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Portsmouth FC , who have debts of somewhere around £60m, have become the first ever Premier League club to enter administration.
The club will be docked nine points as a result and face almost certain relegation to the Championship – as if that wasnt already on the cards already, being 8 points from safety. The points [...]

Been a little distracted lately, but time now to have a look at Group E of the 2010 World Cup in South Africa
Holland
Ranked 3 by FIFA
Runners up 1974 and 1978
Manager: Bert van Marwijk
Key player: Wesley Sneijder
A delight to watch when confident and in form
Footballbits group prediction: Winners
Denmark
Ranked 26 by FIFA
Quarterfinalists in 1998
Manager: Morton Olssen
Key player: [...]

This month, Old Trafford, home of Manchester United celebrates its one hundredth birthday and has an amazing history. .
In 1902 Manchester United were known as Newton Heath , newly appointed chairman John Henry Davies pushed for a new stadium to built as he believed their current stadium, Bank Street simply wasn’t good enough for a [...]

England defender ‘C’ashley Cole is in a race against time to be fit for Fabio Capello’s World Cup squad after breaking an ankle in the Premier League defeat by Everton on Wednesday
The Chelsea left-back is expected to be out for around three months and Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti said he “did not know” if Cole [...]

We’re all here looking ahead to the World Cup in South Africa, but lets not forget that in 2 years time it’s the European Championships again!
The draw was made yesterday in Poland for the qualifying groups and came up with some interesting match-ups:
GROUP A: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Belgium, Austria, Turkey, Germany
GROUP B: Andorra, Armenia, Macedonia, Republic [...]