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St Helens Town AFC Makes Application To Participate In Next Season's FA Cup
St Helens Town AFC have made an application to play in next season's FA Cup. The club currently plays in the North West Counties Football League. The Ruskin Drive side played in the Cup up to and including the 1970/1 season, then didn't enter 71/2, 72/3 & 73/4 before being back in the Cup from 74/5 through to 2015/16 and since then haven't qualified on league position/PPG.
By Ashish Prabhu5 years ago in Cleats
WE MISS FOOTBALL
The coronavirus is impacting all aspects of society across the world and the global sports industry is significantly affected. With the cancelation of games and leagues, many of us are struggling without football, because it genuinely stimulates a similar “love” feeling in each one of us. With the absence of football, we all still seem to reunite with each other through the love of sports. Famous football players have shared on their social media accounts many videos of them practicing or even fooling around, which kept the bond with the world even stronger; we are all in this together. From the replay of old games to online gaming, we all seem to manage to find a way to stay connected to football. However, something is still missing.
By Firás Árab5 years ago in Cleats
Retiring from the Pitch
This past year my collegiate soccer career ended in our conference's championship game. We were on the losing end of the 2-1 score, one that my teammates and I do not feel accurately represents our season. The clock ran down in those final minutes and it took me to the 15 second mark that I finally realized we would not be making a comeback. We wouldn't be playing another game. I looked at the rest of my senior class from the bench and saw tears in their eyes, knowing that they were coming to the same realization that I was. It wasn't easy. It still isn't.
By c5 years ago in Cleats
The Tragedy of Steve Bruce
Newcastle United have long suffered unter Mike Ashley's ownership, and as a club with a very large and loyal fanbase, this has been quite tragic to behold. However, despite some drawbacks, the latest being quite recent, it looks like fans can be fairly optimistic about a potential massive Saudi takeover that would be bigger than that of Manchester City and possibly turn them into one of the world's richest and most successful sports clubs. But in my typical fashion, I'm going to go against the grain and look at the takeover itself from an angle that I think is quite tragic. Many people and media outlets have also done this by drawing attention to the nature of the takeover as sportswashing, whereby country's like Saudi Arabia invest in football to draw attention away from human rights abuses. That is a different debate, and not what I'm going to talk about, not just because I think most of the people I've seen taking this approach are not football fans, and there is an element of perspective that they can't quite understand. That's not to say there criticisms aren't valid. They are. But, as I say, it is a different debate.
By Matty Long6 years ago in Cleats
Forward - Chapter 1
Aiden Robertson Aiden grumbles and groans as he is forced into this realm through the incessant screaming of his mobile phone. The vibrations of it on the table assaulted his ears, and in defiance to the mobile tyrant he refused to open his eyes. Reaching out he searches for the damned contraption with all the grace of a blind drunk praying mantis. The thought of opening his eyes arrived in his mind. He is too stubborn to give in now and promptly shoved the thought back into the chest deep within his mind that was filled with the memories of all the times he wished he had asked out the girl he liked. Reaching, and reaching, getting closer, his instincts were hardly ever wrong. By this point he was more awake than he was asleep, though he does not care, it was the mere principle of the matter at this point. His current battle is with the accursed extension of himself that he relies on so much to stare at in the hopes of getting a message from she whom he likes to daydream about.
By BoblobV26 years ago in Cleats
Rangers Football Club Kick Off Digital Transformation
It has been announced that Rangers Football Club have unveiled its club brand evolution and digital transformation strategy, through an enhanced suite of unified digital products including the launch of a new industry leading club website and app.
By Ashish Prabhu6 years ago in Cleats
Footballers Who Proved Everybody Wrong
Arjen Robben Dutch winger Arjen Robben was very much Chelsea's Cinderella, a gracious albeit temporal beauty of the ball, whose flat-footed crystal slippers would shatter at the slightest contact. Although his time at Stamford Bridge was trophy laden, almost constant injury strife meant Robben gradually became an expensive liability. Being substituted as a substitute in the 2007 FA Cup Final - the ultimate ignominy for a player - signalled the end. Months later, Jose Mourinho offloaded his unreliable attacker to Real Madrid.
By FRANK6 years ago in Cleats
Football archaeology
Once, Cockfield’s playing field was home to some of the unlikely heroes of amateur football. In the 1920s, a time of industrial strife and economic depression, the miners of Cockfield FC twice took the name of this ‘two-street pit village’ deep into the FA Amateur Cup. A run to the semis in 1923 had the so-called ‘village wonder team’ making headlines; only Evesham United could halt their march.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Cleats
Bruno is 'Numero Uno' among the Rampant Reds
“Best player on the pitch by a long way”, were the words used to describe Bruno Fernandes against Brighton & Hove Albion by commentator Gary Neville. A convincing 3-0 away victory for the Red Devils put them back into fifth-place on the Premier League table. The orchestrator of Manchester United’s victory was unquestionably their talismanic Portuguese attacking midfielder, Bruno Fernandes, who scored two goals, ran the most kilometers before being subbed off and provided decisive passes into the opposition’s box throughout the encounter.
By FT Sports6 years ago in Cleats
The Obsession with Winning
THE OBSESSION WITH WINNING I've been playing FIFA for a long time. Since 2005, I've had a copy of almost every FIFA to date. I think I've gotten so familiar with the game, that sometimes winning seems boring. Sometimes losing the occasional game makes me feel a little more alive, and it makes the game feel a little more relatable. Don't worry this isn't a gaming article, give me a minute to elaborate.
By Nathanael Teo6 years ago in Cleats
Socially distant soccer. Top Story - June 2020.
The training session came to an end and one of the triallists made his way over to say thanks for the opportunity. Instinctively, he offered his hand ... but right now in England, handshakes are off limits. As sport cautiously returns to action, everyone has plenty to learn.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Cleats
5 Americans in MLS who could move to Europe this summer.
The transfer window is going to look different this year. There will still be a few big signings, (see Chelsea’s acquisition of Timo Werner) but all speculation is that the financial from impact of COVID-19 will lead to a more frugal summer across the board.
By Pete D6 years ago in Cleats