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But even so, in the name of God, what on

earth do Blackburn Rovers think theyre

playing at? Sacking their third manager of

the season, and this after Appleton had been

in charge for a mere 15 games after they

went out of their way to pay hefty compen-

sation to Blackpool to pry him away from

there. No, the points were not exactly rolling

in for Rovers, but then again, they were not

precisely in the rudest of health when he got

there were they? Theyd been relegated, had

nally sacked Steve Kean who was about as

popular at Ewood Park as Sir Alex Ferguson

wearing a Burnley shirt, went through the

great Henning Berg sadness (one win in ten)

and were plummeting down the table.

If you are into management speak dont

worry if you are, help is available then the

rst great lesson you are taught if you are an

organisation that is in a hole is simple - stop

digging. It appears that the management es-

tablishment that the Venkys frequented of-

fered up a rather more revolutionary school

of thinking, bordering upon chaos theory

employ a squadron of JCBs, tear everything

down, create huge craters and see what even-tually crawls out of the evolutionary soup.

If nothing else, its an idiosyncratic and in-

novative approach, one that, in comparison,

Chelsea have barely toyed with. Blackburn,

on the other hand, have embraced it to the

full, clasped it to the corporate bosom and

are lustily squeezing the life out of it and,

it appears, the club.

In most cases, in such circumstances a little

stability goes a long way. Too much has hap-

pened at Blackburn in too short a space of

time for anybody to really get a handle on

what is going on at the club. Certainly 15

games is too short a time to turn around a

ship that is going full steam ahead in the di-

rection of that shiny iceberg over there.

And even if you think the incumbent isnt

up to the job, given that Blackburn quickly

concluded the same about the last two ap-

pointees in pretty short order, then why

would anybody believe that they can go and

appoint the right man next time? And if you

were that right man for the job, why would

you be in any hurry to take up a position at

a club knowing that you probably have a

dozen games at best to work a miracle be-

fore a P45 appears in the in tray unless you

fancy getting your hands on a nice severance

package?

We might also level the charge of being care-ful what you wish for at a collection of sup-

porters who were desperate to hound Steve

Kean from their door. They might well have

been better off to be patient with him, though

clearly, this not something that any football

fan is good at, whatever their persuasion.

Again though, the way in which Kean wastreated might well give any potential boss

a little pause for thought before inking an

Ewood Park contract.

It is very difcult to see just where Black-

burn go from here, other than in a swift

downwards direction. While some try to

argue that they have a decent playing staff,

their performances under the last three man-

agers would suggest otherwise because those

players are regularly losing games. There are

clearly some underlying problems in that

dressing room which need addressing, and

that cannot be done overnight. Nor can they

be dealt with by a manager lacking in author-

ity and, after Appletons sacking, no manag-

er can have any authority there because its

unlikely that theyll be there long enough to

turn the monthly calendar over.

The irony is that in Appleton, they had the

kind of manager willing to take hard deci-

sions head on and who, given time, had the

right kind of character to make the necessary

changes to the playing squad, its quality and

its attitude. Its true that his swift move from

Blackpool did his reputation few favours and

the level of sympathy that exists towards him

after this sacking is commensurately lower as

a consequence but he will doubtless return to

the fray elsewhere in due course and, should

he succeed, then the Venkys will only be leftwith egg on their collective face.

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Real Madrid boss Jose

Mourinho is denying

reports that he has

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with club president

Florentino Perez to de-

part the club.

I have no agreement with

Real Madrid to go. I have

signed nothing, thats a nonsense, Mourinho told

RTP.

The criticism? Nothing affects me, nothing both-

ers me. I do not go crazy nor do I get depressed.

Nothing motivates me more than my own motiva-

tion.

Mourinho also had some choice words for FIFA

after he recently snubbed their gala night and vot-

ing ceremony.

I dont regret not attending the

gala at all, he said.

One, two or three people

phoned me to tell me that they

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the list of votes was published,

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St. Mirren clinched their rst

ever League Cup trophy with a

3-2 victory over Hearts at an at-

mospheric Hampden Park.

For 26 years the club and fans had beenstarved of national competition success

but on Sunday Jim Goodwin became the

rst St Mirren captain since Billy Aber-

cromby back in 1987 to lift silverware at

the National Stadium.

Scotland international Gary Teale told the

Daily Record that the win was his nest

moment in football.

Ive been fortunate enough to play when

we beat France at Hampden, which was

an incredible moment, but to come here

with one of the smaller clubs in Scotland

and to actually win a trophy is incredibleand probably eclipses what I have done

before.

To achieve something with one of the

smaller clubs, and to beat Celtic in the

semi-nal and winning the cup now, it

eclipses anything I have done.

Englands number

one goalkeeper

Joe Hart has ad-

mitted to not be-

ing at his best this

season, but he is

promising to put

that right for the

upcoming Eng-

land matches.

It has not been brilliant

but that is football, stuff

gets said, Hart told

the BBC. That is fair

enough. But Ill always

come out ghting,

Hart helped Manchester

City to their 2012 EPL

title but concedes that

things have been tough-er this time round.

It has not been last sea-

son, it has been tough.

We are not in a position

we want to be in, but we

will remain focused and

remain hard on the case

of what we need to do.

Fridays World Cup op-

ponents, San Marino

are ranked 207th in the

FIFA rankings and have

not scored in a competi-

tive game since 2008,

but Hart is not relaxing.

I have just checked

up to see if someone

had scored against

them recently, but they

havent, he joked.

Someone is going to

concede against them,

and hopefully if I am

playing, it will not be

me.

But the main focus of

the game is to win. It is

more important for the

group [to win] rather

than me looking silly.

England come into the

World Cup qualify-

ing double header two

points behind group H

leaders Montenegro,

who they play on Tues-

day.

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Chelsea moved up to third place in

the EPL with their win over West

Ham United in Sundays London

derby that also produced Frank

lompards 200th goal for Chelsea,

leaving him just two goals shy of the

clubs all-time scoring record, held

by Bobby Tambling.

Lampard scored his goal at the end wherethe away fans were sitting. He celebratedwith substitute John Terry, who was warm-ing up in that section of the ground, as ob-jects were thrown from the crowd in theirdirection.

It was a good game, a great results, Frankscored his 200th, the team is third so its agreat week and a good moment for us, en-thused Chelsea manager Rafael Benitez.

It is a long race, we have to carry on andwin our next game and see what othersdo.

In the rst half, we could have scoredtwo or three goals. You have to be pleasedbecause we scored two goals and kept aclean sheet. We have to be a little disap-

pointed because we could have nished itearlier.

Demba Ba is a great nisher and today itwas not his day.We will approach it one game at a time.We have to relax now and not get any inju-ries after the international break.

LAMPARD CLOSING IN ON RECORDUNCOMMON GOAL FOR COMMONSThree-one down with

alf an hour to play,

Celtic pulled off a

mighty comeback

gainst Aberdeen with

econd half goals from

Charlie Mulgrew,

Gary Hooper and

Georgios Samaras to

linch a 4-3 victory at

arkhead.

ris Commons had given

eltic a 1st minute lead, si-

multaniously breaking the

ecord for fastest ever SPL

oal at 12.2 seconds, but

cott Vernon equalized for

berdeen just before half-

me. A Josh Magennis brace

arly in the second half

ooked to have secured the

oints for Aberdeen until the late rally by the

oops.

It was crazy, said Commons of his record-

reaking goal. First of all, Mikael played it

p front, Hoops got a ick on, I found myself

n space on the edge of the box and Stokseylayed a great ball through to me.

I took one touch and smashed it in. It was

ne of those crazy things that usually never

appen, I dont think half the fans were even

in the stands yet. The manager wasnt even in

the dugout so it was a bit of whirlwind.

Aberdeen hadnt touched the ball yet but we

play that way from kick-off, we go forward

and try and put them under pressure in the

opening couple of minutes. But for it all to

fall into play and for me to have a shot on theedge of the 18-yard box was crazy luck.

It beat Stokseys record. He was telling me

afterwards that he was sure Id beat him so I

think hes a little bit wounded now.

Rep of Ireland international KevinDoyle was not bet pleased to learnthat he was dropped from the squadfor the upcoming World Cup quali-ers..by text.

I was very disappointed to come in af-ter the game to a text message saying Iwasnt to travel to Ireland to join up withthe squad, Doyle said on his clubs ofcialwebsite. I have been in every squad whenI have been t for seven-and-a-half yearsso it was disappointing.

I thought I might get a phone call but itwasnt to be and I havent spoken to themanager about it. Maybe he will speak tome about it in the future and for now I justhave to get on with it.

It was disappointing to get the text mes-sage telling me not to travel particularly af-ter such a good game with Wolves [the 2-1victory over Bristol City] and you quicklygo from one extreme to another.

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For people of a certain age,

the 1970 World Cup is per-

haps the most vividly re-

membered.

t had pretty much everything BobbyMoores arrest, Gordon Banks extraordi-nary save and subsequent food poisoninghat cost England their quarter-nal, perhaps

he single most thrilling knock-out gameever between West Germany and Italy, prob-ably the greatest team weve ever seen inhe Brazilians and, on top of it all, colourelevision coverage of all the games for the

rst time so that, even if you didnt see itn colour then, subsequent viewings of it arencredibly vivid, simmering football in thehimmering heat, those vivid canary yellow

Brazilian shirts in particular dancing acrosshe Mexican turf, weaving bewildering pat-ers that no team could live with.

The irony is that had Pele gone through withhis post 66 threat never to play in a WorldCup again after the treatment meted out tohim in 62 and, especially, 66, it might havebeen a rather more mundane tournament.

Echoes of 66 resounded trough qualica-ion, not least in Italy where the North Korea

debacle remained potent in the public mind.They had to avoid defeat in their nal gamen Naples, against East Germany Wales al-eady eliminated in a three team group to

progress and a 3-0 win suggested an Italianide that was a little less cautious than its cat-

enaccio predecessors. Northern Ireland wereousted when the Soviet Union beat Turkeyo win their three team group at the eleventh

hour while Scotland were, as became habit,umped into a group of death, West Germanyrampling all comers into the dirt, winning

ve and drawing one, at Hampden whenBobby Murdoch found a late equaliser tonullify Gerd Mullers rst half goal.

Romania edged a tough group, going throughcourtesy of a 1-1 draw with Greece in Bucha-est, the Czechs beat Hungary 4-1 in a play-

off after they had dominated a group includ-ng Ireland, while Sweden proved too goodor France after they had slipped to a shock

home defeat to Norway in Strasbourg.

Belgium and Bulgaria rounded out the Euro-pean qualiers along with holders England.

While Brazil and Uruguay came throughas expected in South America, there was ashock when Argentina nished bottom of athree team group, Peru dominating mattersand clinching qualication with a 2-2 drawin Buenos Aires. With Mexico through ashosts, the CONCACAF slot was up for grabsfor a change, El Salvador coming through acomplex qualication to secure a rst WorldCup appearance. From Africa, Moroccoemerged as qualiers while Israel qualiedfrom the Asia / Oceania section, aided by

North Koreas refusal to play there, both Is-rael and Morocco also making a World Cupdebut.

England were looked on as tournamentfavourites, little wonder given that, if any-thing, the team was even better than theclass of 66. There were efforts to destabi-lise them such as the trumped up arrest of

Bobby Moore in Bogota on Englands wayto the nals, but England did little to helpthemselves. Suspicious about everything,Alf Ramsey insisted the team take their ownfood with them. This included taking gallonsof orange juice with them. To Mexico. Nowonder the locals hated them.

England were good, very good, but they weregrouped with Brazil, the only team in theirclass, something they illustrated in a 4-1 de-molition of the Czechs as England squeezedpast Romania, 1-0. Brazil and England metin Guadalajara in a classic game of footballthat had everything including that astonish-

ing save by Banks from Peles header, Bob-by Moore giving perhaps the best defensiveperformance ever witnessed, Brazil playingwith astonishing uidity, pace and guile. Inthe end, that was just enough and Jairzinhofound a winner on his way to creating a re-cord by scoring in every game of the tourna-ment. Pele and Moore swapped shirts at theend and said they would meet again in the

nal, but defeat meant England had to beatthe Czechs to go through. They did so ef-ciently if unimpressively, a Clarke penaltyseparating the sides.

Second place in the group meant a meetingwith the group four winners. That meantWest Germany who secured top spot bywinning their last game against Peru, GerdMuller scoring a second hat-trick in consec-utive games as the South Americans weredefeated 3-1, but still qualied as runners-up.

In the other half of the draw, local honour

was satised as Mexico came through asrunners-up to the Soviet Union and Italyreverted to type, winning their group whilescoring just one goal, enough to beat Swe-den, Uruguay coming through with them.

The big game in the quarter-nals was, in-evitably, England versus West Germany, arepeat of the 1966 World Cup Final. With

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eir new goalscoring sensation Gerd Muller -man as lazy and as deadly as Jimmy Greavesthe West Germans had looked good in theoup phase, but there was no reason to imag-e England couldnt overcome them in Leon

ut condence was inevitably dented in theuple of days before the game when Gordon

anks fell ill under suspicious circumstancesith stomach trouble.

s Peter Osgood pointed out, We all ate andank exactly the same things, so to this daym convinced somebody in the hotel got atordon Banks to make him ill. In the run-upthe game, Ramsey was desperate to ensure

anks would play and even put him through arcical tness test where the ability to standp straight was virtually the only tness crite-a. Banks was initially named in the side, buturing the team meeting before the game, heccumbed to illness again and Peter Bonettiepped into the breach. Despite these disrup-ons, England started well, though it was clearat the Germans were the better suited to the

conditions, passing the ball crisply while Eng-land ran and ran. That running saw Englandto a two goal lead after fty minutes of play

and an apparently serene passage to the semi-nals.

It was as well they had that cushion, for asPeter Thompson says, the team were tiring: Iwas in the stand and at half time I was soakedto the skin. I went down at half-time and theywere totally exhausted. Another ve minutesand theyd have been asleep. On the hour,West Germany had to gamble and made a sub-stitution, to Thompsons distress: Criticismonly comes from results. They brought onGrabowski and Id been compared with him.England were so tired because of the heat,he tore us to shreds, so they all said I shouldhave been in! Nobody said that in 1966 whenwe won it! But to ask the full-backs to do twojobs, to defend and to keep joining in the at-

tack, was too much, it was too hot. By the timeGrabowski got on, Terry Cooper could hardlywalk. Id have fancied playing against himthen. Exploiting the space left by the aggingCooper on 68 minutes, Beckenbauer drove outto Englands left and pushed a cross shot pastBonetti.

Beckenbauer, who had been attending to Bob-by Charlton, had had to leave him to his owndevices and revert to a more attacking role inthe attempt to get his side back in the game.Rather than leaving Charlton on to exploit thisfreedom, as Beckenbauers shot went in, Ram-sey pulled Charlton off and sent on Colin Bell: I came on to ll Bobs spot. The tempera-ture and the climate takes a lot out of you. Thetheme was just fresh legs. Within a minute

Bell had created a chance for Hurst and had agood shot saved, so close were England to re-establishing a two goal cushion. England con-tinued to hold their own until, with 15 minutesto go, Peters came off for Hunter, a sensiblemove to stiffen the mideld it seemed.Almost immediately, Schnellingers centrelooked to have eluded its target, but UweSeeler arched away, stretched his neck and

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anaged to head the ball goalwards, with noal intent. The ball looped over Bonetti and

estled in the corner of the net. As Francisee says, If Id been Seeler, Id have boughtlottery ticket after the game. Bell agrees,ding You cant say anything except it was

st meant to be. Seelers goal was a uke.hat changed the whole game, got them on all, got them motoring.

s four years before, England had won theame once. But could they win it again? Theyuld not. After 109 minutes a Grabowskioss was headed across the face of goal byoehr and there was Gerd Muller to slam theall past Bonetti. Game over.

he inquest is still going on. Were the substi-tions the root of Englands demise. Francisee doesnt think so: The effect of the sub-itutions has been overdone. Colin came onnd played well, we needed fresh legs and atat heat and altitude you needed to use thebs.

eter Osgood added, Bobby had lost 10s against Brazil and Bobby was the jewel.fter the quarter-nal, the semis were threeays later, so Alf tried to nurse him. Andou couldnt ask for a better player to comen than Colin. Its just the other side of thereavesie decision from 66, one worked, onednt.

Was Peter Bonetti to blame? Perhaps Banksight have done better, but then Banks wase best by a long way, a goalkeeping deity.

As mere mortals go, Bonetti did his best andwas not helped by the lack of preparation,concentration time that was denied him byRamseys vacillating.

Peter Osgood is particularly sorry for his

Chelsea colleague: Peter Bonetti was a greatgoalkeeper, the best pro I ever worked with,trained right, ate right, never went out. It justannoys me that he had 20 years at Chelseawhen he was second in the world to Banksieand hes remembered for one game.

West Germany would go on to meet Italywho, having got through the psychologicalterror of the group stage, critical after the1966 asco, were a team reborn in defeatingthe very ordinary Mexicans 4-1. Uruguay andthe Asoviets played each other to a standstillbefore Uruguay nally won 1-0 in extra-time, their prize a meeting with Brazil whohad overcome Peru 4-2. Not much of a prizeas it turned out for after losing an early goal,Brazil hit their stride and ran out convincing

3-1 winners.

The other semi-nal went to extra time asItaly and West Germany were locked at 1-1,Boninsegna scoring after eight minutes, Sch-nellinger equalising with almost the last kick,setting up 30 extraordinary minutes. Mullermade it 2-1 after 94 minutes bur Burgnichsquared it off four minutes later, Riva mak-ing it 3-2 to Italy in the 104th minute. Mullerbrought the Germans back level six minuteson but Rivera sealed a place in the World CupFinal a minute later, Italy 4-3 victors.

Having played extra-time and such emotion-

ally and physically exhausting extra-time atthat, Italy were always second favourites forthe nal, but so good were Brazil that daythey could have been in peak condition andstill been destroyed. They clung on to theBrazilians and were 1-1 at the break but inthe second half, with Pele, Tostao, Gersonand Rivelino all playing the games of theirlives, there was no holding them. Two goalsin ve minutes meant the game was over with20 minutes left, but the best was still to comewith just four minutes left, a delicious pass-

ing move that saw Brazil plot a deliberateand careful course from one end of the eldto the other until the ball ended with Pele 25yards out. He rolled the ball away to his right,seemingly an error because he was passingto nobody. And then there was a blur of yel-low Carlos Alberto, the right-back, appearingfrom out of nowhere to club the ball into thenet. Perhaps the greatest team goal theresever been, certainly a moment representativeof football at its absolute pinnacle. Wevebeen searching for something to match it formore than 40 years.

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The Welsh side earned a 1-1 draw with

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ber, with their Spanish top scorer can-

celling out Patrice Evras opener, and

have claimed some major scalps under

astute manager Michael Laudrup.

After being asked by Inside United if

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surprise this term, the boss replied:

Swansea have been terric.

The boy Michu has been a revelation.

To sign him for just 2million and get

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I wouldnt say Swansea have been

the surprise package but theyve really

lifted their performances. They were

a newly-promoted side last year and

managed to survive in the top ight.

This season, theyve kicked on to an-

other level and become a good middle-

to-top side.

They also won the League Cup of

course and they play really good foot-

ball. Id say theyre the team of the

year with Michu a real bargain buy.

SIR ALEx ADMIRES SWANSEA

Manchester City are unconcerned

by the pressure being heaped on

them by Yaya Toures agent to come

up with a new deal by the weekend.

Dimitri Seluk is suggesting that talks

are not going well with the club.

If he signs a contract in the next three

or four days, OK. If not, we will not

wait any longer and will start negotia-

tions with different clubs, he said.

I do not feel he will stay at City. This

is not about money. He wants to leave

because of many reasons.

I do not feel he will stay at City. This

is not about money. He wants to leave

because of many reasons.

He is one of the best players at Man-

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HE VIEW FROM 101 With Tim Hall By some strange coincidence, before each one of these turf games,Thierry Henry has had the unfortunate luck of picking up a slight injury.

eing a fan of the New York Red Bulls isever easy even on a good day, for myri-d reasons discussed here and elsewhere.heres plenty to get annoyed or angry about,o much so that sometimes its easy to missertain things, such is the speed of infor-

mation whizzing by your head at times. Sowhile theres plenty to grouse and grumblever concerning RBNYs 0-1-2 record totart the 2013 campaign, we really do need toake pause and comment on one glaring issue

many people overlook.

hierry Henry, the great French superstar, isither beset by a string of poor luck and badreaks that dees all mathematical probabil-y, or he is a big fat liar liar pants on re

oopyhead. One or the other.

o explain: the next game on New Yorkschedule is away to Montreal. Because late

March is still early winter in Canada, Mon-eal plays its early season games at Olympictadium, which is a big, seventy thousandeat concrete edice better suited for that

ther kind of football. The reason Montrealmakes that switch is because Olympic Sta-

ium has a roof, and therefore a thermostat,nd they believe that these two things work-ng in perfect harmony should cut down on

he deaths by hypothermia by at least 10%.

or reasons that are incredibly scientic and

omplicated, due to the roof, grass wontrow on the eld in Olympic Stadium (con-ult your local grassologist for more informa-on). While it is possible to temporarily lay arass eld down, it is prohibitively expensive

nd almost always looks like it was done by,well, me. Hence, Montreal and the Olympic

tadium staff opt to play their league match-s on turf.

Nowadays there are many types of articial

urf out there AstroTurf, FieldTurf, Poly-urf, ChemGrass - and the technology hasome a long way since its invention some

fty years ago. But if anyone tells you thatunning on turf is practically the same asunning on grass, it is your right and youruty as an American to punch that personn the face. If youve never run on turf, theest way to explain it is that its like thatightmare where a Big Scary Man is chas-ng you, but all of a sudden youve forgottenow legs work. Turf is like green quicksand,

only it isnt, because aside from the feelingthat youre running through paste, theres acertain knee-shattering hardness as well. Itssomething of a wonder that a military some-where hasnt gured out a way to weaponize

the stuff.Which brings us back to Thierry Henry. Mr.Henry, being a man of a certain age, a certainlevel of stardom and a certain paycheck, doesnot like to run on turf. It can be argued, afterseeing him with hands on hips ninety secondsinto a preseason game, that he doesnt like to

run anywhere, at any time, for any reason,but that is a discussion well have to leavefor a different time.We, as fans, know this quirk about ThierryHenry. We can look up and down the sched-ule before the season starts, point to the teamsand the games where articial turf is in play

and say Right, no Henry there, no Henrythere down the line. And if someone Henry, his agent, his coaches, anyone - wouldjust come out and tell the truth, No Henrynext week, not comfortable playing him onthe turf the world would not implode. Intruth, wed probably all wonder why you feltthe need to waste everyones time with suchan announcement in the rst place.

But that doesnt happen. By some strangecoincidence, before each one of these turfgames, Thierry Henry has had the unfortu-nate luck of picking up a slight injury. Noth-ing too bad, mind you, shouldnt be out forvery long, but probably best if he sat thenext game out, wouldnt want to risk it. Andwe, as fans, have been fed this line so oftenthat weve been trained to wipe our browsand thank our lucky stars that this injury is

not only not too serious, but the game beingmissed is one that Henry probably wasnt go-ing to play in the rst place. Bullet dodged.

Its gotten so bad and so blatant that Henrydecided to switch it up once and instead gethimself red carded, rather blatantly, so as tobe suspended for a turf game.So when Thierry Henry went down in a heaptowards the end of New Yorks contest lastweek against DC, there were as many faceshoping it wasnt a season ender as there wererolling their eyes and crossing him off the

roster sheet. What a surprise, phantom injury,hes out for Montreal.Now, I suppose it is, in some way, possiblethat these dozen or so incidents are all coinci-dences, but youd need a high level matholo-gist (located in your phone book a bit aftergrassologist) to calculate the odds. So fornow, solely as a thought experiment, lets justassume these arent ukes and that Henry is

actually acting hurt.The question then is: why? If we all knowthis is the case and know that Henry wontplay those games and, if were not necessar-ily thrilled by it, we can at least understandthe rationale, why is Henry lying to us? Is he

trying not to hurt the feelings of young fansboth at home and abroad? Would kids be-come disenfranchised to get that peek behindthe curtain? Is Henry asking us to participatein the suspension of disbelief the same waywe do with kids who still believe in SantaClaus?An even more interesting question is: how?How does this always come about (assum-ing, again, Monsieur Henry is lying, which

he might not be)?Does Henry doit all by himself?Does a coachcome up to him toremind him of theschedule beforethe game or at thehalf?

Does an agent send him a text message Titi,Montreal next week, go down in the 88th,make it look legit?

That may seem harsh, but that is the sort ofwindow that lies can open up. One minuteyoure lying about an injury, and the nextRoy Miller is skying a free kick in the 93rdminute to help out some of the boys back inFrance. At some point, lies always become aslippery slope.Slippery Slope also being the name of thefourth generation turf coming soon to elds

everywhere.

UPCOMING EVENTS

Saturday March 23rd: New York Red

Bulls at Montreal Impact Yeah, so turf,no Henry, Montreal, we get it. Join the Em-pire Supporters Club at The Football Factoryat Legends, because we are gonna blow thedoors off that place with a massive watchparty! Kickoff is at 4:30, but get there early!


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Fourth time proved a charm for New

York Athletic Club who nally got the

better of New York Greek-American/

Atlas, 3-2 at the Met Oval last Sun-

day, after three successive defeats to

he defending champs this season.

Yannick Reyering [two] and Bayo Adan

cored for six-time CSL titlists NYAC, who

railed 2-1 at one point to the eight-time

champs and current titleholders in their East-

ern conference top-of-the-table encounter.

Stephan Barea and Tom Wharf hit back for

he table-topping Greeks [8-2-1, 25] who

ost a match on the playing eld for the rst

ime this campaign.

Great effort on the part of the boys, said

NYACs Barclay Mackinnon after they cut

he Greek lead to four points.

It was a great game between two very

trong sides, some of the soccer was the best

ve seen all season, observed Joe Ruesgen,

Atlass co-coach. We struggled with [the]

quad due to injuries and work commitments

but all credit to NYAC who played a good

game.

NYAC had previously come a cropper to the

Greeks in the league [1-0], the U.S. Amateur

National Cup [9-8 pens.] and the Manning

Cup [1-0], in that order in the fall.

SWEEP

The result at the Met Oval completed a

NYAC sweep on the day following their re-

erves 4-3 victory in the curtain raiser.

Mike Rueda opened the scoring for us with

a brilliant free kick from 25 yards out at 20

minutes. Two minutes later it was 2-0 from

a scrambled nish by Brian Kuritzky off a

corner, said reserve boss Bill Saporito.

Then we put it on cruise control, and

promptly coughed the ball up twice, sur-

endering two goals. We regrouped at half

time] and when Ryan Kneipper picked up

a deection in front of their net and scored

at 48 minutes we again thought we were in

control.

The Greeks tied it once again on a long

ooping shot that was something of a mishit,

according to my guys; but they all count. In

he 80th minute I brought a third striker onto

he pitch to go for the win and we nally

broke through with two minutes left, Juan

Lanza nishing off a three-man move from

about 10 yards out, Saporito added.

POLE-AXED

n the West, Pancyprian Freedoms demol-

shed Polonia 6-0 at McCarren Park on goals

by Taso Polydefkis [two], Peter Halkides,

ulio [two] and Jeff DiMatteo.

The Greek-Cypriots [6-4-1, 19], whove

blown hot and cold this season, moved to

within two points of joint leaders Lansd-

owne Bhoys and Central Park Rangers, al-

beit theyve played one game more than the

wo frontrunners.

Pancyprians second unit won 3-0.

KICKER STREAK

Joe Haycocks [23rd], Lucas Shanks [57th]

and Antoine Gobin [73rd] tallied for Man-

hattan Kickers who topped Tesoro Brooklyn

Knights 3-2 at Old Boys High School to re-

main undefeated [8-0-2, 26] atop the Divi-

sion Two log.

Kickers reserves also eked out a 2-1 result

over the Tesoro seconds, thanks to Shamie

and Earl Dennis. The victory, however, was

marred by the broken arm suffered by Cami-lo Lopez.

He was rushed to hospital and is on the mend,

according to manager Mike Fitzgerald.

COSTA TREY

Inspired by Brazilian Cassio Costas hat

trick, SC Ukrainians hammered FC Gwar-

dia 6-2 at McCarren Park to stay within ve

points of Kickers in second place.

Mike Glass, David Alkasim and Alagie Jan-

nah were also on target for Steve Kovalen-

kos men [6-1-3, 21].

Kovalenkos reserves blew a 2-0 lead in a

seesaw opener that ended 3-3, after skipper

Larry Crowell had leveled late. Lukasz Pra-

wozin [two] was the other Ukrainian marks-

man.

STAL STRUCK

Jacek Lawniczaks double off assists by Kes-

tutis Mykolaitis saw third place Stal Mielec

cruise past Flank United 2-0 at Bushwick

Inlet.

Stals second unit won by double that mar-

gin, Waldemar Pyryt [two], Robert Rybicki

and Jacek Korba dispatching their opponents4-0.

COP ROMP

Elsewhere in the second tier, NYPD ham-

mered FC Japan 4-1 on Randalls Island with

Greg Baum [two], Collin Wynter and George

Bedoya leading the rout.

The Cop reserves had goals from Reza Ar-

debili, Terrence Wilson and Jean Morand in

a 3-0 romp.

HEARTS ECLIPSED

In a Metro Two xture at Cantiague Park,

FC Bravehearts succumbed 6-3 to Hicksville

All Stars despite strikes by Fiddles Idoko

[two] and Guillermo Ortiz.

CELTIC DAY

Ian Woodcocks Manhattan Celtic celebrated

St. Patricks Day with a 4-1 thrashing of ri-

vals Barnstonworth Premier in a top-of-the-

table Over-30 Div. One affair on Randalls

Island.

I told the players that it was difcult enough

to play on St Patricks Day but a victory

would be the only thing that would make it

worth it, said Woodcock. They didnt let

us down!

Woodcock, a native of Bray in County Wick-

low, Ireland, might have been tempted to

dance a jig at the interval after Marc Zenons

superb rst half trick gave the Celts a seem-

ingly insurmountable lead. Simon Nee had

assists on all three goals.

On resumption, Barnstonworths NedgyNazon pulled one back from the spot on the

hour after Celtic had made a few changes.

However, any hopes of a comeback in an

evenly matched second half were dashed

when Phil James fed John ONeil for Celt-

ics fourth goal.

A solid performances across the board and a

good win. We played well, stood strong and

played some good football. It was a good

team performance, Woodcock summed up.

With the win, once-beaten Celtic [8-1, 24]

moved ve points clear of Premier atop the

Over-30 Div. One West standings.

GREY MASTERS

Unbeaten Over-30 Div. Two A leaders Cen-

tral Park Rangers Greys silenced Brooklyn

Gunners 5-2 at Red Hook to stay ve points

clear of sister club CPR Old Boys.

Ilija Zlater [two], Danny Azzo, Texas

Mike Waddell and Mark Cheese Chees-

man saw off Gunners as the Greys improved

to 8-0-2, 26.

On Randalls Island, Old

Boys Chris Williams, David

Sawyer and Jesse Phillips

scored in a 3-1 romp over

Troy Turkish United, whose

Almar replied.

LEGENDS PREVAIL

Red Hook also proved to be a happy hunt-

ing ground for CPR Legends, beneciaries

of a Steven Pritchard brace in a 3-1 defeat

of SC Gjoa.

Pritchards rst was set up by a Manohar

Venkataraman header. He buried a Dan

Ochoa cross for number.

Venkataraman got into the act as well, net-

ting a scorcher during a goalmouth scramble

for his fth goal of the campaign. Gjoa got a

goal back from the penalty spot.

EIGHT-COUNT

At Tibbets Brook Park, Roland Dembar

bagged half of the goals in Jersey City Ea-

gles 8-2 drubbing of Megas Alexandros in a

clash between the top two sides in Over-30Div. Two B.

Vuksan Djoljevic, Mario Kapxhiu and Mario

Gallo accounted for the other goals as Eagles

[9-01, 28] opened up a seven-point gap while

inicting a rst loss on Megas [6-1-3, 21].

DOUBLE DOUBLE

Also in Over-30 Div. Two action, Darran

Cronshaw struck twice in mid-table Nieuw

Amsterdams 2-2 tie with BW G Cosmos

whose Paz responded in kind on Randalls

Island.

CONGRATULATIONS

First Touchs Jason Joseph married Olivia

Polakov on October 12, 2002 -- belated

greetings!

by Jay Mwamba

In a game with the feel of

a local derby at Greenbelt

Recreation Center, Mr. Den-

nehys held off Metro One

[West] rivals and co-tenants

Korabi 5-3 after threatening

a rout.

Lance Pitterson [two], Gerry Smith,

Jonathan Johnny Imundo and Terrence

Ahoua had the West leaders up 5-1 mid-

way through the second half after Korabi

had taken an early lead. However, Den-

nehys let Korabi off the hook and conceded two late goals.

Said Dennehys Ronan Gardiner: Sharing the same eld, we

have grown to consider the game against Korabi as a derby

match. A good natured derby match. We have a lot of respect for

them and its usually a closely contested affair, although in truth,

Korabi have had the better of the games over the years.

GREENBELT DERBY


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weden v Republic of Ireland 15.45

orld Cup Euro Qual Group H

oldova v Montenegro 15.30

land v Ukraine 15.45

n Marino v England 16.00

orld Cup Euro Qual Group A

oatia v Serbia 13.00

acedonia v Belgium 15.45

otland v Wales 16.00

orld Cup Euro Qual Group B

ulgaria v Malta 12.00

ech Republic v Denmark 15.30

orld Cup Euro Qual Group E

ovenia v Iceland 13.00

rway v Albania 14.00

orld Cup Euro Qual Group Gechtenstein v Latvia 14.30

ovakia v Lithuania 15.10

snia v Greece 15.45

ternational Match

pan v Canada 12.00

21 Championship Group One

ales U21 v Moldova U21 14.00

Saturday 23rd March 2013

League 1

Shefeld United v Brentford 8.45

Bournemouth v Bury 11.00

Carlisle United v Yeovil Town 11.00

Colchester United v Milton Keynes Dons 11.00

Crawley Town v Crewe Alexandra 11.00

Hartlepool United v Walsall 11.00

Portsmouth v Coventry City 11.00

Preston v Leyton Orient 11.00

Scunthorpe U v Doncaster Rovers 11.00

Shrewsbury Town v Oldham Athletic 11.00

Swindon Town v Notts County 11.00

League 2

AFC Wimbledon v Morecambe 11.00

Barnet v Cheltenham Town 11.00

Bradford City v Bristol Rovers 11.00

Burton Albion v Wycombe W 11.00

Chestereld v Plymouth Argyle 11.00

Fleetwood Town v Dagenham & Red 11.00

Gillingham v Accrington Stanley 11.00

Northampton T v Oxford United 11.00

Port Vale v Aldershot Town 11.00

Rochdale v Southend United 11.00

Rotherham U v Exeter City 11.00

Torquay United v York City 11.00

World Cup Euro Qual Group E

Cyprus v Switzerland 12.30

Scottish First

Airdrie United v Raith Rovers 11.00

Dunfermline Ath v Dumbarton 11.00

Falkirk v Hamilton A 11.00

Morton v Cowdenbeath 11.00

Partick Thistle v Livingston 11.00

Scottish Second

Albion Rovers v Forfar Athletic 11.00Alloa Athletic v Queen Of The South 11.00

Arbroath v Stenhousemuir 11.00

Brechin City v Ayr United 11.00

East Fife v Stranraer 11.00

Scottish Third

Rangers v Stirling Albion 8.00

Annan Athletic v Queens Park 11.00

Berwick Rangers v Peterhead 11.00

East Stirlingshire v Montrose 11.00

Elgin City v Clyde 11.00

Blue Sq Premier

Southport v Kidderminster H 9.00

Barrow v Ebbseet United 11.00

Braintree Town v Alfreton Town 11.00

Dartford v Gateshead 11.00

Hereford United v Hyde 11.00

Lincoln City v AFC Telford United 11.00

Luton Town v Tamworth 11.00

Manseld Town v Macclese ld Town 11.00

Nuneaton v Woking 11.00

Stockport County v Newport County 11.00

Sunday 24th March 2013

League 1

Tranmere Rovers v Stevenage 12.00

Monday 25th March 2013

International Match

Canada v Belarus 11.00

Brazil v Russia 15.30

U-21 International

Rep Ireland U21 v Portugal U21 15.30

England U21 v Austria U21 15.45

U-21 Championship Group Three

Scotland U21 v Luxembourg U21 15.30

U-21 Championship Group Nine

Belgium U21 v Cyprus U21 15.00

Tuesday 26th March 2013

World Cup Euro Qual Group F

Azerbaijan v Portugal 13.00

Northern Ireland v Israel 15.45

World Cup Euro Qual Group I

France v Spain 16.00

World Cup Euro Qual Group D

Estonia v Andorra 13.00

Turkey v Hungary 14.30

Netherlands v Romania 15.30

World Cup Euro Qual Group C

Germany v Kazakhstan 15.45

Republic Ireland v Austria 15.45

World Cup Euro Qual Group H

Ukraine v Moldova 15.00

Poland v San Marino 15.45

Montenegro v England 16.00

World Cup Euro Qual Group A

Serbia v Scotland 15.30

Belgium v Macedonia 15.45

Wales v Croatia 15.45

World Cup Euro Qual Group B

Armenia v Czech Republic 12.00

Denmark v Bulgaria 15.15

Malta v Italy 15.45

International Match

Albania v Lithuania 11.00

Luxembourg v Finland 11.00

Slovakia v Sweden 15.15

Blue Sq Premier

Alfreton Town v Tamworth 15.45

Barrow v Macclese ld Town 15.45

Braintree Town v Lincoln City 15.45

Gateshead v Grimsby Town 15.45

Hereford United v Dartford 15.45

Hyde v Cambridge United 15.45

Kidderminster H v Woking 15.45

Luton Town v Ebbseet United 15.45

Manseld Town v Nuneaton 15.45

Southport v Newport County 15.45

U-21 Championship Group Two

Andorra U21 v Russia U21 11.00

U-21 Championship G roup Ten

Belarus U21 v Iceland U21 9.00

Wednesday 27th March 2013

Scottish First

Dumbarton v Raith Rovers 15.30

Dunfermline Ath v Falkirk 15.45

Scottish Second

Brechin City v Queen Of The South 15.45

WENGER BLASTED BY GOALKEEPERS FATHER

Wojciech Szczesnys father hasiticized Arsenal manager Arsene

Wenger for what he feels is a scape-oating of his son.

he young goalkeeper was left out of the Gun-

rs side for the Champions League clash

ainst Bayern Munich last week and Satur-

ys win over Swansea, with Wenger claiming

e 22-year-old had been mentally affected

the number of games he has played.

ut Maciej Szczesny - a professional who won

ven caps for Poland - told a Polish newspa-

r that he feels Wenger has handled the situ-

on poorly.

Wenger already started to look for the scape-

at, said Szczesny. It is not the way the boss

ould behave.

Wojciech has had two serious injuries. He

ayed with one in April and May [last year].

e shouldnt have agreed to play that time, bute coach insisted.

Wojciech did not train the whole week and

en a warm up on Friday and played the match

Saturday. He was naturally more suscepti-

e to minor injuries and his form was going

wn.

Wenger was playing with the young

mans good health and Wojciech

agreed foolishly. In my opinion Mr

Wenger messed up a lot in April andMay. I dont blame the young man

who went along with his coach, his

current lack of form is a result of those

two months.

Then in August there was a foot [an-

kle] injury after which he played al-

most instantly. After seven weeks out

Wojciech trained for just seven days

and played the match. How on earth can he be

on his highest form?

Wenger has insisted Szczesny is still part of his

long-term plans, and Szczesny Snr is condent

his son will soon establish himself as the north

London clubs number one again.

This last period has not been successful for

Wojciech, the fact that Arsene Wenger did not

take him to Munich shows something, Maciej

Szczesny added.

However, I think my son can be the number

one [Arsenal] keeper over 10 years, he just

needs to come back to form and then a situ-

ation where we can stop to wonder who will

stand between the posts.

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Team P W D L F A P W D L F A PTSGDManchester United 15 14 0 1 39 15 14 10 2 2 30 16 74 38Manchester City 14 10 3 1 31 11 15 7 5 3 20 15 59 25Chelsea 15 9 4 2 33 12 14 7 3 4 25 18 55 28Tottenham Hotspur 15 8 4 3 22 15 15 8 2 5 29 22 54 14Arsenal 14 8 3 3 35 19 15 6 5 4 20 13 50 23Everton 15 8 6 1 27 17 14 4 6 4 19 18 48 11Liverpool 15 8 3 4 30 14 15 4 6 5 27 25 45 18WBA 15 9 2 4 23 14 15 4 3 8 17 24 44 2Swansea City 15 6 6 3 27 21 15 4 4 7 13 17 40 2

0 Fulham 14 6 3 5 22 17 15 3 6 6 18 27 36 -41 Stoke City 15 6 7 2 18 15 15 1 6 8 9 20 34 -8

2 Norwich City 15 6 6 3 16 15 15 1 7 7 12 31 34 -183 Newcastle United 15 8 1 6 23 21 15 1 5 9 18 31 33 -114 West Ham United 14 6 4 4 23 17 15 3 2 10 9 26 33 -115 Sunderland 15 4 6 5 17 16 15 3 4 8 16 26 31 -96 Southampton 15 5 5 5 22 18 15 2 5 8 20 34 31 -107 Aston Villa 15 4 4 7 14 22 15 3 5 7 17 34 30 -258 Wigan Athletic 15 3 4 8 19 32 14 4 2 8 16 24 27 -219 Reading 15 4 6 5 23 29 15 1 2 12 12 28 23 -220 QPR 15 2 7 6 11 22 15 2 4 9 15 26 23 -22

nglish Premiership

Team P W D L F A P W D L F A PTSGDCardiff City 18 13 3 2 29 13 19 10 3 6 31 25 75 22Hull City 19 12 2 5 32 19 19 9 3 7 23 26 68 10Watford 19 10 3 6 33 22 19 10 3 6 39 26 66 24Crystal Palace 19 12 6 1 47 23 19 6 5 8 20 26 65 18Nottingham Forest 19 10 5 4 32 22 19 6 7 6 24 26 60 8Leicester City 19 12 3 4 40 16 19 5 5 9 19 18 59 25Brighton and HA 19 9 7 3 30 15 19 6 7 6 24 23 59 16Bolton Wanderers 19 11 5 3 30 17 19 3 7 9 25 33 54 5Middlesbrough 19 12 1 6 35 23 19 5 2 12 20 35 54 -3

0 Leeds United 19 11 3 5 25 21 19 3 7 9 24 33 52 -51 Burnley 19 7 6 6 24 19 19 6 4 9 26 32 49 -12 Birmingham City 19 6 7 6 24 29 19 6 6 7 26 30 49 -93 Derby County 19 9 7 3 36 20 19 3 5 11 18 34 48 04 Millwall 17 7 2 8 21 25 19 6 6 7 25 27 47 -6

5 Charlton Athletic 19 4 6 9 21 29 19 8 5 6 25 23 47 -66 Hudderseld Town 19 6 8 5 21 21 19 6 3 10 19 43 47 -24

7 Blackpool 19 5 8 6 28 23 19 6 5 8 25 29 46 18 Blackburn Rovers 19 8 4 7 22 21 18 3 9 6 23 27 46 -39 Ipswich Town 19 7 5 7 24 24 19 5 5 9 12 31 46 -190 Barnsley 19 7 4 8 21 24 18 5 4 9 26 34 44 -11

1 Shefeld Wed 19 6 3 10 22 31 18 6 4 8 19 21 43 -112 Peterborough U 19 5 4 10 28 36 19 7 2 10 27 28 42 -93 Wolves 19 5 7 7 24 28 19 6 2 11 21 26 42 -94 Bristol City 19 8 3 8 37 37 19 3 3 13 17 30 39 -13

nglish Championship

Team P W D L F A P W D L F A PTSGD

Celtic 16 12 2 2 41 13 15 8 3 4 33 16 65 45Motherwell 16 7 5 4 28 21 15 7 3 5 23 20 50 10Inverness CT 16 6 7 3 30 22 15 5 7 3 26 26 47 8Ross County 15 6 7 2 19 13 16 5 5 6 21 25 45 2St Johnstone 15 7 5 3 19 14 16 4 6 6 19 23 44 1Hibernian 15 6 5 4 21 17 16 4 5 7 18 25 40 -3Dundee United 15 3 9 3 28 25 16 6 4 6 18 26 40 -5Kilmarnock 14 5 3 6 21 19 16 4 8 4 23 21 38 4Aberdeen 16 4 8 4 14 14 15 5 3 7 22 26 38 -4

0 Hearts 16 7 3 6 19 21 15 1 7 7 11 20 34 -111 St Mirren 16 6 4 6 23 28 14 2 5 7 13 19 33 -112 Dundee 15 3 3 9 13 27 16 1 5 10 7 29 20 -36

cottish Premier

Team P W D L F A P W D L F A PTSGDMorton 14 9 2 3 24 14 14 8 5 1 36 19 58 27Partick Thistle 14 13 0 1 41 9 12 4 5 3 16 13 56 35Livingston 12 6 3 3 26 16 14 6 4 4 19 20 43 9Dunfermline Ath 13 5 2 6 20 18 15 7 3 5 29 25 41 6Falkirk 13 5 4 4 19 17 14 5 3 6 19 22 37 -1Raith Rovers 14 5 6 3 21 19 12 2 4 6 13 17 31 -2Cowdenbeath 14 4 7 3 25 24 13 2 4 7 15 21 29 -5Hamilton Ac 13 4 4 5 14 16 13 3 4 6 16 20 29 -6Dumbarton 13 2 2 9 17 32 13 5 1 7 18 33 24 -30

0 Airdrie United 14 1 5 8 17 33 14 3 2 9 17 34 19 -33

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1 Doncaster Rovers 19 8 5 6 24 20 19 12 4 3 30 17 69 172 Brentford 20 12 6 2 32 18 18 6 7 5 19 19 67 143 Swindon Town 19 8 7 4 36 13 19 10 5 4 27 16 66 344 Shefeld United 18 7 8 3 27 17 19 10 6 3 23 16 65 175 Bournemouth 19 9 6 4 32 18 20 9 4 7 29 32 64 116 Tranmere Rovers 19 9 5 5 28 18 20 9 4 7 27 24 63 137 Yeovil Town 20 11 3 6 33 21 18 8 3 7 26 26 63 128 Coventry City 20 6 6 8 27 25 19 11 3 5 35 22 60 159 Walsall 20 9 6 5 32 27 19 7 6 6 26 26 60 510 Leyton Orient 20 11 2 7 26 19 19 7 4 8 21 24 60 411 Notts County 20 8 5 7 26 21 19 6 10 3 26 18 57 13

12 MK Dons 19 10 4 5 31 20 19 4 8 7 21 22 54 1013 Crewe Alexandra 18 9 3 6 21 18 19 6 6 7 25 31 54 -314 Crawley Town 18 6 7 5 26 24 19 8 4 7 22 26 53 -215 Stevenage 20 6 5 9 25 30 19 8 2 9 19 23 49 -916 Preston North End 18 5 7 6 24 21 19 6 6 7 22 24 46 117 Carlisle United 19 7 4 8 26 35 19 5 5 9 19 30 45 -2018 Shrewsbury Town 19 6 7 6 22 22 20 4 7 9 22 29 44 -719 Colchester United 19 7 3 9 23 27 20 5 4 11 18 33 43 -1920 Oldham Athletic 19 6 3 10 20 22 18 5 3 10 18 28 39 -1221 Scunthorpe United 19 5 5 9 23 32 19 5 3 11 16 29 38 -2222 Bury 19 4 5 10 17 27 19 3 7 9 19 31 33 -2223 Hartlepool United 19 4 6 9 16 24 20 3 5 12 17 37 32 -2824 Portsmouth 19 4 4 11 21 27 20 3 6 11 19 35 31 -22

English League One


1 Gillingham 19 9 4 6 32 19 20 11 8 1 25 12 72 262 Port Vale 19 8 5 6 37 20 20 11 5 4 32 21 67 283 Burton Albion 19 14 3 2 43 20 20 5 6 9 18 31 66 104 Cheltenham Town 20 12 6 2 32 16 19 5 7 7 21 30 64 75 Exeter City 20 7 6 7 28 22 19 11 3 5 31 25 63 126 Northampton T 19 14 2 3 37 14 19 4 6 9 21 35 62 97 Rotherham United 19 10 1 8 35 27 19 8 6 5 26 27 61 78 Southend United 20 6 6 8 23 23 19 9 4 6 30 22 55 89 Fleetwood Town 19 6 8 5 22 23 20 8 5 7 25 20 55 4

10 Oxford United 20 8 5 7 25 25 19 8 2 9 25 30 55 -511 Bradford City 18 9 4 5 26 16 20 5 8 7 24 28 54 612 Chestereld 19 8 6 5 30 18 20 6 5 9 15 20 53 713 Morecambe 20 7 9 4 26 23 19 6 3 10 25 29 51 -114 Bristol Rovers 20 10 3 7 31 27 19 4 6 9 20 32 51 -815 Wycombe W 19 7 5 7 24 21 19 7 2 10 21 33 49 -916 Dagenham & R 20 7 6 7 26 22 19 5 5 9 25 31 47 -217 Rochdale 19 6 6 7 25 22 20 6 5 9 30 39 47 -618 AFC Wimbledon 19 4 7 8 22 30 20 8 2 10 24 38 45 -2219 Torquay United 19 7 5 7 29 31 20 3 8 9 15 20 43 -720 Plymouth Argyle 20 6 7 7 22 23 19 4 6 9 19 26 43 -821 Barnet 19 7 7 5 27 21 20 4 3 13 16 31 43 -922 Accrington Stanley 20 6 6 8 23 28 19 5 4 10 20 32 43 -1723 York City 20 4 7 9 20 29 19 4 10 5 21 27 41 -1524 Aldershot Town 20 5 4 11 18 26 19 4 9 6 17 24 40 -15

English League Two

Team P W D L F A P W D L F A PTSGD1 Kidderminster H 19 12 3 4 38 19 20 10 5 5 26 15 74 302 Manseld Town 19 13 3 3 44 16 18 10 2 6 30 30 74 283 Wrexham 18 9 7 2 40 20 20 11 5 4 29 16 72 334 Newport County 19 10 4 5 36 26 16 10 2 4 36 26 66 205 Grimsby Town 20 12 3 5 37 17 17 6 7 4 18 14 64 246 Forest Green R 19 8 5 6 31 19 20 9 5 6 26 21 61 177 Maccleseld Town 19 9 5 5 25 22 18 7 5 6 30 29 58 48 Luton Town 17 8 4 5 34 21 20 7 5 8 21 28 54 69 Hereford United 18 7 5 6 28 26 19 7 6 6 29 29 53 210 Cambridge United 20 8 5 7 29 27 19 6 6 7 33 34 53 111 Woking 19 11 2 6 39 28 19 5 3 11 22 39 53 -612 Dartford 18 10 3 5 33 22 18 4 4 10 20 34 49 -313 Braintree Town 17 6 4 7 22 29 17 8 2 7 26 27 48 -814 Alfreton Town 18 6 5 7 30 33 20 6 7 7 25 31 48 -915 Tamworth 20 7 4 9 21 24 18 6 4 8 26 31 47 -816 Southport 19 7 4 8 30 34 19 5 6 8 32 37 46 -917 Gateshead 16 7 5 4 24 15 20 4 6 10 22 31 44 018 Hyde 18 6 5 7 28 23 20 6 1 13 24 39 42 -1019 Nuneaton 20 7 8 5 25 22 17 3 4 10 17 34 42 -1420 Stockport County 20 7 2 11 32 36 19 4 7 8 18 29 42 -1521 Lincoln City 20 7 4 9 29 33 18 3 6 9 22 30 40 -1222 Barrow 18 4 5 9 17 28 20 6 5 9 24 42 40 -2923 Ebbseet United 19 5 9 5 28 30 18 3 3 12 22 43 36 -2324 Telford United 20 2 9 9 22 33 20 3 7 10 25 33 31 -19

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FIRST TOUCH MUSICThe Mick Balds Live4ever Music Page

ATOMS FOR PEACE UNVEIL US TOURDATES FOR LATER THIS YEAR

Atoms For Peace have an-nounced a number of US tour

dates for later this year to go

with a spate of previously con-

rmed European shows.

The Stateside gigs will be held in Phila-

delphia, New York City, Fairfax, Chicago,

Los Angeles and Santa Barbara in Sep-

tember and October, ahead of a visit to

Japan in November.

Meanwhile, a three-date residency at the

London Roundhouse is booked for July

24th, 25th and 26th.

SEPTEMBER

Philadelphia, PA @ Liacouras Center

(24)

New York City, NY @ Barclays Center

(27) Fairfax, VA @ Patriot Center (30)

OCTOBER

Chicago, IL @ UIC Pavilion (2) Los An-

geles, CA @ Hollywood Bowl (16) Santa

Barbara, CA @ Santa Barbara Bowl (17)

Music, Beer & Football.

The very stuff of life itself

John Peel

Foals, Kraftwerk and Bloc Partyhave been unveiled as the headliners

for this years Latitude Festival.

Latitude is always exciting, because they

offer a very tasteful selection of acts, Yan-

nis Philippakis of Foals has said.

For our band, its an honour to head-

ine alongside someone of the calibre of

Kraftwerk they can do whatever they like.

Theyre unique, and you know theyre go-

ng to put on an incredible show. Bloc Party

will be fantastic headliners, too.

Organiser Melvin Bennmade the announcements onBBC 6Music yesterday, andhas spoken of his obses-sion with one of the threebill-topppers.

Im obsessed with Foals, Idont think theres a recordout thatsI just cant stopplaying it, its so good, hesaid of Foals new albumHoly Fire.

At Latitude, weve always given bandsthe opportunity to make that rst headline

performance, and for Foals, theyre ready to

step up and I cant wait for it.

Latitude will take place over the weekend of

July 19th-21st at Henham Park in Suffolk.

Bloc Party head the line-up on Friday, with

Kraftwerk following on Saturday evening

and Foals closing on the Sunday.

Other acts conrmed for the event include

Modest Mouse, Alt-J, Beach House, The

Maccabees and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

LATITUDE 2013 HEADLINED BYBLOC PARTY, KRAFTWERK , FOALS

BLONDIE ANNOUNCE LARGE UK TOUR

The Strokes are

streaming their newalbum ComedownMachine in its en-tirety at this linkahead of the March25th release.

The tracks One Way Trig-

ger and All The Time have

already been made public

as The Strokes prepare to

swiftly follow-up the 2011

LP Angles.

Reecting on the recording

sessions for their impendingfth studio effort, Strokes

bass player Nikolai Fraiture

recently revealed that the

New York group had enjoyed

a far more relaxed atmo-

sphere this time round, one

which reminded him of the

good old days.

We recorded ten or eleven

songs and there is other stuff

oating around, he told

BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe

earlier this month. We

hashed it out all together like

the good old days. Its a leg-

endary studio and it is not far

away from us all, apart from

Nick who lives in Los Ange-

les but he made the trip out

to record.

STROKES PREVIEW NEW ALBUM ONLINE

Blondie will

embark on a

lengthy tour of

the UK later this

year.

Singer Debbie Harry

has said, England

will always have a

special place in ourhearts were all

so excited about the

forthcoming tour of

the UK, as the band

prepare to kick-off

the near-month long

tour on June 14th at the

Sherwood Pines Forest Park

in Nottingham.

The dates include an appear-ance at the Isle Of Wightfestival on June 16th, andhave a sole Irish date atthe Dublin Olympia sand-wiched into the itinerary onJune 25th.

Two London shows at the

Roundhouse and Kew Gar-

dens round things off on

July 7th and 9th.

Ahead of its re-lease on April

1st, The Flam-ing Lips haveposted a liveversion of theirnew albumThe Terror inits entirety af-ter it was per-formed at therecent South BySouthwest festival in Texas.

The performance took place on March15th, and has been uploaded to Sound-cloud where it can be streamed fromlive4ever.uk.com The Terror was re-

corded at New Yorks Tarbox Studios,and has been produced by both the band

and Dave Frid-mann. Front-

man WayneCoyne recentlydescribed theLP thus:

Why wouldwe make thismusic that isThe Terror

this bleak,disturbing record? I dont really wantto know the answer that I think is com-ing: that we were hopeless, we were dis-turbed and, I think, accepting that somethings are hopeless. Or letting hope inone area die so that hope can start to live

in another? Maybe this is the beginningof the answer.

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