Preston Burnley 4-3

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Iwelumo's hat-trick helped Burnley earn Lancashire bragging rights
Chris Iwelumo scored a hat-trick as Burnley produced a stunning late fightback to defeat 10-man Preston.

Iwelumo made it 1-0 with a header but Preston hit back through crisp finishes from Adam Barton and Keith Treacy.

Jon Parkin made it 3-1 to the visitors but the match turned after the sending off of Preston's Billy Jones.

Iwelumo reduced the arrears with a fine volley after 84 minutes and equalised with a header, before Jay Rodriguez nodded in a 90th-minute winner.

It was an astonishing turnaround from Burnley but a nightmare for Preston manager Darren Ferguson, whose team appeared to have victory in the bag before Jones received a second yellow card for time-wasting.

Laws realistic despite last-gasp winner

Ferguson was watched by his father Sir Alex, whose Manchester United team had given up 3-1 lead to Everton in their 3-3 draw earlier in the day.

Preston started the brighter with Keith Treacy drawing a fine save from Burnley goalkeeper Brian Jensen and Daniel Fox blocking an effort from Josh King.

But Burnley took the lead against the run of play when former Preston winger Ross Wallace crossed from the left for Iwelumo to head home.

Preston drew level when a long ball caused havoc in the Burnley defence, allowing Barton a clear run on goal to score.

Treacy gave North End the lead with a fine goal, latching on to a loose ball and drilling a fierce low shot in off the inside of the post.

Treacy turned provider for the third goal after 70 minutes as his left-footed cross was brilliantly converted by Parkin.

Ferguson fumes at 'disgraceful' decision

The dismissal of Jones with 12 minutes remaining seemed to instil Burnley with belief, while Preston simply fell to pieces.

Iwelumo made it 3-2 with a fine low volley from the edge of the area and then produced a clever flicked header to draw the hosts level.

The onslaught continued, and in the last minute of normal time, unmarked substitute Rodriguez headed home to complete a remarkable comeback.

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Npower Championship

Iwelumo 9Iwelumo 84Iwelumo 88Rodriguez 90Barton 23Treacy 32Parkin 70Final Result Full Time 90:00+5:34 The referee signals the end of the game. 90:00+3:11 Graham Alexander restarts play with the free kick. 90:00+3:11 Booking Caution for Sean St. Ledger. 90:00+3:04 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Chris Eagles by Sean St. Ledger. 90:00+0:44 Corner taken short by Keith Treacy. 89:32 Wade Elliott provided the assist for the goal. 89:32 GOAL - Jay Rodriguez:Burnley 4 - 3 Preston Jay Rodriguez finds the back of the net with a headed goal from close range. Burnley 4-3 Preston. 89:08 Corner taken left-footed by Wade Elliott from the right by-line, 87:51 Graham Alexander provided the assist for the goal. 87:51 GOAL - Chris Iwelumo:Burnley 3 - 3 Preston Chris Iwelumo finds the back of the net with a headed goal from deep inside the penalty area. Burnley 3-3 Preston. 87:49 Graham Alexander produces a cross, 87:06 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Graham Alexander from the left by-line. 86:28 Jon Parkin concedes a free kick for a foul on Andre Bikey. Direct free kick taken by Daniel Fox. 86:04 A cross is delivered by Wade Elliott, Close range header by Jay Rodriguez misses to the right of the goal. 85:31 Foul by Jon Parkin on Graham Alexander, free kick awarded. Direct free kick taken by Graham Alexander. 83:05 Assist by Graham Alexander. 83:05 GOAL - Chris Iwelumo:Burnley 2 - 3 Preston Chris Iwelumo grabs a goal from the edge of the area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Burnley 2-3 Preston. 81:15 Free kick awarded for a foul by Andre Bikey on Jon Parkin. Keith Treacy takes the direct free kick. Paul Parry takes a shot. Save by Brian Jensen. 81:03 The offside flag is raised against Chris Iwelumo. Andy Lonergan restarts play with the free kick. 80:32 Shot by Jay Rodriguez. Save made by Andy Lonergan. 79:41 Corner taken by Ross Wallace, Andy Lonergan makes a save. 77:37 Sent off Billy Jones is sent off by the referee. 76:09 Jack Cork takes a shot. Sean St. Ledger gets a block in. 74:59 Free kick awarded for a foul by Wade Elliott on Keith Treacy. Andy Lonergan restarts play with the free kick. 72:16 Jack Cork takes a shot from just outside the penalty area clears the crossbar. 71:27 The assistant referee flags for offside against Jon Parkin. Clarke Carlisle takes the free kick. 69:36 Assist on the goal came from Keith Treacy. 69:36 GOAL - Jon Parkin:Burnley 1 - 3 Preston A goal is scored by Jon Parkin from deep inside the penalty box high into the middle of the goal. Burnley 1-3 Preston. 69:33 The ball is sent over by Keith Treacy, 68:25 The offside flag is raised against Chris Iwelumo. Andy Lonergan restarts play with the free kick. 67:32 Substitution Jay Rodriguez on for David Edgar. 64:53 Substitution Paul Hayes on for Paul Coutts. 63:53 Jon Parkin challenges Daniel Fox unfairly and gives away a free kick. Brian Jensen restarts play with the free kick. 60:06 Corner taken left-footed by Paul Parry from the right by-line, clearance made by Clarke Carlisle. 58:57 Substitution Martin Paterson goes off and Chris Eagles comes on. 58:57 Substitution Jack Cork replaces Dean Marney. 57:47 Inswinging corner taken by Ross Wallace from the right by-line, Craig Morgan manages to make a clearance. 56:17 Free kick awarded for a foul by Callum Davidson on Wade Elliott. Graham Alexander crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from right wing. 55:24 Martin Paterson crosses the ball. 53:25 Substitution Matthew James leaves the field to be replaced by Darel Russell. 52:05 Effort from outside the penalty box by Paul Parry goes wide right of the goal. 50:39 Corner taken by Ross Wallace. 50:39 Booking Booking for Craig Morgan for unsporting behaviour. 50:16 Dean Marney takes a shot. Save by Andy Lonergan. 48:17 Inswinging corner taken right-footed by Ross Wallace, Clarke Carlisle produces a header from deep inside the six-yard box which goes wide of the right-hand post. 47:30 Keith Treacy takes a shot. Save made by Brian Jensen. 45:01 The referee starts the second half. Half Time 45:00+3:15 It is the end of the first-half. 45:00+2:34 Free kick awarded for a foul by Callum Davidson on Martin Paterson. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Graham Alexander from right wing. 45:00+2:17 The official flags Jon Parkin offside. Indirect free kick taken by Clarke Carlisle. 44:33 David Edgar has an effort at goal from just inside the box that misses to the right of the goal. 41:48 The assistant referee signals for offside against Jon Parkin. Clarke Carlisle restarts play with the free kick. 38:34 The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Brian Jensen. 36:45 Ross Wallace gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Adam Barton. Keith Treacy produces a strike on goal direct from the free kick. 36:11 Martin Paterson concedes a free kick for a foul on Keith Treacy. Free kick taken by Andy Lonergan. 32:53 Martin Paterson gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Keith Treacy. Andy Lonergan restarts play with the free kick. 31:53 GOAL - Keith Treacy:Burnley 1 - 2 Preston A goal is scored by Keith Treacy from inside the penalty area to the bottom right corner of the goal. Burnley 1-2 Preston. 30:56 Shot by Billy Jones. 30:01 Corner taken by Keith Treacy played to the near post, clearance by Daniel Fox. 27:13 Substitution Joshua King leaves the field to be replaced by Paul Parry. 26:51 Foul by Clarke Carlisle on Adam Barton, free kick awarded. Sean St. Ledger takes the direct free kick. 25:25 Free kick crossed right-footed by Graham Alexander, Sean St. Ledger manages to make a clearance. 25:25 Booking Billy Jones is shown a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. 25:15 Booking The referee cautions Wade Elliott for unsporting behaviour. 24:48 Unfair challenge on Wade Elliott by Billy Jones results in a free kick. 22:57 GOAL - Adam Barton:Burnley 1 - 1 Preston Adam Barton fires in a goal from inside the box to the bottom left corner of the goal. Burnley 1-1 Preston. 22:19 Chris Iwelumo challenges Sean St. Ledger unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Andy Lonergan. 21:33 The referee blows for offside against Keith Treacy. Free kick taken by Andre Bikey. 20:22 Corner taken left-footed by Ross Wallace from the right by-line, Billy Jones makes a clearance. 19:31 Wade Elliott gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Matthew James. Free kick taken by Sean St. Ledger. 16:17 Outswinging corner taken from the left by-line by Keith Treacy, clearance made by Clarke Carlisle. 14:06 Adam Barton fouled by Graham Alexander, the ref awards a free kick. Direct effort from the free kick comes in from Keith Treacy, save by Brian Jensen. 13:14 Long range effort by Ross Wallace goes wide right of the target. 11:28 The official flags Chris Iwelumo offside. Free kick taken by Andy Lonergan. 8:40 Assist by Ross Wallace. 8:40 GOAL - Chris Iwelumo:Burnley 1 - 0 Preston Chris Iwelumo finds the net with a headed goal from close in. Burnley 1-0 Preston. 8:06 Inswinging corner taken left-footed by Ross Wallace from the right by-line, 3:16 Jon Parkin is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Andre Bikey. 2:58 Keith Treacy takes a shot. Save by Brian Jensen. 2:21 David Edgar challenges Keith Treacy unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Callum Davidson. 1:45 Jon Parkin is ruled offside. Brian Jensen restarts play with the free kick. 0:42 Joshua King takes a shot. Blocked by Daniel Fox. Corner taken by Keith Treacy from the right by-line played to the near post, Chris Iwelumo makes a clearance. 0:00 The match gets underway. Live text and data provided by The Press Association.

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Newcastle 0-2 Blackpool

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Adam (right) shows support for youth coach Gary Parkinson after scoringGoals from Charlie Adam and DJ Campbell earned Blackpool an away victory over a disappointing Newcastle.

Adam coolly converted from the penalty spot after Luke Varney was needlessly cut down in the box by Alan Smith.

Newcastle, who hit the post through Mike Williamson in the first half, improved after the break with Andy Carroll going close late on.

But Campbell - a deadline day signing after a loan spell last season - finished from 20 yards to seal the win.

The teams went into the match with similar records: four points apiece, one convincing win and a lesson learnt at the hands of one of the "big four".

But it was Newcastle who started as strong favourites, with home advantage, a settled team and one of the country's in-form strikers in Carroll.

However, the fact that Newcastle were using the same starting 11 as in their previous Premier League games did not stop them from displaying a worrying lack of understanding at times.

By way of contrast, Blackpool, who have used 19 players this campaign, settled instantly and almost took the lead inside a minute through the unmarked Campbell, who was off target with an overhead effort.

Proud Holloway 'astonished' by performance

On the rare occasions the ball did come their way, Newcastle forwards Kevin Nolan and Carroll appeared to have the power and nous to concern the away defence.

And Blackpool's pressing almost led to a goal on 12 minutes when Joey Barton was woefully careless with a crossfield ball. Running on to the ball, Adam advanced into Newcastle's half and slid a perfectly weighted ball through for Campbell. However, the striker, so prolific with 11 goals from 18 appearances last season, lacked conviction and Harper was able to make a smart save before pouncing on the rebound ahead of Brett Ormerod.

While the route through the centre was closed off, Newcastle did at least sporadically threaten down the flanks with Wayne Routledge appearing to have the beating of left-back Stephen Crainey.

The former Spurs and Aston Villa winger sent in one cross that Nolan was inches away from connecting with before being hauled down in full flight by David Vaughan - the resultant free-kick headed against the post by Williamson.

While Newcastle enjoyed the greater possession in the first half to no real effect, Blackpool remained dangerous on the break and thought they had taken the lead on the half hour only for Campbell's low strike to be ruled out for offside.

But from their next break they did silence the Toon faithful. Running at the defence, Campbell fed Varney on the left.

In truth, there appeared little danger as the forward stumbled his way into the box, but Smith was rash with a challenge, referee Lee Mason pointed to the spot and Adam did the rest, the goal marked with a show of support for youth coach Gary Parkinson - in hospital following a stroke on Friday.

Moments later the half-time whistle was met with boos - Newcastle had to improve and although they did luck was to remain against them.

With Blackpool increasingly happy to sit back and rely on ever-more infrequent breaks there was plenty of time on the ball for Barton in midfield.

And he almost forced an equaliser on the hour, taking advantage of a lucky deflection to burst into the box only for Matt Gilks to make a superb plunging save to his left.

Barton also set up a chance for Williamson, who came painfully close to converting a cross at the far post, while Carroll could also have done better when through to the left of the goal, Gilks proving his worth once more.

Hughton frustrated by Newcastle defeat

Manager Chris Hughton introduced Hatem Ben Arfa for his debut as Newcastle continued to press, Jose Enrique cutting in well from the left only to fire wastefully high and wide with his right foot.

Ian Holloway brought on Keith Southern late on to bolster the defence, yet still Newcastle pressed, Nolan seeing a shot blocked, with Routledge's follow up cleared off the line.

But the gilt-edged chance to level appeared to finally arrive on 87 minutes only for Gilks to make the best of a series of superb saves, using his feet to deny Carroll from close range.

And there was an air of inevitability as Blackpool launched a late counter, Adam playing in Campbell who superbly fired home left footed from 20 yards to move Blackpool up to fourth place in the table.

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Premier League

Final Result Full Time 90:00+4:20 The referee blows his whistle to end the game. 90:00+3:56 Mike Williamson challenges Marlon Harewood unfairly and gives away a free kick. Free kick taken by Ian Evatt. 90:00+2:43 David Vaughan fouled by Joey Barton, the ref awards a free kick. Neal Eardley takes the direct free kick. 90:00+1:30 The ball is delivered by Sanchez Jose Enrique, Strike from close range by Peter Lovenkrands clears the bar. 90:00+1:17 Shola Ameobi takes a shot. David Vaughan gets a block in. 90:00 Booking Dudley Campbell goes into the book. 89:17 The assist for the goal came from Charlie Adam. 89:17 GOAL - Dudley Campbell:Newcastle 0 - 2 Blackpool A goal is scored by Dudley Campbell from the edge of the area to the bottom left corner of the goal. Newcastle 0-2 Blackpool. 89:05 Shot from 18 yards from Hatem Ben Arfa. Ian Evatt gets a block in. 88:49 Hatem Ben Arfa crosses the ball, Ian Evatt manages to make a clearance. 88:33 The ball is delivered by Peter Lovenkrands, clearance made by David Vaughan. 87:21 Andrew Carroll has a drilled shot. Save made by Matthew Gilks. 86:15 Dudley Campbell handles the ball and concedes a free kick. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Joey Barton from left channel, clearance made by Ian Evatt. 85:50 The offside flag is raised against David Carney. Free kick taken by Steve Harper. 84:51 Andrew Carroll gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Dekel Keinan. Free kick taken by Matthew Gilks. 83:41 Free kick taken by Steve Harper. 83:41 Substitution David Carney replaces Elliot Grandin. 83:41 Substitution Keith Southern on for Luke Varney. 83:41 The referee blows for offside against Luke Varney. 83:15 Peter Lovenkrands sends in a cross, Neal Eardley manages to make a clearance. 81:46 The ball is crossed by James Perch, clearance made by Dekel Keinan. 81:30 Joey Barton crosses the ball. 80:22 Matthew Gilks restarts play with the free kick. 80:22 Substitution Shola Ameobi comes on in place of Wayne Routledge. 80:22 Kevin Nolan is flagged offside by the assistant referee. 79:32 Sanchez Jose Enrique produces a cross. 78:54 Peter Lovenkrands is ruled offside. Free kick taken by Matthew Gilks. 78:05 Kevin Nolan takes a shot from 6 yards. Blocked by Ian Evatt. Shot by Wayne Routledge. Blocked by Dekel Keinan. 77:03 Peter Lovenkrands has an effort at goal. Save by Matthew Gilks. 76:38 A cross is delivered by Luke Varney. 76:23 Unfair challenge on Marlon Harewood by Mike Williamson results in a free kick. David Vaughan takes the direct free kick. 75:47 Sanchez Jose Enrique has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the right of the goal. 74:45 A cross is delivered by Hatem Ben Arfa, save by Matthew Gilks. 74:23 Marlon Harewood is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Free kick taken by Kevin Nolan. 74:00 Shot by Peter Lovenkrands from 12 yards. Save by Matthew Gilks. 71:46 The ball is delivered by Charlie Adam, Ian Evatt has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the left of the goal. 71:46 Substitution Hatem Ben Arfa on for Jonas Gutierrez. 71:46 Booking Fabricio Coloccini shown a yellow card. 71:32 Unfair challenge on Dudley Campbell by Fabricio Coloccini results in a free kick. 70:37 Free kick taken by Sanchez Jose Enrique. 70:37 Booking Charlie Adam goes into the book for unsporting behaviour. 70:30 Free kick awarded for a foul by Charlie Adam on Wayne Routledge. 69:36 Unfair challenge on Wayne Routledge by Charlie Adam results in a free kick. Joey Barton takes the direct free kick. 69:01 Andrew Carroll challenges Dekel Keinan unfairly and gives away a free kick. Matthew Gilks takes the direct free kick. 68:33 The ball is delivered by Charlie Adam. 67:56 Kevin Nolan produces a volleyed right-footed shot from 20 yards. Save made by Matthew Gilks. 66:38 Free kick awarded for a foul by Wayne Routledge on Charlie Adam. Ian Evatt takes the free kick. 64:32 Substitution Brett Ormerod goes off and Marlon Harewood comes on. 64:14 The ball is delivered by Jonas Gutierrez, Ian Evatt manages to make a clearance. 64:05 Jonas Gutierrez crosses the ball, clearance by Dekel Keinan. 63:04 Effort on goal by Jonas Gutierrez from 20 yards. Dekel Keinan gets a block in. 61:49 Direct free kick taken by Matthew Gilks. 61:49 Substitution Alan Smith leaves the field to be replaced by Peter Lovenkrands. 61:49 Alan Smith concedes a free kick for a foul on Neal Eardley. 61:23 Shot by Joey Barton. Matthew Gilks makes a save. 59:58 Dudley Campbell is adjudged to have handled the ball. Direct free kick taken by Steve Harper. 59:23 The ball is crossed by Jonas Gutierrez. 58:17 Free kick awarded for a foul by Luke Varney on Wayne Routledge. Joey Barton crosses the ball in from the free kick. 57:47 The assistant referee signals for offside against Dudley Campbell. Direct free kick taken by Mike Williamson. 55:43 Outswinging corner taken by Joey Barton from the right by-line. 55:14 Corner taken by Joey Barton from the left by-line, Charlie Adam manages to make a clearance. 55:00 A cross is delivered by Jonas Gutierrez, save by Matthew Gilks. 54:39 Unfair challenge on Mike Williamson by Dudley Campbell results in a free kick. Joey Barton takes the direct free kick. 53:53 James Perch sends in a cross, clearance by Dekel Keinan. 53:25 Luke Varney produces a cross, Steve Harper makes a save. 52:30 Foul by Luke Varney on Jonas Gutierrez, free kick awarded. The free kick is delivered right-footed by Joey Barton from right channel, clearance made by Brett Ormerod. 50:28 The referee blows for offside against Dudley Campbell. Steve Harper takes the direct free kick. 49:11 The assistant referee flags for offside against Luke Varney. Steve Harper takes the free kick. 49:00 The ball is crossed by Neal Eardley. 46:32 Booking James Perch is booked. 45:01 The referee starts the second half. Half Time 45:00+1:43 The players leave the pitch at half time. 45:00+0:27 Ian Evatt gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Andrew Carroll. Direct free kick taken by Joey Barton. 44:06 Assist by Luke Varney. 44:06 GOAL - Charlie Adam:Newcastle 0 - 1 Blackpool Placed penalty scored by Charlie Adam. Newcastle 0-1 Blackpool. 43:14 Alan Smith gives away a Penalty for an unfair challenge on Luke Varney. 41:47 Free kick awarded for a foul by Jonas Gutierrez on Elliot Grandin. Elliot Grandin takes the free kick. 39:16 Luke Varney concedes a free kick for a foul on Joey Barton. Steve Harper takes the direct free kick. 38:07 The referee blows for offside against Kevin Nolan. Matthew Gilks takes the free kick. 37:16 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on James Perch by Luke Varney. Free kick taken by Steve Harper. 37:02 Foul by Andrew Carroll on Dekel Keinan, free kick awarded. Matthew Gilks takes the free kick. 33:15 The ball is delivered by Andrew Carroll, Matthew Gilks fouled by Kevin Nolan, the ref awards a free kick. Matthew Gilks takes the direct free kick. 32:49 The referee gives a free kick against Dudley Campbell for handball. Alan Smith restarts play with the free kick. 32:13 David Vaughan takes the outswinging corner, clearance made by Mike Williamson. 31:54 Luke Varney crosses the ball, blocked by Mike Williamson. 31:31 Kevin Nolan has a curled shot. Matthew Gilks makes a save. 30:56 The referee blows for offside against Dudley Campbell. Steve Harper restarts play with the free kick. 29:37 Dudley Campbell challenges Fabricio Coloccini unfairly and gives away a free kick. Sanchez Jose Enrique takes the free kick. 29:03 The ball is sent over by Charlie Adam. 28:31 Dudley Campbell fouled by Joey Barton, the ref awards a free kick. Charlie Adam takes the free kick. 28:13 A cross is delivered by Ian Evatt, comfortable save by Steve Harper. 26:30 Effort on goal by Sanchez Jose Enrique from 20 yards. Neal Eardley gets a block in. 26:07 Brett Ormerod is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Sanchez Jose Enrique takes the free kick. 24:40 Header from inside the area by Mike Williamson strikes the post. 24:02 Direct free kick taken by Joey Barton. 24:02 Booking Booking for David Vaughan. 23:56 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Wayne Routledge by David Vaughan. 22:06 Andrew Carroll concedes a free kick for a foul on Dekel Keinan. Neal Eardley takes the direct free kick. 21:45 The referee blows for offside. Free kick taken by Steve Harper. 21:05 Jonas Gutierrez sends in a cross. 20:38 Wayne Routledge delivers the ball, Neal Eardley manages to make a clearance. 17:55 The ball is delivered by Jonas Gutierrez, clearance made by Dekel Keinan. 16:47 Centre by Wayne Routledge. 16:21 Corner taken by Joey Barton from the left by-line, save made by Matthew Gilks. 15:42 Jonas Gutierrez fouled by Neal Eardley, the ref awards a free kick. Joey Barton has an effort direct from the free kick, David Vaughan gets a block in. 14:45 Luke Varney concedes a free kick for a foul on James Perch. Free kick taken by Steve Harper. 14:03 Brett Ormerod is caught offside. Steve Harper restarts play with the free kick. 13:56 The ball is delivered by Neal Eardley. 12:14 Corner taken by David Vaughan, Headed effort from close range by Ian Evatt goes wide left of the goal. 11:34 Dudley Campbell takes a shot. Save by Steve Harper. Brett Ormerod takes a shot. Steve Harper makes a save. 10:45 The ball is crossed by Sanchez Jose Enrique, Dekel Keinan makes a clearance. 8:53 Charlie Adam challenges Jonas Gutierrez unfairly and gives away a free kick. Joey Barton crosses the ball in from the free kick, Matthew Gilks makes a comfortable save. 7:11 Kevin Nolan challenges Dekel Keinan unfairly and gives away a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Matthew Gilks. 6:00 The offside flag is raised against Elliot Grandin. Free kick taken by Steve Harper. 5:47 A cross is delivered by Neal Eardley, clearance made by Mike Williamson. 5:06 Alan Smith challenges Elliot Grandin unfairly and gives away a free kick. Charlie Adam takes the free kick. 4:36 The offside flag is raised against Kevin Nolan. Matthew Gilks takes the direct free kick. 4:09 Effort from 25 yards by Elliot Grandin. Save by Steve Harper. 3:41 Centre by Wayne Routledge, comfortable save by Matthew Gilks. 2:13 Unfair challenge on Andrew Carroll by Dekel Keinan results in a free kick. Joey Barton crosses the ball from the free kick right-footed from left channel, clearance by David Vaughan. 0:58 Dudley Campbell has an effort at goal from deep inside the area missing to the right of the target. 0:00 The match has kicked off. Live text and data provided by The Press Association.

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3 rules for the success of the football Strength Training

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The world of Football Strength Training is at a critical point. Why? Well, I used to think the average lifter was confused. Now that I've been working with football players for years, I know they are beyond confused...they are downright misled. They've been led astray by snake-oil salesmen who promise big time results if only you buy their $200+ football strength program.

Most football strength training programs I see are a joke. They have no focus. They just throw exercises on paper and pull the sets/reps out of God-knows-where. Worse, most young players just copy and paste their training programs out of some Bodybuilding magazine. Worse-er, they usually mix and match these inferior strength programs to come up with some sort of Frankenstein monstrosity of a program. They are either put together by personal trainers who think everyone should train like them, by guys who never played the damn game, or, by "info-marketers" who simply write a quick 25-page ebook, throw it online and charge a fortune for it.

Football strength training, like all forms of training, shouldn't be overly complicated. It's easy to get caught up in the details and, judging by the emails I get on a daily basis, fall victim to paralysis by analysis. What curl variation you use isn't worth spending 3 weeks of planning.

Follow these 3 Rules when putting your strength training program together and watch your performance on the football field and in the weight room explode.

1. Strength Must Be the Main Focus of Your Program

Guys constantly ask about how to get faster for football. Should they buy strength shoes, jump soles, vests, parachutes, towing equipment, hurdles, etc.?

No, save your money and get stronger. It's been said a million and one times but no one wants to listen: maximal strength is foundational to all other forms of strength.

Stronger = faster. Stronger = more explosive. Stronger = hitting harder.

Most don't want to hear this. They're afraid they'll get hurt. Doing a gut-busting P.R. in the Deadlift is nowhere near as fun as repping curls till your arms burn.

You must start almost every workout with an emphasis on top-end strength. Heavy, low-rep work must be done. Some call it Max Effort. Some call it Old-School Heavy. Whatever you want to name it is up to you, but go heavy.

What does that mean? Well, for beginners working up to a top set of 4 reps or doing multiple sets of triples.

For a more advanced guy, this will mean working up to a max (training max, not competition max) single or double for the day. Seems overly simple, doesn't it? Just work up to a really heavy weight, can't be that easy, can it? Yes, just do it. The stronger you get the better football player you will become.

Before I move on to the 2nd rule, there is a growing community of people who think that lifting heavy and focusing on strength is counter-productive. They fell that everyone is out there slamming into walls of diminishing returns because at some point, the increase in strength doesn't produce performance increases.

True. When you're talking about going from a 700lb Squat to an 800. When you reach that level, we'll talk.

Until then, shut up and lift heavy.

So, next time you're wondering how to get faster for football, stop thinking and go lift heavy with maximum force.

2. Need to Bulk Up for Football? Time Your Sets

I know I just drilled into you the importance of going heavy in your football strength program. But, most guys need to gain some mass as well and the low rep stuff doesn't always lead to huge increases in bodyweight. It can, but you need to use some other tricks. Some medium and higher rep work is needed.

However, most guys simply pull some rep ranges out of the air. I'm a big fan of the Rule of 24 (3 x 8, 8 x 3, 4 x 6, 6 x 4, etc.), but, unfortunately most guys can't handle this on their own. If they don't have a coach with them to make sure they're pushing, they tend to go too light. Just because you're doing 8 reps doesn't mean you should simply back off and train like you're in an aerobics class.

The easiest way to ensure you're going heavy while still doing higher reps is to simply time how long you're working. This is the basis for Charles Staley's Escalating Density Training (EDT).

See, when I just set the stopwatch and tell the guy to go do what he can for the entire time, they end up racking up huge volumes with respectable weights. As Vince Gironda was fond of saying, "it's not the heavy weights that build muscle. It's not the high reps that build muscle. It's the high reps with heavy weights that build muscle." This pretty much sums it up.

Relatively heavy weight, lots of reps, more muscle. And, because this is combined with heavy, max effort training, you can be sure that you're increasing your football performance rather than just looking good...though both will happen.

I do have a slight twist I use for football players, however. I usually have them do 4's and 3's (when 5 or 6's are possible), working down to as low as singles as the time goes on. It's a more hybrid power/mass training style that combines the best of both worlds.

For example, let's say we have a young linebacker who just isn't big enough in the upper body. He's getting run over. We'd have him start with something like this:

Incline - Work up to a max set of 3.

Chins

Close Grip Bench - done for 20minutes. As many reps as possible on the chins and starting with sets of 4 in the Close Grip.

If he works hard, he should get 7 or 8 sets in with the potential of hitting 50+ reps in the chin ups and 30+ heavy reps in the Close Grip Bench. That's the stuff that adds quality mass.

3. You Must Transfer Your Strength to the Field with These Movements

I think it was Dan John who said his team had a saying, "looks like Tarzan, plays like Jane."

Sadly, this is true. So many football players look like they should be in an Under Armor ad, yet they can't get a glimpse of the field. Why? Well, usually, they train for looks and leave performance out of the equation. But, even when they shoot for performance, they neglect doing the exercises and movements that will help transfer their weight room strength to the football field.

This is actually pretty easy, and, not surprisingly I have 3 rules for it. (Yes, that adds up to 6 total, I lied in the beginning).

o Rule 1 - You must do speed or Dynamic work in the weight room.

This includes Westside style speed training involving bands, chains and over-speed work. If using these extras is daunting, simply reduce the bar weight and lift it as fast as possible. Usually around 60% is good. I do suggest that you invest in a set of chains and learn to use them. Basically, the body will slow you down as you near lock-out, so doing speed work sans chains/bands can be problematic. But, the point is, you have to focus on moving the bar as fast as possible so all your new found strength isn't wasted.

Alternatively, you can use the Olympic Lifts and their variations. They help build explosiveness and the kind of hip strength needed for blocking, tackling, and running people over. I wrote about the whole Box Squats v. Olympic Lifts debate here on Staley Training a while back. Again, I'll reiterate, both are good, both should be used. In fact, more and more I'm finding that doing Power Cleans before Box Squatting is leading to big time performance increases...but that's another article for another day.

o Rule 2 - Train Laterally (moving sideways)

In the game of football, we are not always moving straight ahead. No, we move laterally, side to side, backward, from different angles. So, why do I never see any lateral movements in any strength training plans for football?

Would it kill you to add some Side Lunges? Oh, yea, it might. See, these are humbling exercises. Guys with huge Squats can be reduced to a crumbled mass of soreness by 100lbs in the Lateral Lunge. Having the cute girl from Spanish class walk by and see you Lunging with 25's on the bar won't feel as good as having her see you ¼ Squat 4-wheels. Ego usually wins out over logic.

Add movements like Lateral Lunges, Angle Lunges, Lateral Sled Pulling, and Side-to-Side jumps to your

program and watch your football speed go through the roof.

o Rule 3 - Train with Sandbags

Sandbags and football training are a match made in heaven.

Having a big Deadlift or Bench is great. Using Speed Front Squats with Chains and the Power Clean is even better. But, even if you use these as your base, small "gaps" can develop in your strength. These gaps can mean the difference between being a good player and a great player.

Football is a game that is played 100mph from all angles and they come at you from all sides. Take a lineman for example. He comes out of a half squat, fires out low, then has to punch out into his opponents chest, move either forwards or to the side, push and pull at the same time and continue this until the play is over. Pretty hard to mimic that kind of strength with just a barbell.

Using Sandbags builds that kind of strength. It fills those gaps. If you're new to it, check out Josh Henkin's stuff, he's the master Sandbagger.

Start simple. Get a sandbag, start doing Clean and Presses, Squats, Overhead Squats, Shoulder and Carries. Use them at the end of your strength training workouts as a finisher. This alone will put you miles ahead of your competition.

There you go. 3 Rules to plan your football training by. Follow them and you'll succeed. Ignore them and flounder around, play J.V. ball and just lie about how good of a player you used to be. Choice is yours.

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Football Wagering

Football betting, gambling activities with most of the demand on the sports betting on the sport of the industry. NFL Football has attracted million people to their television reached millions of stadiums around the world and encouraged American football fans to bet on the sport, pushing NFL football bets with great vigor.

For those of you who enjoy NFL football odds, there is a wide variety of internet sportsbook betting sites and of course in the country of gambling, Las Vegas, Nevada. You can also bet on NFL football betting on local bookmakers, which is not right, but that may not have the right decision. Since many football gone offshore Sportsbooks bet, internet football bet is easy, fast and comfortable. You don't even need to go out of your home.With only a computer and an Internet connection, you can bet on the NFL football odds on the quality internet Sportsbooks. this Internet Sportsbooks offer their services online and by telephone and many ways to deposit are available, including credit cards.

NFL football odds is an exciting activity and a fun way to get profit. If you have to sport and, above all, American soccer you can know a lot of teams, rules of football, game results and a good prediction of the future pro football games. Achievement of this knowledge and development may result in a great chance to try out the NFL football odds.

Skill is the most important thing that an American football bettor. This skill has been developed by to get the right information and making wise decisions based on that. with your own instinct and prospects for the games is a major factor as you will find many picks handicapper, football bet exaggeration of predictions and media players, teams, or specific events.You should always reduce your emotional impulses and trust your keen judgment. you can't always win on football bets, as such, you need to know that it is not always that you have to bet and, in particular, not try to make it to regain what you lose.If you're smart you may have a strategy that will stick to you.Handicappers articles and news, but they can also help desoriënteer you so you have to choose what really gives you a hint.

Learning from mistakes in the football bet is important because these events you get experienced. remember your favorite team cannot always win so let your preferences does not affect your judgment, at least if your goal is to win money. continue to focus on your strategy and good luck.

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More reasons why youth football teams would never run the high school system

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More Stats for NOT Running the High School Offense in Youth Football:

Here are a few stats for you youth football coaches feeling the pressure to run the local High School offense:

Let’s say you have a team size of 25 kids. National studies from Michigan State University and the National Youth Sports Alliance say less than 30% of your players will play High School football. So now, out of 25 kids you have 7 players that according to the studies go on to play High School ball. Of those 7, not all will play at the local Public High School, they may move, play for a different local High School, or they may play for a Private School, let’s say you lose 1 player there. Of the 6 remaining, after they go through puberty some will grow and others won’t. That skinny wingback that fills out to a slow 250 pounds is no longer a wingback in High School, kids change. The big hulking center you have doesn't gain a pound and ends up playing fullback. At least half of your players will play a position different than what they did in Youth Ball.

With the weight rules in place for most leagues that restrict large players to the interior line positions, your big players are usually not allowed to touch the ball. So forget about the big players getting any training at receiver, tight end or running back, positions they may very well play in High School. In 2006 two of my former Omaha players, offensive guards James D and Ronnie C both played fullback for Omaha North High varsity as freshmen.Ronnie even ran for a TD in one big game. North has over 2500 students, made it to the state semi-finals, had two DI scholarship players and a parade all-american (Niles Paul) on their team. Neither of these former offensive guards ever got to touch the football for my teams, as both were over the running back weight limits. Neither had played in the backfield or ran this schools offense, yet they did very well at their new positions in a brand new offense. I doubt Omaha Norths head coach cared one iota that these kids had never run his offense. He gets paid to coach football and train football players, not sit back and call football plays from a tower with kids that are already trained for him by a bunch of youth coach volunteers.

So now we are at 3 kids of the 25 that would be playing High School ball and playing the very same position on the High School team as they did at the Youth Football level. If you decided to make the choice for the High School offense for the benefit of just 3 players at the expense of the 22 others on your team, it would not benefit anywhere near the majority of your players.

Add in the slim chances that your 8 year old youth football player will be playing High School ball 10 years down the road and that the High School will even have the same head coach or be running the same offense 10 years into the future. It seems darn right ridiculous to even consider trying to run the same system as the local High School, the odds are very long it would help even a tiny fraction of your youth football players.

The numbers just don’t add up to make a decision to run an offense that in most cases will have little success for your team and in the end will most likely result in fewer players deciding to go on to play High School ball. Because as you will read in subsequent posts, most youth football players quit playing because of poor coaching, their teams are not competitive and they aren’t having fun, all are symptoms of running a system that doesn’t work at the Youth Level.

While the Single Wing Offense has proven itself at the Youth Level all across the country, it is also seeing a rebirth of sorts at the High School and even College levels. Last year 3 Single Wing teams played for State High School Titles in Virginia alone, with 2 teams winning, Giles and Osborne. Menominee High School a perennial Single Wing powerhouse in Michigan won its second State Title in 7 years and blew out the Defending State Champions in the largest class in Minnesota as well. Colton High in California finished in the USA Today Top 20 running the Single Wing Offense. Those are just a few teams I know of off the top of my head that are having success running the Single Wing in High School.

If you watched Urban "The Mad Scientist" Meyers Florida team last year, you would have seen lots of Single Wing football, especially when they went into their “Tebow” formation. Other College teams running lots of Single Wing included West Virginia, Arkansas and Utah to name just a few. My guess is we will see more of it everywhere this coming season.

For those of you that get static for running what you run:

There are many high schools that run the Wing T, Flexbone, Wishbone, Straight T, Veer and Double Wing Offenses and virtually no Colleges at the Division I level or Pro teams run these offenses. Are the thousands of High Schools that run these offenses doing something wrong? How about De LaSalle and its 170 game win streak running the Veer or Bellevue Washingtons National Championship team running the Wing T? Shouldn't they be running what the College and Pro teams are running? No, they dont have the players needed to run those Pro and College offenses and neither do you.

Don't let that weak High School coach sell you on the snake oil that the most important football coach in his program is the youth or Junior High coach, what silliness. The most important coach in the High School system is the High School Head Coach, only responsibility shirking weaklings would put it off on someone other than themselves. This isn't the language I hear at the clinics from the top High School coaches in the nation, they rightfully think they are the coach that has the most to do with their teams success or failure. They wouldn't dream of trying to blame someone else for their failure or success.

Did Lou Holtz blame poor High School coaches for his last South Carolina teams failure to reach a bowl game? How about Bill Parcells, should he be blaming the college coaches for his Dallas Cowboys not making the Super Bowl? It never happenned, it would be silly, but I hear it from a handfull of perrennial losing High School coaches from accross the country on football coaching forums. Great coaches aren't excuse makers, they take and teach responsibility, it's the right thing to do. Don't teach your players by your excuse making example to be excuse making dog ate the homework kids.

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International football (Soccer) Academy Tips-achieving your fitness goals of football

When you are out to train at an elite Football Academy, or your own soccer practice in advance working at home, it can be difficult to stay on the target group. But if you have a goal in mind, and specific measures in order to achieve this goal, you miles ahead of other people who only dream of.

This kind of preparation makes all the difference in the world.Our coaches of international football Academy can always tell the difference between the players who work to prepare for, and those are displayed only on our football Academy. for you could be the difference between watching from the sidelines and effective achievement of the objectives of your football.

International Football Academy training and conditioning

The first step is to set objectives and goals you want to achieve in football. you can do that on the basis of a month. For example, if you click your football Academy in september arrived, ask yourself a programme of 6 months to decide where you want to be in terms of physical condition.

The idea is realistic, measurable objectives. Set your goals on the basis of an assessment of yourself, not your co-workers. You know where you at this time, and you know that you want to be in the best possible shape when you're on a International Football Academy comes, I would like to start your football training.

Look at that enhance every week, every month. Month may have a number of elements of fitness: push-ups, 50-meter sprint, 400-meter on half-pace, and so on.Not forget that in football, it is necessary to fit the same.In the upper and lower body, and endurance for 90 minutes with little rest, to be successful at the highest level, you have a lot of strength.

You will be better off making of goals that you know you can meet yourself bit by bit. and then you will more likely to stay on the target group.You can count the number of repetitions you and increase by 15% by the end of the month that is realistic. By 75% increase? that's probably not realistic.

International Football Academy language and culture

For International Football Academy which open a related education curriculum, you should consider the language as well. If you go to another country with a different language, you need to work on a basic knowledge of that language.

Travel to study abroad from football, language and culture will ensure a well-rounded experience and professional will increase your marketability.Bilingual is a clear advantage in a company.

The objectives of both academics (language) and football. If your high school academics continue, and you will be in an environment where your time not speak the language, you will need to have spent your target arrive day one basic communication skills. Get acclimated to the language as much as possible, studying, listening and speaking in advance.

And, above all, demonstrate commitment, respect and effort while studying abroad.Sometimes these additional efforts the difference in how to receive a passing grade or not!

Fortitude and perseverance

The Nike slogan, "Just do it," beautiful here shall apply.Daily discipline of the individual training is the most obvious key to success.It is about what you do if no one else around. sticking to your plan is the most important part of the preparation.

If you have a training program for yourself, it is easy to slide when you don't feel like training. it's easy to say things like "I'm too tired, so I think I'll skip that two hours I reserved for language or academics."Or let yourself be distracted by friends or go to the movies instead of the training.

This is where 95% of people will not be able to do so: they are not sticking with the plan that they are introduced.A difference between the pros and those who do not: pros sticking to the program. Only the athletes make true grit and determination at the highest level.

Ask yourself if that special athlete (and student) by extreme commitment and determination to show. you might want to do this if you mentally be disciplined enough to completely!

It is easier to achieve targets or objectives training if you're in a programme of international football Academy. players have less trouble sticking with the football training schedule because someone else (the football coach or manager) is the setting up of the training program for you. everyone around you calls you. Have your teammates to do the same.

Attending an international football Academy is much more demanding than any other academic and cultural exchange programmes abroad. you are solely committed is prepared, mentally and physically, as a footballer who currently plays in the Gallery of the Academy in football development. you will be training day over a period of nine months.

Put it in your mind that the work begins on the day you commit to register to get the maximum benefit. This means that you should arrive ready and willing to get the most out of your experience of international football Academy.

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How to become a football (soccer) Referee

Let's look closely at what happened at the beginning of the future career of an official of a football. Let's assume for the moment that you never have a game of football Official in your life. Where do you start? Why football? There are several motivating factors at work here. Most common is a love for football. you have a friend or a family member who Office and have been talking about how you can join in with that person. Some organizations advertise on the need for new officials in print, radio and television. At the basic level you're just interested in attracting the zebra stripe.

I will clear ... There is a growing need in every country and every community, every Youth League football officials. the entry in the sports continues to rise and the number of officials continue to fall (in all of sports, not just soccer), so there is now, and will continue to be, a need for civil servants.

1. the collection of information

The first step is to collect information about local football officiating possibilities. This number can be reached through the Internet. You can search the Web for youth unions and associations of local officials. Many of these groups maintain informative websites that contact details with the leaders of these groups.

Call your local high school athletic department.Speak to the Athletic Director or head football coach. they will surely like to inform you about the most important members of the community who you can contact officiating for more information. I also suggest that you use your state of high school Athletics Association. You can view this information on the Internet. If you have any trouble finding a local association or that resource, Honorary transport services to the contact from your state athletic Office and they can certainly point you in the right direction.

2. exposure

The second step, and most often overlooked, it's a good look at what officials. Find a local official and ask to work with them to a game or association meeting. Do not think that you were to talk with a big East of NFL referee, to behind the scenes look at those. There are thousands of great officials at the level of the high school who have a passion for take care of that worship.I guarantee that you will find someone willing to put together your intentions get exposure to that worship and help you get started on the right track.You only need to do is ask. Attending a local youth league or high school football game. make a point to meet officials of the European communities in half the time or between games on a Saturday afternoon. this group you will find warm and inviting, eager to talk to anyone who is interested in football officiating. call the coaches and managers of recreational youth leagues, competitions, children's competitions. Visit your local YMCA. The question that is assigned to the officials for their games. You can find the right people that you can get up to speed.

3. Ride Along

If you are using a local resource have identified, the next step and ask to work with them to a game. you cannot fully understand football, which take care of the worship of looking college of professional football on television.A fan of view is not sufficient in order to assess whether you want to be an official football. spend a few hours on a Friday night and experienced what happens during a varsity match of the eyes of a civil servant.You will see the worship from a different perspective, rest assured.Listen to the band to play, the fans cheer (or complain!), the press box announcer, coaches and players communicate; the true essence of a football gaming experience.You can probably take part in a game of Saturday Youth competition and stand behind a grand piano (hobby) it is necessary for official during the game and questions between.Talk about perspective!

4. Officiate-Yes or no?

Now you might think that all these problems just to start worship that football will take care of it's not worth it. my answer is: football who is the honorary transport services is not for everyone. it is a demanding an avocation and the decision to become an official football not light. the game requires dedicated football officials, willing, and reliable. thick skin and humility that. you must be willing to learn the game of football from the eyes of the official, not the fan. what you see on Sunday with your favorite NFL team will rarely apply it to your Sunday Youth League game. Having said that, the benefits of membership of the Community officiating immense and well-worth. I have many times the word "brotherhood" used to be able to sum up my Association. the camaraderie and fellowship that results when people meet the love of football and a passion for that worship should not adequately described in a few words combine. all you need to do is experienced from the inside.

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Premier League round-up

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Toure and Hart blundered for City Adam wheels away after scoring from the spot Essien heads home against the Hammers Arteta and Everton heroes CahillEverton's late fightback stunned Manchester United, Chelsea charged on against West Ham and Blackpool triumphed against Newcastle at St James ' Park.

Manchester City dropped two points as they were hand-held by Blackburn, overcame the loss while Fulham Bobby Zamora to defeat of Wolves.

Arsenal overcame 10 Bolton, Tottenham-man suffered another injury blow in their draw at West Brom and Lee Cattermole saw red again for Sunderland.

Everton produced a stunning recovery with two goals in added time to secure a 3-3 draw against Manchester United at Goodison Park.

The Red Devils Wayne Rooney, who left out of their squad against his former club, looked to be cruising at 3-1 up after goals from Darren Fletcher, Nemanja Vidic and Dimitar Berbatov cancelled out Steven Pienaar's opener.

Tim's Cahill headed what looked to be a mere consolation for the Toffees in the three added minutes only for Mikel Arteta to lash home a deflected effort just 60 seconds later to send the home fans into raptures.

Chelsea continue to set the pace in the Premier League while West Ham prop send up the table with the title triumphing 3-1 at Upton Park.

The online-form Dimensional wasted little time in stamping their authority on the struggling Hammers with two goals in the opening minutes 18, complicit with the hosts in their own downfall.

First, Carlton Cole could only divert Michael Essien's header information into his own net, before Rob Green spilled a tame Didier Drogba free-kick and Salomon Kalou cashed in on the rebound.

Essien was on target again in the closing stages with Scott Parker's scant consolation for the late response under pressure Avram Grant, although there was still time for Frederic Piquionne to somehow head against the bar from point blank range-.

Blackpool triumphed in the battle of the promoted sides at St James ' Park with Charlie Adam and DJ Campbell on the mark to sink Newcastle 2-0.

Adam made no mistake from the spot shortly before the interval after Alan Smith had been penalised for a clear foul on Luke Varney.

And Campbell sent the Magpies fans heading for the exits when he found the back of the net with a neat finish from the edge of the box.

Manchester City's bid to force their way into the Premier League elite suffered another setback as they dropped two home points in a 1-1 draw with local rivals Blackburn.

Joe Hart and Kolo Toure combined to gift the opener with Blackburn neither player taking the opportunity to clear and Nikola Kalinic allowing to roll home into an empty net.

Patrick Vieira levelled for the hosts file of 10 minutes after the break but despite the best efforts of Carlos Tevez and Jo they could not find a winner.

Zamora Fulham striker suffered a broken ankle in the 2-1 win over Wolves and needed oxygen as he was stretchered from the field.

Jelle Van Damme sneaked in at the far post to fire the visitors ahead in only the 10th minute Zamora went down before in obvious pain after a challenge from half-life Karl Henry, on the hour mark.

But Moussa Dembele bagged a brace second-half-life-coming with the winner in the closing moments, while Christophe Berra saw red for two bookable offences.

Arsenal made light of their striking shortages with a 4-1 victory over 10-man Bolton at Emirates Stadium.

Laurent Koscielny went from hero to villain for Arsenal as he fired them in front against Bolton before gifting the Trotters possession as Elmander Was levelled before the break.

Marouane Chamakh had put the Gunners back in front before Gary Cahill was harshly dismissed by referee Stuart Song and gives Alex Atwell with Carlos Vela punishing the visitors in the closing stages.

Tottenham suffered another injury blow the table as they were a forced to settle for a point following their 1-1 draw at West Brom.

Luka Modric fired Tottenham in front in the 27th minute after good work from Rafael van der Vaart and Roman Pavyluchenko, only to be a forced off soon after following a number of heavy challenges before heading down the tunnel on crutches.

And the Baggies were level prior to the break as Gallas was found wanting; by Marc-Antoine Fortune, with Chris Brunt-nodding home from point blank range.

Asamoah Gyan repaid the first instalment of his £ 13million transfer but 10-man Sunderland were a forced to settle for a point against Wigan at the DW Stadium.

Lee Cattermole, who insisted that prior to the game he wasn ' t a dirty player received: his second red card in three Premier League appearances in only the 22nd minute of Sunderland's clash against former club Wigan.

The Black Cats continued to press and slotted home Gyan from close range after February 1950 Henderson's sublime cross from the right flank for Antolin Alcaraz, only to cleverly glance home a late equaliser.

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Fergie explains Rooney absent

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There are no more live football on Sky sport than ever, including in the Premier League, Champions League, Clydesdale Bank Premier League away qualifiers for Euro 2012 in England and Primera División.With four live Sky sport channels and Sky Sports News will never miss a moment for sky .Click for more here. Sir Alex Ferguson confirmed, Wayne Rooney leaves his Manchester United team Everton face, since he did not want to be subjected to an attacker to "terrible abuse".

Rooney, who left Everton to join United before six years on a regular basis is jeered by supporters of candy, chewing on his return to Goodison Park.

However, the level of the stick was ramped up on Saturday, after the lurid claims in respect of privacy in the England international over the past week.

Draw Ferguson, however, has chosen against sending runes in Leo den and left his 24-year-olds from 18-man squad for a memorable 3-3.

"We made a decision simply because he shall receive a terrible abuse here.Ferguson, we don't want it undermines this, "said Sky sport.

Rooney is expected to return to the United States party Tuesday for the opening of the UEFA Champions League group a game against the Rangers of Old Trafford.

This match is likely to see Rio Ferdinand made his first team comeback after suffering an injury decline between the knee in training before the World Cup.

Ferguson Added: "I think that Rio will play on Tuesday night."

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Football Freestyle-what is Football Freestyle good for?

Ordinary people who never Football freestyle for almost seen yet to set the phone to always ask "what team play (s) found for", "you can play football as good as you juggle" or "what is it good for, you can not on the field". So what is Football freestyle good for?

First of all I would like to make it clear that you ... just because someone has a amazing juggler it does not mean that he has a good idea (I have a lot of football freestylers meet and, in many cases, they are also good at football). also, it is the same if you have a good football Freestyler, you do not need to be well informed.

If you're a footballer who currently plays for you're probably thinking something like "stupid people spend so much time for something useless".If you have a decent football player and you are serious with your football Football freestyle are, in my opinion, is a perfect method includes additional skills. it improves your first touch, eye coordination, ball control and so on. If you think about it, how come the best players in the world today some Football freestyle tricks?

As I mentioned before I have played football with a lot of football freestylers and most of them are decent. That's probably because their love for the sport, for some reason maybe they stop with football, but still want to kick the ball also do some people just some basic freestyle improve their skills in the field.

Football Freestyle is only in its early days and it is still very small.If you have 10 people ask if they know that football freestyle, I think the 8 or 9 will say no, in some cases even all 10 of them. some people in the world is soccer freestyle full time, they don't get rich from it, but they still have the ability to do what they love.So if you work hard enough practice and dedicated, there is a chance for you to be pro.

I really hope that this sport is getting bigger and bigger in the years to come, and I hope that this sport is recognized around the world, so if you liked this article to if you want to pass it on to a few friends.

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Miller added to his midweek Scotland goal with the winner at New Douglas Park

Kenny Miller's seventh goal of the season gave Rangers a last-minute win over a battling Hamilton Accies side.

Nikica Jelavic headed home his first Rangers goal early on and the visitors maintained their lead until the break.

Accies had competed well in the opening period and were rewarded for their efforts when Madjid Bougherra's own goal levelled matters.

But substitute Miller's lob restored the champions' lead and their 100% Scottish Premier League record.

Watched by Manchester United scout Martin Ferguson, the match was Rangers' last before beginning their Champions League campaign at Old Trafford on Tuesday, while Hamilton were looking to build on their recent win over Inverness.

Referee Alan Muir ignored early penalty claims from the home crowd after Nigel Hasselbaink was squeezed out by David Weir and Sasa Papac just inside the area.

Jelavic was making his full debut for the Ibrox side and, within six minutes, the Croatian had found the net after bulleting Kyle Lafferty's teasing cross into the net.

Hamilton rallied and came close to an equaliser twice in quick succession.

First, Marco Paixao's curling shot was tipped over by Allan McGregor and the goalkeeper then held a deflected shot by Jon Routledge.

Marco Paixao continued to cause Rangers problems and flashed an effort wide after cutting in from the left.

Jelavic turned provider with a low cross across the Accies box, but strike partner James Beattie could not get the vital touch.

A series of lofted balls into the Rangers box ended with Simon Mensing flicking a backwards header towards goal, but McGregor was on hand to claim.

Jelavic notched his first Rangers goal in the first half

Jelavic shot wide via a deflection on the half-hour mark shortly before being caught late by Jim Goodwin, resulting in a booking for the Hamilton debutant.

Cerny palmed an awkward deflected shot by Jelavic into the path of Beattie, but the Englishman could not turn his rebound into the net.

Kirk Broadfoot limped off shortly before the break after failing to recover from an earlier knock and Ricky Foster made his first Rangers appearance after joining on loan from Aberdeen.

The versatile defender was caught cold when his tame headed clearance let Hasselbaink in on goal and McGregor was required to make a last-ditch save to deny the former PSV Eindhoven player.

Hamilton got themselves level 11 minutes after the break when Bougherra turned Marco Paixao's cross into his own net.

Steven Naismith's powerful drive was beaten out by Cerny as Rangers tried to regain the advantage.

Accies continued to pose a threat on the break and one such attack saw Flavio Paixao's curling shot deflect just wide of the target.

Top scorer Miller was introduced from the Rangers bench as Lafferty was withdrawn and the striker set up Jelavic with a neat lay-off, but Cerny saved well.

Steven Davis dragged a shot wide from distance as Rangers pressed for a late leveller.

But Miller did find the net after latching on to fellow substitute Lee McCulloch's intelligent through ball, despite Cerny getting a hand to the shot.

Saturday, 11 September 2010

Scottish Premier

Final Result Full Time 90:00+3:25 The referee blows for the end of the match. 90:00+1:25 Steven Davis takes the outswinging corner, save made by Tomas Cerny. 89:02 Assist on the goal came from Lee McCulloch. 89:02 GOAL - Kenny Miller:Hamilton 1 - 2 Rangers Kenny Miller grabs a brilliant goal from just outside the box low into the middle of the goal. Hamilton 1-2 Rangers. 88:21 Steven Naismith is penalised for handball and concedes a free kick. Martin Canning takes the direct free kick. 87:41 Free kick awarded for a foul by Lee McCulloch on Flavio Paixao. Direct free kick taken by Tomas Cerny. 87:09 Free kick awarded for a foul by Douglas Imrie on Madjid Bougherra. Direct free kick taken by Steven Davis. 86:00 Tomas Cerny takes the free kick. 86:00 Booking The referee shows Sasa Papac a yellow card for unsporting behaviour. 85:51 Unfair challenge on Flavio Paixao by Sasa Papac results in a free kick. 85:28 Douglas Imrie challenges Sasa Papac unfairly and gives away a free kick. Sasa Papac takes the free kick. 83:35 Handball by Kenny Miller. Tomas Cerny takes the free kick. 81:00 Free kick awarded for a foul by Andy Graham on Maurice Edu. Maurice Edu delivers the ball from the free kick right-footed from left wing, save by Tomas Cerny. 80:24 The referee blows for offside against Flavio Paixao. Allan McGregor takes the indirect free kick. 78:44 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Madjid Bougherra by Marco Paixao. Allan McGregor takes the free kick. 77:56 David Weir takes the free kick. 77:56 Booking Caution for Andy Graham. 77:50 Andy Graham challenges Sasa Papac unfairly and gives away a free kick. 76:06 Effort from 12 yards by Nikica Jelavic. Tomas Cerny gets a block in. 75:45 Free kick awarded for a foul by Flavio Paixao on Lee McCulloch. Free kick taken by David Weir. 74:49 The assistant referee signals for offside against Marco Paixao. Indirect free kick taken by Richard Foster. 73:46 Douglas Imrie fouled by Lee McCulloch, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick taken by Simon Mensing. 70:26 Martin Canning takes the free kick. 70:26 Substitution Kenny Miller joins the action as a substitute, replacing Kyle Lafferty. 70:26 Booking Steven Naismith is shown a yellow card. 70:20 Foul by Steven Naismith on Douglas Imrie, free kick awarded. 69:38 Inswinging corner taken by Douglas Imrie, free kick awarded for a foul by Martin Canning on Nikica Jelavic. Direct free kick taken by Allan McGregor. 68:30 Free kick awarded for a foul by Maurice Edu on Andy Graham. Free kick crossed left-footed by Douglas Imrie from right wing, save made by Allan McGregor. 67:47 Shot from just outside the area by Marco Paixao misses to the right of the target. 65:21 Substitution James Beattie goes off and Lee McCulloch comes on. 63:15 Douglas Imrie gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Steven Naismith. Free kick crossed right-footed by Steven Davis, Simon Mensing makes a clearance. 62:43 Outswinging corner taken right-footed by Steven Davis, clearance by Simon Mensing. 62:30 Steven Naismith has an effort at goal from 20 yards. Save by Tomas Cerny. 60:45 Substitution Damian Casalinuovo is brought on as a substitute for Nigel Hasselbaink. 59:25 Unfair challenge on Steven Naismith by Jonathon Routledge results in a free kick. Direct free kick taken by Steven Naismith. 57:59 Free kick awarded for a foul by Richard Foster on Marco Paixao. Free kick taken by Flavio Paixao. 55:51 Marco Paixao provided the assist for the goal. 55:51 GOAL - Madjid Bougherra:Hamilton 1 - 1 Rangers An unfortunate own goal is conceded by Madjid Bougherra. Hamilton 1-1 Rangers. 55:51 Centre by Marco Paixao, 54:32 Foul by James Beattie on Martin Canning, free kick awarded. Martin Canning takes the free kick. 53:43 Corner taken right-footed by Steven Davis, Flavio Paixao makes a clearance. 53:16 Corner from the right by-line taken by Steven Davis, clearance made by Flavio Paixao. 52:14 Simon Mensing fouled by James Beattie, the ref awards a free kick. Jim Goodwin takes the free kick. 51:28 The assistant referee flags for offside against Nikica Jelavic. Indirect free kick taken by Simon Mensing. 46:15 Corner taken right-footed by Steven Davis from the left by-line, clearance made by Jim Goodwin. 45:20 Richard Foster concedes a free kick for a foul on Marco Paixao. Direct free kick taken by David Buchanan. 45:01 The second half has started. Half Time 45:00+1:57 The whistle is blown to end the first half. 44:51 Free kick awarded for a foul by Martin Canning on Madjid Bougherra. Direct free kick taken by Allan McGregor. 44:28 Corner taken by Douglas Imrie from the right by-line, Allan McGregor makes a save. 44:17 Shot by Nigel Hasselbaink. Save by Allan McGregor. 43:32 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Steven Naismith by Jonathon Routledge. Direct free kick taken by Steven Naismith. 42:15 Steven Davis challenges Jim Goodwin unfairly and gives away a free kick. Douglas Imrie takes the direct free kick. 41:34 Substitution Richard Foster comes on in place of Kirk Broadfoot. 41:20 Shot from just outside the area by Nigel Hasselbaink goes over the bar. 39:45 The offside flag is raised against Flavio Paixao. Allan McGregor takes the indirect free kick. 39:06 Shot by Nikica Jelavic from 18 yards. Brilliant save by Tomas Cerny. James Beattie produces a right-footed shot from close range which goes wide of the right-hand upright. 37:52 Marco Paixao is flagged offside by the assistant referee. Free kick taken by Kirk Broadfoot. 37:38 Steven Davis concedes a free kick for a foul on Jim Goodwin. Jim Goodwin restarts play with the free kick. 36:43 Nigel Hasselbaink gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Madjid Bougherra. Free kick taken by Madjid Bougherra. 32:42 David Weir restarts play with the free kick. 32:12 Booking Jim Goodwin goes into the referee's book for unsporting behaviour. 32:02 Jim Goodwin challenges Nikica Jelavic unfairly and gives away a free kick. 30:34 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Nigel Hasselbaink by Sasa Papac. Douglas Imrie delivers the ball from the free kick left-footed from right wing. 30:12 Steven Davis takes the outswinging corner, clearance made by Jim Goodwin. 29:56 Nikica Jelavic produces a drilled left-footed shot from 18 yards. Blocked by Martin Canning. 27:05 Simon Mensing takes a shot. Allan McGregor makes a comfortable save. 26:38 Marco Paixao takes a short corner. 25:57 Andy Graham fouled by Kyle Lafferty, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed left-footed by Douglas Imrie from right channel, Kirk Broadfoot makes a clearance. 25:26 Unfair challenge on Martin Canning by Nikica Jelavic results in a free kick. Tomas Cerny takes the direct free kick. 23:16 Kyle Lafferty gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Andy Graham. Free kick taken by Andy Graham. 18:45 Jim Goodwin challenges Maurice Edu unfairly and gives away a free kick. David Weir takes the free kick. 18:09 Handball decision goes against Nigel Hasselbaink. Steven Naismith takes the direct free kick. 17:24 Shot from just outside the penalty box by Marco Paixao misses to the left of the target. 16:33 Sasa Papac fouled by Douglas Imrie, the ref awards a free kick. Free kick crossed left-footed by Sasa Papac from left wing, Simon Mensing manages to make a clearance. 15:10 Inswinging corner taken by Douglas Imrie from the right by-line. 14:46 Shot by Marco Paixao. Save made by Allan McGregor. 14:26 Douglas Imrie gives away a free kick for an unfair challenge on Maurice Edu. Steven Davis takes the free kick. 11:28 Foul by Kyle Lafferty on Flavio Paixao, free kick awarded. Andy Graham restarts play with the free kick. 9:45 Free kick awarded for an unfair challenge on Maurice Edu by Douglas Imrie. Allan McGregor takes the free kick. 8:29 Flavio Paixao fouled by Sasa Papac, the ref awards a free kick. Douglas Imrie crosses the ball in from the free kick, clearance made by Kirk Broadfoot. 5:34 Assist by Kyle Lafferty. 5:34 GOAL - Nikica Jelavic:Hamilton 0 - 1 Rangers Nikica Jelavic finds the back of the net with a headed goal from deep inside the penalty box. Hamilton 0-1 Rangers. 3:13 Unfair challenge on Simon Mensing by James Beattie results in a free kick. Free kick taken by Tomas Cerny. 2:26 Nikica Jelavic is caught offside. Tomas Cerny takes the indirect free kick. 0:00 The referee gets the match started. 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Rafael van der Vaart was happy with his debut in the draw against West Bromwich Albion Tottenham Hotspur.

£ 8Million signing its first got the taste of Premier League football in Saturday's 1-1 at the Hawthorns and Dutch midfielder caught eye free role for Spurs.

Van der Vaart plays a key role in the 27th minute sounds and Luca Modric with smart looped pass to Roman Pavlyuchenko, but only may look, Chris Brunt secured section for the hosts in the first half equaliser.

New recruit And enjoy its Spurs first outing in the top tier of England even if it yields successful beginning.

Van der Vaart told Sky Sports News: "I think I had a good first game and there were some really good passes is unlucky that we didn't score one more, but in the end, I'm happy.

"They really good plays in the second semester and does not play, and in particular in the USSR".

Van der Vaart had little time to be corrected by joining Spurs day of the deadline for the transfer and was away with the Netherlands in the international break.

But insisted that the 27-year-old, he feels comfortable in terms of Harry Redknapp.

He added: "this is a great team, great location and nice guys so easy for me and I feel at home."

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How to profit from older lighter rules as youth football coaching

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On its face the older lighter rule makes a lot of sense, if a player is very small and may struggle with playing in his own age group, let him play "down" an age group so he has a chance to play and compete. In my mind if you have a very small first year 11 year old player that weighed 70 pounds, this rule would allow him to plqay with 9 and 10 year olds and give the plyer the chance to learn the game and get meaningful playing time in an effort to build a love for the game in him. In this particular case, the rule would have met its goal.

Age is a very important factor in youth football. The league commissioner for Omaha's Heartland Youth Football League did an in-depth study of the ages of the teams in our league in 2001. He found there were very significant correlations of average age of teams to wins and losses. He broke the study down to the average number of months the age of each team was and invariably the oldest team in each classification finished in the top 3 in the standings and the youngest team in each classification finished in the bottom 3.

In my first year of coaching youth football, I coached in an age 8-10 "draft" league where the coaches are given only the birthdate and weight of the player to make the draft selection. We were not given the players name etc, basically a blind draft with the exception of the age and weight data. This league had an older-but-lighter rule. As our turn in the draft came around we just selected the largest players available, while the team next to us the "Dolphins" chose lots of 11 year old "older-but-lighter" players that were quite small, as well as medium to smaller 10 and 9 year olds. Our roster was filled with bigger 8s and 9s and a few 10s. As it turned out, the Dolphins were the perennial bullies of the league and had won an incredible number of back to back league titles. They knew what they were doing and that age was far more important than size. They went on to win the league title again that year. That season, we had just one older-but-lighter player and he turned out to be our star player, our tailback and star linebacker.

In many youth football leagues there is an age cutoff, in many leagues it is August 1st. So whatever age the player is on August 1st is what the league uses to determine age for that football season. If a player "Joey" is age 10 on August 1st and on August 2nd he turns 11, according to the league the player is 10 years old for that entire season. So if the age grouping is age 8-10 and an 8 year old player just turned 8 on July 31st, this 8 year old would be playing against a player "Joey", that is 4 years older than him. Age is important, but so is the date of the birthdate. In 2003 I had an "Unlimited" age 8-10 team that had 4 players that turned 11 in August. Needless to say, that was a huge advantage for us.

Now just imagine if you had a lighter 11 year old that had a birthdate of August 3rd, now you have a 12 year old playing 8 year olds. That would be darn right dangerous for some 8 year olds if that 12 year old player had 4 years of football plays under his belt.

My personal teams play in unlimited leagues with "running back" weights. The big kids are required to play between the tackles and are not allowed to carry or catch the football. We have always found it is not the big heavy linemen that are dominating games and making big hits, it is that medium sized or even smaller kid who has speed, aggressiveness and acceleration through contact. While the big linemen may seem a bit imposing at first glance, once the game is under way the players that are feared most are the big hitters, which are rarely if ever the big kids. Hence it could be that aggressive smaller older-but-lighter player that could be the terror of your league, not that "Fat Freddie" big linemen.

What often happens in the youth football leagues that have "older-but-lighter" rules is the rule gets abused. Instead of using the rule as it was intended for, to aid the development of truly smaller and weaker players, teams load their teams up with perfectly well adjusted and experienced smaller players. Some teams even make these already skinny lighter players LOSE weight to make sure they meet the weight guidelines, if the player is close to the weight limit.

I have had youth football coaches e-mail me to say they play teams of 24 kids where 17 are older-but-lighter. If you closely examine the ages of many of the top Pop Warner teams that play on TV for National Titles, quite often you find teams stacked full of very tall and skinny older-but-lighter players.

I'm not sure how to solve the "stacking" of older-but-lighter kids on teams to create competitive advantages. I really like the idea of significantly smaller first year players playing down an age group to give them a chance to develop. However, if the weight differentials are not large enough or already small players are being pressured into losing weight to meet older-but-lighter requirements, I'm not sure we are meeting the intent of the rule.

In our Omaha Youth Football league with August 1st cutoff dates, we often had 8th graders with August or September birthdates that were playing on the 11-12 year old team. The problem was many of their 8th grade buddies were playing on the 13-14 age team. While it would have given us a significant advantage to keep the player on the younger team, if the players were mature enough we would play them up with their friends. We felt doing what was right for that player superseded our need for a competitive advantage; I would hope others would do the same when it comes to making older but lighter decisions.

When I coached in youth football leagues that had older-but-lighter rules, if we had kids what were close to the weight cutoff and they had experience, we just played them up and it worked out fine. If we had a rookie kid that was weaker and close to the cutoff, we never ran him extra or starved him. We just explained the situation to the parents and if they concurred, we asked them to curb the intake of desserts, junk food and sodas. If the player made the weight great, if he didn't make the weight no big deal, we never counted on the player making weight. We did not weigh the player every day or put any pressure on the player to lose the weight. We did not take him to any sauna, starve him or the like, like some do.

If you are in a "draft" league, heavily weight age and experience when making your selections. Keep in mind not only the players age, but his birthdate, it will be to your advantage. Coaching Youth Football well is more than just calling good football plays and having great football schemes, and football practices, it also often involves smart selection or drafting of players. Make sure you are thorough and use age to your advantage within ethical boundaries.

If you have an older-but-lighter player that is close to the cutoff and you are considering having him lose weight, think carefully about how this will look 10-20 years from now. Was it really worth it to the player or team? Personally I prefer beating teams with younger and less talented kids, it's more of a challenge and far more satisfying than doing it with a "stacked" team of scarecrows.

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