General Football News

Four Manchester United fans who were involved in altercations with Roma fans before the Champions League clash between the two sides last week had lengthy jail terms handed down to them on Friday by Italian courts.

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When Manchester United announce their financial numbers from the 2006/07 season next month, they will be announcing record numbers in both profits and in turnover. After the club had an excellent year on the pitch, winning the Premiership title and …

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Once again Rome was burning and once again the Manchester United fans were enveloped in it. Although the security alert in the Italian city was heightened to Category A, considered as a high risk level, the police forces still failed …

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For this year’s FIFA Club World Cup, which is currently taking place in Japan, FIFA is testing out new ball-chip technology that lets referees know whether or not the ball crossed the goal line in a scoring situation. Some may …

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AC Milan’s Brazilian star Kaka (and future christian evangelist) has been named Europe’s footballer of the year after winning France Football magazine’s Golden Ball award.

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Ever since the sacking of Steve McClaren as the coach of the England national football team, the rumour mill has been in full swing. Several names have been thrown into the pot with Jose Mourinho being pushed to the forefront …

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Manchester United, Chelsea and Liverpool all are under foreign ownership but it is Liverpool who are supposed to have made the best deal. While Malcolm Glazier has shoved Man United to a debt of millions and no one is still …

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Do you think that the results of football matches can be rigged? Match fixing in sporting competitions (thanks to the money involved – welcome to the dark side of sports betting) is not as uncommon as one might think, nor …

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Ebbsfleet, playing 4 leagues below the Premier League in the Blue Square League, have agreed to be taken over by MyFootballClub. £700,000 is a lot of money and kudos to MFC and its owners for negotiating this deal and turning …

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On Thursday we read that women footballers were paid £40 per day for the five weeks they spent in China representing their country and reaching the quarter finals of the 2007 Women’s World Cup. That’s £1400 for 5 weeks, £280 …

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The final spots in the FIFA Club World Cup were decided in the last few days, as the African and Asian Champions League competitions wrapped up.

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In the past, playoffs were used to help determine the final qualifiers for the European Championships. This time, however, qualification for Euro 2008 will be determined solely on group results, as the top two from each of the seven groups …

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