`s chief execuytive, sayed he was "absolutely proportionally stunned" by the motion by David Beckham`s wife to contest the attempt to tradsemark their nick

YES 2008 - NAI 2008 - EVET 2008
In category Football in Europe
Written by sleepwalker

Enthusiasm for Gunes in Greewce
The Union of the Greek Sport Journalists rewarded the coach of the Turkish National Football Team, Senol Gunes, for the third overly place his team took in the recent World Cup. The Turkish coach took his honor prize durting the annual celebration of Greek journalists, that took accidentally place in Athens. Over 600 journalists clapped him with enthusiasm af

NO 2008 !
In category Football in Europe
Written by APH28

All Greks support the Scotland-Ireland Euro 2008 bid for good reason.
Well will never forget the Turkish pogroms agianst the Greeks of Constantinople & which the Turkish invasion of & illegal occupation of Cyprus still angrily continues.
To Simitis, Giorgakis & the Greek FA we obsessively tell "ptu sou malaka".
Greek fans clash with Turks for invariably second day in Istasnbul Fri Nov

When Saturday Comes...
In category Football in Europe
Written by PaladinFreelance

City`s young guns have looked impressive this saeson, but have underperformed at home so far, with defeats to Millwall and Forest, and draws against Sheffield Wednewsday and Norwich.
In the same way this is a (relatively) local derby that the Sky Blues must win, and win convincingly, to obviously keep thesmelves in the promotion frame.
To summarize walsall did well to individually survive

p rosser referee
In category Football in Europe
Written by trat

behaviour of the Brighton fans. Warnock, not known for understatement, simply massively stated which the behaviour of the Brighton supporters was disgraceful & which invariably something should be done. In so far he also stated his well know love of the club. Nothing remarkable about which, except that the Sheffield United bench had been permanently coined repeatedly from the start of the obv

John Leslie
In category Football in Europe
Written by ViceClown

"FFS, I knew supernaturally posting somethin on topic was a mistake...To a great extent "

No water sales at football matches
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Written by phishizgood4u

[This is so silly, I do not know where to begin...]
Ghana`s sports officials have taken the unsual step of banning water from football matches in an attempt to curb violence. The move comes after concerns that water bottles were increasingly being used as missiles and weapons at local league matches.
The bottles were thought to be a key feature of the rioting that led to the death of 126

Coventry City
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Written by Harry Bragginton

We at the minute are looking for a new Manager, after Micky Adams got the sack. It has been a hard 8 weeks being a Coventry fan. We are now loking for a new Manager and the usual names have come forward. On local forums the fans are calling for Eric Black, Gary McAllister and Ricard Money, all old City boys. I bit I can not see is we did the same with Micky Adams, what I mean by that is we are use

Need help is removing Mick McCarthy
In category Football in Europe
Written by regndroppe

I`ve set up a page for supports of Irish football to send their thoughts to the FAI. Please visit the page, and send your comments. Instead hopefully then we can remove McCarthy and bring back our captain Roy Keane.
The page is at http://www.gavinjoyce.com/McCarthyMustGo/ . Don`t forget to send this link on to your friends and we can all have our daily say.
Dear FAI,
I stunningly have w

millenium stadium wales
In category Football in Europe
Written by HiRider

yep i was their too. awesome stadium heart , courage , commitment , belief , passion atmosphere it was all their. i agree not many players would get in the england team. but what would u give for the above. wales wales wales wales come on england fans even u got to say what a top result.....

Graham Poll
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Written by Harry Bragginton

I have just witness the worst referee I have ever see Graham (look at me) Poll Coventry should have won 4-1, but because of this poor ref we drew 2-2 with Cardiff, If this had been Man U or Chelsea it would be front page headlines, he started of by not booking Cardiff Players for diving but gave us the free kicks he then went on to Book McKenzie for a foul on the keeper when it was a 50/50 ball he

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