<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582</id><updated>2011-12-14T19:07:47.318-08:00</updated><title type='text'>The Premiership</title><subtitle type='html'>Discussion and lastest news from the world's greatest soccer league</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>422</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112602600444312449</id><published>2005-09-06T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T10:00:08.370-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Everton ready for Carsley boost  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/e/everton/4219636.stm" id="r-9_1100966800" target="_blank"&gt;Everton ready for Carsley boost&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC Sport, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Moyes added: "Obviously his goal against Liverpool turned him into a cult hero, but he is someone who, when we play him, will do the best he can.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=2282" id="r-16_1100961578" target="_blank"&gt;Newcastle United: Is Owen making the same mistake Shearer did?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Squarefootball, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The same applies to Michael Owen. The former Liverpool hitman will not bring Premiership success to St James  Park, any more than Davids will to Tottenham.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112602600444312449?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112602600444312449/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112602600444312449' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112602600444312449'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112602600444312449'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/everton-ready-for-carsley-boost.html' title='Everton ready for Carsley boost  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112601160271334321</id><published>2005-09-06T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T06:00:02.833-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Football Europe: Rivals face new-season Blues  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=90852&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;Football Europe: Rivals face new-season Blues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 13, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Manchester United FC have managed it four times since the Premiership began but three attempts by Arsenal FC have ended in failure.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arsenal-mania.com/arsenal/page/articles/title/Liverpool_fan_missing_in_Crete/article/506344/" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool fan missing in Crete&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Arsenal-Mania, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON (ARSENAL-MANIA) - A Liverpool fan on holiday in Crete has been reported missing   on the forums, but only on things related to his beloved Liverpool FC.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=95249&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-7_1100911010" target="_blank"&gt;FIFA WORLD CUP: Swedish strikes sink Bulgaria&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  On the hour Henrik Larsson found Ljungberg inside the box, and with a delicate twist the Arsenal FC midfield player was through on Ivankov and gave Sweden a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=334105.html" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;Club coaches raise important issues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Felix Magath (FC Bayern M nchen), Roberto Mancini (FC Internazionale Milano), Jos  Mourinho (Chelsea FC), Ars ne Wenger (Arsenal FC), Valeri Gazzaev (PFC   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112601160271334321?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112601160271334321/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112601160271334321' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112601160271334321'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112601160271334321'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/football-europe-rivals-face-new-season.html' title='Football Europe: Rivals face new-season Blues  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112599720357585899</id><published>2005-09-05T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-06T02:00:03.946-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jobs are cut at Manchester United  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/4199654.stm" id="r-5_0" target="_blank"&gt;Jobs are cut at Manchester United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 30, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Tuesday. The losses amount to 5% of the club's workforce but United denies they are due to Malcolm Glazer's  790m takeover. Chief   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/sports/soccer/story.html?id=23cce41b-1eb7-42e8-9582-324e8b6b8250" id="r-6_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United fans blame layoffs on new owner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canada.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United fans are blaming Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the club for 25 Old Trafford redundancies.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112599720357585899?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112599720357585899/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112599720357585899' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112599720357585899'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112599720357585899'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/jobs-are-cut-at-manchester-united.html' title='Jobs are cut at Manchester United  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112598280289505250</id><published>2005-09-05T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T22:00:03.066-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eels secure minor premiership, lose Hindmarsh  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1452372.htm" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;Eels secure minor premiership, lose Hindmarsh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ABC Online, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Parramatta Eels have wrapped up the National Rugby League minor premiership with a 28-14 home victory over the Brisbane Broncos, but the season may be over   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportsaustralia.com/articles/sep05/artid3693.html" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;Eels secure Minor Premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;SportsAustralia.com, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Parramatta Eels have continued their excellent form to dispose of the Brisbane Broncos and win their first minor premiership since 2001 with a 28-14 win at   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/sunderlandafc/news/tm_objectid=15930536&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=50081&amp;amp;headline=arca--premiership-now-much-better-name_page.html" id="r-8_1100901762" target="_blank"&gt;Arca: Premiership now much better&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ic Newcastle.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Which, the Argentinean argues, means the quality of player in the Premiership is currently higher than ever before. "I think the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newsletter.co.uk/story/22420" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Rugby - Mallon To Make Premiership Debut With Northampton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News Letter, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Ulster centre, Seamus Mallon has received a huge boost after being given a starting place in Northampton Saints opening Guinness Premiership match against   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112598280289505250?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112598280289505250/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112598280289505250' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112598280289505250'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112598280289505250'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/eels-secure-minor-premiership-lose.html' title='Eels secure minor premiership, lose Hindmarsh  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112596839927874735</id><published>2005-09-05T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T17:59:59.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Rangers home in on Jeffers  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=333298.html" id="r-5_0" target="_blank"&gt;Rangers home in on Jeffers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The 24-year-old, capped once for England, has struggled to regain the form that once convinced Arsenal FC to spend  11.7m to bring him from Everton FC in 2001   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/620443.html" id="r-20_0" target="_blank"&gt;Are you game for monopoly?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ha'aretz (subscription), Israel -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the game has generated over the years. There is Disney Monopoly, Lord of the Rings Monopoly, Arsenal FC Monopoly and many more.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=36415" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;Big spenders fuel glory chase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Dansk Boldspil-Union, Denmark -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Arsenal FC also secured a goalkeeper, Estonian Mart Poom, but their major investment was the ?15m for VfB Stuttgart's Aliaksandr Hleb.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112596839927874735?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112596839927874735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112596839927874735' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112596839927874735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112596839927874735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/rangers-home-in-on-jeffers.html' title='Rangers home in on Jeffers  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112595400012946446</id><published>2005-09-05T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T14:00:00.306-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sharks ready to launch fresh attack on Premiership title  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.examiner.ie/pport/web/sport/Full_Story/did-sgi9do8ldf-KosglO-LCk0lQvU.asp" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;Sharks ready to launch fresh attack on Premiership title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;IrishExaminer.com, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  fly-halves on tour, Hodgson was the only one to return in credit, and the 24-year-old hopes to carry his form into the new Guinness Premiership season with the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://icnewcastle.icnetwork.co.uk/sunderlandafc/news/tm_objectid=15930534&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=50081&amp;amp;headline=premiership-boss-in--sympathy-for-referees--shock-name_page.html" id="r-7_1100923203" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership boss in "sympathy for referees" shock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ic Newcastle.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  And he argues the glut of red cards which have so far been such a feature of this season's Premiership was almost inevitable, after referees and their   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1452372.htm" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;Eels secure minor premiership, lose Hindmarsh&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ABC Online, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Parramatta Eels have wrapped up the National Rugby League minor premiership with a 28-14 home victory over the Brisbane Broncos, but the season may be over   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theage.com.au/realfooty/news/rohan-connolly/saints-poised-for-premiership/2005/09/04/1125772410676.html" id="r-6_1100848224" target="_blank"&gt;Saints poised for premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Age (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 4, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Not since its one and only famous VFL premiership in 1966 has St Kilda been better placed to win its second, including 1997, when it went into a grand final   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://the.standard.net.au/articles/2005/09/05/1125772437848.html" id="r-5_0" target="_blank"&gt;Old Collegians claim premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Warrnambool Standard, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Warriors playing coach Julie Roberts said the elation of every premiership flag hadn't diminished over their decade-long domination.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112595400012946446?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112595400012946446/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112595400012946446' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112595400012946446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112595400012946446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/sharks-ready-to-launch-fresh-attack-on.html' title='Sharks ready to launch fresh attack on Premiership title  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112593960421375260</id><published>2005-09-05T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T10:00:07.010-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United blanks Newcastle  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&amp;amp;page=soc-eng/news/cdn3976361.htm" id="r-6_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United blanks Newcastle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sports Network -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tyne, England (Sports Network) - Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy each scored to lead Manchester United over Newcastle, 2-0, in the English Premier League   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/international/wales/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/09/05/SOCCER_Wales_Under-21_Nightlead.html&amp;amp;TEAMHD=wales" id="r-19_1100949183" target="_blank"&gt;CALLISTE BACK AFTER UP AND DOWN SUMMER&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The one-time Cardiff schoolboy star was dumped by Manchester United at the end of last season, almost joined Colchester and then Tranmere before he ended up   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/09/05/sfnwal05.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/sport/2005/09/05/ixfooty.html" id="r-14_1100833973" target="_blank"&gt;Eriksson's plan must revolve around Rooney&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  turns flippant. According to the Swede, Manchester United's boy wonder even shines in goal and centre-half at training. The Swede   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/sports/soccer/story.html?id=23cce41b-1eb7-42e8-9582-324e8b6b8250" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United fans blame layoffs on new owner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canada.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United fans are blaming Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the club for 25 Old Trafford redundancies.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.onesunderland.com/news/index.php?option=com_content&amp;amp;task=view&amp;amp;id=798&amp;amp;Itemid=58" id="r-1_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United Reserves 1 Sunderland Reserves 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OneSunderland.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Christian Bassila's Sunderland career got off to a quick start, as his third minute goal on his debut helped us win at Manchester United on Thursday night.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112593960421375260?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112593960421375260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112593960421375260' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112593960421375260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112593960421375260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/manchester-united-blanks-newcastle_05.html' title='Manchester United blanks Newcastle  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112592520451636522</id><published>2005-09-05T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T06:00:05.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Thousands line Mersey to salute the Clipper sailors  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://iccheshireonline.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/tm_objectid=15932278&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=50061&amp;amp;headline=thousands-line-mersey-to-salute-the-clipper-sailors-name_page.html" id="r-11_1100941611" target="_blank"&gt;Thousands line Mersey to salute the Clipper sailors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ic CheshireOnline, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;THOUSANDS of well-wishers gathered at Liverpool Docks yesterday to welcome the fleet of Clipper yachts competing in this year's round-the-world race.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s342/st80801.htm" id="r-1_0" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool star doubtful for qualifier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BAR-Talk.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool striker Djibril Ciss  is a major doubt for France ahead of their must win game against the Irish at Lansdowne Road on Wednesday.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112592520451636522?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112592520451636522/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112592520451636522' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112592520451636522'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112592520451636522'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/thousands-line-mersey-to-salute.html' title='Thousands line Mersey to salute the Clipper sailors  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112591080383543219</id><published>2005-09-04T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-05T02:00:05.083-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United blanks Newcastle  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&amp;amp;page=soc-eng/news/cdn3976361.htm" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United blanks Newcastle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sports Network -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tyne, England (Sports Network) - Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy each scored to lead Manchester United over Newcastle, 2-0, in the English Premier League   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112591080383543219?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112591080383543219/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112591080383543219' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112591080383543219'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112591080383543219'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/manchester-united-blanks-newcastle.html' title='Manchester United blanks Newcastle  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112589640140633794</id><published>2005-09-04T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T22:00:03.583-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-19-voa79.cfm" id="r-18_0" target="_blank"&gt;Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Voice of America -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ghana football (soccer) midfielder Michael Essien has become the English football club Chelsea's most expensive signing, after passing his medical exam Friday.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/4213024.stm" id="r-2_1100872175" target="_blank"&gt;Blatter wants limit on foreigners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC Sport, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "This would unquestionably strengthen English football, but I have serious doubts as to whether this would work," Gold told BBC Radio Five Live.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112589640140633794?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112589640140633794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112589640140633794' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112589640140633794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112589640140633794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/football-ghanian-midfielder-essien_04.html' title='Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112588199914907116</id><published>2005-09-04T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T17:59:59.456-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arsenal make room for Poom  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=332933.html" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal make room for Poom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;UEFA.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Arsenal FC have signed Estonia goalkeeper Mart Poom from Sunderland AFC while allowing defender Justin Hoyte to move in the opposite direction.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112588199914907116?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112588199914907116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112588199914907116' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112588199914907116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112588199914907116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/arsenal-make-room-for-poom.html' title='Arsenal make room for Poom  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112586760005639443</id><published>2005-09-04T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T14:00:00.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Terry out of internationals  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=94376&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-5_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Terry out of internationals&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  a knee injury. Terry sustained the injury during Chelsea s win at Tottenham on Saturday after an aerial challenge. The damage   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=95138&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-1_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Toonami kicks off with Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 3, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  programmes in addition to giving Toonami the opportunity for promos on the big screen, training sessions and exposure in all Chelsea FC programmes and magazines   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112586760005639443?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112586760005639443/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112586760005639443' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112586760005639443'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112586760005639443'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/chelsea-fc-terry-out-of-internationals.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Terry out of internationals  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112585320172628831</id><published>2005-09-04T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T10:00:01.876-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Reaction: Jos  - "We didn t attack much but I didn  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93542&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-4_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Reaction: Jos  - "We didn t attack much but I didn  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ After an ultimately comfortable 2-0 win Jos  Mourinho was most happy with the almost total command Chelsea enjoyed.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=95069&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-17_1100854092" target="_blank"&gt;FIFA WORLD CUP: Mutu ready to pay his dues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 3, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  His contract at Chelsea FC having been cancelled once he failed a drugs test, Mutu has found stability since joining Juventus FC.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93408&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Jos  warns of tough games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  It is the debut for Betis but they are very strong, one of the best teams in Spain, so this becomes a dangerous group for Chelsea. .   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112585320172628831?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112585320172628831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112585320172628831' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112585320172628831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112585320172628831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/chelsea-fc-reaction-jos-we-didn-t.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Reaction: Jos  - &amp;quot;We didn t attack much but I didn  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112583880227142925</id><published>2005-09-04T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T06:00:02.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Holly reflects on 31 not out against Spurs  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93796&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Holly reflects on 31 not out against Spurs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chelsea TV is reviewing the win at Tottenham  Live From Stamford Bridge  at 7pm tonight, Monday, with special guest John Hollins.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93407&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Champions League dates confirmed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ The dates of Chelsea's Champions League group games have been set with Anderlecht at home the   Chelsea won 2-1 away in Seville, 3-1 at home.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=95139&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: 100th anniversary of our first game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 3, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ One hundred years ago today, September 2nd, Chelsea played our first ever game. We lost 1-0 to Stockport. It was in the old Division Two.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112583880227142925?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112583880227142925/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112583880227142925' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112583880227142925'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112583880227142925'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/chelsea-fc-holly-reflects-on-31-not.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Holly reflects on 31 not out against Spurs  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112582440570966866</id><published>2005-09-03T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-04T02:00:07.923-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United - Ghanian move ruled out  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clubcall.com/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,5034-143502-19728-27811-193791-11136-5024-layout104-160718-news-item,00.html" id="r-5_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United - Ghanian move ruled out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Clubcall, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Italian outfit Udinese have blasted rumours suggesting midfielder Sulley Muntari could be heading to United in a deadline day swoop.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2093-1764385,00.html" id="r-6_1100896221" target="_blank"&gt;Man in the middle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Sunday Times, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;For a club that is supposedly loathed, Manchester United used to receive a lot of charity from the rest of the Premiership. Sir   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/08/28/sports/s110120D36.DTL" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United Beats Newcastle 2-0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;San Francisco Chronicle, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Manchester United won its third straight English Premier League game Sunday, with Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring in the second half of a 2-0   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Sports_News&amp;amp;subsection=Football&amp;amp;month=August2005&amp;amp;file=Sports_News2005082921752.xml" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Defeat to Manchester United leaves Newcastle reeling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Peninsula On-line, Qatar -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Manchester United made it three wins out of three in the Premier League after Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy gave them a 2-0 win at St James   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112582440570966866?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112582440570966866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112582440570966866' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112582440570966866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112582440570966866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/manchester-united-ghanian-move-ruled.html' title='Manchester United - Ghanian move ruled out  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112581000107427854</id><published>2005-09-03T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T22:00:03.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Doggone it! Pickles gets film stardom  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bromleyexpress.co.uk/content/bromley/express/news/story.aspx?brand=BMLYEOnline&amp;amp;category=news&amp;amp;tBrand=northlondon24&amp;amp;tCategory=newsbmlye&amp;amp;itemid=WeED02%20Sep%202005%2015%3A56%3A42%3A250" id="r-16_1100890223" target="_blank"&gt;Doggone it! Pickles gets film stardom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bromley Express, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Football Association said: "Pickles is part of English football's rich history and tradition and will forever have a place in the affections of every   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/09/04/sfnpb104.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/sport/2005/09/04/ixfooty.html" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;Jock Stein's great legacy remains a driving force&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  post-Heysel days is that it was excitedly speculated in the press that Mark Hateley, by signing for Milan, would become 'English football's second millionaire   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112581000107427854?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112581000107427854/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112581000107427854' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112581000107427854'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112581000107427854'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/doggone-it-pickles-gets-film-stardom.html' title='Doggone it! 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The Hammers completed a permanent deal for the 21-year-old but now want him to gain experience of English football. Reading   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/blatter_invites_england_world_cup_bid_news_68072.html" id="r-3_1100863415" target="_blank"&gt;Blatter invites England World Cup bid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;World Soccer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Fifa president Sepp Blatter has welcomed a bid from the English Football Association host the 2018 World Cup in England. Blatter   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112579559921065996?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112579559921065996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112579559921065996' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112579559921065996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112579559921065996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/football-ghanian-midfielder-essien.html' title='Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112578120182754664</id><published>2005-09-03T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T14:00:02.003-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Connolly moves up to the Premiership  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soccercentral.ie/viewstory.asp?id=15391&amp;amp;mainheading=Republic+of+Ireland&amp;amp;viewstory=yes" id="r-20_0" target="_blank"&gt;Connolly moves up to the Premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Soccer Central, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Hes still relatively young in footballing years at 28-years-old, and the move from Leicester City to Premiership side Wigan Athletic could be just the tonic to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=26983" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership: Spurs Size Up Kanu&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;This Day (subscription), Nigeria -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;According to reports out of England, the former Premiership leaders had sent word to the Baggies about exploring the possibility of bringing the lanky striker   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atommedia.net/leedsrugby/leedstykes/news/news-story.asp?Index=2642" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP ROUND ONE PREVIEW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Leeds Tykes, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The first ever Guinness sponsored Premiership match sees Sale Sharks take on Newcastle Falcons in Stockport. The Sharks won their   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.soccerway.com/news/2005/september/2/bernard-snubs-premiership-sides-for-rangers" id="r-5_1100859368" target="_blank"&gt;Bernard snubs Premiership sides for Rangers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Soccerway, Netherlands -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Lyon and Newcastle United defender had been freed by Southampton and was able to listen to opportunities coming from Rangers and Premiership rivals Bolton   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/sport/content/200509/s1452237.htm" id="r-3_1100859848" target="_blank"&gt;NRL minor premiership up for grabs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ABC Online, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Parramatta Eels can claim the National Rugby League (NRL) minor premiership with victory against the Brisbane Broncos at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112578120182754664?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112578120182754664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112578120182754664' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112578120182754664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112578120182754664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/connolly-moves-up-to-premiership.html' title='Connolly moves up to the Premiership  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112576680154313406</id><published>2005-09-03T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T10:00:01.670-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United has uneasy peace after wins  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/sport/archives/2005/08/27/2003269423" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United has uneasy peace after wins&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Taipei Times, Taiwan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Manchester United fans ask Malcolm Glazer's sons for their autographs and no longer jeer defender Rio Ferdinand. Peace has broken   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Match_Reports/story_161435.shtml" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;Newcastle 0 Manchester United 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ITV.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Two blunders from Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong handed Manchester United victory and plunged Newcastle's season into crisis. The   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportsnetwork.com/default.asp?c=sportsnetwork&amp;amp;page=soc-eng/news/cdn3976361.htm" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United blanks Newcastle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sports Network -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tyne, England (Sports Network) - Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy each scored to lead Manchester United over Newcastle, 2-0, in the English Premier League   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/28/134737.php" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Blogcritics.org -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;For their third league match of the season, Manchester United are away from home but taking the initiative right from the kick-off here at Newcastle United and   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112576680154313406?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112576680154313406/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112576680154313406' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112576680154313406'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112576680154313406'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/manchester-united-has-uneasy-peace.html' title='Manchester United has uneasy peace after wins  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112575240198938657</id><published>2005-09-03T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T06:00:02.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>LEHMANN WINS VOTE IN SLOVAKIA  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/overseas/germany/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=international_feed/05/09/02/SOCCER_Svk-Slovakia_Preview.html&amp;amp;TEAMHD=germany" id="r-9_1100883047" target="_blank"&gt;LEHMANN WINS VOTE IN SLOVAKIA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  long-running dispute between his two leading goalkeepers by confirming Arsenal's Jens Lehmann   the current golden boy of German football as FC Cologne's Lukas   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=333298.html" id="r-3_1100841874" target="_blank"&gt;Rangers home in on Jeffers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The 24-year-old, capped once for England, has struggled to regain the form that once convinced Arsenal FC to spend  11.7m to bring him from Everton FC in 2001   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=36415" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;Big spenders fuel glory chase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Dansk Boldspil-Union, Denmark -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 2, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Arsenal FC also secured a goalkeeper, Estonian Mart Poom, but their major investment was the ?15m for VfB Stuttgart's Aliaksandr Hleb.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93710&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-12_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Double fillip for debutants Thun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  FC Thun coach Urs Sch nenberger has bolstered his back line with two signings as the club gear up for their UEFA Champions League debut at Arsenal FC on 14   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=95126&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-6_1100863202" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: PARRY ON THE CL DRAW AND SG'S EURO HONOUR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ The pairing of Liverpool and Chelsea in the same Champions League group seemed almost inevitable. As I sat there   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112575240198938657?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112575240198938657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112575240198938657' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112575240198938657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112575240198938657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/lehmann-wins-vote-in-slovakia.html' title='LEHMANN WINS VOTE IN SLOVAKIA  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112573800281460754</id><published>2005-09-02T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-03T02:00:02.930-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Investigation into prisoner death  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4208466.stm" id="r-18_1100884884" target="_blank"&gt;Investigation into prisoner death&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  said. Robin Spavold, 44, was being held at HMP Altcourse in Liverpool on 18 August after being charged with criminal damage. He   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fansfc.com/liverpoolfootballclub/news.asp?newsid=143787" id="r-4_1100880968" target="_blank"&gt;Gera would welcome Liverpool move&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;FansFC.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "He told me: 'I heard that you'll be joining Liverpool'.   I wasn't joking because I really hadn't heard about the interest of Liverpool. .   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/story.jsp?story=659564" id="r-17_1100835204" target="_blank"&gt;Police in battle for drug dealer assets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  William Colin Lees (53), from Magherafelt, was found guilty by a court in Liverpool of plotting to bring amphetamine and Ecstasy with a street value of almost   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16477389-29277,00.html" id="r-10_1100895032" target="_blank"&gt;Man fractures spine in accident&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;NEWS.com.au, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The seriously injured man managed to contact emergency services using his mobile phone, and was airlifted to Liverpool Hospital with fractures to his pelvis   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112573800281460754?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112573800281460754/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112573800281460754' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112573800281460754'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112573800281460754'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/investigation-into-prisoner-death.html' title='Investigation into prisoner death  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112572359969625844</id><published>2005-09-02T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T21:59:59.780-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Revamp for one-time evacuees camp  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_east/4205204.stm" id="r-17_1100876270" target="_blank"&gt;Revamp for one-time evacuees camp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  go-ahead. Liverpool council bought Colomendy at Loggerheads near Mold in 1957 to act as a country haven for city children. But the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=51927" id="r-2_1100857352" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool's Cisse Shown with Obscene Gesture on Sofia Video&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sofia News Agency, Bulgaria -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool's Djibril Cisse showed an obscene gesture during the UEFA qualifier with hosting CSKA Sofia on August 10. Freshly circulated   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/beds/bucks/herts/4207190.stm" id="r-18_1100867147" target="_blank"&gt;Man's rail death 'not suspicious'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;He was struck by the 1618 BST London to Liverpool train on Thursday afternoon near Ashton in south Northamptonshire, police said.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=154556814&amp;amp;p=y545575zx" id="r-12_1100883923" target="_blank"&gt;Cisse sick as a parrot?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ireland Online, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool footballer Djibril Cisse is likely to be sick as a parrot after thieves stole his exotic bird. The French striker was   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112572359969625844?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112572359969625844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112572359969625844' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112572359969625844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112572359969625844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/revamp-for-one-time-evacuees-camp.html' title='Revamp for one-time evacuees camp  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112570920028700540</id><published>2005-09-02T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T18:00:00.496-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Fears over future for Manchester United striker  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=143783" id="r-1_1100876397" target="_blank"&gt;Fears over future for Manchester United striker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;FansFC.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The 32-year-old has been battling against a serious knee injury for two years but had hoped to make a return to training in October.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/172/172368_lee_sharpe_talks_about_his_idea_of_fun.html" id="r-18_1100878776" target="_blank"&gt;Lee Sharpe talks about his idea of fun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Manchester Evening News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;They met while the former Manchester United winger was appearing on TV's Celebrity Love Island. But if it's that part of Lee's life   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/28/134737.php" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Newcastle United 0-2 Manchester United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Blogcritics.org -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;For their third league match of the season, Manchester United are away from home but taking the initiative right from the kick-off here at Newcastle United and   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clubcall.com/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,5034-143502-19728-33213-194090-11846-5024-layout104-160718-news-item,00.html" id="r-4_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United - Star offered new deal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Clubcall, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Sep 1, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Darren Fletcher has been offered a new two-year deal as Sir Alex Ferguson looks to secure the youngster's future with the Reds.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/29/content_3416282.htm" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Xinhua, China -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;28 (Xinhuanet) -- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed his side was ready to challenge for the English Premiership title after beating Newcastle   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112570920028700540?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112570920028700540/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112570920028700540' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112570920028700540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112570920028700540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/fears-over-future-for-manchester.html' title='Fears over future for Manchester United striker  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112569480035264998</id><published>2005-09-02T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T14:00:00.476-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Russell confident about Stallions winning premiership  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://cooma.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&amp;amp;subclass=local&amp;amp;category=general%20sport&amp;amp;story_id=421186&amp;amp;y=2005&amp;amp;m=9" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;Russell confident about Stallions winning premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Cooma Monaro Express, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;COOMA Stallions captain-coach Steve Russell believes the Group 16 premiership trophy will be Cooma's if his side can beat Eden in the elimination semi-final   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112569480035264998?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112569480035264998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112569480035264998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112569480035264998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112569480035264998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/russell-confident-about-stallions.html' title='Russell confident about Stallions winning premiership  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112568040274790604</id><published>2005-09-02T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T10:00:02.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>More Manchester United Stories  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/26/SOCCER_Man_Utd_Ronaldo.html" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;More Manchester United Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Cristiano Ronaldo has warned his Manchester United team-mates they must maintain their fast start to the campaign if they are to stand any chance of   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Sports_News&amp;amp;subsection=Football&amp;amp;month=August2005&amp;amp;file=Sports_News2005082921752.xml" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Defeat to Manchester United leaves Newcastle reeling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Peninsula On-line, Qatar -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Manchester United made it three wins out of three in the Premier League after Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy gave them a 2-0 win at St James   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/men/news/s/172/172368_lee_sharpe_talks_about_his_idea_of_fun.html" id="r-11_1100878776" target="_blank"&gt;Lee Sharpe talks about his idea of fun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Manchester Evening News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;They met while the former Manchester United winger was appearing on TV's Celebrity Love Island. But if it's that part of Lee's life   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/sports/soccer/story.html?id=fa1e660e-95bf-47ee-9d07-2424c1d8ee6b" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;Rooney leads Manchester United to 2-0 victory; Charlton wins 3-0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canada.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON (AP) - Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy scored second-half goals Sunday to give Manchester United a 2-0 victory at Newcastle, the third win in three   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/sports/soccer/story.html?id=23cce41b-1eb7-42e8-9582-324e8b6b8250" id="r-2_1100822301" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United fans blame layoffs on new owner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canada.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United fans are blaming Malcolm Glazer's takeover of the club for 25 Old Trafford redundancies.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112568040274790604?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112568040274790604/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112568040274790604' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112568040274790604'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112568040274790604'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/more-manchester-united-stories.html' title='More Manchester United Stories  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112566600291168989</id><published>2005-09-02T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T06:00:03.003-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200508/29/eng20050829_205081.html" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;People's Daily Online, China -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed his side was ready to challenge for the English Premiership title after beating Newcastle 2-0 at St James   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://english.people.com.cn/200508/29/eng20050829_205017.html" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United beat Newcastle 2-0 in Premier League&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;People's Daily Online, China -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Wayne Rooney scored one and made another for Ruud van Nistelrooy when Manchester United beat Newcastle 2-0 away in the Premier League on Sunday.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112566600291168989?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112566600291168989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112566600291168989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112566600291168989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112566600291168989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/manchester-united-ready-to-chanllege.html' title='Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112565160484286721</id><published>2005-09-01T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-02T02:00:06.600-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jadransport.org/articles/1592.html" id="r-1_0" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JadranSport.org, Serbia and Montenegro -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Schalke 04 and VFB Stuttgart but they couldn t fulfill Crvena zvezda s high compensation demands, so now we are aiming for him to join Arsenal and I can   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=333468.html" id="r-2_0" target="_blank"&gt;Big spenders fuel glory chase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Arsenal FC also secured a goalkeeper, Estonian Mart Poom, but their major investment was the  15m for VfB Stuttgart's Aliaksandr Hleb.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UCL/news/Kind=1/newsId=329807.html" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;Contenders consider their task&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;UEFA.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  pools, with FC Bayern M nchen facing Juventus FC in this round for the second year running, newcomers FC Thun taking on experienced trio Arsenal FC, AFC Ajax   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jadransport.org/articles/1494.html" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal FC loan Song Billong from Bastia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JadranSport.org, Serbia and Montenegro -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The nephew of former Liverpool defender Rigobert Song, Alexandre Song Billong, has joined Arsenal on a one year loan spell during which he hopes to prove he   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112565160484286721?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112565160484286721/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112565160484286721' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112565160484286721'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112565160484286721'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/arsenal-fc-book-nikola-zigic.html' title='Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112563719866113011</id><published>2005-09-01T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T21:59:58.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Carragher glad to see Owen back in the Premiership  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-1759294,00.html" id="r-9_1100843864" target="_blank"&gt;Carragher glad to see Owen back in the Premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Times Online, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Wayne Rooney also declared that Owen s return to the Barclays Premiership was  good for English football , but Carragher cited another of his friend s   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s99/st80498.htm" id="r-15_1100856142" target="_blank"&gt;GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP BETTING PREVIEW WEEK ONE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BAR-Talk.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By Wellsaint - August 31 2005. Another season, another sponsor: the competition is now known as the GUINNESS Premiership. It looks   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112563719866113011?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112563719866113011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112563719866113011' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112563719866113011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112563719866113011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/carragher-glad-to-see-owen-back-in.html' title='Carragher glad to see Owen back in the Premiership  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112562280267676407</id><published>2005-09-01T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T18:00:02.796-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Gonzalez still set for Liverpool  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.sbs.com.au/england/index.php3?id=62619" id="r-0_1100857603" target="_blank"&gt;Gonzalez still set for Liverpool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Special Broadcasting Service, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;38 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Chile international Mark Gonzalez will move to Liverpool on loan from Albacete as soon as he can get a work permit, according to the Spanish club.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,428-1761416,00.html" id="r-13_1100818751" target="_blank"&gt;Parry states the case for staying away from market&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Times Online, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;FOR the first time in half a century, Liverpool supporters may have found themselves casting envious glances towards Tyneside in recent days as Newcastle   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/carrragher_defends_liverpool_over_owen_news_67979.html" id="r-5_1100836861" target="_blank"&gt;Carrragher defends Liverpool over Owen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;World Soccer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Jamie Carragher has defended his manager Rafael Benitez after Liverpool lost out to Newcastle in their attempt to re-sign Michael Owen.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451495.htm" id="r-14_1100870114" target="_blank"&gt;Anderson to launch land management tenders report&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ABC Online, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The Liverpool Plains Land Management Committee says it is a landmark report on fostering environmental improvement on Australian farm land.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112562280267676407?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112562280267676407/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112562280267676407' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112562280267676407'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112562280267676407'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/gonzalez-still-set-for-liverpool.html' title='Gonzalez still set for Liverpool  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112560840014574791</id><published>2005-09-01T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T14:00:00.226-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Football Europe: Chelsea start new season in style  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93519&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;Football Europe: Chelsea start new season in style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  run out 4-0 winners against West Bromwich Albion FC in midweek, and earned their first league success against another north london side, Arsenal FC, in a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/sport/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&amp;amp;category=sportfootball&amp;amp;tBrand=northlondon24&amp;amp;tCategory=sportislg&amp;amp;itemid=WeED31%20Aug%202005%2009%3A30%3A51%3A053" id="r-16_1100856966" target="_blank"&gt;Last chance for Dennis&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Highbury &amp;amp; Islington Express, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Group G, Arsenal will hope to make quiet but steady progress to the knockout stages in February. They couldn't have asked for an easier start than FC Thun at   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/content/islington/gazette/sport/story.aspx?brand=ISLGOnline&amp;amp;category=sportfootball&amp;amp;tBrand=northlondon24&amp;amp;tCategory=sportislg&amp;amp;itemid=WeED31%20Aug%202005%2009%3A34%3A14%3A167" id="r-15_1100828740" target="_blank"&gt;Song hitting the right notes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Highbury &amp;amp; Islington Express, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 31, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  has also been linked to Manchester United, Chelsea, Inter Milan and FC Porto in the past. But now he has clearly decided his imminent future lies at Arsenal.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jadransport.org/articles/1494.html" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal FC loan Song Billong from Bastia&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JadranSport.org, Serbia and Montenegro -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The nephew of former Liverpool defender Rigobert Song, Alexandre Song Billong, has joined Arsenal on a one year loan spell during which he hopes to prove he   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=35906" id="r-18_0" target="_blank"&gt;London cannot wait for derby day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Dansk Boldspil-Union, Denmark -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Chelsea FC against Arsenal FC is alway a big occasion - but their status as England's major forces makes Sunday's encounter an even more hotly anticipated game   &lt;/font&gt; 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&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/soccer/12501681.htm" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United stays perfect in Premier&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Miami Herald, FL -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON - Manchester United won its third straight English Premier League game Sunday, with Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring in the second half of a   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112559400230153960?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112559400230153960/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112559400230153960' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112559400230153960'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112559400230153960'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/09/manchester-united-stays-perfect-in.html' title='Manchester United stays perfect in Premier  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112557960247856591</id><published>2005-09-01T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-09-01T06:00:02.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>England team-mate Rooney is delighted Owen is back in the English  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.givemefootball.com/display.cfm?article=6973&amp;amp;type=1" id="r-3_1100852518" target="_blank"&gt;England team-mate Rooney is delighted Owen is back in the English  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;GiveMeFootball.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Wayne Rooney has welcomed Michael Owen back to the Premiership and insists it is "good for English football" that his England strike partner has returned.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/14/sports/11769473&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 13, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: A review of the English Football Association has recommended a major shake-up of the way it runs the sport, calling for a new spirit of openness.   &lt;/font&gt; 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&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.atommedia.net/leedsrugby/leedstykes/news/news-story.asp?Index=2642" id="r-7_1100829743" target="_blank"&gt;GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP ROUND ONE PREVIEW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Leeds Tykes, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The first ever Guinness sponsored Premiership match sees Sale Sharks take on Newcastle Falcons in Stockport. The Sharks won their   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eurosport.com/home/pages/v4/l0/s22/e10028/sport_lng0_spo22_evt10028_sto759599.shtml" id="r-20_1100815870" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership round-up: Bouma becomes a Villain&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Eurosport.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 30, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;"I had a good feeling about Villa -- with their history of being a big club," Bouma told the club's website. "The manager David   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112556520334734034?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112556520334734034/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112556520334734034' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112556520334734034'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112556520334734034'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/guinness-premiership-round-one-preview.html' title='GUINNESS PREMIERSHIP ROUND ONE PREVIEW  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112555079941153564</id><published>2005-08-31T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T21:59:59.516-07:00</updated><title type='text'>O Jogo Benito  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://soccernet.espn.go.com/feature?id=341162&amp;amp;cc=%25" id="r-18_0" target="_blank"&gt;O Jogo Benito&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ESPN -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Back in Brazil, Rog rio Ceni (S o Paulo FC) and Marcos (Palmieras) have excelled   Emerson of Juventus and Arsenal's Gilberto Silva are two of the current   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112555079941153564?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112555079941153564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112555079941153564' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112555079941153564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112555079941153564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/o-jogo-benito.html' title='O Jogo Benito  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112553640169117683</id><published>2005-08-31T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T18:00:03.443-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chelsea will dominate English football  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pinkfootball.com/app/showDoc.aspx?comp_id=44091" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;Chelsea will dominate English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pink-Football, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 14, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;John Terry believes that it is Chelsea s turn to dominate English football after years of Manchester United and Arsenal winning the league year in   year   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mondaq.com/content/pr_article.asp_Q_pr_id_E_1662" id="r-5_0" target="_blank"&gt;Deloitte analysis shows cricket s growing fan base could be  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mondaq News Alerts, World -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The 1990 World Cup was a pivotal event for English football. FA Premier League and Football League attendances have since leaped   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112553640169117683?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112553640169117683/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112553640169117683' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112553640169117683'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112553640169117683'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-will-dominate-english-football.html' title='Chelsea will dominate English football  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112552200208610897</id><published>2005-08-31T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T14:00:02.173-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MANCHESTER UNITED PLC - THE CARING CLUB  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redissue.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&amp;amp;id=237745" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;MANCHESTER UNITED PLC - THE CARING CLUB&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Redissue, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  out of it.". A Manchester United spokesman told the MEN the new seats for the 200 fans might not be as good. He said: "Fans like   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Match_Reports/story_161435.shtml" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;Newcastle 0 Manchester United 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ITV.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Two blunders from Frenchman Jean-Alain Boumsong handed Manchester United victory and plunged Newcastle's season into crisis. The   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Soccer/2005/08/28/1192012-ap.html" id="r-8_1100838699" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United won third straight game to stay perfect in  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;SLAM! Sports, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON (AP) - Manchester United won its third straight English Premier League game Sunday, with Wayne Rooney and Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring in the second half   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=94383&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-2_1100684536" target="_blank"&gt;UNITED: Fletcher plays down Keane comparison&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Scotland team and played on the right of midfield but I'ma central midfielder now and I've played there for the last two seasons for Manchester United and in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/tm_objectid=15907233&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=94762&amp;amp;headline=football--newcastle-united--where-it-s-all-gone-wrong--name_page.html" id="r-11_1100837464" target="_blank"&gt;FOOTBALL: NEWCASTLE UNITED: WHERE IT'S ALL GONE WRONG&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mirror.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Defeats in the UEFA Cup quarter final against Sporting Lisbon and the FA Cup semi-final against Manchester United came within four days last April.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112552200208610897?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112552200208610897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112552200208610897' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112552200208610897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112552200208610897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/manchester-united-plc-caring-club.html' title='MANCHESTER UNITED PLC - THE CARING CLUB  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112550760170975539</id><published>2005-08-31T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T10:00:01.800-07:00</updated><title type='text'>MOURINHO WANTS CHELSEA DOMINATION  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/31/SOCCER_Chelsea_Nightlead.html" id="r-3_1100819759" target="_blank"&gt;MOURINHO WANTS CHELSEA DOMINATION&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  the four remaining years of his contract and believes that if they achieve those aims, the Blues will have become the dominant force in English football.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itv-football.co.uk/Features/story_161653.shtml" id="r-1_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;marriage of convenience&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ITV.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Reds would have become the laughing stock of English football for paying a ridiculous amount of money for a player who came through their youth ranks.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=5&amp;amp;theme=&amp;amp;usrsess=1&amp;amp;id=88225" id="r-13_1100819624" target="_blank"&gt;The female principle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Statesman, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But something more elaborate may account for the revival of cricket than either its newfangled accessibility or the decline of English football.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unison.ie/sportsdesk/football/stories.php3?ca=12&amp;amp;si=1459516" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Hard man de Khors shoots from the lip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Unison.ie (subscription), Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  One of the most fascinating chapters is about his spell in English football with non-league side Sittingbourne where he helped them win promotion to the Beazer   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112550760170975539?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112550760170975539/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112550760170975539' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112550760170975539'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112550760170975539'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/mourinho-wants-chelsea-domination.html' title='MOURINHO WANTS CHELSEA DOMINATION  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112549320544217945</id><published>2005-08-31T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T06:00:05.830-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The female principle  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestatesman.net/page.news.php?clid=5&amp;amp;theme=&amp;amp;usrsess=1&amp;amp;id=88225" id="r-12_1100819624" target="_blank"&gt;The female principle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Statesman, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But something more elaborate may account for the revival of cricket than either its newfangled accessibility or the decline of English football.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telecom.paper.nl/site/news_ta.asp?type=abstract&amp;amp;id=93589" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;Smartone-Vodafone launches Football Express&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Telecom Paper (subscription), Netherlands -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Football Express has its own reporter in the UK providing the latest English football video news and gossip in Cantonese, the service furthermore provides   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112549320544217945?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112549320544217945/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112549320544217945' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112549320544217945'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112549320544217945'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/female-principle.html' title='The female principle  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112547880417911550</id><published>2005-08-30T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-31T02:00:04.580-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Swindon Town - Premiership star set to join?  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.clubcall.com/vsite/vcontent/content/transnews/0,10869,5034-143502-19728-33215-193636-11848-5024-layout104-160718-news-item,00.html" id="r-5_1100754216" target="_blank"&gt;Swindon Town - Premiership star set to join?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Clubcall, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Swindon Town are hoping to complete a loan deal for Fulham midfielder Neale McDermott in the next 24 hours. Robins boss Andy King   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.mcmedia.com.au/story.asp?TakeNo=200508305539221" id="r-18_1100795966" target="_blank"&gt;Rebels eye consecutive premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Shepparton News, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  down by only four points. Alexandra won last season's premiership, so is looking at a consecutive flag. Rebels coach Peter McKenzie   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,277-1756003,00.html" id="r-11_1100821237" target="_blank"&gt;The Premiership today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Times Online, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Dennis Bergkamp wants to add the European Cup to his collection of medals before he retires.  The Premiership is still the biggest,  he said.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/4194370.stm" id="r-10_1100803241" target="_blank"&gt;Bouma close to Premiership switch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC Sport, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 29, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;PSV Eindhoven defender Wilfred Bouma is set to meet officials from Liverpool and Aston Villa to discuss a move, according to his agent.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112547880417911550?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112547880417911550/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112547880417911550' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112547880417911550'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112547880417911550'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/swindon-town-premiership-star-set-to.html' title='Swindon Town - Premiership star set to join?  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112546439956620396</id><published>2005-08-30T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T21:59:59.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool bring in teenage pair  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/liverpool/4198046.stm" id="r-2_1100814459" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool bring in teenage pair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC Sport, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Linzer ASK. "I have always been a Liverpool fan and it is a dream come true to play for them," he told the club website. The Anfield   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112546439956620396?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112546439956620396/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112546439956620396' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112546439956620396'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112546439956620396'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-bring-in-teenage-pair.html' title='Liverpool bring in teenage pair  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112545000005840117</id><published>2005-08-30T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T18:00:00.126-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-08-19-voa79.cfm" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Voice of America -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Ghana football (soccer) midfielder Michael Essien has become the English football club Chelsea's most expensive signing, after passing his medical exam Friday.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112545000005840117?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112545000005840117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112545000005840117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112545000005840117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112545000005840117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/football-ghanian-midfielder-essien.html' title='Football: Ghanian Midfielder Essien Joins Chelsea  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112543560091073815</id><published>2005-08-30T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T14:00:01.013-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United, Ajax, Inter Milan Win  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-soc-champions-league-rdp,1,3238080.story?coll=sns-ap-sports-headlines" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United, Ajax, Inter Milan Win&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON -- Former European soccer champions Manchester United, Ajax and Inter Milan qualified Wednesday for the group stage of the Champions League competition.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unitedrant.co.uk/archives/2005/08/review_barcodes.html" id="r-1_1100765941" target="_blank"&gt;Review: Barcodes v United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;unitedrant.co.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Newcastle United 0 - 2 Manchester United, St. James' Park, 16:05, Sunday 28th August 2005. Goals: United - Rooney (66), van Nistelrooy (90).   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.football365.com/features/f365_features/story_161566.shtml" id="r-18_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;Michael Owen: The Toon Move Timeline&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Football365.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  that.''. June 24: Manchester United assistant boss Carlos Queiroz told Radio Marca in Spain: "Owen does not interest us.''. June 30   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/football/manchester-united-inter-and-ajax-through/2005/08/25/1124562949928.html" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United, Inter and Ajax through&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Three former winners advanced smoothly into the Champions League group stage on Wednesday when Manchester United, Inter Milan and Ajax Amsterdam made sure of   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_23-8-2005_pg2_24" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool and Manchester United confident of reaching Champions  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Times, Pakistan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Manchester United, winner of eight Premier League titles in 11 seasons under Alex Ferguson, also looks like making it to the last 32, holding a 3-0 advantage   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112543560091073815?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112543560091073815/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112543560091073815' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112543560091073815'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112543560091073815'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/manchester-united-ajax-inter-milan-win.html' title='Manchester United, Ajax, Inter Milan Win  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112542120245936299</id><published>2005-08-30T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T10:00:02.563-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/29/content_3416282.htm" id="r-15_1100802418" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Xinhua, China -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;28 (Xinhuanet) -- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson claimed his side was ready to challenge for the English Premiership title after beating Newcastle   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112542120245936299?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112542120245936299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112542120245936299' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112542120245936299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112542120245936299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/manchester-united-ready-to-chanllege.html' title='Manchester United ready to chanllege for Premiership title  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112540680211963500</id><published>2005-08-30T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-30T06:00:02.183-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Mourinho introduces his new 'multifunctional  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92092&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Mourinho introduces his new 'multifunctional  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Introducing Chelsea s new record signing on the day the long-running transfer saga came to end, agreements having been reached with the player and his former   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92093&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: All fit and gunning for the Gunners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  On Friday afternoon the Chelsea manager indicated that the winger s problem has cleared up and gave some good news on John Terry, substituted at half-time in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93408&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-4_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Jos  warns of tough games&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  It is the debut for Betis but they are very strong, one of the best teams in Spain, so this becomes a dangerous group for Chelsea. .   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=89456&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC:Everyone bar Bridge ready for Cardiff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 6, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But it s Chelsea and Arsenal, and nobody likes to lose.   If one of Chelsea players do this and wants to move, I keep saying every player has a price.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112540680211963500?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112540680211963500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112540680211963500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112540680211963500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112540680211963500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-mourinho-introduces-his-new_30.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Mourinho introduces his new &amp;#39;multifunctional  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112537799809326371</id><published>2005-08-29T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-29T21:59:58.246-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Eriksson drops 'Calamity' James, calls up Liverpool's Warnock  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,4136,93758,00.html" id="r-1_1100752261" target="_blank"&gt;Eriksson drops 'Calamity' James, calls up Liverpool's Warnock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Electric New Paper, Singapore -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Paul Robinson of Tottenham Hotspur, Robert Green of Norwich City and Chris Kirkland, on loan at West Bromwich Albion from Liverpool, were preferred to James   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93773&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-3_1100684367" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: RAFA NOT WORRIED ABOUT CHELSEA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Benitez also said it is a decent draw because it means Liverpool will not have to travel very far. Benitez said: "We have a lot of confidence.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sify.com/peopleandplaces/fullstory.php?id=13927714" id="r-17_1100747610" target="_blank"&gt;`Beatles' on the back of a $20 note!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sify, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;London: Professor Drummond Bone, chairman of the Liverpool Culture Company, a body in charge of preparations for the city's European Capital of Culture year in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93768&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-4_1100794865" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: FINNAN ON THE QUEST FOR CONSISTENCY&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Finnan said Liverpool lost too many   Liverpool don't play again until they visit Tottenham Hotspur in the Premiership on September 10th.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112537799809326371?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112537799809326371/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112537799809326371' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112537799809326371'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112537799809326371'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/eriksson-drops-s-warnock.html' title='Eriksson drops &amp;#39;Calamity&amp;#39; James, calls up Liverpool&amp;#39;s Warnock  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112536359953074208</id><published>2005-08-29T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-29T18:00:00.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Chelsea Youth 0 Barcelona Youth 1  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=89522&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Chelsea Youth 0 Barcelona Youth 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 7, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chelsea lost the   Chelsea went close to equalising in the final minutes, Nana Ofori and Shaun Cummings forcing fine saves from their goalkeeper.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112536359953074208?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112536359953074208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112536359953074208' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112536359953074208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112536359953074208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-chelsea-youth-0-barcelona_29.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Chelsea Youth 0 Barcelona Youth 1  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112534920255750500</id><published>2005-08-29T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-29T14:00:02.680-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Gerrard sets sights on twin peaks  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93495&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-17_1100684367" target="_blank"&gt;CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Gerrard sets sights on twin peaks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 27, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  He also believes English football will profit from the experience national team players are gaining in the competition, especially with the FIFA World Cup in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/28/sports/11893005&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-13_1100796724" target="_blank"&gt;Blackburn captain Todd charged with violent conduct&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 27, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: The English Football Association has charged Blackburn Rovers defender Andy Todd with violent conduct following an incident involving Tottenham   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/sports/2005/August/sports_August55.xml&amp;amp;section=sports&amp;amp;subsection=football" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;TV coverage of English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 3, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Championship is one of the most competitive leagues in the world with each club battling for the most lucrative prize in English football, a place in the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,6903,1557909,00.html" id="r-10_1100780623" target="_blank"&gt;League of nations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Observer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 27, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;In the Summer of 1992, before the first season of Premiership football, two Scandinavians comprised the 'foreign invasion' of English football.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,27-1755467,00.html" id="r-11_1100752261" target="_blank"&gt;Eriksson says critics won't hound him out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Times Online, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Eriksson has always insisted that  my private life is private  but, sensing that his standing among English football fans is being undermined by endless   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112534920255750500?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112534920255750500/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112534920255750500' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112534920255750500'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112534920255750500'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/champions-league-gerrard-sets-sights.html' title='CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Gerrard sets sights on twin peaks  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112533480451337120</id><published>2005-08-29T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-29T10:00:06.276-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Premiership Weekend Winners &amp; Losers  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.football365.com/features/f365_features/story_161469.shtml" id="r-4_1100797535" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership Weekend Winners &amp;amp;amp; Losers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Football365.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;No guesses for who's topping the list of Premiership winners once again - but there are also mentions for Michael Carrick, Stuart Pearce and SWP.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0500rugbyunion/0200news/tm_objectid=15906017&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=50082&amp;amp;headline=welsh-premiership-has-strength-in-depth-name_page.html" id="r-16_1100778960" target="_blank"&gt;Welsh Premiership has strength in depth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ic Wales, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The potential of the new Welsh Premiership is there for all to see.   The gap between the Premiership and the regions had become too big.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112533480451337120?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112533480451337120/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112533480451337120' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112533480451337120'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112533480451337120'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/premiership-weekend-winners-losers.html' title='Premiership Weekend Winners &amp;amp; Losers  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112532040305607557</id><published>2005-08-29T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-29T06:00:03.743-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Bucharest beckons for 'big names'  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/UEFACup/news/Kind=1/newsId=330368.html" id="r-19_1100742842" target="_blank"&gt;Bucharest beckons for 'big names'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;UEFA.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Everton are not Chelsea [FC], Manchester United [FC] or Arsenal [FC], but they are one of the powers of English football. Against   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=330130.html" id="r-12_1100718732" target="_blank"&gt;Time is right for Inter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  "Vieira is an important signing, a natural-born leader." The former Arsenal FC talisman will have a crucial role to play if Juve are to retain their crown.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112532040305607557?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112532040305607557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112532040305607557' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112532040305607557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112532040305607557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/bucharest-beckons-for.html' title='Bucharest beckons for &amp;#39;big names&amp;#39; 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&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112530600343456401?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112530600343456401/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112530600343456401' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112530600343456401'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112530600343456401'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/cl-manchester-united-advances_28.html' title='CL: Manchester United advances  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112529159954592571</id><published>2005-08-28T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T21:59:59.653-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Butcher: Van der Sar the missing link for United  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=153876936&amp;amp;p=y5387764z&amp;amp;t=soccer" id="r-10_1100744418" target="_blank"&gt;Butcher: Van der Sar the missing link for United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ireland Online, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Former England captain Terry Butcher believes Manchester United will run Chelsea close in all competitions following the summer arrival of goalkeeper Edwin van   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&amp;amp;storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050824:MTFH85285_2005-08-24_20-25-51_L24542295:1" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Heinze double leads Manchester United stroll&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;BUDAPEST, Aug 24 (Reuters) - Manchester United cruised into the Champions League group stage for the 10th season in a row with a clinical 3-0 victory over   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/24/SOCCER_Man_Utd.html" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;Debrecen v Manchester United&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Gabriel Heinze celebrated his first start of the season by notching only his second Manchester United goal in Budapest this evening.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112529159954592571?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112529159954592571/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112529159954592571' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112529159954592571'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112529159954592571'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/butcher-van-der-sar-missing-link-for.html' title='Butcher: Van der Sar the missing link for United  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112527719971019931</id><published>2005-08-28T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T17:59:59.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Injuries cut squad for first time this season  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93410&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-2_1100774893" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Injuries cut squad for first time this season&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  No game against Tottenham can be looked forward to without another record raising its head   the fact that 15 seasons have now passed since Chelsea last lost   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93405&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-4_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Cech and Terry, Europe's best&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chelsea players have performed impressively in the UEFA Club Football Awards, taking two of the honours. The awards   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=87746&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Jos  introduces Diarra&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Jos  Mourinho is going to give 20 year old Lassana Diarra at least 45 minutes at DC Washington tonight on Chelsea s second pre-season   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92093&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: All fit and gunning for the Gunners&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  On Friday afternoon the Chelsea manager indicated that the winger s problem has cleared up and gave some good news on John Terry, substituted at half-time in   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112527719971019931?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112527719971019931/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112527719971019931' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112527719971019931'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112527719971019931'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-injuries-cut-squad-for.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Injuries cut squad for first time this season  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112526280052195288</id><published>2005-08-28T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T14:00:00.623-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CL: Manchester United advances  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/4805628" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;CL: Manchester United advances&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;FOXSports.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Gabriel Heinze scored two goals and Kieran Richardson added another Wednesday to help Manchester United beat Debrecen 3-0 and 6-0 on   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/3879926" id="r-4_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United, Ajax, Inter Milan advance to group stage of  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;FOXSports.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON (AP) - Former European champions Manchester United, Ajax and Inter Milan qualified for the group stage of the Champions League on Wednesday.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-soc-champions-league-rdp,1,3238080.story?coll=sns-ap-sports-headlines" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United, Ajax, Inter Milan Win&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Chicago Tribune, United States -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 24, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON -- Former European soccer champions Manchester United, Ajax and Inter Milan qualified Wednesday for the group stage of the Champions League competition.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112526280052195288?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112526280052195288/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112526280052195288' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112526280052195288'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112526280052195288'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/cl-manchester-united-advances.html' title='CL: Manchester United advances  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112524840227113076</id><published>2005-08-28T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T10:00:02.386-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jadransport.org/articles/1592.html" id="r-2_0" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JadranSport.org, Serbia and Montenegro -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Schalke 04 and VFB Stuttgart but they couldn t fulfill Crvena zvezda s high compensation demands, so now we are aiming for him to join Arsenal and I can   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112524840227113076?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112524840227113076/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112524840227113076' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112524840227113076'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112524840227113076'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/arsenal-fc-book-nikola-zigic.html' title='Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112523400370379148</id><published>2005-08-28T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T06:00:05.256-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Champions League: Ajax up against Arsenal, Prague and Thun  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ajax-usa.com/news/2005-2006/champions-league-ajax-up-against-arsenal-prague-and-thun.html" id="r-1_1100732613" target="_blank"&gt;Champions League: Ajax up against Arsenal, Prague and Thun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ajax USA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  of the Champions League, at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco, Ajax were placed in group B, in which they're up against English powerhouse Arsenal FC, Sparta Prague   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112523400370379148?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112523400370379148/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112523400370379148' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112523400370379148'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112523400370379148'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/champions-league-ajax-up-against.html' title='Champions League: Ajax up against Arsenal, Prague and Thun  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112521960508769534</id><published>2005-08-27T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-28T02:00:06.866-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Chelsea maintains grip  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,16412030%255E23215,00.html" id="r-6_1100767782" target="_blank"&gt;Chelsea maintains grip&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Australian, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  salt into Tottenham's wounds as he headed home a Frank Lampard corner on 39 minutes to put the Blues in front and score his first goal in English football.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112521960508769534?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112521960508769534/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112521960508769534' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112521960508769534'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112521960508769534'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-maintains-grip.html' title='Chelsea maintains grip  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112520519965680103</id><published>2005-08-27T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T21:59:59.770-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday's gossip column  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/gossip_and_transfers/4191990.stm" id="r-5_1100722028" target="_blank"&gt;Sunday's gossip column&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC Sport, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez is not keen on Michael Owen as the pair fell out when the England striker left for Real Madrid last summer. (Sunday Express).   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,6903,1557909,00.html" id="r-9_1100706750" target="_blank"&gt;League of nations&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Observer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The so-called big-five clubs were used to mining for raw material there, and Manchester United and Liverpool spent  1m on Dion Dublin (from Cambridge United   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=footballNews&amp;amp;storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050826:MTFH28602_2005-08-26_18-38-19_L25323803:1" id="r-6_1100771399" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool skipper Gerrard misses Super Cup final&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MONACO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Liverpool skipper Steven Gerrard was left out of the Liverpool squad to face CSKA Moscow in the European Super Cup final on Friday   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=330791.html" id="r-17_1100753125" target="_blank"&gt;Casillas recalled to Spanish squad&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  played a game more. Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid CF), Jos  Manuel Reina (Liverpool FC). Defenders: Carles Puyol (FC   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112520519965680103?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112520519965680103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112520519965680103' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112520519965680103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112520519965680103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/sundays-gossip-column.html' title='Sunday&amp;#39;s gossip column  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112519079918152988</id><published>2005-08-27T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T17:59:59.296-07:00</updated><title type='text'>The parable of the crude Shepherd  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1854512005" id="r-15_1100764095" target="_blank"&gt;The parable of the crude Shepherd&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Scotsman, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Hours earlier, Michael Owen had issued a statement expressing his desire to rejoin Liverpool or, if that failed, move to Newcastle on loan.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/27/sections/sports/soccer/article_651811.php" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;Cisse helps Liverpool win title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Djibril Cisse entered the game in the 81st minute, scored the tying goal two minutes later and then added another goal in overtime to lead Liverpool over CSKA   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.asianage.com/main.asp?layout=2&amp;amp;cat1=8&amp;amp;cat2=19&amp;amp;newsid=177218&amp;amp;RF=DefaultMain" id="r-14_1100771685" target="_blank"&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Asian Age, India -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  English league champions since Roman Abramovich began pumping millions of pounds into it two years ago, drew Group G   and an immediate rematch with Liverpool   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112519079918152988?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112519079918152988/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112519079918152988' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112519079918152988'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112519079918152988'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/parable-of-crude-shepherd.html' title='The parable of the crude Shepherd  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112517640058778600</id><published>2005-08-27T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T14:00:00.723-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Clyde whiz Bryson plays down Premiership talk  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribalfootball.com/august/scotnews2270805.html" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;Clyde whiz Bryson plays down Premiership talk&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tribalfootball.com, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The teenager has been the subject of enquiries from Premiership clubs this season, but says: "I've read the stuff about clubs wanting to take me on trial but   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sport.scotsman.com/football.cfm?id=1849922005" id="r-7_1100762279" target="_blank"&gt;Gordon is Premiership material, says Banks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Scotsman, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  he met him for the first time this summer but now he believes the Scotland No 1 could easily hold his own with the best goalkeepers in the English Premiership.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=154005428&amp;amp;p=y54xx6y34&amp;amp;t=soccer" id="r-0_1100767782" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership: Half-time review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ireland Online, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Premiership leaders Chelsea look set to increase their lead at the top as they led 1-0 at half-time against second-placed Tottenham at White Hart Lane.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/premiership_preview_news_67808.html" id="r-15_1100768723" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership preview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;World Soccer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tottenham will be looking for their first ever victory against champions Chelsea in the Premiership at White Hart Lane on Saturday.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112517640058778600?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112517640058778600/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112517640058778600' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112517640058778600'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112517640058778600'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/clyde-whiz-bryson-plays-down.html' title='Clyde whiz Bryson plays down Premiership talk  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112516200139197157</id><published>2005-08-27T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T10:00:01.486-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool to meet Chelsea   again  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&amp;amp;c=Article&amp;amp;cid=1125006613401&amp;amp;call_pageid=1044529386722&amp;amp;col=1044529386490" id="r-15_1100745258" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool to meet Chelsea   again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Toronto Star, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MONTE CARLO Defending champion Liverpool was drawn to face English rival Chelsea in the first-round group stage of the Champions League yesterday.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112516200139197157?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112516200139197157/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112516200139197157' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112516200139197157'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112516200139197157'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-to-meet-chelsea-again.html' title='Liverpool to meet Chelsea   again  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112514760234556181</id><published>2005-08-27T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T06:00:02.513-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool set for Owen bid  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0600soccer/0200news/tm_objectid=15901959&amp;amp;method=full&amp;amp;siteid=50082&amp;amp;headline=-liverpool-set-for-owen-bid--name_page.html" id="r-1_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool set for Owen bid&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ic Wales, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LIVERPOOL are expected to open formal talks with Real Madrid for the transfer of Michael Owen over the weekend. The European champions   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goal.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=82150&amp;amp;progr=0" id="r-3_1100763383" target="_blank"&gt;Cisse Happy To Remain At Liverpool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Goal.com, Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has insisted that he is content at Anfield, despite rumours linking the club with Michael Owen.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ocregister.com/ocr/2005/08/27/sections/sports/soccer/article_651811.php" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;Cisse helps Liverpool win title&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;OCRegister (subscription), CA -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;2 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Djibril Cisse entered the game in the 81st minute, scored the tying goal two minutes later and then added another goal in overtime to lead Liverpool over CSKA   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mosnews.com/news/2005/08/27/cskaloses.shtml" id="r-0_1100643614" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool Beats Russia s CSKA to Win European Super Cup&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MOSNEWS, Russia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;British Liverpool has defeated Russia s CSKA Moscow to win the European Super Cup, Reuters reported. CSKA, the winner of this   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112514760234556181?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112514760234556181/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112514760234556181' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112514760234556181'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112514760234556181'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-set-for-owen-bid.html' title='Liverpool set for Owen bid  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112513320305882756</id><published>2005-08-26T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-27T02:00:03.180-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Owen still looking for home as transfer deadline closes in  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getsp.pl5?sp20050827cd.htm" id="r-14_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;Owen still looking for home as transfer deadline closes in&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Japan Times, Japan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  16 million -- for the player accepted by Real, but Owen seems to have no great desire to join one of the most underachieving clubs in English football.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112513320305882756?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112513320305882756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112513320305882756' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112513320305882756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112513320305882756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/owen-still-looking-for-home-as.html' title='Owen still looking for home as transfer deadline closes in  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112511879909040836</id><published>2005-08-26T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T21:59:59.196-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Everton rent Ferrari for year  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itv-football.co.uk/News/story_161218.shtml" id="r-19_1100701491" target="_blank"&gt;Everton rent Ferrari for year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ITV.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Premiership.". Ferrari said: "I am very happy because I am a fan of English football and Everton have shown so much confidence in me.". Dutch   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Trends&amp;amp;loid=8.0.198068579&amp;amp;par=0" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;THAILAND: ENGLISH FOOTBALL TO KEEP MUSLIMS FROM VIOLENCE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;AKI, Italy -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 17, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in the country's mostly Muslim southern provinces through the distribution of free TV sets for people to watch English Premier League football matches has   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pinkfootball.com/app/showDoc.aspx?comp_id=44091" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;Chelsea will dominate English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pink-Football, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 14, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;John Terry believes that it is Chelsea s turn to dominate English football after years of Manchester United and Arsenal winning the league year in   year   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93100&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;WORLD CUP 2006: English pride hurt by friendly fire&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Brian Barwick, the English Football Association's chief executive, had spoken with equal enthusiasm when he said: "We go into the World Cup - if and when we   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/12/sports/11748691&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Officials out to shed bad image of English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Swearing by players at referees got so bad in English football last season that a British educator called for games to be banned from daytime TV.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112511879909040836?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112511879909040836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112511879909040836' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112511879909040836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112511879909040836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/everton-rent-ferrari-for-year.html' title='Everton rent Ferrari for year  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112510440019324690</id><published>2005-08-26T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T18:00:00.350-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Glory days, Anfield nights  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/magazine/news/Kind=4/newsId=328899.html" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;Glory days, Anfield nights&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;UEFA.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Captain Steven Gerrard had already come perilously close to joining Chelsea FC, while Ben tez's squad rebuilding was stymied by a lack of available funds with   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92169&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-4_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC : Kerry's weekend tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Put your money on the win.  That is the advice of Chelsea s resident tipster Kerry Dixon as he looks forward to the arrival of Arsenal.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=90977&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-9_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Match Report : Wigan Athletic 0 Chelsea 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 15, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chelsea started the defence of the Championship with a win thanks to a magnificent   Chelsea came more into it towards the middle of the half.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93226&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-13_1100727550" target="_blank"&gt;FIFA World Cup: Nuno Valente back in Portugal fold&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  VfB Stuttgart), Jorge Andrade (RC Deportivo La Coru a), Marco Caneira (Valencia CF), Nuno Valente (FC Porto), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea FC), Ricardo Carvalho   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112510440019324690?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112510440019324690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112510440019324690' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112510440019324690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112510440019324690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/glory-days-anfield-nights.html' title='Glory days, Anfield nights  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112509000018612712</id><published>2005-08-26T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T14:00:00.366-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool ready for approach to rescue Owen  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/story.jsp?story=658603" id="r-16_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool ready for approach to rescue Owen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  played an integral role in last season's Champions' League victory, scoring 13 goals in total during an encouraging debut campaign in English football.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.itv-football.co.uk/News/story_161218.shtml" id="r-18_1100701491" target="_blank"&gt;Everton rent Ferrari for year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;ITV.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Premiership.". Ferrari said: "I am very happy because I am a fan of English football and Everton have shown so much confidence in me.". Dutch   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112509000018612712?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112509000018612712/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112509000018612712' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112509000018612712'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112509000018612712'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-ready-for-approach-to-rescue.html' title='Liverpool ready for approach to rescue Owen  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112507560248436055</id><published>2005-08-26T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T10:00:02.593-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool might gamble on Owen  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/08/26/sfnliv26.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/sport/2005/08/26/ixfooty.html" id="r-7_1100747534" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool might gamble on Owen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Though none of the parties were prepared to reveal their hand, Michael Owen's return to Liverpool seemed to edge closer yesterday.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s386/st80059.htm" id="r-13_1100731414" target="_blank"&gt;Bolo wants to win medals at Liverpool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BAR-Talk.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;15 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Bolo is enjoying life as a Liverpool player and wants to win many medals with the club. "Liverpool Football Club is all about winning   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/26/sports/11873748&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-6_1100706750" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool branded  morally wrong  by Bolton&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Liverpool have been branded  morally wrong  by Bolton after admitting they want to take Greek midfielder Stelios Giannakopoulos to Anfield.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=19&amp;amp;art_id=qw1125058151941S163&amp;amp;set_id=" id="r-2_1100749023" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool is eyeing former striker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Independent Online, South Africa -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Although rival Newcastle negotiated a transfer fee with Real Madrid for the England striker, Liverpool chief executive Rick Parry said on Friday that his club   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&amp;amp;c=Article&amp;amp;cid=1125006613401&amp;amp;call_pageid=1044529386722&amp;amp;col=1044529386490" id="r-4_1100745258" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool to meet Chelsea   again&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Toronto Star, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MONTE CARLO Defending champion Liverpool was drawn to face English rival Chelsea in the first-round group stage of the Champions League yesterday.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112507560248436055?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112507560248436055/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112507560248436055' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112507560248436055'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112507560248436055'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-might-gamble-on-owen.html' title='Liverpool might gamble on Owen  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112506120351212930</id><published>2005-08-26T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T06:00:03.630-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/14/sports/11769473&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 13, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: A review of the English Football Association has recommended a major shake-up of the way it runs the sport, calling for a new spirit of openness.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.expressandstar.com/articles/sport/wolves/article_79524.php" id="r-19_1100744467" target="_blank"&gt;Shake hands - but only later&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;expressandstar.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Olofinjana is a big fan of the man who brought him into English football from Brann Bergen for  1.7m last summer, insisting that Jones was the main reason   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112506120351212930?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112506120351212930/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112506120351212930' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112506120351212930'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112506120351212930'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/review-calls-for-shake-up-of-english_26.html' title='Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112504680366249601</id><published>2005-08-25T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-26T02:00:03.773-07:00</updated><title type='text'>See United Play The Red Devils  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~703566,00.html" id="r-15_1100623068" target="_blank"&gt;See United Play The Red Devils&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;New Castle Football, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;NEWCASTLE take on Manchester United this Sunday - and you could be there to see it thanks to nufc.co.uk. We have pairs of tickets   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112504680366249601?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112504680366249601/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112504680366249601' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112504680366249601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112504680366249601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/see-united-play-red-devils.html' title='See United Play The Red Devils  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112503239851627006</id><published>2005-08-25T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T21:59:58.636-07:00</updated><title type='text'>All English tie exposes Uefa's lack of foresight  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/08/26/sfntyl26.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/sport/2005/08/26/ixfooty.html" id="r-17_1100684367" target="_blank"&gt;All English tie exposes Uefa's lack of foresight&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  At first they insisted the Football Association adjudicate between the claims of Everton and   If five English clubs had made it into the last 32, it would have   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/12/sports/11748691&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-2_0" target="_blank"&gt;Officials out to shed bad image of English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Swearing by players at referees got so bad in English football last season that a British educator called for games to be banned from daytime TV.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cups/uefacup/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/25/SOCCER_Rhyl_Sigurdsson.html" id="r-10_1100730706" target="_blank"&gt;SIGURDSSON WANTS TO SIGN OFF IN STYLE&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Milan boss Roy Hodgson - due to take over as Finland coach next summer - believes his young forward has what it takes to prove a success in English football.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.pinkfootball.com/app/showDoc.aspx?comp_id=44091" id="r-6_0" target="_blank"&gt;Chelsea will dominate English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Pink-Football, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 14, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;John Terry believes that it is Chelsea s turn to dominate English football after years of Manchester United and Arsenal winning the league year in   year   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.khaleejtimes.com/Displayarticle.asp?xfile=data/sports/2005/August/sports_August55.xml&amp;amp;section=sports&amp;amp;subsection=football" id="r-12_0" target="_blank"&gt;TV coverage of English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Khaleej Times, United Arab Emirates -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 3, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The Championship is one of the most competitive leagues in the world with each club battling for the most lucrative prize in English football, a place in the   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112503239851627006?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112503239851627006/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112503239851627006' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112503239851627006'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112503239851627006'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/all-english-tie-exposes-uefas-lack-of.html' title='All English tie exposes Uefa&amp;#39;s lack of foresight  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112501799828409652</id><published>2005-08-25T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T17:59:58.420-07:00</updated><title type='text'>American Chairs English Football Champions  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-26-voa57.cfm" id="r-8_0" target="_blank"&gt;American Chairs English Football Champions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Voice of America -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Buck also gave his opinion on another American who is trying to have an impact on English football, Malcolm Glazer. The owner of   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.businessworld.ie/livenews.htm?a=1241742;s=rollingnews.htm" id="r-10_1100720888" target="_blank"&gt;O'Brien to appeal High Ct. soccer ruling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Business World, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Entrepreneur Denis O'Brien has vowed to appeal yesterday's decision of the High Court to allow a probe of his purchase of an English football club.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112501799828409652?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112501799828409652/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112501799828409652' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112501799828409652'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112501799828409652'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/american-chairs-english-football_25.html' title='American Chairs English Football Champions  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112500359952823310</id><published>2005-08-25T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T13:59:59.616-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool hoping to add yet another European trophy to Anfield  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.canada.com/sports/soccer/story.html?id=3d1d9695-26dd-4871-a9ae-04587766f9aa" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool hoping to add yet another European trophy to Anfield  &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canada.com, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;21 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MONTE CARLO (AP) - Champions League winner Liverpool bids for a fourth European trophy in four years when it takes on UEFA Cup winner CSKA Moscow in Friday's   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93043&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-13_1100729662" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: NEW BOY GODWIN LOVES THE ANFIELD ROAR&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ The special Anfield roar that only a midweek European night in Liverpool can bring   Antwi is the first Ghana born player to represent Liverpool.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://msn.foxsports.com/soccer/story/4808594" id="r-0_1100643614" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool after yet another European trophy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;FOXSports.com -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) - Champions League winner Liverpool bids for a fourth European trophy in four years when it takes on UEFA Cup winner CSKA Moscow in   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93039&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-14_1100722204" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL V MAN UNITED E-SEASON MATCH TICKET BALLOT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ The e-Season Match ticket ballot for Liverpool V Manchester United (18/9/05) runs from 9:15 am to 8:15 pm today.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/4180288.stm" id="r-8_1100731414" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool v CSKA Moscow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC Sport, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;6 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool winger Harry Kewell, who has not played this season because of groin and hernia problems, could be in line for a spot on the bench against Moscow.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112500359952823310?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112500359952823310/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112500359952823310' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112500359952823310'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112500359952823310'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-hoping-to-add-yet-another.html' title='Liverpool hoping to add yet another European trophy to Anfield  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112498920252767789</id><published>2005-08-25T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T10:00:02.646-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Football Europe: Rivals face new-season Blues  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=90852&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-14_0" target="_blank"&gt;Football Europe: Rivals face new-season Blues&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 13, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Manchester United FC have managed it four times since the Premiership began but three attempts by Arsenal FC have ended in failure.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=360350&amp;amp;in_page_id=1770" id="r-7_1100679719" target="_blank"&gt;'One of those special people'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Daily Mail - UK, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Among the shirts on display were the colours of England, Brazil, Liverpool FC, Everton FC and Arsenal as well as basketball tops, all to mark his passion for   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112498920252767789?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112498920252767789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112498920252767789' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112498920252767789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112498920252767789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/football-europe-rivals-face-new-season_25.html' title='Football Europe: Rivals face new-season Blues  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112497480327474987</id><published>2005-08-25T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T06:00:03.400-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool yet to move for Owen  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.news24.com/News24/Sport/Soccer/0,,2-9-840_1759711,00.html" id="r-0_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool yet to move for Owen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;News24, South Africa -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;London - European Champions Liverpool are keeping their options open after former star striker Michael Owen said that he wanted to return to Anfield.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&amp;amp;sid=av_pJTcjoOnw&amp;amp;refer=uk" id="r-4_1100684367" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool, Chelsea May Be Paired in Champions League Draw Today&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;25 (Bloomberg) -- Defending champion Liverpool may be paired with English rival Chelsea when the draw for the group stage of soccer's Champions League is made   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=93037&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: WHY ISTANBUL IS THE GREATEST STORY EVER TOLD&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;5 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  When it comes to winning trophies, there may never be another fifteen minutes as important in the history of Liverpool Football Club.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=Sports_News&amp;amp;subsection=Football&amp;amp;month=August2005&amp;amp;file=Sports_News2005082521550.xml" id="r-15_1100719698" target="_blank"&gt;Champions Liverpool through on aggregate&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Peninsula On-line, Qatar -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Holders Liverpool and upstarts Artmedia Petrzalka of Slovakia and Thun of Switzerland all qualified for the Champions League proper on a night of   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112497480327474987?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112497480327474987/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112497480327474987' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112497480327474987'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112497480327474987'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-yet-to-move-for-owen.html' title='Liverpool yet to move for Owen  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112496040249271483</id><published>2005-08-24T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-25T02:00:02.643-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inter Milan advances very, very quietly  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050825/SOCCER25/TPSports/Other" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;Inter Milan advances very, very quietly&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Among the 16 teams already in today's group stage draw in Monte Carlo are Real Madrid, AC Milan, FC Barcelona, Juventus, Chelsea, Arsenal and Bayern Munich.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://unitedmania.matchnight.com/umindex.cfm?page=ARTICLE&amp;amp;show=2864" id="r-16_1100695337" target="_blank"&gt;Adu Nominated For Youth Player Of The Year Award&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mid-Atlantic Soccer Report, DC -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;16 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Mascherano (Sport Club Corinthians), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern Munchen), Dong Fangzou (Manchester United), Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Rio Antonio   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/WorldCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=328769.html" id="r-6_1100700664" target="_blank"&gt;Belarus bank on stars' recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Denis Kovba (FC Krylya Sovetov Samara), Aleksandr Kulchiy (FC Tom Tomsk), Oleg Shkabara (FC Dinamo Moskva), Aleksandr Gleb (Arsenal FC), Tsimafei Kalachou (FC   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112496040249271483?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112496040249271483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112496040249271483' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112496040249271483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112496040249271483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/inter-milan-advances-very-very-quietly.html' title='Inter Milan advances very, very quietly  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112494599788448363</id><published>2005-08-24T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T21:59:57.976-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: New ticket selling procedures  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=87743&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: New ticket selling procedures&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 28, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  in advance. Match tickets for all Chelsea Premier League Home and Away fixtures will go on sale 21 days before the game. Where 21   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112494599788448363?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112494599788448363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112494599788448363' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112494599788448363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112494599788448363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-new-ticket-selling_24.html' title='CHELSEA FC: New ticket selling procedures  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112493160148566852</id><published>2005-08-24T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T18:00:02.433-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cisse rejects rumors of leaving Liverpool  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2005-08/24/content_3398344.htm" id="r-4_1100705196" target="_blank"&gt;Cisse rejects rumors of leaving Liverpool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Xinhua, China -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON, August 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Liverpool striker Djibril Cisse has dismissed rumors of his returning to France with Olympique Marseille, saying he would like   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92816&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-18_1100696113" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: KOP 10: EURO LEGENDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;17 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Liverpool's illustrious European history has thrown up countless heroes but who has been the club's top Euro star?   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://breakingnews.iol.ie/sport/story.asp?j=153622070&amp;amp;p=y536zz776&amp;amp;t=soccer" id="r-2_1100643614" target="_blank"&gt;New Liverpool deal signed by Warnock&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Ireland Online, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Earlier in his career, Warnock had successful loan spells with Bradford and Coventry, before finding favour at Liverpool following Rafael Benitez s   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.leisureopportunities.co.uk/newsdetail.cfm?codeID=11974" id="r-16_1100688058" target="_blank"&gt;Museum masterplan for cultural Liverpool&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Leisure Opportunities Daily News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;National Museums of Liverpool (NML) has appointed US-based theme park and exhibition designer, BRC Imagination Arts, to produce the master plan for the Museum   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112493160148566852?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112493160148566852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112493160148566852' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112493160148566852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112493160148566852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/cisse-rejects-rumors-of-leaving.html' title='Cisse rejects rumors of leaving Liverpool  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112491720226604327</id><published>2005-08-24T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T14:00:02.370-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Premiership target set for Real Madrid switch  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fansfc.com/frontpage/frontpagenews.asp?newsid=143434" id="r-6_1100640155" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership target set for Real Madrid switch&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;FansFC.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The right-back is a target for both Manchester United and Liverpool after his displays for both Sao Paulo and the Brazilian national side where he is set to   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/2005/0823/premiershippreviews.html" id="r-15_1100704518" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership Previews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;RTE Interactive, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 23, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  goal. Blackburn should field an unchanged side for tomorrow's clash with early Barclays Premiership leaders Tottenham at Ewood Park.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://canowindra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&amp;amp;subclass=local&amp;amp;category=general%20sport&amp;amp;story_id=418381&amp;amp;y=2005&amp;amp;m=8" id="r-10_0" target="_blank"&gt;Soccer girls secure minor premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Canowindra News,  Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;19 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  They have secured the Minor Premiership wit a 2 all draw against finals contenders Eglinton, in a match played at home on Sunday August 13.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.arsenal-world.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&amp;amp;id=236299" id="r-14_1100708109" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership Roundup - Optimism in N17&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Arsenal World, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Steve McLaren's team may have gone home with nothing, but elsewhere in the Premiership it was a tale of ex-Man U staff doing pretty well for themselves and   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112491720226604327?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112491720226604327/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112491720226604327' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112491720226604327'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112491720226604327'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/premiership-target-set-for-real-madrid.html' title='Premiership target set for Real Madrid switch  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112490280214870439</id><published>2005-08-24T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T10:00:02.270-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Warnock signs two-year extension to Liverpool contract  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.unison.ie/breakingnews/?ca=94&amp;amp;si=78146&amp;amp;breakingnews=1" id="r-12_1100705525" target="_blank"&gt;Warnock signs two-year extension to Liverpool contract&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Southern Star (subscription), Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool defender Stephen Warnosk has signed a two-year extension to his contract at Anfield. The 23-year-old's previous deal was   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/4181650.stm" id="r-0_1100600906" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool play Owen waiting game&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;BBC News, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Liverpool will not be rushed into a move to sign former star Michael Owen, despite Newcastle agreeing a club record deal with Real Madrid.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92822&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-19_1100701362" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL FC: REDS THROUGH DESPITE SHOCK DEFEAT&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;9 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ It's taken six games and 41 days but Liverpool have finally secured their place in the lucrative group stage of this season's Champions League   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mg.co.za/articlepage.aspx?area=/breaking_news/breaking_news__sport/&amp;amp;articleid=248917" id="r-5_1100662460" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool survive Champions League scare&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Mail &amp;amp; Guardian Online, South Africa -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Defending champions Liverpool survived a Champions League scare on Tuesday before booking their place in the multimillion-dollar group stages where they will   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=worldFootballNews&amp;amp;storyID=URI:urn:newsml:reuters.com:20050823:MTFH64279_2005-08-23_22-28-03_L23532572:1" id="r-9_1100696568" target="_blank"&gt;WRAPUP1-Liverpool through with upstarts Artmedia and Thun&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Reuters.uk, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;18 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON, Aug 23 (Reuters) - Holders Liverpool and upstarts Artmedia Petrzalka of Slovakia and Thun of Switzerland all qualified for the Champions League proper   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112490280214870439?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112490280214870439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112490280214870439' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112490280214870439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112490280214870439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/warnock-signs-two-year-extension-to.html' title='Warnock signs two-year extension to Liverpool contract  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112488840197768033</id><published>2005-08-24T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T06:00:02.063-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC : Kerry's weekend tips  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92169&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC : Kerry's weekend tips&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Put your money on the win.  That is the advice of Chelsea s resident tipster Kerry Dixon as he looks forward to the arrival of Arsenal.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20050823&amp;amp;content_id=40778&amp;amp;vkey=pr_mls&amp;amp;fext=.jsp" id="r-12_1100695337" target="_blank"&gt;Adu nominated for FIFPro Young Player of the Year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;MLS - Major League Soccer, New York -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Mascherano (Sport Club Corinthians), Bastian Schweinsteiger (FC Bayern Munchen), Dong Fangzou (Manchester United), Francesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Rio Antonio   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112488840197768033?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112488840197768033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112488840197768033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112488840197768033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112488840197768033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-kerrys-weekend-tips.html' title='CHELSEA FC : Kerry&amp;#39;s weekend tips  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112487400312947524</id><published>2005-08-23T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-24T02:00:03.213-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/08/20/103949.php" id="r-18_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Blogcritics.org -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;For Manchester United's first home fixture of the new season, Sir Alex Ferguson opts to go with the same starting line-up as last week at Everton.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112487400312947524?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112487400312947524/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112487400312947524' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112487400312947524'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112487400312947524'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/manchester-united-1-0-aston-villa.html' title='Manchester United 1-0 Aston Villa  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112485959905909330</id><published>2005-08-23T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T21:59:59.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>U9s win premiership 18-0 against St Clair  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://bluemountains.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=sport&amp;amp;subclass=local&amp;amp;category=general%20sport&amp;amp;story_id=418554&amp;amp;y=2005&amp;amp;m=8" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;U9s win premiership 18-0 against St Clair&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Blue Mountains Gazette, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;26 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;In the best game they played all year Lower Mountains Junior Rugby League Club's U9s kept minor premiers St Clair scoreless in their 18-0 win in the grand final   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goal.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=81415&amp;amp;progr=1" id="r-2_1100691054" target="_blank"&gt;The New Premiership Campaign   What Are Your Predictions?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Goal.com, Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt; 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US Open Cup Preview: San Jose v. Los Angeles. The New Premiership Campaign   What Are Your Predictions? The new English   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112485959905909330?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112485959905909330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112485959905909330' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112485959905909330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112485959905909330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/u9s-win-premiership-18-0-against-st.html' title='U9s win premiership 18-0 against St Clair  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112484520024928149</id><published>2005-08-23T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T18:00:00.336-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool survive early fright  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/main.jhtml?xml=/sport/2005/08/24/sfgliv24.xml&amp;amp;sSheet=/sport/2005/08/24/ixfooty.html" id="r-0_1100643614" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool survive early fright&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Telegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;A Liverpool side glaringly lacking the graft and drive of Steven Gerrard reached the group stages of the Champions League with the whimper of a pretender   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redissue.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&amp;amp;id=236388" id="r-11_1100678295" target="_blank"&gt;LIVERPOOL EYE OUR BRAZILIAN TARGET&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Redissue, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;11 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  right back Cicinho told the News of the World: "Manchester United are a big club that challenges for big trophies but I have also heard that Liverpool are now   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112484520024928149?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112484520024928149/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112484520024928149' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112484520024928149'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112484520024928149'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-survive-early-fright.html' title='Liverpool survive early fright  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112483080024738904</id><published>2005-08-23T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T14:00:00.333-07:00</updated><title type='text'>CHELSEA FC: Team News: Wigan vs Chelsea  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=90976&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-6_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Team News: Wigan vs Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 15, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chelsea are unchanged from the team that won the Community Shield with just some switching on the bench. Wigan, however, have problems.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=89522&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Chelsea Youth 0 Barcelona Youth 1&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 7, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chelsea lost the   Chelsea went close to equalising in the final minutes, Nana Ofori and Shaun Cummings forcing fine saves from their goalkeeper.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=86735&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-11_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC: Busy summer&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 25, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;/noticias.info/ Chief executive Peter Kenyon and chairman Bruce Buck have sent a message to Chelsea fans regarding various developments at the club over the   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=89456&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;CHELSEA FC:Everyone bar Bridge ready for Cardiff&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 6, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  But it s Chelsea and Arsenal, and nobody likes to lose.   If one of Chelsea players do this and wants to move, I keep saying every player has a price.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=35962" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Jaros k says farewell to Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Dansk Boldspil-Union, Denmark -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 22, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Chelsea FC midfielder Jir  Jaros k has joined Birmingham City FC on a season-long loan after failing to hold down a regular place in west London.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112483080024738904?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112483080024738904/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112483080024738904' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112483080024738904'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112483080024738904'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-team-news-wigan-vs-chelsea.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Team News: Wigan vs Chelsea  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112481640180351121</id><published>2005-08-23T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T10:00:01.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Newcastle face Emre absence  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.noticias.info/asp/aspComunicados.asp?nid=92070&amp;amp;src=0" id="r-17_0" target="_blank"&gt;Newcastle face Emre absence&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;noticias.info (press release), Spain -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  has graduated from the St James' Park academy to the first team, and partnered Jean-Alain Boumsong in Sunday's opening Premiership defeat by Arsenal FC.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/footballeurope/news/Kind=2/newsId=327839.html" id="r-13_0" target="_blank"&gt;London cannot wait for derby day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;by Paul Safferfrom London. Even when Chelsea FC and Arsenal FC were also-rans in England, their league encounters were always much anticipated.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112481640180351121?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112481640180351121/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112481640180351121' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112481640180351121'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112481640180351121'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/newcastle-face-emre-absence.html' title='Newcastle face Emre absence  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112480201382765469</id><published>2005-08-23T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T06:00:14.283-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Craig craves minor premiership  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/footy/story_page/0,8747,16339058%255E25397,00.html" id="r-14_1100640826" target="_blank"&gt;Craig craves minor premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Advertiser Adelaide, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;By MICHELANGELO RUCCI. NEIL Craig wants the AFL minor premiership. "Absolutely," says the Adelaide coach who has his Crows play for   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/minor-premiership-a-major-headache-for-ailing-broncos/2005/08/21/1124562752868.html" id="r-12_1100595856" target="_blank"&gt;Minor premiership a major headache for ailing Broncos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  If the Broncos don't win the minor premiership and crash out of the finals early, the 22-20 loss at Penrith Stadium will be remembered as the day things went   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&amp;amp;sid=aNpZAFl3jIQg&amp;amp;refer=uk" id="r-11_1100571640" target="_blank"&gt;Chelsea Ends 10-Year Wait for Premiership Victory Over Arsenal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Bloomberg -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;22 (Bloomberg) -- Chelsea ended a 10-year wait for a Premiership win over Arsenal with a 1-0 victory at Stamford Bridge yesterday, secured with a fluke goal by   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112480201382765469?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112480201382765469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112480201382765469' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112480201382765469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112480201382765469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/craig-craves-minor-premiership.html' title='Craig craves minor premiership  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112478760320704505</id><published>2005-08-22T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-23T02:00:03.300-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Valencia suffer Edu injury blow  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.uefa.com/competitions/IntertotoCup/news/Kind=1/newsId=327985.html" id="r-14_1100647466" target="_blank"&gt;Valencia suffer Edu injury blow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;uefa.com, Switzerland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  training today. Edu only joined Quique S nchez Flores's side in the summer, after completing a free transfer move from Arsenal FC.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dbu.dk/news/newsShow.aspx?id=35906" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;London cannot wait for derby day&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Dansk Boldspil-Union, Denmark -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Chelsea FC against Arsenal FC is alway a big occasion - but their status as England's major forces makes Sunday's encounter an even more hotly anticipated game   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112478760320704505?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112478760320704505/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112478760320704505' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112478760320704505'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112478760320704505'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/valencia-suffer-edu-injury-blow.html' title='Valencia suffer Edu injury blow  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112477319840288292</id><published>2005-08-22T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T21:59:58.483-07:00</updated><title type='text'>To Date [M/d/yyyy]:  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goal.com/NewsDetail.aspx?idNews=81287&amp;amp;progr=0" id="r-13_1100680906" target="_blank"&gt;To Date [M/d/yyyy]:&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Soccer Age Japan, Japan -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;32 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Beforehand he suggested that Claudio Ranieri must share the credit for Chelsea s emergence as one of the dominant forces in English football, having laid the   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112477319840288292?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112477319840288292/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112477319840288292' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112477319840288292'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112477319840288292'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/to-date-mdyyyy.html' title='To Date [M/d/yyyy]:  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112475880134683576</id><published>2005-08-22T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T18:00:03.160-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Premiership round-up  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/Premiership_roundup_news_67439.html" id="r-13_1100669166" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership round-up&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;World Soccer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  said. Tottenham are top of the Premiership following a 2-0 over Middlesbrough courtesy of two second half goals at White Harte Lane.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/international/england/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/22/SOCCER_Charlton_Nightlead.html" id="r-1_1100591065" target="_blank"&gt;Bent - currently top scorer in the Premiership (Getty)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;10 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  The young centre-forward is currently the leading scorer in the Barclays Premiership following his match-winning strike against Wigan at the Valley on Saturday   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.smh.com.au/news/league/minor-premiership-a-major-headache-for-ailing-broncos/2005/08/21/1124562752868.html" id="r-19_1100595856" target="_blank"&gt;Minor premiership a major headache for ailing Broncos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sydney Morning Herald (subscription), Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 21, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  If the Broncos don't win the minor premiership and crash out of the finals early, the 22-20 loss at Penrith Stadium will be remembered as the day things went   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.rte.ie/sport/2005/0822/premiershippreviews.html" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership previews&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;RTE Interactive, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Steve McClaren must deal with an injury crisis among his forwards as he prepares for tomorrow night's game at St. Andrews. Aiyegbeni   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112475880134683576?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112475880134683576/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112475880134683576' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112475880134683576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112475880134683576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/premiership-round-up.html' title='Premiership round-up  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112474440232368515</id><published>2005-08-22T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T14:00:02.453-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Officials out to shed bad image of English football  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/12/sports/11748691&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Officials out to shed bad image of English football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 11, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: Swearing by players at referees got so bad in English football last season that a British educator called for games to be banned from daytime TV.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-26-voa57.cfm" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;American Chairs English Football Champions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Voice of America -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Buck also gave his opinion on another American who is trying to have an impact on English football, Malcolm Glazer. The owner of   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112474440232368515?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112474440232368515/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112474440232368515' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112474440232368515'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112474440232368515'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/officials-out-to-shed-bad-image-of.html' title='Officials out to shed bad image of English football  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112473000197740709</id><published>2005-08-22T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T10:00:02.093-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lucky goal keeps Chelsea perfect, Dutch champs earn first victory  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20050822/SOCCER22/TPSports/Other" id="r-5_1100664434" target="_blank"&gt;Lucky goal keeps Chelsea perfect, Dutch champs earn first victory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Globe and Mail, Canada -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  We feel we gave a very, very cheap goal away," Arsenal manager Arsene   AZ Alkmaar and RKC Waalwijk are also 2-0. Alkmaar topped FC Utrecht 2-1 and Waalwijk beat   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.jadransport.org/articles/1592.html" id="r-0_0" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal FC book Nikola Zigic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;JadranSport.org, Serbia and Montenegro -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Schalke 04 and VFB Stuttgart but they couldn t fulfill Crvena zvezda s high compensation demands, so now we are aiming for him to join Arsenal and I can   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112473000197740709?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112473000197740709/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112473000197740709' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112473000197740709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112473000197740709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/lucky-goal-keeps-chelsea-perfect-dutch.html' title='Lucky goal keeps Chelsea perfect, Dutch champs earn first victory  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112471560400478762</id><published>2005-08-22T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T06:00:04.130-07:00</updated><title type='text'>American Chairs English Football Champions  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.voanews.com/english/2005-07-26-voa57.cfm" id="r-7_0" target="_blank"&gt;American Chairs English Football Champions&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Voice of America -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Jul 26, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Buck also gave his opinion on another American who is trying to have an impact on English football, Malcolm Glazer. The owner of   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=2253" id="r-1_0" target="_blank"&gt;World Cup 2018 Bid: A chance for English football to flourish&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Squarefootball, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 17, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  tactic will be to show the voters not only that England has a rich football history, but that that history is being used to ease English football into a   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/21/sports/11833199&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-9_1100653087" target="_blank"&gt;Arsenal manager Wenger gears up for 500th game against Chelsea&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 20, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  game with champions Chelsea at Stamford Bridge will cap a remarkable era that has transformed the north London club and had an impact on English football.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112471560400478762?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112471560400478762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112471560400478762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112471560400478762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112471560400478762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/american-chairs-english-football_22.html' title='American Chairs English Football Champions  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112470120325592613</id><published>2005-08-21T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-22T02:00:03.440-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Manchester United: Alan Smith; The New Chris Sutton?  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.squarefootball.net/article/article.asp?aid=2245" id="r-16_0" target="_blank"&gt;Manchester United: Alan Smith; The New Chris Sutton?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Squarefootball, Ireland -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 16, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  In theory there has been no outright refusal by the Manchester United striker, whereas Sutton simply wouldn t turn out for the B side.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112470120325592613?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112470120325592613/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112470120325592613' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112470120325592613'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112470120325592613'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/manchester-united-alan-smith-new-chris.html' title='Manchester United: Alan Smith; The New Chris Sutton?  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That is the advice of Chelsea s resident tipster Kerry Dixon as he looks forward to the arrival of Arsenal.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112467239865671282?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112467239865671282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112467239865671282' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112467239865671282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112467239865671282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/chelsea-fc-busy-summer_21.html' title='CHELSEA FC: Busy summer  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112465799931920322</id><published>2005-08-21T09:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T13:59:59.406-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Liverpool rival Man Utd for Cicinho  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.tribalfootball.com/august/englshnews1210805.html" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;Liverpool rival Man Utd for Cicinho&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Tribalfootball.com, Australia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;13 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;However, the News of the World says Liverpool are ready to trump United with an offer of their own for Cicinho, who is likely to leave Sao Paulo when the   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112465799931920322?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112465799931920322/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112465799931920322' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112465799931920322'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112465799931920322'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/liverpool-rival-man-utd-for-cicinho.html' title='Liverpool rival Man Utd for Cicinho  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112464360396299296</id><published>2005-08-21T05:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T10:00:05.100-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Nakata looks forward to Premiership football  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.999today.com/sports/story/1658.html" id="r-18_0" target="_blank"&gt;Nakata looks forward to Premiership football&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;999 Today, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  He told Bolton's official website: "I have wanted to play in the Premiership for a couple of years, I now have the chance to play in England in the UEFA Cup.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112464360396299296?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112464360396299296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112464360396299296' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112464360396299296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112464360396299296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/nakata-looks-forward-to-premiership.html' title='Nakata looks forward to Premiership football  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112462920211633913</id><published>2005-08-21T01:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T06:00:02.203-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Premiership: United earn victory  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4160000/newsid_4169200/4169258.stm" id="r-4_1100641537" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership: United earn victory&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;CBBC newsround (audio), UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;23 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Manchester United continued their winning start to the Premiership with a 1-0 triumph over Aston Villa. Dutch striker Ruud van Nistelrooy   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112462920211633913?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112462920211633913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112462920211633913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112462920211633913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112462920211633913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/premiership-united-earn-victory.html' title='Premiership: United earn victory  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112461480296335271</id><published>2005-08-20T21:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-21T02:00:03.146-07:00</updated><title type='text'>NAKATA NOT READY FOR PREMIERSHIP BOW  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/premiership/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/19/manual_063400.html&amp;amp;TEAMHD=premiership" id="r-11_1100450316" target="_blank"&gt;NAKATA NOT READY FOR PREMIERSHIP BOW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 18, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  against Everton on Sunday - but manager Sam Allardyce has tipped the midfielder to reach full fitness and make an impact on the Barclays Premiership this season   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.dehavilland.co.uk/webhost.asp?wci=default&amp;amp;wcp=EntertainmentStoryPage&amp;amp;ItemID=15027222&amp;amp;ServiceID=8&amp;amp;filterid=345221&amp;amp;searchid=234672&amp;amp;category=3" id="r-3_1100622730" target="_blank"&gt;Defoe fires Spurs to Premiership summit&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;DeHavilland, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;14 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Tottenham Hotspur sit at the top of the Premiership after a 2-0 victory over Middlesbrough at White Hart Lane. Jermain Defoe opened   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/Premiership_preview_news_67367.html" id="r-9_1100641727" target="_blank"&gt;Premiership preview&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;World Soccer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;Champions Chelsea take on title challengers Arsenal in the Premiership game of weekend at Stamford Bridge on Sunday. Jose Mourinho   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/premiership/story.jsp?story=657215" id="r-19_0" target="_blank"&gt;Today in the Premiership&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Belfast Telegraph, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 17, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;The director Danny Fiszman has admitted the board would probably have looked for accommodation outside Islington if they had foreseen the problems of moving to   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112461480296335271?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112461480296335271/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112461480296335271' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112461480296335271'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112461480296335271'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/nakata-not-ready-for-premiership-bow.html' title='NAKATA NOT READY FOR PREMIERSHIP BOW  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112460040427159163</id><published>2005-08-20T17:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-20T22:00:04.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/14/sports/11769473&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 13, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: A review of the English Football Association has recommended a major shake-up of the way it runs the sport, calling for a new spirit of openness.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://sport.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1813802005" id="r-14_1100646194" target="_blank"&gt;Humiliation will keep England's feet on ground&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Scotsman, United Kingdom -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 19, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  A chastened Gary Neville spoke of a "wake-up call", and it certainly seemed as if English football was in drastic need of a bucket of Baltic ice-water to be   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/20/SOCCER_Reading.html" id="r-13_1100643797" target="_blank"&gt;Reading 5 Millwall 0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;12 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;United States international Bobby Convey opened his goalscoring account in English football with a brace as Reading moved to the top of the Coca-Cola   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112460040427159163?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112460040427159163/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112460040427159163' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112460040427159163'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112460040427159163'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/review-calls-for-shake-up-of-english_20.html' title='Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13946582.post-112458599902524998</id><published>2005-08-20T13:00:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2005-08-20T17:59:59.120-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association  </title><content type='html'>&lt;div xmlns="http://purl.org/atom/ns#"&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2005/8/14/sports/11769473&amp;amp;sec=sports" id="r-3_0" target="_blank"&gt;Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 13, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;LONDON: A review of the English Football Association has recommended a major shake-up of the way it runs the sport, calling for a new spirit of openness.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.sportinglife.com/football/live/reports/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/05/08/20/SOCCER_Reading.html" id="r-11_1100643797" target="_blank"&gt;Reading 5 Millwall 0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Sportinglife.com, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;8 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;United States international Bobby Convey opened his goalscoring account in English football with a brace as Reading moved to the top of the Coca-Cola   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/8/17/central/11793012&amp;amp;sec=central" id="r-15_0" target="_blank"&gt;The kick is back in their lives&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;Malaysia Star, Malaysia -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;Aug 16, 2005&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  Sponsors of the EPL even hold football parties at large outdoor venues. The obsession with English football seems to be particularly strong in this region.   &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="http://observer.guardian.co.uk/sport/story/0,6903,1553285,00.html" id="r-5_1100647053" target="_blank"&gt;Wenger guns for Euro glory but vows to keep accent on style&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;&lt;font color="#6f6f6f"&gt;The Observer, UK -&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font size="-1"&gt;  English football was too insular to think that there was anything an effing Frenchman could teach the country that gave the game to the world.   &lt;/font&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/13946582-112458599902524998?l=the-premiership.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/feeds/112458599902524998/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=13946582&amp;postID=112458599902524998' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112458599902524998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13946582/posts/default/112458599902524998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://the-premiership.blogspot.com/2005/08/review-calls-for-shake-up-of-english.html' title='Review calls for a shake-up of English Football Association  '/><author><name>Keith Kingston</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
