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West Ham have unveiled the former Chelsea player Gianfranco Zola as their new coach, much as predicted all week.
The 42 year old Italian replaces Alan Curbishley at Upton Park who resigned over ‘interference’ from the West Ham board room.
Most recently Zola has been working as assistant coach with the Italian under 21 side with Pierluigi [...]

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Now everyone can see highlights of yesterday’s Croatia-England match as itv have stumped up “a low six-figure sum” for the highlights. itv had previously offered half a million pounds for highlights, but were rejected by Setanta. (source: Guardian)
This week has been an utter farce for international football coverage, with German stations showing both [...]

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No one predicted an England victory last night in Zagreb against Croatia, one of the best football nations in the world, let alone an emphatic one.
It was all going according to plan when Croatia started strongly with Tottenham’s Luka Modric dictating things as the Midfield General, and Croatia looking dangerous every time they pushed forward.  [...]

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Sami Hyypia is said to be shocked at being left out of the Liverpool Champions League squad, although in fairness a new list of players can be submitted in the new year, prior to the knock out stages.
Hyppia was the subject of an enquiry from premier newcomers Stoke during the summer, a move that was [...]

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Every now & then a  Premier League team appears to be in disarray; and then there’s Newcastle United!
Still to be publicly sorted out, it very much looks like the sale of James Milner to Aston Villa and the direcotrs attempts to sell Joey Barton & Michael Owen was the last straw for Kevin Keegan; and [...]

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