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Houiller or McCarthy set for Korean post

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

The South Korean Football Association have announced that either Gerard Houllier or Mick McCarthy will be announced as the new manager of the 2002 World Cup Semi-Finalists this week.
They are the last two candidates on the list and the choice will probably be made on Friday, spokesman You Young-Cheul told AFP.
Korea have been looking for […]

European Football News Round-Up

Thursday, November 1st, 2007

ETO’O POISED FOR BARCA RETURN 
Barcelona have been boosted by the news that star striker Samuel Eto’o will be available to return to action in approximately 3-4 weeks.
The Cameroon star has been out of action since 29th August when he suffered an injury during a friendly match with Inter Milan.
Eto’o suffered a partial rupture of his […]

Pauleta brace seals PSG victory

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Two goals from Portuguese striker Pedro Pauleta gave Paris St Germain a 2-0 victory over Montpellier in the French League Cup on Wednesday and eased the pressure on under-fire manager Paul le Guen.
The striker, who has recently been left out of the first team on a number of occassions as of late, returned to the […]

French giants at wrong end of table

Sunday, October 28th, 2007

Marseille’s dismal Ligue 1 form continued on Saturday after two own goals and a missed penalty condemned them to a 2-1 defeat at Sochaux to leave them third bottom of the division.
Despite impressive form in the Champions League, which sees them top their group ahead of FC Porto, Besiktas and five-time Champions Liverpool, Marseille have […]

ABSOLOUTELY FL-AULAS by Marc Deanie

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Clinical really is the understatement of the year when you attach it to Rangers 3-0 win against Lyon in France.  A bullet McCulloch header, a Cousin smash and a Beasley slot sent a statement of intent to the usual parties who are stupid enough to ridicule Scottish Football at every attempt.
Can you really believe the […]

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