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<title><![CDATA[Football : Cardiff leading a case for defence against the Blades.]]></title>
<link>http://sportcymru.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/cardiff-leading-a-case-for-defence-agains-the-blades/</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:35:49 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sportcymru</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sportcymru.wordpress.com/2009/10/23/cardiff-leading-a-case-for-defence-agains-the-blades/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Cardiff City play away at Sheffield United tomorrow in a game which could see the Bluebird&#8217;s r]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Ih, hvor er det sløjt...]]></title>
<link>http://itfcscsb.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/ih-hvor-er-det-sl%c3%b8jt/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 07:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Rasmussen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://itfcscsb.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/ih-hvor-er-det-sl%c3%b8jt/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Det har taget mig ca. en lille uge at komme mig over 1) Chris Morgans udlignende mål i tirsdag på Br]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Det har taget mig ca. en lille uge at komme mig over 1) Chris Morgans udlignende mål i tirsdag på Bramall Lane i det fjerde tillægsminut og 2) Jon Mackens (ja, Macken, manden der ikke kunne sætte en fod rigtigt i sin tid hos Town som lejesvend) vindende scoring i det sjette tillægsminut i lørdagens møde med Barnsley.</p>
<p>Nu hedder den 11 kampe uden sejr, og nu er det da heldigvis ikke kun os selv der undrer os over klubbens og ikke mindst Keanes fremtid:</p>
<p>Tipsbladet: http://tipsbladet.dk/artikel/spil/hvor-laenge-er-keane-traktorfoerer</p>
<p>Jeg fik vores oddssættere til at sætte odds på Keanes fremtid, men til trods for at de stadig er i hans favør, så tror jeg han sidder i et ganske lunt sæde i øjeblikket.</p>
<p>Over weekenden, lige efter nederlaget til Barnsley, rapporterede flere engelske medier om at ejer, Marcus Evans, ikke er tilfreds med tingenes tilstand (No S**t Sherlock) og at han så småt er begyndt at kigge sig om efter en ny manager. Steve McClaren er nævnt, men dette er endnu blot gætterier.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Keane forbereder sig på det værste]]></title>
<link>http://itfcscsb.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/keane-forbereder-sig-pa-det-v%c3%a6rste/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Michael Rasmussen</dc:creator>
<guid>http://itfcscsb.wordpress.com/2009/09/28/keane-forbereder-sig-pa-det-v%c3%a6rste/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tirsdag aften gæster Town Sheffield United på Bramall Lane &#8211; og der er ikke meget der taler fo]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p>Tirsdag aften gæster Town Sheffield United på Bramall Lane &#8211; og der er ikke meget der taler for Town. Selv Roy Keane indrømmer nu at han er afklaret med at hans sæde er være at blive varmt.</p>
<p>Town har ikke vundet på Bramall Lane i sine sidste tre kampe &#8211; og har ikke besejret Sheffield United i sine sidste seks møder. At vi møder Sheffield United på Bramall Lane hjælper os heller ikke. The Blades har endnu ikke tabt hjemme i denne sæson, og har generelt en god statistik hjemme på Bramall Lane. Blot 10 nederlag i 50 kampe er det blevet til i liga-sammenhæng over de seneste 3 sæsoner.</p>
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 335px"><img title="Town har tabt de seneste tre kampe imod The Blades på Bramall Lane." src="http://www.stadiumguide.com/bramalllane9.jpg" alt="Town har tabt de seneste tre kampe imod The Blades på Bramall Lane." width="325" height="244" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Town har tabt de seneste tre kampe imod The Blades på Bramall Lane.</p></div>
<p>Op til kampen i morgen aften må Town undvære Alex Bruce, der sidder udenfor i 14 dage. Dette betyder at Keane næsten er tvunget til at spille Gareth McAuley i den centrale defensiv &#8211; og så ved vi jo næsten hvilken vej det allerede kommer til at gå.</p>
<p>Truppen er udover Bruce identisk til den imod Newcastle.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The Sheffield derby]]></title>
<link>http://sheffieldblog.com/2009/09/14/the-sheffield-derby/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 12:52:29 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Sheffield blog</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sheffieldblog.com/2009/09/14/the-sheffield-derby/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Sky coverage to benefit the clubs and football fans &#8211; but at what price? Many readers will be ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Sky coverage to benefit the clubs and football fans &#8211; but at what price?</strong></p>
<p>Many readers will be aware that on Friday, the first of this season&#8217;s football matches between the two Sheffield clubs takes place at Bramall lane.</p>
<p>Wednesday won <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0VPMlqPOL8">both</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsBy7yAITME">games</a> last year so with United looking for revenge it will hopefully be a decent match. If you haven&#8217;t got a ticket then the good news is that the match is <a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/ListingsServlet?event=10&#38;channelId=262&#38;programmeId=103100905&#38;jspLocation=/jsp/prog_details_fullpage.jsp">live on Sky</a>; this has also meant that kick-off has been moved to 7:45pm on Friday night.</p>
<p>Having the match at this time may not be such good news for businesses in the city. If previous derby days are anything to go by, it is likely that for safety reasons, police will request that  many pubs in town stay closed and only pubs in the suburbs will be allowed to show the match. So pubs in town will lose out on their normal Friday night trade and people with no interest in football could potentially be caught out when they find themselves locked out of city centre venues.</p>
<p>This weekend also marks the start of fresher&#8217;s week for both Sheffield and Hallam university so as as well as the students returning to the city, some may be arriving here for the first time. Not a great first impression of the city centre.</p>
<p>How much do football clubs get from the broadcast of a match on Sky? It would be interesting to compare this figure to the amount that city centre venues estimate they would lose by being forced to stay shut on a Friday night. Don&#8217;t forget, this is also during a recession that is reportedly claiming <a href="http://www.eatoutmagazine.co.uk/online_article/Pub-closures-rise-to-record-52-a-week/8066">upto 50 pubs a week</a>.</p>
<p>A Saturday lunchtime kick-off may have been a better idea, with less chance for excessive pre-match drinking and plenty of cooling-down time before the pubs reopened later on. But it looks like this arrangement didn&#8217;t suit Sky and United/Wednesday&#8217;s business models &#8211; which are obviously of more importance than the business models of Sheffield city centre pubs.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[The English Motorway System - Sheffield United]]></title>
<link>http://sightseemfc.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/the-english-motorway-system-sheffield-united/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 03:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sightseemfc</dc:creator>
<guid>http://sightseemfc.wordpress.com/2009/08/04/the-english-motorway-system-sheffield-united/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Side: Sheffield United F.C. Nickname: The Blades Ground: Bramall Lane &#8211; worldwide, it’s the ol]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>Side:</strong> Sheffield United F.C.</p>
<p><strong>Nickname:</strong> The Blades</p>
<p><strong>Ground:</strong> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramall_Lane" target="_self">Bramall Lane</a> &#8211; worldwide, it’s the oldest venue still hosting professional footie</p>
<p><strong>From Boro:</strong> a little further than Hillsborough at <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?q=bramall%20lane%20sheffield&#38;sourceid=navclient-ff&#38;rls=GGGL,GGGL:2006-22,GGGL:en&#38;um=1&#38;ie=UTF-8&#38;sa=N&#38;hl=en&#38;tab=wl" target="_self">105 miles</a> &#8211; United dominate the southern quadrants of the the city</p>
<p><strong>Kit:</strong> very continental…looks <a href="https://www.sufc-shop.co.uk/superstore/index.php?cPath=81_147" target="_self">Spanish</a>, which isn’t entirely negative…</p>
<p><strong>Made In Sheffield:</strong> the club has blazed a far-reaching extension of The Blades brand, investing in clubs from China (Chengdu Blades), Hungary ( Ferencvaros), Australia (Central Coast Mariners), and Belgium (White Star Woluwe)…who needs <a href="http://soundsxp.com/artman2/uploads/1/JarvisCocker1_1__1_.jpg" target="_self">Jarvis</a> as an ambassador?</p>
<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greasy_Chip_Butty_Song" target="_self"><strong>The Greasy Chip Butty Song:</strong></a> You fill up my senses/Like a gallon of Magnet/Like a packet of Woodbines/Like a good pinch of snuff/Like a night out in <a title="Sheffield" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield">Sheffield</a>/Like a greasy chip butty/Like <a title="Sheffield United" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_United">Sheffield United</a>/Come fill me again&#8230;./Na Na Na Naa Naa Naaaaa, ooo!</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Rodgers' and Russo's Smith Saga]]></title>
<link>http://watfordfootballclub.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/rodgers-and-russos-smith-saga/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 17:11:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Matt Churchill</dc:creator>
<guid>http://watfordfootballclub.wordpress.com/2009/07/09/rodgers-and-russos-smith-saga/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[The constant cacophony of noise surrounding Tommy Smith and his future as a Watford or Reading playe]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><img alt="" src="http://i.thisislondon.co.uk/i/pix/2009/04/tommy-smith-415x275.jpg" title="Tommy Smith" class="alignleft" width="275" height="175" />The constant cacophony of noise surrounding <a href="http://www.teamtalk.com/football/story/0,16368,1807_5422198,00.html">Tommy Smith and his future</a> as a Watford or Reading player is of concern for many Watford fans. Watford accepted a bid by Sheffield United for £1.8m to take our talisman to Bramall Lane to join best buddy Darius Henderson after rejecting a &#8216;derisory&#8217; offer from Reading for £800k.</p>
<p>There is an opinion that Tom doesn&#8217;t want to move his young family up north after re-settling in the area following his travels to Sunderland and Derby. This is an opinion I share and this of course lends itself to the theory that Reading may make a new offer to lure Tom down the M4.</p>
<p>Does Tom need to leave though? Watford have had <a href="http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/watfordfc/watfordfcnews/4446647.Willo_transfer_to_United_completed/">a few</a> <a href="http://www.watfordobserver.co.uk/sport/watfordfc/watfordfcnews/4477350.Robinson___I_never_got_a_chance_at_Watford_/?ref=rss">faces</a> go through the exit door already this summer and the wage decrease and income from transfers will have helped no end.</p>
<p>If the right offer comes in, as proven, it will be accepted, but I don&#8217;t think we&#8217;re in a position where we need to sell any player. Those who have gone have gone because they were not going to feature in the first xi. And of Severin who we&#8217;ve brought in, he&#8217;s come on a free and is a direct replacement for Jack Cork.</p>
<p>This saga will of course run, but if, as is to be believed <a href="http://www.sheffieldunited-mad.co.uk/news/loadroll.asp?cid=ED11&#38;id=452581">John-Joe O&#8217;Toole is on his way to Sheffield United</a>, we will be another few thousand pounds a week lighter and more able to keep hold of Tom. Shedding the fringe players accumulated by Aidy Boothroyd is a big task this summer and one that could act as a springboard for bringing in fresh talent and consolidating the quality that we have at the club.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[James headlines trio of England U19 call-ups]]></title>
<link>http://manunitedyouth.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/james-headlines-trio-of-england-u19-call-ups/</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 21:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickogs20</dc:creator>
<guid>http://manunitedyouth.wordpress.com/2009/05/11/james-headlines-trio-of-england-u19-call-ups/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[United trio Danny Welbeck, Danny Drinkwater and Matt James have been named in Brian Eastick&#8217;s ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><!-- Article Start --><img alt="" src="http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q439/ManUnitedYouth/Blog%20Graphics/News%20Item%20Pics/matthewjamessq.jpg" class="alignleft" width="180" height="180" />United trio Danny Welbeck, Danny Drinkwater and Matt James have been named in Brian Eastick&#8217;s 18-man squad for England&#8217;s upcoming European U19 Championship Elite Qualifying Round.</p>
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<p>The Young Lions will take on Bosnia, Scotland and Slovakia at the end of this month for a place at the tournament proper, to be held in Ukraine in late July and early August. The games are to be held in Yorkshire, with Sheffield United&#8217;s Bramall Lane, Bradford City&#8217;s Valley Parade and Doncaster Rovers&#8217; Keepmoat Stadium playing host to the crucial fixtures.</p>
<p>Welbeck and Drinkwater have been key parts of Eastick&#8217;s U19 squad for most of the season, Welbeck even pushing on into the U21 reckoning earlier this year, and he in particular will be desperate to help England qualify for the Championships, having been forced to withdraw from the squad on the eve of last year&#8217;s tournament. James meanwhile recieves his first call-up for the U19s, having previous represented the national team at U16 and U17 level. A strong contender for this season&#8217;s Jimmy Murphy Young Player of the Year award, James has established himself as first-choice in midfield for the reserves, having started the season as captain of the U18s.</p>
<p>You can view the full squad <a href="http://www.thefa.com/England/MensUnder19s/NewsAndFeatures/2009/elite_round_squad_110509.aspx">here</a> &#8211; we&#8217;ll have full updates on the progress of the three United youngsters and their side in a few weeks time.<!-- Article End --></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Hull City need more supporters and fewer consumers]]></title>
<link>http://thekempton.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/hull-city-need-more-supporters-and-fewer-consumers/</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paul Cockerton</dc:creator>
<guid>http://thekempton.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/hull-city-need-more-supporters-and-fewer-consumers/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Once again, there were rows upon rows of mute people sat in the Hull City end at Bramall Lane yester]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Hymn to the Beautiful Game]]></title>
<link>http://tomseymour.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/a-hymn-to-the-beautiful-game/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 01:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>tomseymour</dc:creator>
<guid>http://tomseymour.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/a-hymn-to-the-beautiful-game/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[My Love Of Football. The Journeyman Returns. My Dad and I went down Bramall Lane this weekend to see]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><strong>My Love Of Football.</strong></p>
<div id="attachment_189" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 437px"><img class="size-full wp-image-189" title="picture-6" src="http://tomseymour.wordpress.com/files/2008/12/picture-6.png" alt="picture-6" width="427" height="414" /><p class="wp-caption-text">The Journeyman Returns.</p></div>
<p><span>My Dad and I went down Bramall Lane this weekend to see Warnock’s return to the promised land. It was the first time in years I’d been to a live football match and it highlighted in acute technicolour everything I love about football. </span></p>
<p><span>Love, I think, is the right word. Few other things can inspire such combustible scales of emotion.</span></p>
<p><span>Really feeling the force of nature. That does it. Choice moments with choice pieces of music and film when your mind seems to be infiltrated and melded into another form. And sex, when it feels as if a join no longer exists between the two of you. </span></p>
<p><span>Its something to do, I think, with vulnerability and awe combining with a sense of belonging and a yearning, however irrational, to possess and control.</span></p>
<p><span>This love-affair begins with the walk to the ground. At first, you feel alone until you see another group heading in the same direction. Soon you’ll see someone else with the badge tied round their neck or the stripes across their chest and you join together in unsaid fraternity. </span></p>
<p><span>And as the trickle turns to a stream to a flood, you emerge by the ground and dissolve into this seething, crawling mass. </span></p>
<p><span>The nerves and the anticipation of it all. The practiced call of wheel-chaired women hawking scarves and the bray of program-sellers, the clanging of the turnstiles, the staccato bellow of the crowd as the announcer calls the names of the players as you emerge to the sight of lurid green, this baize in which a game of chess and a battle of brawl will unfold over 90 short, taut minutes. </span></p>
<p><span>Walking down the grimy stairs trying to locate your seat, the stench of burped beer and half-warm munch and sodden grass about to be cut-up by studs.  Pushing past men swaying in the gantries, their eyes glazed and Mutley-like after hours in the pub. </span></p>
<p><span>The ebb and the flow of the crowd as the game begins, the cries and shouts and moans and flying spittle as we follow the ball, tell a player to shoot or pass, tell the ref how we politely disagree, tell the opposing striker how his missus takes it. A guy stood, his hair ludicrously gelled and a silver curb-chain hanging outside his coat, his back to the pitch and his arms held out either side of him, swallowing in the Kop as we chant our love and commitment to the Blades.</span></p>
<p><span>The sense of succumbing to a separate and greater self, a less predictable, living, breathing thing. Shouting out observations to no-one but everyone. Of being nothing and everything.</span></p>
<p><span>And the violence. The crouched, clenched violence of married and working men hovers over the game. Some powerful, hungry animal ready to defend its territory.<br />
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<p><span>“Fancy a nip?” my Dad saying as he reaches into his inside-pocket and hands me a hip-flask. A kid of no more than ten sits next to us, seemingly alone, dutifully accepts a swig. A young girl amidst a group of long-servers, their shaven heads like an auxiliary fist. The first goal hits the back of the net and she is lifted and flung from one body to another before settling on her father’s shoulders. The ten-year-old leaps up and down and waves his arms in the air and smiles the width of Sheffield.</span></p>
<p><span>The cigarette smoke of half-time hangs in the drizzle. The raking laughs and the jostle of the queues and the steam rising from the food vendors and the Gents.</span></p>
<p><span>Second half sees chants and expletives and banter as the visitors start to take a grip on proceedings. We ask Warnock what the score is and we ask Blackwell to give us a wave. </span></p>
<p><span>And then they equalise from a corner. A knock down and stab at the far post. The journey-men erupt and we are left without answer.</span></p>
<p><span>We begin to recover. The rumble of the plastic chairs as the Kop stands for chances that come and go. Cries of anguish as shots fly over or go wide, kids scrambling to get a hold of the ball. </span></p>
<p><span>Our striker is pulled into the mud and the Kop springs into action, leaning and straining over the gantry as we suggest to the ref that justice is done. He points to the spot and we celebrate.</span></p>
<p><span>The striker tees up the penalty, shoots.</span></p>
<p><span>The ‘keeper reaches it and pushes it towards the post. A hum of expectation dissipates in a millisecond to intense disappointment. But Beattie follows it in and smashes it home and 20,000 sighs erupt into a roar that shakes the Lane.</span></p>
<p><span>The journeymen rally as 90 minutes pass. Three minutes of injury time. Whistles and calls to end the match as we start to creak from the pressure. Our winger carries the ball, heads to their corner and goes over as a journey-man slides in hard. We scream for recompense as they gather the ball and begin to break. </span></p>
<p><span>They play it down the centre in desperation and the boys give chase. But our lumbering centre-half, a rock until now, slips in the mud and they, those mercenary journey-men, play it forward, prey on the space, knock it down to an emerging midfielder who half-volleys past the sprawling arm of Kenny. Last kick of the ball, 95th minute.</span></p>
<p><span>The crowd are like thunder. The ref is escorted off. Blackwell creases and Warnock celebrates in the dug-out and, as we head out into the rain and dark, it feels as if something in Sheffield has just been broken.</span></p>
<p><span>Broken beyond repair. Until, of course, when Saturday comes again.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Reserves in international action this week]]></title>
<link>http://manunitedyouth.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/reserves-in-international-action-this-week/</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 17:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickogs20</dc:creator>
<guid>http://manunitedyouth.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/reserves-in-international-action-this-week/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not just the first teamers who will be scattered across the globe this week on internatio]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><!-- Article Start --><img alt="" src="http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q439/ManUnitedYouth/Blog%20Graphics/News%20Item%20Pics/darrongibsonireland.jpg" class="alignleft" width="130" height="130" />It&#8217;s not just the first teamers who will be scattered across the globe this week on international duty &#8211; several of the reserve squad are away with their countries as well.</p>
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<p>Jonny Evans is unsurprisingly in the Northern Ireland squad for the friendly with Hungary this Wednesday, while Darron Gibson has already been named in Giovanni Trappatoni&#8217;s starting lineup for the Republic of Ireland&#8217;s friendly against Poland. Somewhat further afield, Manucho and his Angolan team-mates face a trip to South America for a game against Venezuela on Thursday night.</p>
<p>At youth international level, we&#8217;ve got five players in action at U21 level and another three in the U19s, all playing tonight. Tom Heaton and Fraizer Campbell will be hoping to be named in Stuart Pearce&#8217;s starting lineup as England U21s take on their Czech Republic counterparts at Bramall Lane, while Corry Evans and Craig Cathcart could find themselves lining up opposite team-mate David Gray as Scotland and Northern Ireland U21s meet in Hamilton.</p>
<p>Meanwhile England U19s take on Germany at Colchester United&#8217;s catchily-named Weston Homes Community Stadium, with Ben Amos, Danny Drinkwater and Danny Welbeck all included in Brian Eastick&#8217;s squad.<!-- Article End --></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Heaton and Campbell eyeing starting roles as Pearce names latest U21 squad]]></title>
<link>http://manunitedyouth.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/heaton-and-campbell-eyeing-u21-starting-roles-as-pearce-names-latest-squad/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:21:24 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>nickogs20</dc:creator>
<guid>http://manunitedyouth.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/heaton-and-campbell-eyeing-u21-starting-roles-as-pearce-names-latest-squad/</guid>
<description><![CDATA[Tom Heaton and Fraizer Campbell&#8217;s performances out on loan this season (at Cardiff City and To]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class='snap_preview'><p><!-- Article Start --><img alt="" src="http://i350.photobucket.com/albums/q439/ManUnitedYouth/Blog%20Graphics/News%20Item%20Pics/fraizer_campbell.jpg" class="alignleft" width="130" height="130" />Tom Heaton and Fraizer Campbell&#8217;s performances out on loan this season (at Cardiff City and Tottenham Hotspur respectively) continue to keep them in the England U21 picture, Stuart Pearce including both United youngsters in his squad for next week&#8217;s friendly against the Czech Republic.</p>
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<p>The clash with the Czechs at Bramall Lane next Tuesday (November 18) presents both players with a chance to make Pearce&#8217;s starting line-up for the first time. Heaton&#8217;s two caps and Campbell&#8217;s five have all been off the bench, but Pearce has left out a number of his more established players to give some new call-ups a chance and those absentees include Manchester City keeper Joe Hart and strikers Gabriel Agbonlahor and Theo Walcott, putting both United players bang in contention for a starting berth.</p>
<p>Also included in the squad is Wolves&#8217; Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, a former Red looking for his first cap at U21 level, and Leeds United&#8217;s Fabian Delph, another new call-up who has been heavily linked with a January move to United (and a number of other Premier League clubs) over the last couple of weeks.<!-- Article End --></p>
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<title><![CDATA[La rebelión de los modestos]]></title>
<link>http://oncecontraonce.wordpress.com/2008/03/12/la-rebelion-de-los-modestos/</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>rocknrolldealer</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Que la FA Cup es diferente es algo que todos los amantes del fútbol han asumido. La mística de la co]]></description>
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<p align="center"><font face="Baskerville SSi"><span style="color:#003366;">Que la FA Cup es diferente es algo que todos los amantes del fútbol han asumido. La mística de la competición de clubes más antigua del mundo no discrimina escudos, presupuestos y grandeza. Todos son iguales y todos pueden ganar, aunque parezca mentira. El pasado fin de semana esto se volvió a poner de manifiesto. Primero en la eliminación del Manchester United ante el Portsmouth y un par de horas después con la del Chelsea ante el Barnsley, el equipo de First Division que en la anterior eliminatoria también acabó con el Liverpool de Rafa Benítez. Al día siguiente, el Cardiff galés volvió a tumbar a un equipo de Premiere como es el Middlesbrough y, posteriormente, dos ‘segundas’ disputaron el último partido de cuartos de final en el que el West Bromwich Albion se clasificó. </span><span style="font-size:26pt;color:#003366;"></span></font><span style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;font-family:'Baskerville SSi';"> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11pt;color:navy;font-family:'Baskerville SSi';"></span><span><font color="#000080"><font face="Baskerville SSi"><strong>UN FIN DE SEMANA INCREÍBLE.</strong> ‘An incredible weekend’, titulaba la web de la FA el pasado fin de semana. “¿Qué ha sucedido?”, pensaban los despistados que no conocían los resultados que había deparado la sexta ronda de la FA Cup inglesa. Un par de clicks después, estos mismos seguidores se llevaban las manos a la cabeza. ¡<a target="_blank" href="http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/XSTGJVK96DT0BGQR" title="Resumen del Manchester United vs. Portsmouth de la sexta ronda de la FA Cup de 2008.">El Manchester United había caído eliminado en casa por el Portsmouth</a>!. El Pumpey –decimocuarto clasificado- había podido con una de las mejores plantillas del fútbol europeo. Un triunfo que no estuvo exento de suerte. Los <em>diablos rojos</em> hicieron un buen partido, crearon múltiples ocasiones, pero no estuvieron finos en la definición. El 0-0 seguía en el marcador de Old Tratford hasta que una contra visitante acabó en penalti y expulsión y, posteriormente, en el <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Hbtgt6amNM0" title="Gol del Portsmouth.">0-1</a> final.</font></font></span><font color="#000080"><font face="Baskerville SSi"> </font></font></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi">La época más brillante del <i>Pompey</i> en la Copa Inglesa data del periodo de entreguerras. Ganó el título en <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1939.htm">1939</a> y fue finalista en <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1929.htm">1929</a> y <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1934.htm">1934</a>. Tras perder en sus dos primeras comparecencias en la final, en 1929 por 2-0 ante el Bolton Wanderers y en 1934 por 2-1 ante el Manchester City, el título iba a llegar en la tercera participación. Fue ante el Wolwerhampton Wanderers, al que se impuso por 4-1. Wembley registró una gran entrada. 99.370 espectadores se dieron cita en sus gradas para ver la que sería la última final de Copa hasta después de la II Guerra Mundial, aunque este dato se desconocía aquel sábado 29 de abril de 1939. El Portsmouth ganó gracias a los tantos de Bert Barlow, John Anderson y Cliff Parker –dos-. El gol de los <i>wolwes</i> fue obra de Dicky Dorsett. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi">La derrota del Manchester United aclaraba el panorama al Chelsea, que minutos después de que se produjese la sorpresa en Old Tratford saltaba al césped de Oakwell. Los <i>blues</i> ya conocían el peligro del Barnsley. En quinta ronda, los del South Yorkshire <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=_XpaB7ya16Q">habían sorprendido al Liverpool en Anfield</a>. Dos goles de Foster y Howard, éste en el último minuto de partido, sirvieron para remontar el tanto inicial de Kuyt. Por ello, el técnico del Chelsea apostó por jugar con buena parte de sus titulares. <span>Alineó a Terry, Carvalho, Essien, Ballack, Malouda, Wright-Phillips, Anelka y Joe Cole. </span>Pero también <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=v4mpbzHObmM">besó la lona </a>debido a un solitario gol de Odejavi, un suplente habitual del Barnsley que saltó a la efímera fama de la sexta ronda de la FA Cup de 2008. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi">El Barsnley, que actualmente militaba en la zona baja de la First Division, al igual que el Portsmouth sabe lo que es levantar la Copa. Fue en 1912 frente a otro de los semifinalistas de esta temporada: el West Bromwich Albion. El Barnsley ya había perdido una final. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1910_FA_Cup_Final">La de 1910 </a>ante el Newcastle United en Goodison Park. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup_Final_1912">La final de 1912 </a>era su ocasión de sacarse la espina de la anterior derrota. El camino no había sido nada fácil. Especialmente en cuarta ronda –cuatros de final- en la que necesitó de cuatro encuentros para deshacerse del Bradford City. Tras tres empates a cero, se disputó un cuarto partido en Bramall Lane que se resolvió por un 3-2 favorable al Barnsley. Precisamente <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bramall_Lane">Bramall Lane</a> –feudo del Sheffield United- fue un escenario talismán para el Barnsley ya que allí también se proclamó <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=PoMKUTApXsU">campeón de la Copa de 1912</a>. Pero también fue en un replay ya que el primer choque, disputado en el campo del Crystal Palace, concluyó con 0-0. Tuffnell fue el héroe de la final al hacer el 1-0 que dio el título al Barnsley.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080"><font face="Baskerville SSi"><b>LA EXCEPCIÓN GALESA.</b> El domingo 9 de marzo, mientras en España se elegía nuevo gobierno, en Inglaterra se disputaban los otros dos cuartos de final. El primer choque fue el que midió al Middlesbrough con el Cardiff City en el campo del primero. El triunfo sonrió al cuadro galés por <a target="_blank" href="http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/G7SN916NDPZT9WJJ">0-2</a> gracias a los goles de Whittingham y Johnson. El Cardiff City es uno de los clubes galeses que eligieron competir en la liga inglesa en lugar de hacerlo en su propia competición doméstica. Sus años de gloria también se remontan al periodo de entreguerras. Concretamente a los felices años 20. Y tan felices que fueron en Cardiff y más felices pudieron haberlo sido si el <i>golaverage</i> no le hubiese evitado ganar el título de la First Division de 1924. El beneficiario fue el Huddersfield Town. Un año después también cayó en la <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1925.htm">final de la FA Cup de 1925</a>. Esta vez ante el Sheffield United por 1-0. Tunstall, que acaba de convertirse en el nuevo extremo de la selección inglesa, hizo el gol del triunfo del Sheffield United. </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi">Los de Cardiff tuvieron que esperar dos años para regresar a una final de Copa, pero la espera mereció la pena. <a target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FA_Cup_Final_1927">La final de 1927</a> fue histórica. Fue la primera final de Copa que se retransmitió radiofónicamente en directo a través del servicio de la BBC. Derek McCulloch y George Allison fueron a ser los encargados de retransmitir el Arsenal-Cardiff City. Curiosamente George Allison se iba a convertir en el técnico <i>gunner</i> en la década de los 30 tras el inesperado fallecimiento de Herbert Chapman. Pero la final también fue histórica por un segundo detalle: <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=J5A5CNx9M2s">el triunfo del Cardiff City</a>. Es la primera y única ocasión que un club no inglés ha ganado la FA Cup.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi"><a target="_blank" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/la_vida_es_juego/newsid_3386000/3386199.stm" title="Art�culo de opinión en castellano de la BBC sobre la figura de este técnico inglés.">Herbert Chapman</a>, que traía malos recuerdos al Cardiff City porque él había sido el mánager del Huddersfield Town que le arrebató el título liguero de 1924, era el técnico del Arsenal. Chapman fue el primero en llevar a la gloria al Arsenal aunque la gloria no llegó en el primer gran día, es decir, en <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1927.htm">la final de la Copa de 1927</a>, pero la derrota ante el Cardiff City no influyó en el ánimo de Chapman. Él siguió trabajando para perfeccionar su apuesta táctica, en la que intentó sacar partido de la regla del fuera de juego que había sido instaurada en 1925. Sus reflexiones tácticas quedaron plasmadas en el famoso estilo de juego conocido como la ‘W-M’, en el que creó la figura del mediocentro de contención o <i>stopper</i>, así como el adelantar la línea defensiva para dejar en fuera de juego a los rivales. Una táctica revolucionaria que buscaba neutralizar a los equipos que jugaban con cinco delanteros y que fue fundamental para el gran Arsenal de los años 30, pero eso es otra historia que trataremos más adelante en <b>Once Vs. Once</b> ya que hoy hablamos de los modestos y, por ello, del Cardiff City. </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi">Los seguidores galeses acudieron en masa a Wembley, incluso se dice que fueron mayoría en el graderío del tempo del fútbol inglés. El único gol del partido llegó en el minuto 73 y se debió a un fallo del portero galés del Arsenal. Hughie Ferguson recibió un balón con poco espacio para intentar la carrera o para buscar el pase. Por ello realizó un tímido disparo a puerta. El balón rodó sobre el césped de Wembley pero el guardameta <i>gunner</i> no pudo atraparlo y acabó en la red.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000080"><font face="Baskerville SSi"><b>EL MÁS LAUREADO DE LOS CUATRO.</b> El West Bromwich Albion fue el cuarto equipo en clasificarse para las semifinales que esta temporada se van a disputar en Wembley los días 5 y 6 de abril. El West Brom tuvo menos problemas que el resto de clasificados. <a target="_blank" href="http://101greatgoals.magnify.net/item/75TZ3MBGFFPYCNK1">Venció por 1-5 en el campo del Bristol Rovers</a>. Morrison y Miller adelantaron a los <i>baggies</i>, pero Coles recortó distancias para el Bristol Rovers. En el último tercio del duelo llegaron los tres tantos visitantes que certificaron la clasificación del West Bromwich Albion para las semifinales de la FA Cup.</font></font></p>
<p><font color="#000080" face="Baskerville SSi">El West Brom de los cuatro semifinalista es la entidad más curtida. Diez finales de Copa es su aval. Cinco títulos –<a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1888.html">1888</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1892.html">1892</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1931.htm">1931</a>, <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1954.htm">1954</a> y <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1968.htm">1968</a>- les sitúan en la zona media del ránking de ganadores de la FA Cup por delante de históricos como Chelsea –4-, Manchester City –4-, Sheffield United –4-, West Ham United –3-, Sheffield Wednesday –3-, o Nottingham Forest –2-. En la de 1888 se impuso por 2-1 al Preston; en 1892 derrotó por 3-0 al Aston Villa; en 1931 ganó por 2-1 al Birmingham City; en 1954 volvió a imponerse al Preston, esta vez por 3-2; y <a target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ns6MaaiPBt4" title="Resumen de la final de la FA Cup de 1968 entre el West Bromwich Albion y el Everton.">en 1968 ganó por la mínima –1-0- al Everton</a>. En lo que se refiere a finales perdidas. En <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1886.html">1886</a> perdió en el <i>replay</i> ante el Blackburn Rovers, que era el vigente campeón. En <a href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1887.html">1887</a> cayó por 2-0 ante el Aston Villa, derrota que también se repitió en <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1895.html">1895</a> aunque por 1-0. En <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1912.html">1912</a> cayó, como ya hemos citado, por 1-0 ante el Barnsley en el <i>replay</i>. Y su última final perdida data de <a target="_blank" href="http://www.fa-cupfinals.co.uk/1935.htm">1935</a> cuando el Sheffield Wednesday le derrotó por 4-2 en Wembley. Las vitrinas del West Bromwich Albion también tienen la Liga de 1920 y otros dos subcampeonatos de la antigua First Division –actual Premiere League- correspondientes a las campañas 1924-25 y 1953-54. </font></p>
<p><font color="#000080"><font face="Baskerville SSi"><b>LAS SEMIFINALES DE ESTA EDICIÓN.</b> El West Bromwich Albion será el encargado de abrir las semifinales el sábado 5 de abril en Wembley ante el Portsmouth. El Pompey, único representante de la Premiere League, tendrá que cumplir su papel de favorito ante uno de los conjuntos coperos por excelencia en Inglaterra. El domingo 6, el Barnsley tendrá que verse las caras ante el Cardiff City, que por primera vez regresa a Wembley desde que en 1927 derrotase por 1-0 al Arsenal. Los aficionados llenarán la catedral del fútbol inglés, con entradas con precios que oscilan entre 25 y 55 libras, para conocer el nombre de los dos equipos que llegarán a una sorpresiva final. La Copa inglesa de nuevo ha actuado como factoría de los sueños de los equipos más modestos. Tres segundas y un segundón en la Premiere son los inesperados invitados al banquete de la competición más antigua del mundo del fútbol. Disfruten porque tardará en repetirse o quizá sea la última vez en la que los modestos se rebelen dentro del panorama del fútbol moderno y global. </font></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">Datos del artículo</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">:</span></font><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000080"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"></span><font color="#000080"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">Autor</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">: Carlos A.S.</span></font></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><font color="#000080"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"></span></font><font color="#000080"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">Fecha</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">: 12 de marzo de 2008.</span></font><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000080"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"></span><font color="#000080"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">Fuentes</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">: The FA, BBC, The Guardian, Goal.com, Wikipedia, the FA Cup Final.co.uk, Football Factory, Soccerbase.com y Soccer Data. </span></font><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000080"> </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000080"><strong>Fotografía</strong>: BBC.</font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"><font color="#000080"><strong>Vídeos</strong>: YouToube y 101 great goals. </font></span></p>
<p style="margin:0;" class="MsoBodyText2"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;"></span><font color="#000080"><b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">Hilo musical</span></b><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Arial;">: Madness: <i><u>One Step Beyond [Stiff Records, 1979]</u></i>, The Specials: <i><u>s/t [2Tone Records, 1979]</u></i> y VV.AA.: <i><u>A la Mod!</u></i> </span></font><span><font color="#000080"><font face="Baskerville SSi"> </font></font></span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Le Bal des Langues Moderne]]></title>
<link>http://lecerclefrancais.wordpress.com/2008/01/24/le-bal-des-langues-moderne/</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[We can exclusively reveal that the Modern Languages Ball 2008 will be taking place on Friday April 1]]></description>
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