Sanford's Soccer Net: 2006-10-22

The former striker looks into the West Ham situation...

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,277-2421998,00.html

I was looking for a good photograph of Mr. Ferdinand the other day and could not find one. I saw this one today and had to put it up. No reason. I just love the hair. I don't know why I do, but I do. Then I realized that Rio and Bolton look quite similar. I wonder how Bolton would look with the tassles?

Anyway, let's hope Michael Bolton's Wanderers can put a few past him this weekend...

Manchester United travel to The Reebok to face Michael Bolton Wanderers in the big fixture of the weekend...

http://goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=155284

Marcotti breaks down all the player awards in European football...

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=cnnsi-awardsaplenty&prov=cnnsi&type=lgns

Akinbiyi refuses to confirm or deny claims that Claude Davis approached him with a razor - Yikes!

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1933226,00.html

The captain of Michael Bolton Wonderers talks about his red card from last weekend...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6082200.stm

I think this article was written by a five year old...

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=155257

Dickie Best (not of the Allman Brothers Band) - George Best's father holds up the bills...

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-bestbanknotes&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Would it really be such a "shock" if he waited until January and went to Barcelona? I can't see him returning to Inter at this point...

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=154238

This is the best line from any article that I've seen in many moons:

"Copenhagen officials protested that local custom "required" beer consumption during games -- and UEFA have relented. "

Gotta love the Danes...

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-copenhagenbeer&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Martina Hyde thinks the English FA should charge itself with bringing the game into disrepute...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/26/fa_long_in_tooth_but_short_on.html

At least a couple more months for the Arsenal defender...

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1932261,00.html

The Aussie winger won't feature until 2007...

http://football.guardian.co.uk/News_Story/0,,1931848,00.html

Jermaine Defoe bites another player and receives a yellow card.

Adriano can't score and hasn't been playing well so Inter send him to Rio (the city, not the defender who thankfully got rid of the tassles on his head) to regain his form. They send him to Rio. Rio.

West Ham buy (receive?) two stars from Argentina's World Cup squad and two of the most coveted young talents in the world and lose eight straight games, the eighth against League One Chesterfield. (Sorry Hammer fans)

Italian Serie A average attendance so far this season: 19,511
American Major League Soccer average attendance in 2006: 15,504

A lot of people don't realize how small crowds in Europe usually are. With the exception of the "big clubs" most teams usually attract numbers that would be deemed tiny in the States...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=387529&cc=5901

More trouble for West Ham, Arsenal's kids sparkle...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=387481&cc=5901

Fox Soccer Channel's Nick Webster grades the Yanks...

http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/6088374

McGrath's autobiography is out now - this is an interview with the former Irish star about his alcoholism...

http://football.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1929825,00.html

Mascherano certainly gets the ball but he gets loads of Defoe as well. And then Jermaine has a wee snack. Two versions...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1qXWbCG08Q

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4KugSqtQW9E&NR

The Arsenal boss has never won the Carling Cup. The Gunners face West Brom tonight...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=387314&cc=5901

Spanish Primera División Table

Club Played Points

Barcelona 7 16
Valencia 7 16
FC Sevilla 7 15
Real Madrid 7 14
Deportivo La Coruña 7 14
Real Zaragoza 7 13
Atlético Madrid 7 13
Getafe 7 13
Recreativo Huelva 7 10
Celta Vigo 7 10
Villarreal 7 9
Mallorca 7 9
Levante 7 8
Osasuna 7 7
Racing Santander 7 6
Espanyol 7 6
Athletic Bilbao 7 5
Real Betis 7 4
Gimnastic de Tarr. 7 4
Real Sociedad 7 2

English Premiership Table

Club Played Points

Man Utd 9 22
Chelsea 9 22
Bolton 9 20
Arsenal 8 17
Portsmouth 9 16
Everton 9 16
Aston Villa 9 15
Fulham 9 13
Reading 9 13
Blackburn 9 12
Liverpool 9 11
Middlesbrough 9 11
Tottenham 9 11
Man City 9 9
Wigan 8 8
Newcastle 9 7
Sheff Utd 9 6
Watford 9 5
West Ham 9 5
Charlton 9 4

Graham Lister looks back at the weekend in England and sneaks a peak at the upcoming fixtures in the EPL...

http://www.goal.com/en-US/Articolo.aspx?ContenutoId=152801

The BBC Football Expert says Newcastle have spent a lot of money not getting it right...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/6076654.stm

It's Bayern's worst Bundesliga start in 13 years...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/24/felix_in_the_flames_as_bayern.html

Who will be fired first in the EPL? Odds for every gaffer in the league...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/24/four_in_the_frame.html

The Guardian Unlimited's Tea-Time Take on Football...

http://football.guardian.co.uk/fiver/0,,415657,00.html

With their most irreplaceable player languishing on the sidelines, Barcelona are anything but the irresistible force of the past two seasons...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/23/absent_etoo_proves_barca_are_h.html

Palermo put retiring Milan to bed. And I wish when I was having a bad few months at work my boss would send me off to Rio to regain my form...bloody Adriano.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/24/palermo_put_retiring_milan_to.html

Scholes marks his 500th Manchester United game with a goal as Liverpool fall 11 points back...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/section?id=england&cc=5901

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-italyreports&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Hamburg get a victory and Bremen beat Bayern Munich...

http://sports.yahoo.com/sow/news?slug=reu-germanyreports&prov=reuters&type=lgns

Jermaine begins his post-match meal a tad early...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id=387140&cc=5901

How Benitez shackled Gerrard and hobbled Liverpool's verve...

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/23/how_benitez_shackled_gerrard_a.html

Why waste time with Real Madrid vs. Barcelona or Manchester United vs. Liverpool?

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/sport/2006/10/22/east_lancashire_serves_up_a_re.html

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