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[TBG]

David Beckham takes up China football ambassador role

 

 

The Chinese Super League has recently been hit by the exit of ex-Chelsea striker Didier Drogba, while also suffering from a match-fixing scandal.

 

Beckham, 37, will combine the role with playing for Paris St-Germain.

 

"I am honoured to have been asked to play such an important role at this special time in Chinese football history," he said in a statement.

 

His role will involve attending league matches in China and visiting clubs to help promote the game to children.

 

"I'm excited by the prospect of promoting the world's greatest game to Chinese sports fans as I've seen first hand the growing interest in football there," added Beckham.

 

"This is a wonderful sport that inspires people across the world and brings families together, so I'm relishing the opportunity of introducing more fans to the game."

 

Drogba, 34, joined Chinese side Shanghai Shenhua in June 2012 on a two-and-half-year deal after helping Chelsea to win last season's Champions League.

 

But the Ivory Coast international left the Chinese club in January 2013 for Turkish side Galatasaray, in a controversial loan move.

 

Drogba's former Chelsea team-mate and ex-France striker Nicolas Anelka also left Shanghai in a short-term loan move to Italian side Juventus.

 

The departures have been a blow to the Chinese game ahead of the 2013 Chinese Super League season starting on 8 March.

 

There have also been problems with corruption, which resulted in the country's former top referee being jailed and 58 officials being banned for match-fixing by Fifa and the Chinese Football Association.

 

Beckham was a special ambassador for the 2012 London Olympics and the worldwide icon's role will be promote Chinese football domestically and globally.

[Dokko]

http://www.sportsmole.co.uk/off-the-pitch/blackburn-rovers/news/chauffeur-of-blackburn-owner-dies-during-match_72379.html

[Deuce]

 

i fucking love Berbatov like

 

[Deuce]

http://espnfc.com/news/story/_/id/1362238/qpr-turned-zenit-bid-samba?cc=4716

 

Doesn't make sense. Surely Zenit can't be that stupid.

 

Zint pls stahp

[Fugazi]

Former Newcastle United star Nobby Solano arrested at Manchester Airport

 

EX-NEWCASTLE United player Nolberto "Nobby" Solano was arrested at Manchester Airport over debts and unpaid tax this week.

 

The Peruvian footballer was arrested after repeatedly failing to respond to requests for co-operation over his problems. The bankrupt 38-year-old was stopped at passport control on Wednesday as his details were flagged up.

 

Solano's luxury home in the North East has previously been repossessed. The arrest warrant was issued after an application by accountants KPMG. Solano appeared at Leeds County Court in private on Thursday. It is understood his case was adjourned while his affairs are examined.

 

He had been at St James' Park last Sunday for the club's win against Southampton and had tweeted that he was looking forward to a trip to Greece to visit his children. He has since tweeted he is taking a break from the social networking site.

 

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2013/03/03/former-newcastle-united-star-nobby-solano-arrested-at-manchester-airport-72703-32915300/

 

 

 

 

I'm sorry to say but someone who was paid well into the millions in his career and is bankrupt only has themselves to blame.

 

Article posted today:

 

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/sport/football/article3704753.ece

[Hanshithispantz]

 

i fucking love Berbatov like

:lol:

 

 

[worthy]

 

i f***ing love Berbatov like

:lol:

 

 

 

Haha thats fantastic.

[Ronaldo]

 

i fucking love Berbatov like

 

Aye, he's quality. Great man and great player.

[Deuce]

 

i fucking love Berbatov like

 

Aye, he's quality. Great man and great player.

 

He's no Bale, like.

[Mole_Toonfan]

He's no Bale, like.

 

Berbs for me, like.

[leffe186]

He's no Bale, like.

 

Berbs for me, like.

 

Would love to still have him tbh. Berba, VDV and Modric in the same team last year would have been lush to watch, even without the bonuses of Bale and Lennon. Might even have usurped Hoddle, Waddle, Ardiles, Hazard and Chiedozie as the most stylish Spurs team in my lifetime.

[Lowndsy]

fa vase semi final draw

 

Guernsey or Walsall Wood v SPENNYMOOR TOWN

Tunbridge Wells v SHILDON or Ascot

 

Games to be played Saturday 23rd March (1st leg) and Saturday 30th March (2nd leg).

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Cheeky trip to Ascot for me.

 

(Obviously not like, but the thought's there).

[Incognito]

He's no Bale, like.

 

Berbs for me, like.

 

Would love to still have him tbh. Berba, VDV and Modric in the same team last year would have been lush to watch, even without the bonuses of Bale and Lennon. Might even have usurped Hoddle, Waddle, Ardiles, Hazard and Chiedozie as the most stylish Spurs team in my lifetime.

 

The 86-87 Tottenham side is by far and away the best and most stylish I've seen. Pleat was a very under rated manager, his foresight , I believe he was the first,to play 4-5-1 produced some great football to watch. Hoddle, Waddle and Clive Allen in full flow were nigh on impossible to stop.

[leffe186]

He's no Bale, like.

 

Berbs for me, like.

 

Would love to still have him tbh. Berba, VDV and Modric in the same team last year would have been lush to watch, even without the bonuses of Bale and Lennon. Might even have usurped Hoddle, Waddle, Ardiles, Hazard and Chiedozie as the most stylish Spurs team in my lifetime.

 

The 86-87 Tottenham side is by far and away the best and most stylish I've seen. Pleat was a very under rated manager, his foresight , I believe he was the first,to play 4-5-1 produced some great football to watch. Hoddle, Waddle and Clive Allen in full flow were nigh on impossible to stop.

 

I've said it many times - that year Allen scored 49, Lineker would have scored 80. We made so many chances. The biggest frustration was Richard Gough not settling, as he is still one of the top three centre-backs I can remember seeing.

 

Anyway, I need to sign off. Just read through RAWK's match thread for our game yesterday, and I feel a little queasy.

[cp40]

He's no Bale, like.

 

Berbs for me, like.

 

Would love to still have him tbh. Berba, VDV and Modric in the same team last year would have been lush to watch, even without the bonuses of Bale and Lennon. Might even have usurped Hoddle, Waddle, Ardiles, Hazard and Chiedozie as the most stylish Spurs team in my lifetime.

 

The 86-87 Tottenham side is by far and away the best and most stylish I've seen. Pleat was a very under rated manager, his foresight , I believe he was the first,to play 4-5-1 produced some great football to watch. Hoddle, Waddle and Clive Allen in full flow were nigh on impossible to stop.

 

I've said it many times - that year Allen scored 49, Lineker would have scored 80. We made so many chances. The biggest frustration was Richard Gough not settling, as he is still one of the top three centre-backs I can remember seeing.

 

Anyway, I need to sign off. Just read through RAWK's match thread for our game yesterday, and I feel a little queasy.

 

 

what year was it you cheated us at WHL in the FA cup? and was it 1-1 in the league the same season?

[Sifu]

Former Newcastle United star Nobby Solano arrested at Manchester Airport

 

EX-NEWCASTLE United player Nolberto "Nobby" Solano was arrested at Manchester Airport over debts and unpaid tax this week.

 

The Peruvian footballer was arrested after repeatedly failing to respond to requests for co-operation over his problems. The bankrupt 38-year-old was stopped at passport control on Wednesday as his details were flagged up.

 

Solano's luxury home in the North East has previously been repossessed. The arrest warrant was issued after an application by accountants KPMG. Solano appeared at Leeds County Court in private on Thursday. It is understood his case was adjourned while his affairs are examined.

 

He had been at St James' Park last Sunday for the club's win against Southampton and had tweeted that he was looking forward to a trip to Greece to visit his children. He has since tweeted he is taking a break from the social networking site.

 

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2013/03/03/former-newcastle-united-star-nobby-solano-arrested-at-manchester-airport-72703-32915300/

 

 

 

 

Ah, good old KPMG...

[leffe186]

That was the year we lost to Coventry - '87. Wasn't that one of the games you talk about the crush at - your potential Hillsborough? Every club has their stories from those days, man, it seemed rough at the time but completely insane looking back. QPR was one of ours I remember.

 

Had to look up the league results tbh, I completely blanked on ours. Yeah, 1-1. I remember the year before rather better, not surprisingly . God, we played a lot of games that year, felt like we played Arsenal every week at one point.

[cp40]

That was the year we lost to Coventry - '87. Wasn't that one of the games you talk about the crush at - your potential Hillsborough? Every club has their stories from those days, man, it seemed rough at the time but completely insane looking back. QPR was one of ours I remember.

 

Had to look up the league results tbh, I completely blanked on ours. Yeah, 1-1. I remember the year before rather better, not surprisingly . God, we played a lot of games that year, felt like we played Arsenal every week at one point.

 

 

aye that was the crush- was at WHL for both them games that season.

[summerof69]

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/its-not-racism-the-muslim-players-just-shouldnt-be-here-beitar-jerusalem-fans-walk-out-over-signing-of-two-muslim-chechen-players-8519748.html

 

 

 

‘Ten… Nine… Eight… Seven… Six… Five… Four… Three… Two… One…War! War! War!’ A typical Beitar Jerusalem welcome, one of Israel’s biggest football clubs, on Sunday night from ‘La Familia’ the team’s hardcore fans who are in revolt over the signing of two Muslim players, two of just five non-Israeli players to ever play for the club which is identified with the country’s political right.

 

On Sunday night at the Teddy Stadium, home of Beitar Jerusalem, members of the club’s hard-core support, “La Familia”, were in place an hour before kick-off for the game against Maccabi Netanya. While most fans go to games to support their team, La Familia spent the game showering the club’s owner and his two new signings with a torrent of abuse.

 

What provoked their ire is the decision earlier in the season by Beitar’s president Arkady Gaydamak – father of Alexandre, former owner of Portsmouth FC – to sign two Chechen Muslims, Zaur Sadayev and Dzhabrail Kadiyev. They are two of just five non-Israeli players ever to represent the club, which has strong links to the Israeli right.

 

Only the 23 year-old Sadayev, a big, heavy-set striker, played against Netanya on Sunday. In the first half, boos rang around the stadium every time he touched the ball. But what happened next was not La Familia’s script. Sadayev – who has been accompanied by a bodyguard since his arrival in Jerusalem from Chechen side Terek Grozny – ran on to a pass just after half time and slid the ball past Netanya’s goalkeeper. It was his first goal for the club. Beitar’s best player, the Argentinian Dario Fernandez, jumped on Sadayev’s shoulders and celebrated with him, but the reaction in the crowd was confused to say the least. In one stand supporters screamed with elation, but behind the goal, in the La Familia end, hundreds walked out.

 

“The reaction to the Muslim players being here is not racist,” insisted 19-year-old Akeeva, a Beitar fan. “But the club’s existence is under threat. Beitar is a symbol for the whole country.”

 

Jacob, another fan, agrees, “It’s just a matter of being Arab [by which he means Muslim]. It’s not racism, they just shouldn’t be here. Beitar Jerusalem has always been a clean club, but now it’s being destroyed – many of the other players are thinking of leaving because of the Muslim players being here.”

 

Akeeva, Jacob and many of the other fans are angry with Mr Gaydamak for bringing in Sadayev and Kadiyev to the club. After they signed the reaction among fans was so extreme that the club’s offices in Jerusalem were burnt down. The pair have been greeted with jeers and whistles every time they step out on to the pitch.

 

The home club of Sadayev and Kadiyev is no ordinary football team; Terek Grozny is run as the personal project of Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov. Although he is no longer officially the club’s president, nobody doubts that he is in charge, while the money man is the oligarch Telman Ismailov, known for his lavish birthday parties in which A-list western pop stars are flown in to sing odes to him.

 

The unlikely dual transfer came about after a bizarre tour to Chechnya by the entire Beitar squad early this year, which went ahead against the advice of Israeli authorities. There are rumours in the Russian media that Mr Ismailov, a friend of Mr Gaydamak, had an interest in purchasing the struggling club. Rather than travel to see the team in Jerusalem, Mr Ismailov wanted to bring them to Grozny. So it was that the brief tour to the troubled Caucasus republic took place amid extremely high security. After its conclusion – and a friendly match between Terek and Beitar – it was announced that to “strengthen Israeli-Chechen friendship”, two players would be moving to Jerusalem.

 

“Chechens, like Jews, have a great number of difficult pages in their history and have lived through many tragedies,” said a press release from Mr Kadyrov’s office. “We have a lot in common.”

 

The 23-year-old Sadayev was seen as a player with some potential, but since his entrance into the Terek team five years ago he has hardly set the Russian league alight – the striker has managed just eight goals in 83 appearances. Dzhabrail Kadiyev, had never started for the Terek first team.

 

Sadayev said in an interview with Russian media last December, before the Israeli move was on the cards, that if he could play anywhere in the world he would like to try England.

 

Details of the transfers are murky, and it is unclear whether the players have moved on loan, or permanently. Calls to Terek’s press service went unanswered yesterday. After being substituted after 73 minutes on Sunday, Sadayev received a standing ovation – although by then the boo-boys had largely left. Three minutes later Netanya scored to make it 1-1 and pushed hard until the end.

 

Whether his performance is enough to win over the crowd remains to be seen, but perhaps he could afford to give his bodyguard the night off.

 

 

[LFEE]

Do you think who ever made the Sky Bet advert is an NUFC fan?...

[BlueStar]

Didn't see this at the time

 

[54]

:lol:

[Dinho lad]

[Tiresias]

Not sure if giggs but

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2013/mar/04/rangers-ibrox-rights-sports-direct

 

Green told STV: "We have now decided that Sports Direct will be the partner [for stadium naming]. We had representatives from Sports Direct up for a fans' forum a couple of weeks ago. We also had Derek Llambias of Newcastle United sharing his experience of how that helped his club.