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Unconvincing England Overcome Andorra With Goals From Gerrard And Nugent
2007-03-29 00:33:00
England were booed off the pitch at half time and back on again after a goal less first half. The embarrassment was spared when Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard opened the scoring ten minutes into the second half, from the edge of the Andorran box. It took Gerrard and England another twenty minutes to add a second ...
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Steve McLaren Sacked ? Will The England Boss Go If His Team Do Not Beat And
2007-03-28 16:52:00
In the longest four days in his football career Steve McClaren has had to deny rumours of a rift in the camp with players and backroom staff. Explain his being summonsed to Soho Square to explain the result and performance against Israel at the weekend. He has also received the dreaded backing of the players with ...
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Robbie Keane Devastated To Miss Slovakia Game After Yellow Card
2007-03-28 10:22:00
Ireland captain Robbie Keane will miss today?s game against Slovakia following his yellow card against Wales on Saturday. Keane?s absence means that Damian Duff will probably be captain for Ireland?s second game at Croke Park. Manager Steve Staunton will be looking for another haul of three points as he tries desperately to win over the Irish ...
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Fans Show Their Disgust At Israel Result ? Will The FA Be Looking For A New
2007-03-24 22:17:00
Steve McClaren?s star studded England side were held to a goal less draw in the Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel and the travelling England support voiced their discontent, singing ?what a load of rubbish? toward the end of the dismal performance. There has been much debate as to the best possible England side and what might ...
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Staunton To Make History When His Ireland Team Take On Wales In First Socce
2007-03-24 00:29:00
The head quarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association will host its first international soccer match when the Republic of Ireland play Wales in a Euro 2008 qualifier. The amateur association had banned foreign sports from being played on its pitches around the country, however the ban was recently lifted after much lobbying when it was ...
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Captain John Terry Calls For Win To Save England Boss McClaren
2007-03-23 23:17:00
Chelsea and England captain John Terry is rallying the troops in preparation for the crucial Euro 2008 qualifying games against Israel and Andorra. England are third in group E and are only ahead of Saturdays opponents Israel on goal difference. Terry told SkySports News ?There is a lot on the game, everyone knows we need to ...
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England Squad For The Euro 2008 Qualifying Matches Against Israel And Andor
2007-03-20 23:06:00
Steve McClaren has announced his squad for the upcoming Euro pean Championship qualifying group games against Israel and Andorra. There are a host of usual suspects, McClaren has chosen to stick with a similar squad to the one that faced Spain in the friendly last month. There is one notable inclusion in the squad, David Nugent. The ...
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FA Cup Semi-Final Venues Have Been Announced By The Football Association
2007-03-20 20:35:00
After the replays decided the last two semi finalists would be Chelsea and Manchester United. The Football Association have decided that the FA Cup semi-finals this year will be played at Old Trafford and Villa Park. The first of the two games will be the fixture between Manchester United and Watford on Saturday 14th April with ...
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Inquest In To Pitch Invasion After Tottenham Chelsea FA Cup Quarter Final
2007-03-20 12:43:00
The pitch invasion that marred the match between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea will no doubt cause the Football Association to conduct an inquest which will probably result in a huge fine for Spurs. The incident occurred when the Chelsea players approached the Park Lane end of the ground following their victory in the FA Cup quarter ...
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Tottenham Hotspur Beaten By Chelsea In FA Cup Quarter Final
2007-03-20 01:08:00
The cold Monday night at White Hart Lane was a far cry from the sunny Sunday at Stamford Bridge eight days previous. As the game kicked off the sizzling Spurs performance of the first game was soon a distant memory. During a goalless first half both sides seemed to cancel each other out. The key players ...
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2007 UEFA Cup Draw For Quarter Final And Semi Final
2007-03-16 12:51:00
The draw was made today for the last stages of the 2007 UEFA Cup in Glasgow the venue for this year?s final. The eight teams in the draw represent five different countries. Three from Spain, two from Germany and one from Holland, Portugal and England, the draw was open meaning that teams from the same ...
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Darren Bent Signs New Deal With WMG
2007-03-13 13:04:00
Charlton Athletic striker Darren Bent has changed his management team, he will now be looked after by Neil Fewings of the Wasserman Media Group (WMG), who recently acquired SFX who look after fellow England striker Michael Owen. Bent had been linked with many clubs during the recent transfer windows after his successful first season with the ...
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Make Or Break For Spurs As They Look To Progress To UEFA Cup Quarter Finals
2007-03-13 11:54:00
Having missed the golden opportunity of being the first English club to beat Chelsea in a domestic competition at Stamford Bridge for a few years. The future of Tottenham?s season is up in the hands of the gods. Spurs could face having the same fate as North London rivals, who in the space of eight ...
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2007 FA Cup Sponsored By EON Semi Final Draw
2007-03-12 14:45:00
Even though they both face tough replays, the possibility of a Manchester United v Chelsea final still remains following the draw for the FA Cup Semi -Final . England goalkeeper coach Ray Clemence drew Blackburn Rovers out of the hat first and they play the winners of the replay between Tottenham Hotspur and Chelsea. Premiership strugglers Watford will ...
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Blackburn Rovers And Watford Book Their Place In The Draw For 2007 FA Cup S
2007-03-11 20:15:00
Rovers were the first side in the hat for Monday?s draw when they dispatched their Lancashire rivals Manchester City in a 2-0 win at Ewood Park. They took the lead through South African Aaron Mokoena. They youngsters day turned from quickly from ecstasy to agony when he was sent off for a second bookable offence. Matt ...
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Chelsea Earn Replay After Thrilling FA Cup Quarter Final Draw With Tottenha
2007-03-11 16:33:00
Spurs surprised the premiership champions when Bulgarian Dimitar Berbatov scored the opening goal in the first five minutes. Berbatov was sporting an armband demonstrating his solidarity for Bulgarian nurses, in jail in Libya. He was played through by Lennon when he intercepted a Jermain Defoe pass that had been intended for Ghaly on the right ...
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The FA Get The Keys To The Home Of Football As Wembley Is Ready For 2007 FA
2007-03-11 11:56:00
The Football Association have finally been given the keys to the new look Wembley Stadium. After two years of delays and spiralling costs the builders Multiplex have nearly completed the project. The sides in the FA Cup quarter-finals will all be hoping to be the first to lift the worlds most famous club trophy in its ...
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Another Cup Draw For Middlesbrough in the FA Cup Quarter Final
2007-03-10 21:27:00
Manchester United could only manage a draw when they visited the Riverside stadium for the FA Cup clash with Middlesbrough . Boro who often raise their game when hosting the big clubs were always going to be a tough test for United after their Champions League exploits on Wednesday. United took the lead when the Middlesbrough defence ...
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Jose Mourinho Relishes Prospect Of Playing Liverpool In The UEFA Champions
2007-03-10 20:10:00
Chelsea Manager Jose Mourinho has told the press that he is excited about the possibility of playing Live rpool in the semi-final of the UEFA Champions League. Mourinho whose side face a tough test against Spanish outfit Valencia said: ?If it is us against Liverpool in the last four, I would sign that contract right now.? Having ...
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Injury Means Henry Misses Rest Of Season For Arsenal
2007-03-10 19:49:00
Arsenal will be without their club captain for the rest of the season. Henry ?s season has been blighted with niggling injuries, and Arsenal have had to rely on comparably inexperienced players. In the Champions League game against PSV he sustained injury to stomach and groin muscles. The latest in a growing list of ailments suffered by ...
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Draw For 2007 UEFA Champions League Quarter Final Keeps English Sides Apart
2007-03-09 12:01:00
The Managers of England?s top three clubs should be happy with the quarter final draw for the Champions League . The open draw has given them all fixtures against foreign opposition. Liverpool will travel to Eindhoven to play PSV, Manchester United have a tough trip to Roma for the first leg and Chelsea will host Valencia. The ...
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Robbie Keane Scores Two As Spurs Get Three Away Goals At Braga In UEFA Cup
2007-03-08 23:12:00
Tottenham Hotspur return to European competition after their enforced break, when they received a bye following the expulsion of their round of 32 opponents Feyenoord. Spurs travel to Portugal to play Sporting Braga. The visitors started the game brightly and could have scored a number of chances but it appeared that Dimitar Berbatov had not packed ...
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Celtic Bow Out Of Champions League To Kaka Goal For Milan In Extra Time
2007-03-07 23:08:00
Gordon Strachan?s side came to the San Siro needing a goal after holding AC Milan to a goal less draw in the first leg in Parkhead. Celtic had boldly gone where no other Scottish team had managed to go since the competition changed and adopted the Champions League format. The first Scottish team to make ...
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Bayern Munich Dump Real Madrid Out Of Champions League On Away Goals
2007-03-07 22:41:00
Real Madrid found themselves 1-0 down in just 10 seconds as Roy Makaay scored the fastest goal in Champions League history. The goal gave the Germans the away goal advantage, as they had scored two in the first leg at the Bernabeu when they lost 3-2. Lucio put the home side further in front on the ...
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Henrik Larsson Scores Winner Against Lille In His Last Game At Old Trafford
2007-03-07 22:25:00
Henrik Larsson made his final bow in front of the Manchester United faithful at Old Trafford a memorable occasion, by scoring the only goal of the night. The Swede?s loan from Helsingborgs is over on Monday when he will return to Sweden in time for the start of their season. After all the controversy of the ...
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Arsenal Out Of Champions League After Draw With PSV At The Emirates
2007-03-07 22:00:00
The Gunners season looks to be over following their exit from this years Champions League , in the last three weeks they have been knocked out of all of the cup competitions they entered this season and they currently lie twenty points behind league leaders Manchester United. With a one-nil lead from the first leg PSV knew ...
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Valencia Through To Champions League Quarter Final On Away Goals After Draw
2007-03-07 01:44:00
Looking for the latest news on the 2007 UEFA Champions League Quarter-Final Draw? After a thrilling 2-2 draw in the San Siro, Valencia need only keep a clean sheet at home in the Mestalla to ensure their place in the quarter final draw in Friday. The game was pretty uneventful considering the goal scoring talent on display ...
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Carling Cup Turns Into Snarling Cup as Arsenal And Chelsea Brawl
2007-03-02 16:34:02
Chelsea captain John Terry was in the starting eleven three days after spending the day on crutches following an injury sustained in the Champions  League against Porto. Arsenal took an early lead when Theo Wallcott broke through the Chelsea defence to score his first goal for the club. However the Arsenal youngsters could only hold their lead for a short time before Didier Drogba brought the blues level on twenty minutes. For the second time in less than a week Chelsea had to substitute their captain through injury. This time the injury was much more severe, Terry was kicked full in the face as Abu Diaby tried to clear his ranks. Terry was out cold before he hit the deck, the players immediately summoned the physios of both clubs, who promptly despatched the Chelsea and England captain to get checked out in hospital. After the huge delay it took Chelsea and Drogba another twenty minutes to put the league Champions ahead. As Chelsea tried to play out the remainder of the additional ...
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Unlucky Reading Beaten By Manchester Uniteds Early Start In FA Cup Replay
2007-03-02 16:34:02
Having held United to a draw at Old Trafford, some pundits had thought that this encounter would be in the tradition of cup ties, hard to call. However within two minutes Gabriel Heinze put United in front when his shot managed to find a path past Read ing keeper Adam Federici. Reading were instantly on the back foot and while they tried to string a few passes together United took possession and a long ball from Rio Ferdinand found French striker Louis Saha as he was being watched by Royals defender Andre Bikey. Saha coolly stroked the ball past Federici and within four minutes United were two up. Another two minutes passed and Reading found themselves another goal down this time it was baby faced assassin Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. He sprinted clear of the Reading off-side trap to further torment the Reading keeper. Reading managed to gather some composure and on twenty three minutes Dave Kitson threw his side a life line when he headed the ball home from a yard. The goal seemed to settl...
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Penalties Help Liverpool Beat Sheffield United Again
2007-02-25 10:28:01
Blades manager Neil Warnock was not as upset as he had been on the first day of the season at Brammall Lane, when a penalty was awarded against his side for intent to foul Steven Gerrard. In the return fixture at Anfield Gerrard ?won? not one but two penalties in five minutes. The first was awarded as Gerrard complained to referee Steve Bennett about being held and then fell into Robert Kozluk. The second was given for a slight tug on the Live rpool captains shirt, both penalties were coolly finished by crowd favourite Robbie Fowler. Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez made seven changes from the team that beat Barcelona mid-week in the Champions League. Jerzy Dudek appeared to have a force field around his goal as the blades saw all their efforts result in nothing. Peter Crouch was substituted after twenty minutes after he was struck in the face by the ball and a Sheffield United boot, breaking his nose and leaving him needing stitches to a gash on his face. Liverpool increased the lead whe...
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