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Spurs pay the penalty for first-leg failure

PSV Eindhoven 0 – 1 Tottenham Hotspur (1-1 agg, PSV win 6-5 on pens) UEFA Cup Round of 32, Second Leg Juande Ramos’ grip on the UEFA Cup was finally relinquished at the Phillips Stadion, almost three years to the day the Spaniard first scooped the trophy on this very ground, with former club Seville….

FA Cup semi-finalists Cardiff City face major legal battles

Cardiff City compete in their first FA Cup semi-final since 1927, when they take on Championship rivals Barnsley at Wembley next month. With only one Premiership side left in the famous old competition, never has the Welsh side had such a great chance of bringing the Cup back to Ninian Park for the first time…

FIFA scraps plans for goal-line technology in favour of additional linesmen

FIFA, world football’s governing body, has revealed goal-line technology will not be introduced into the game in the foreseeable future – despite three years trialling various systems. Speaking at this weekend’s International Football Association Board (IFAB) annual meeting, FIFA general secretary, Jerome Valcke, said that his organisation has “decided to freeze, for the time, goal-line…

Time for Tottenham to swap nostalgia for success

I’ve never been the most patient of individuals and on the eve of watching Tottenham Hotspur in their first cup final in six years, frankly, I’m a mess. I’ve often heard footballers talk about how they can’t sleep the night before a big match, or how the preparation for a game is much harder than…

The Premier League, the Football League and the growing financial gap

As Richard Scudamore and The Premier League continue their campaign for a money spinning 39th fixture abroad, members of England’s Football League go about their daily lives, more concerned with the salient issue of survival. In the same month the Premiership big boys drooled over the prospects of earning an additional £5m a season for…

The Great Premier League Takeover

Derby County‘s inevitable relegation from the Premiership this May should be eased by the fact the Rams will start next season as one of the richest clubs in the Championship. The Pride Park outfit have been bought by an American consortium, led by Andy Appleby who runs the Detroit based General Sports and Entertainment for…

The Future Today: England’s Lineup in 2018

Fabio Capello revealed his first provisional England squad on Thursday (and the 23-man final squad last night), but given the current public apathy towards the national side, it was hardly an announcement that had been waited on with baited breath. The Three Lions’ failure to qualify for Euro 2008 before Christmas compounded a decade, which…