LUSCOS

Etter å ha fylt enda flere sider med småplukk om ex-spillere, manager og annet Leeds United-folk, er det på tiden å lansere en Part VII av denne tråden.



* Part 1 hadde 40 sider, 782 postinger og 10.097 treff:
http://www.luscos.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6926
* Part 2 hadde 20 sider, 383 postinger og 3.589 treff:
http://www.luscos.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=8066
* Part 3 hadde 20 sider, 293 postinger og 2.547 treff:
http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=9235.0
* Part 4 hadde 20 sider, 296 postinger og 5.189 treff:
http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=9714.0
* Part 5 hadde 10 sider, 138 postinger og 2.959 treff:
http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=10536.0
* Part 6 hadde 10 sider, 143 postinger og 2.951 treff:
http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=10759.0
* Part 7 hadde 10 sider, 143 postinger og 3.126 treff:
http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=11107.0

Blackwell signs Blades extension 

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Blackwell has previously had spells as manager of Leeds and Luton 

Sheffield United manager Kevin Blackwell has signed a one-year contract extension, keeping him at Bramall Lane until 2012.
Blackwell, 49, was appointed Blades boss in February following the departure of Bryan Robson.
He previously had a spell as number two to Neil Warnock before leaving to take up a coaching role at Leeds in 2003 - where he later became manager.
"This is a pleasant surprise and I feel honoured to be here," Blackwell said.
" I think this shows that the chairman wants stability and believes in the job I'm trying to do.
"It could take us a few years to achieve what we want to but I'm pleased the board have faith in me to be able to do it," Blackwell added.
Blades director Terry Robinson said: "Kevin is a breath of fresh air to the club. He has a plan which he has put in place and the club is going to grow.
"We know he is going to achieve the goal we are all aiming for and he has the full backing of the Sheffield United board and plc."

Blackwell signs new Blades deal
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Blackwell-signs-new-Blades-deal.4763138.jp

Blades Gaffer signs new deal
http://www.sheffieldunited-mad.co.uk/news/loadnews.asp?cid=TMNW&id=420298

Quote from: kjelvi on December 02, 2008, 15:53:09
Us look at Maybury
Colchester have handed a trial to former Leicester and Leeds defender Alan Maybury.
The 30-year-old ex-Republic of Ireland international has been training with the Us following a trial with Bristol City, and is in line to appear in this week's Essex Senior Cup tie against Romford at the Community Stadium.
Maybury is currently without a club after his release by Leicester in May, having had a spell on loan with Aberdeen towards the end of last season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Maybury

U'S BOSS WEIGHS UP MAYBURY MOVE
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_league1/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/08/12/04/manual_130548.html&TEAMHD=nationwide2

Lambert eyeing Maybury move
http://www.itv.com/Sport/Football/News/League1/Generalnews/Lambert-eyeing-Maybury-move-649053755.html

Finne på AaFK-besøk
I går dukket det opp en finsk fotballspiller på Color Line stadion. Men AaFK-direktør Henrik Hoff nekter plent å si hva finnen heter, eller hvilken klubb han spiller for.
http://fotball.smp.no/eliteserien/article124069.ece

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Seb Sorsa?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastian_Sorsa

Former Newcastle manager Sam Allardyce is keen on taking charge at the Stadium of Light. (The Sun)
Allardyce is the leading contender for the job and 'friends' have confirmed he is interested. (Daily Mirror)
But Allardyce faces surprise competition from Celtic manager Gordon Strachan while David O'Leary, Alan Curbishley and former England boss Steve McClaren are also in the frame. (Daily Mirror)
Hull City boss Phil Brown - a Sunderland fan - is another contender. (Various)
Brown is Sunderland's number one choice and the Black Cats would appoint Allardyce as director of football if it helped secure the services of the Tigers manager. (Daily Express)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 03, 2008, 08:59:09

Quote from: kjelvi on December 02, 2008, 02:12:05
Grimsby make player/coach offer to Blackburn's Fowler
Grimsby boss Mike Newell has held exploratory talks with Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler, currently with Blackburn, about a player/coaching role at the League Two strugglers.
Grimsby chairman John Fenty claims Fowler is waiting to see what his future holds at Blackburn before making a decision on Grimsby's offer.

Blackburn boss Ince: Fowler won't join Grimsby
Blackburn Rovers boss Paul Ince has poured cold water on the prospect of Robbie Fowler moving to Grimsby.
Ince has yet to hear from Grimsby boss Mike Newell, a former Blackburn striker, and said: "I can't see him going to Grimsby, to be fair.

Blackburn striker Robbie Fowler has turned down a move to League Two side Grimsby and will stay at Ewood Park to try to earn a permanent deal. (Daily Star)

Abbott appointed Carlisle manager  

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Abbott had a 10-game spell in caretaker charge last season

Carlisle United have appointed Greg Abbott as manager on an 18-month contract after a short spell in charge as caretaker.
The 44-year-old, who has led the side to three wins in six games, replaces John Ward who left the club last month.

....He began his playing career with his hometown club Coventry City before spells with Bradford City, Halifax Town and Hull City before joining Carlisle in 2006 following a spell as youth-team coach at Leeds United.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/7767539.stm

Vinnie Jones arrestert
Den tidligere Wimbledon-stjernen måtte på sykehus etter barslagsmål i South Dakota.
Vinnie Jones har sjelden blitt beskyldt for å være den snilleste gutten i klassen, og nå er 43-åringen på nytt i trøbbel etter å ha havnet i fysiske konfrontasjoner på en bar i Sioux Falls I South Dakota.
Ifølge Sky News oppsto slagsmålet da Jones ble fornærmet av en gjests kommentar om en tidligere filmrolle for hardtausen.
http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article2455225.ece

Niall Quinn revealed yesterday that the race to succeed Roy Keane as Sunderland manager has begun in earnest and that there has been contact from Britain, Europe and beyond. Two of the foreign names to have made their interest known are Felix Magath, manager of Portsmouth's UEFA Cup conquerors Wolfsburg, and Lothar Mattheus, both formerly of Bayern Munich. Gus Poyet is also said to have made himself available. (Daily Mail)

Swindon have asked Sheffield United for permission to speak to Gary Speed about their vacant manager's job. The former Wales midfielder, 39, has coaching qualifications and would like to break into management. (Daily Mail)

GRIFFIT WANTS TO STAY AT PALACE
Leandre Griffit has revealed he is keen to stay at Crystal Palace even though he has struggled for first-team action at Selhurst Park.
The former Southampton winger feels he can play a part in the remainder of the Championship season, providing manager Neil Warnock is happy to extend his contract which ends in the middle of January.
Griffit told the South London Press: "I've been here for three or four months now and I'm having a really good time - I love Crystal Palace and the fans. I will try my best to stay here - I don't want to move or change.
"When the manager picks me I will do my best and try and help the team win. I'm confident in my own game."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leandre_Griffit

Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez could place £20m striker Robbie Keane on the transfer list in January. Benitez will rest Keane against Blackburn with the former Spurs star struggling to find the net. (Various)

Where are they now?
Swan: I did it my way

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PETER SWAN may not have tasted the glory years at Elland Road under Howard Wilkinson but without him, Sergeant Wilko's leading lieutenant may never have arrived â€" and history could have been so different.
The one thing that Leeds lad Swan â€" brought up on the tough streets of Hunslet â€" could never be accused of in his long and eventful career was being a shrinking violet.
Put simply, he called a spade a spade and always fought his corner. Just as he did in early 1989 when he was preparing to head out of the Elland Road exit to rejoin old mentor Eddie Gray at Hull City.
Leeds needed hard cash to bring in Gordon Strachan from Manchester United â€" and that meant selling the home-grown utility player.
After speaking to Hull, Swan â€" out of favour under Wilkinson â€" headed back to United with his future still in the air, but determined to leave on his terms. When he arrived, the flame-haired Scot was sitting in reception and Swan quickly put two and two together. With his bargaining hand bolstered, he thrashed out terms for his exit and the rest, as they say, is history.
Swan, who now works in the construction industry â€" as well as being a football pundit, told the YEP: "I spoke to Hull and came back to Leeds and Gordon Strachan was sat there. They needed the £200,000 from selling me to help pay for Gordon, so I was in a good bargaining position. I asked for an extra 10 grand and they ended up giving me it!
"I've no regrets at all about leaving. I still follow Leeds â€" I do all my old clubs, and like to see them all do well apart from Plymouth!
"Leeds did well and I was delighted for them.
"I'd heard a lot about Howard. I'd been injured, but there was a practice match which was an ideal opportunity to show what I could do.
"I did well and he said I'd got a chance. But I don't know why, I just said 'I don't want to play for you. I don't like you'. I needed to get out and I knew Eddie was interested at Hull."
Larger-than-life Swan's footballing odyssey is memorably captured in his fascinating autobiography Swanny â€" Confessions of a Lower League Legend. While hardly being a footballing maverick in the sense of one-time Whites crowd-pleasers Tony Currie and Frank Worthington, the powerhouse striker turned centre-half was never anything less than his own man.
And while it may have landed him in trouble with certain footballing folk, it made him a hell of a lot more friends in dressing rooms up and down the country where he was very much the main man.
While his career may have been provincial, taking in ports of call such as Hull, Plymouth, Bury, Burnley, Port Vale and York, it was certainly never dull.
It all started at Elland Road, where Swan aimed to take a leaf out of fellow Hunslet Parkside pupil and legendary Whites play-anywhere man Paul Madeley's book. Quite literally!
Swan said: "I remember picking up a school book one day and it had Paul Madeley's name on it. Unbelievable. Mine was a rugby school really and the likes of Kelvin Skerrett, Andy Bateman and Garry Schofield went there and not many top footballers came through, it was all rugby.
"But it was football for me.
Funnily enough, I supported West Ham as a kid â€" I think it was to do with their colours, I liked the kit! I also became a Trevor Brooking fan. Over his career of six or seven hundred games, he'd never been booked. When I played, I was booked every other game!
"But being from Leeds, you want to play for Leeds. It's always your ambition â€" the first thing you want to do is play for your home-town club.
"I played for Leeds City Boys. I went through from under-10s to under-15s with them and also played with Yorkshire Amateurs. It was a great upbringing.
"When I first went to United, there were some big-hitters there. But the side were on the downturn. Internationals such as Peter Barnes, Kenny Burns and Arthur Graham were there â€" I used to clean their boots.
"Allan Clarke was in charge. I didn't have much to do with him but Martin Wilkinson, his assistant, was a lovely bloke and always had the time of day for you.
"The next thing I knew, they had moved on and Eddie Gray and Jimmy Lumsden came in.
"In the space of three years, they ended up bringing the kids through such as Dennis Irwin, Scott Sellars and Tommy Wright. But they never really gave me the opportunity. Maybe Eddie just thought it wasn't the right time to put me in, whereas I was thinking 'it is, get me in'.
"My chance came when Billy came. You realise after how much Eddie thought of me because he ended up spending £200,000 on me at Hull. After that, he became my agent and took me down to Vale!
"Billy sold a lot of the youngsters. They were Eddie's breed coming through and when he took over, he wanted to do it his way and get his own boys in. But Billy was different class. A proper man's man. I remember he had a mate called Herbie and he let him do a team talk once and he had the players in tears.
"It was something different alright. Herbie used to love Billy to bits. He did this team talk and was in tears himself and spoke about how much he loved Leeds United and Bremner! I can't even remember what the result was..."
Swan tasted highs in his time with United, such as scoring twice against Stoke in his second game at Elland Road in February 1986, while hitting 11 goals in 1987-88, including a famous strike against Middlesbrough in front of a festive crowd of more than 34,000.
But the mid to late '80s were largely a case of "if only" for him and the team.
He added: "I scored in four straight games that season (1987-88) and was looking at Allan Clarke's record â€" and he was a proper legend. Bobby Davison ended up beating it after I think. But scoring goals at Elland Road for your home-town club â€" I don't think there's any better feeling, to be honest.
"We were so close to doing something back then. When I talk to the fans now, many still say they were the best years they ever had â€" even better than the European years.
They could see the players were fighting as much as the fans were fighting! It was like we were all in it together."
"I still did my own thing, though. Two weeks before we played in the FA Cup against Notts Forest once, I played for Rothwell Town. I know I could have got the sack for it, but I wanted to do it. I just had a crack with the lads there!"
Swan, whose playing days were ended by a debilitating knee injury in 2000, has carved out a successful second footballing career by virtue of a summarising role with Radio Humberside covering the Tigers and a twice-weekly newspaper column. And while he enjoys his football "sideline", it remains very much that â€" he hasn't fallen into the trap of legions of ex-pros who desperately try and maintain an involvement in the game after quitting.
Now 42, Wakefield-based Swan â€" whose son George is a member of Leeds United's Academy â€" said: "Jon Sheridan and Tommy Wright live around the corner and I keep in touch with them. I see Ian Snodin now and again and Brendan Ormsby. But I never go out of my way to keep in touch with ex-players â€" if they are there, they are there.
"I've kept that side of my life separate, I'd rather just play darts and dominoes with the local lads in the boozer. I prefer it that way, while some ex-footballers like to cling onto things.
"I look at David Batty, who was my room-mate. He's very similar to myself as he's kept his personal life away from the football side of it. He'd be more high-profile, so there's reason for him to do it.
"He's living on the east coast and getting on with his life, which is fantastic.
"When you finish playing, you are all over the shop. I fell into the media thing and bought a house where I had land. I did it up and paid the mortgage off â€" which is what you want to do when you finish playing.
"I then did another house up. All the money I've now got has been through the building work because all the money I earned playing, I spent and enjoyed!
"It's set me up for life now. I'm in the position where I'm okay.
"I've been doing the radio work for five years with Hull and had three promotions with them. I still feel part of it. I've got my coaching certificates and A licence. It's whether I'd want to throw away all I've done in the past five years for a job in management or coaching.
"If the right job came along, yes I'd do it. I'll never put my name forward, but I was at Port Vale the other day and some fans said they were desperate for me to take over there. I said 'you get a petition up and I'll come down and manage'!
"My time in football was a good laugh, but only because I made it that. I've always lived my life with a smile on my face. I've been married for 19 years and have put a smile on my missus' face every day.
"It's easy to get down. I had that many injuries, I could have hung myself.
Sometimes you don't want to smile in life, but you've got to get through it.
"At all my clubs, I've probably been the main instigator of the trouble, problems and fun. Speak to anybody around us and they've loved having me around."

SWANNY â€" Confessions of a Lower-League Legend with Andrew Collomosse, John Blake Publishing, is available on hardback priced £17.99.

YEP

Woods starter på benken for Chelsea idag.

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Flo tapte i comeback
Debuterte for MK Dons lørdag kveld.
Tore André Flo kom inn som innbytter for MK Dons, men uten at han kunne hindre et 0-2-tap for Scunthorpe.
Den norske spissveteranen ble byttet inn etter 61 minutter i MK Dons’ hjemmekamp lørdag. Da Flo kom innpå, sto det 0-0 i målprotokollen. Ian Morris og Garry Thompson scoret hvert sitt mål for bortelaget i løpet av den siste halvtimen.
Dons-manager Roberto Di Matteo var skuffet over tapet, men mente at hans lag fortjente minst ett poeng etter en god annen omgang.
Milton Keynes Dons falt ned til tredjeplass ettersom Millwall vant 3-2 over Bristol Rovers og overtok andreplassen i League One.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/cc_league1/news/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/08/12/06/manual_192603.html

Tapte kampen etter Flo-comeback
http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=555191

Se han spiller fotball igjen
http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2008/12/06/557140.html

Quote from: kjelvi on December 06, 2008, 14:54:08
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez could place £20m striker Robbie Keane on the transfer list in January. Benitez will rest Keane against Blackburn with the former Spurs star struggling to find the net. (Various)

Harry Redknapp wants to bring £20m Liverpool flop Robbie Keane back to Tottenham Hotspur, and expects to pay just £5m to get him. (Various)

Spurs are trying to re-sign Liverpool's Robbie Keane. (News of the World)

Tottenham are ready to offer Robbie Keane a shock return to White Hart Lane. (Sunday Mirror)

Rafa Benitez could be calling time on Robbie Keane's Anfield career.  (Mail on Sunday)

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Rio Ferdinand will retire when the four years remaining on his current Manchester United contract expire, at the age of 34. (News of the World)

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Danny Mills, still a Manchester City player despite being out of the game since last playing on loan at Derby in January, will retire because of a persistent knee injury. (News of the World)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 06, 2008, 14:47:06
Niall Quinn revealed yesterday that the race to succeed Roy Keane as Sunderland manager has begun in earnest and that there has been contact from Britain, Europe and beyond. Two of the foreign names to have made their interest known are Felix Magath, manager of Portsmouth's UEFA Cup conquerors Wolfsburg, and Lothar Mattheus, both formerly of Bayern Munich. Gus Poyet is also said to have made himself available. (Daily Mail)

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Sam Allardyce and Peter Reid are in the frame to replace Roy Keane at Sunderland. (Daily Star)

Peter Reid has emerged as the shock contender to succeed Roy Keane. (The People)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 07, 2008, 10:37:42

Quote from: kjelvi on December 06, 2008, 14:54:08
Liverpool boss Rafa Benitez could place £20m striker Robbie Keane on the transfer list in January. Benitez will rest Keane against Blackburn with the former Spurs star struggling to find the net. (Various)

Harry Redknapp wants to bring £20m Liverpool flop Robbie Keane back to Tottenham Hotspur, and expects to pay just £5m to get him. (Various)
Spurs are trying to re-sign Liverpool's Robbie Keane. (News of the World)
Tottenham are ready to offer Robbie Keane a shock return to White Hart Lane. (Sunday Mirror)

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Spurs are set to offer Aaron Lennon a new contract. (Sunday Mirror)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 06, 2008, 21:06:39
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Flo tapte i comeback
Debuterte for MK Dons lørdag kveld.
Tore André Flo kom inn som innbytter for MK Dons, men uten at han kunne hindre et 0-2-tap for Scunthorpe.
Den norske spissveteranen ble byttet inn etter 61 minutter i MK Dons’ hjemmekamp lørdag. Da Flo kom innpå, sto det 0-0 i målprotokollen. Ian Morris og Garry Thompson scoret hvert sitt mål for bortelaget i løpet av den siste halvtimen.
Dons-manager Roberto Di Matteo var skuffet over tapet, men mente at hans lag fortjente minst ett poeng etter en god annen omgang.
Milton Keynes Dons falt ned til tredjeplass ettersom Millwall vant 3-2 over Bristol Rovers og overtok andreplassen i League One.

Bildene:
http://fotball.smp.no/england/article124174.ece

Aaron Lennon and Jamie O'Hara are the two players Spurs could use to tempt Liverpool to allow Robbie Keane to return to White Hart Lane. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham will offer £5m plus midfielders Aaron Lennon and Jamie O'Hara - valued at £10m and £5m respectively - to tempt Liverpool into selling former Spurs striker Robbie Keane. (Daily Mirror)

Peter Reid is ready to return to Sunderland for a second spell as manager if they want him.  (Daily Mail)
Thailand boss Peter Reid, who managed Sunderland from 1995 to 2002, has a clause in his contract allowing him to speak to English clubs and is keen on the Black Cats job. (Daily Mail)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 08, 2008, 10:40:19
Peter Reid is ready to return to Sunderland for a second spell as manager if they want him.  (Daily Mail)
Thailand boss Peter Reid, who managed Sunderland from 1995 to 2002, has a clause in his contract allowing him to speak to English clubs and is keen on the Black Cats job. (Daily Mail)

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REID EYES SUNDERLAND RETURN
Peter Reid has thrown his hat into the ring to replace Roy Keane as Sunderland manager.
Reid was in charge of the Wearside club between 1995 and 2002 and is currently the coach of Thailand.
The Black Cats are on the hunt for a new manager after Keane quit on Thursday with the club languishing in the relegation zone following a run of five defeats in six Premier League games.
Reid, who was installed as Thailand boss in September on a four-year contract and is currently in charge of the team at the Suzuki Cup, revealed that he has a clause in his contract which would allow him to return to the Stadium of Light and hold talks with chairman Niall Quinn.
"I would be interested," Reid said in the Daily Mail.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/12/08/manual_075751.html

Quote from: kjelvi on December 03, 2008, 08:46:07
Phil Brown has told Nick Barmby to prove his fitness if he wants to earn a deal at Hull. (Daily Express, Daily Mail)

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BARMBY: I'M STILL IN GOOD NICK
Former England midfielder Nick Barmby is determined to win a new contract with hometown club Hull.
The 34-year-old's current deal expires at the end of the season but he is confident he can still perform at the top level.
Yet after two injury-hit years, the veteran accepts he must also prove his long-term fitness to manager Phil Brown.
Barmby said: "Without a doubt I want to stay - you still want to be involved.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/12/08/SOCCER_Hull_Barmby.html

Quote from: kjelvi on December 08, 2008, 10:41:13

Quote from: kjelvi on December 08, 2008, 10:40:19
Peter Reid is ready to return to Sunderland for a second spell as manager if they want him.  (Daily Mail)
Thailand boss Peter Reid, who managed Sunderland from 1995 to 2002, has a clause in his contract allowing him to speak to English clubs and is keen on the Black Cats job. (Daily Mail)

REID EYES SUNDERLAND RETURN
Peter Reid has thrown his hat into the ring to replace Roy Keane as Sunderland manager.
Reid was in charge of the Wearside club between 1995 and 2002 and is currently the coach of Thailand.
The Black Cats are on the hunt for a new manager after Keane quit on Thursday with the club languishing in the relegation zone following a run of five defeats in six Premier League games.

Reid rules out Sunderland return 
Former Sunderland boss Peter Reid insists he is not interested in a return to the Stadium of Light.
Reid was in charge of the Black Cats between 1995 and 2002 and is currently coach of the Thailand national team.
He had been quoted as saying he would consider a comeback as successor to Roy Keane, who resigned on Thursday.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/7770787.stm

Kenton faces uncertain future
Former Leeds United defender Darren Kenton is keen to extend his stay with Cheltenham Town.
The 30-year-old penned a three-month contract with the Robins at the start of October but is unsure what his long-term future holds.
"I don't know what's going to happen, but the club are speaking to my agent and I'd like to stay longer," Kenton told the Gloucestershire Echo.
"I was sat at home twiddling my thumbs until September so being back playing football is good for me."

Quote from: kjelvi on December 06, 2008, 14:14:49
Vinnie Jones arrestert
Den tidligere Wimbledon-stjernen måtte på sykehus etter barslagsmål i South Dakota.
Vinnie Jones har sjelden blitt beskyldt for å være den snilleste gutten i klassen, og nå er 43-åringen på nytt i trøbbel etter å ha havnet i fysiske konfrontasjoner på en bar i Sioux Falls I South Dakota.
Ifølge Sky News oppsto slagsmålet da Jones ble fornærmet av en gjests kommentar om en tidligere filmrolle for hardtausen.
http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/article2455225.ece

Vinnie: I had 48 stitches
FURIOUS VINNIE JONES said yesterday of CCTV showing him punching a drinker after being glassed: “The fact is â€" someone tried to blind me.”
The soccer hardman turned Hollywood star declared: “Would you not be p***** off if someone tried to blind you for life?”
Vinnie revealed to The Sun he needed FORTY-EIGHT stitches to his gashed and bleeding face after being hit with a beer mug in a US bar â€" and insisted the attack was unprovoked.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/showbiz/bizarre/article2017707.ece

Everton keen on Newcastle striker Smith
Newcastle United striker Alan Smith is being linked with Everton.
The People says Everton boss David Moyes considering a £2m offer for Smith to help ease his striker crisis.
Yakubu, Louis Saha and James Vaughan are all on the Everton sick list.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 04, 2008, 08:59:48

Quote from: kjelvi on December 03, 2008, 08:46:07
Birmingham boss Alex McLeish is set to offer Lee Bowyer a £1million escape route from West Ham. (Daily Express)

West Ham striker Dean Ashton will be sold in the January transfer window, with the Hammers desperate to raise funds in light of the Carlos Tevez saga. Other players set to be shown the door at Upton Park include Nigel Quashie, Lee Bowyer, Luis Boa Morte, Calum Davenport, Danny Gabbidon and Jonathan Spector. (Daily Mirror)

Birmingham boss Eck confident of smooth deal for West Ham's Bowyer
Birmingham City are ready to bid for West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer.
Brum manager Alex McLeish is thought to be preparing a £1million bid for Bowyer when the transfer window opens.
But when former manager Steve Bruce tried to sign him in 2005 from Newcastle, objections were raised about Bowyer by Birmingham supporters who started an internet petition to persuade the club to boycott the deal because of his character.
Bowyer rejected Birmingham, despite another outcry from fans in favour of the deal, with club officials claiming the player was concerned for his personal safety due to the city’s large ethnic population.
But it is believed that he is now one of a number of players McLeish has targeted to strengthen the club’s push for promotion back to the Premier League.
And it is felt unlikely that the doubts that existed before would resurface.
"Over the past few years Bowyer has been a consummate professional," one source told the Daily Mail.
The player’s wages could be an issue but financially-troubled West Ham may be keen to do a deal.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 08, 2008, 10:40:19
Aaron Lennon and Jamie O'Hara are the two players Spurs could use to tempt Liverpool to allow Robbie Keane to return to White Hart Lane. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham will offer £5m plus midfielders Aaron Lennon and Jamie O'Hara - valued at £10m and £5m respectively - to tempt Liverpool into selling former Spurs striker Robbie Keane. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham winger Lennon set to win new contract
Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp wants to hold onto winger Aaron Lennon.
The England international has rediscovered his best form since Redknapp's arrival and the Sunday Mirror says he will be soon offered a new contract.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 09, 2008, 08:56:14
Kenton faces uncertain future
Former Leeds United defender Darren Kenton is keen to extend his stay with Cheltenham Town.
The 30-year-old penned a three-month contract with the Robins at the start of October but is unsure what his long-term future holds.
"I don't know what's going to happen, but the club are speaking to my agent and I'd like to stay longer," Kenton told the Gloucestershire Echo.
"I was sat at home twiddling my thumbs until September so being back playing football is good for me."

Former Leeds United defender...... Hva annet har han på CV'en?

Jeg har besøkt England en rekke ganger, gjør det meg til former englishman?  ::)

Quote from: Promotion 2010 on December 09, 2008, 18:48:23

Quote from: kjelvi on December 09, 2008, 08:56:14
Kenton faces uncertain future
Former Leeds United defender Darren Kenton is keen to extend his stay with Cheltenham Town.
The 30-year-old penned a three-month contract with the Robins at the start of October but is unsure what his long-term future holds.
"I don't know what's going to happen, but the club are speaking to my agent and I'd like to stay longer," Kenton told the Gloucestershire Echo.
"I was sat at home twiddling my thumbs until September so being back playing football is good for me."

Former Leeds United defender...... Hva annet har han på CV'en?

Jeg har besøkt England en rekke ganger, gjør det meg til former englishman?  ::)

Du hinter til hangen til kjøring i motsatt fil?

Oida. Da blir det Holmgang på meg også!  ;D

Former Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd turned down the Huddersfield job. (Daily Star)

Ex-White targets Club World Cup glory
Ex-Leeds United defender Danny Hay will more than likely miss out on locking horns with old foes Manchester United in this year's Club World Cup - and will have to settle for a spicy trans-Tasman encounter as a substitute.
Hay, captain of New Zealand part-timers Waitakere United, will lesd his men into battle against Adelaide United in the opening game of the competition tomorrow.
Sir Alex Ferguson's United jet into Japan next week, having been given a route straight through to the semi-final.
It would take a near miracle for Waitakere's collection of teachers, builders and salesmen to overcome Adelaide and Japan's Gamba Osaka in the quarter-finals to set up a dream date with United.
He said: "I played against Manchester United with Leeds. It was every young lad's dream.
"Those were the days of Roy Keane and David Beckham at his best. It was special."
"But the Adelaide game is a big one for us. It most definitely does give us extra motivation - New Zealand and Australia have always got a massive rivalry.
"We're like the little brothers. They're the big brother - you always want to get one over on the big brother, don't you?
"In every sport in New Zealand we always want to beat the Aussies. They're our major rivals first and foremost."

YEP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Hay
http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/
http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/football_profile_hay.html

(http://editorial.jpress.co.uk/web/Upload/LEED//TH1_1012200829pppleeds%205.jpg)
Før

(http://www.waitakereunited.co.nz/squad/nzfc/profile/hay.jpg)
Nå

Marlon King has been told by Hull chairman Paul Duffen he will not get a permanent deal at the KC Stadium until the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Poyet wants English job
Former Leeds United assistant boss Gus Poyet wants to pursue a managerial career in England rather than follow Juande Ramos to Real Madrid.
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/leedsunited/Leeds-United-Poyet-wants-English.4782643.jp

Quote from: kjelvi on December 02, 2008, 15:53:09
Us look at Maybury
Colchester have handed a trial to former Leicester and Leeds defender Alan Maybury.
The 30-year-old ex-Republic of Ireland international has been training with the Us following a trial with Bristol City, and is in line to appear in this week's Essex Senior Cup tie against Romford at the Community Stadium.
Maybury is currently without a club after his release by Leicester in May, having had a spell on loan with Aberdeen towards the end of last season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Maybury

Experienced defender signs Colchester deal
Alan Maybury has penned a permanent contract with the U's
The former Leeds United and Leicester City defender has been without a club since the end of last season.
30-year-old Maybury, who can play in both full-back positions, has been training with Colchester for the past three weeks.


Exslucive: Definity Maybury
http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1485236,00.html

Alan Maybury - Carreer Profile
http://www.cu-fc.com/page/News/0,,10424~1485481,00.html

Quote from: kjelvi on December 11, 2008, 10:49:24
Marlon King has been told by Hull chairman Paul Duffen he will not get a permanent deal at the KC Stadium until the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Footballer held in assault probe   
A Premier League footballer has been arrested accused of assaulting a woman in a bar in central London.
Marlon King, 28, who plays for Hull City, was arrested on Wednesday when he voluntarily attended a police station after the incident on Sunday.
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said a 20-year-old woman was allegedly assaulted at the Soho Revue Bar, in Brewer Street.
Mr King has been released on bail until February.
Hull City chairman Paul Duffen stressed Mr King had not been charged and said investigations were ongoing.
He said the situation would not impact his position with the club and he was training as normal.
Striker Mr King, who is on loan from Wigan Athletic, has played 15 times for Hull in the Premiership.
On Saturday he scored the winner in Hull's 2-1 home win over Middlesbrough.

BBC

Blackpool sign up defender Harte
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/7778708.stm

Også omtalt i annen tråd: http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=11351.0

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:12:13

Quote from: kjelvi on December 11, 2008, 10:49:24
Marlon King has been told by Hull chairman Paul Duffen he will not get a permanent deal at the KC Stadium until the summer. (Daily Mirror)

Footballer held in assault probe   
A Premier League footballer has been arrested accused of assaulting a woman in a bar in central London.
Marlon King, 28, who plays for Hull City, was arrested on Wednesday when he voluntarily attended a police station after the incident on Sunday.

Marlon King has been told to clean up his act or face the boot from Hull. (Daily Mail)
Marlon King has been told to keep his nose clean or face being given the boot by Hull. (Daily Star)

Harrogate strike deal for former Whites star Noel

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Harrogate Town have pulled off a major coup by snapping up former Leeds United striker Noel Whelan until the end of the season.
Whelan, who was twice involved in £2m moves â€" to Coventry and Middlesbrough â€" has been without a club since leaving Scottish First Division side Dunfermline last season.
The 33-year-old Leeds-born player has been taking his coaching badges while overcoming an Achilles injury.
He signed for Harrogate yesterday â€" after his international clearance came through â€" along with former Huddersfield Town academy player Luke Malcher.
Chairman Bill Fotherby said: "I'm highly-delighted Noel has joined the club. When he gets back to full match fitness he will be a real force to be reckoned with.
"He has a presence and a skill and you can't lose that. He will be a real asset for us.
"And at 33, he still has a lot to offer football.
"He will be practising his coaching skills here, but hopefully he will also do a lot more playing than watching."
Both Whelan and Malcher, 21, will be in the Town squad for tomorrow's trip to Durham City in the first round of the FA Trophy.
They took part in training last night on Leeds United's third generation artificial pitch at Thorpe Arch ahead of the game at UniBond League First Division North outfit Durham which will be played on a similar surface.
Meanwhile, Town's Blue Square North rivals Farsley Celtic have nothing to fear at Conference leaders Burton Albion tomorrow â€" according to boss Neil Parsley.
Parsley said with Burton expected to win the FA Trophy first round tie, the pressure is off.
"It's a tough game, but it's a good one," said Parsley. "We are going to the best non-league team in the country at the minute and we can go there and play without fear.
"We are playing without expectations, except those I put on the players, and it is a fantastic game for the lads to go and express themselves and show just how good they are.
"We have nothing to lose because nobody expects us to win.
"The players can express themselves, just as they did at Altrincham in the Setanta Shield and last time out against Droylsden. We beat them 2-0 and we all know what they have done of late."
Dominic Krief's one-match suspension carries over into a third week for Celtic. Tom Penford, back from a hamstring injury, steps in.

YEP

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Whelan

(http://www.wafll.com/leeds-logos-bg/whelan-pic.jpg)
Good ol' days!

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:52:18
Harrogate strike deal for former Whites star Noel

Hyggelig at noen satser på gode, gamle Noel.
Skal man stole på ryktebørsen, m.m. har han de siste årene slitt hardt på flere måter - alkoholisme, gamling gambling og penger.
Ønsker 'The Kid' alt godt - og er glad for at han har kommet hjem til Leeds!

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:59:30

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:52:18
Harrogate strike deal for former Whites star Noel

Hyggelig at noen satser på gode, gamle Noel.
Skal man stole på ryktebørsen, m.m. har han de siste årene slitt hardt på flere måter - alkoholisme, gamling og penger.
Ønsker 'The Kid' alt godt - og er glad for at han har kommet hjem til Leeds!

Jeg føler meg nesten såret, Kjevli, når du kaller en sprek mann på 33 for gamling...   :'(  Hvis ikke det var ett og annet spilleproblem han hadde da...  ;D   :D

Hyggelig med Noel, men det med gamling....ja, det er vel noe vi alle vil slite med etterhvert, noe tidlig i dette tilfellet riktignok!

Liverpool's Jermain Pennant is prepared to see out his contract and leave for free after shunning moves to Newcastle, Blackburn and Stoke. (Mail on Sunday)

Former Spurs boss Juande Ramos wants to take Didier Zokora, Aaron Lennon and Roman Pavlyuchenko to Real Madrid. He is also interested in Aston Villa's Ashley Young. (Telegraph)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 06, 2008, 14:47:06
Swindon have asked Sheffield United for permission to speak to Gary Speed about their vacant manager's job. The former Wales midfielder, 39, has coaching qualifications and would like to break into management. (Daily Mail)

Gary Speed has turned down the chance to become Swindon manager. (Daily Star)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 14, 2008, 12:24:14
Liverpool's Jermain Pennant is prepared to see out his contract and leave for free after shunning moves to Newcastle, Blackburn and Stoke. (Mail on Sunday)

Liverpool face a £7million hit on Jermaine Pennant as he refuses to swap Anfield for a relegation battle. (Sunday Mirror)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 14, 2008, 12:24:14
Former Spurs boss Juande Ramos wants to take Didier Zokora, Aaron Lennon and Roman Pavlyuchenko to Real Madrid. He is also interested in Aston Villa's Ashley Young. (Telegraph)

Spurs tell Real Madrid: £20M for Lennon
Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is willing to sell Aaron Lennon to Real Madrid - for £20 million.
The Mirror says new Bernabeu boss Juande Ramos wants Lennon but Tottenham will hold out for a huge fee like they did with Robbie Keane and Dimitar Berbatov.

GEOFF HORSFIELD has been offered a player-coach role by Hednesford Town.
The ex-Fulham striker, 35, beat testicular cancer this month. He’s also been invited to train with Walsall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff_Horsfield

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Carlos Alberto Parreira - who won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 - is a shock front-runner for the post at the Stadium of Light but faces stiff competition from Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, ex-Bolton boss Sam Allardyce and former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier. (Daily Star)

Tottenham defender Jonathan Woodgate spent Saturday night in hospital amid fears of a recurrence of the back injury that has blighted his career. (The Sun)

Quote from: kjelvi on November 05, 2008, 19:44:51
Håper ulykkesfuglen Stephen O'Halloran er heldigere enn når han var i Leeds....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/7275813.stm

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O'HALLORAN LOANED TO SWANSEA
Swansea have signed Aston Villa defender Stephen O'Halloran on a three-month loan deal to cover for injured left-back Marcos Painter.
The Irish youngster has yet to make a first-team appearance for Villa, but was on loan at Southampton and Leeds United last season, only to suffer a knee injury ahead of his Whites debut.
He is looking forward to his time at the Liberty Stadium and the 20-year-old accepts it is a big season for him.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_O'Halloran

O'Halloran to undergo knee scan 

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Swansea's on-loan Stephen O'Halloran has become their latest defender to suffer an injury.
The Irishman, 21, undergoes a scan on Monday to determine the extent of the knee damage suffered in the Swans' 1-1 draw with Sheffield United.
O'Halloran was stretchered off 30 minutes into Saturday's clash.
Fede Bessone was ruled out for at least four weeks on 7 December after tearing a hamstring in the Swans' 0-0 draw at Bristol City.
Bessone came into the side to replace Marcos Painter who is out for the season with a knee injury.
O'Halloran was signed on loan from Aston Villa, as cover.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 15, 2008, 13:06:50
Carlos Alberto Parreira - who won the World Cup with Brazil in 1994 - is a shock front-runner for the post at the Stadium of Light but faces stiff competition from Celtic manager Gordon Strachan, ex-Bolton boss Sam Allardyce and former Liverpool manager Gerard Houllier. (Daily Star)

Celtic boss Gordon Strachan has gained favour in the Black Cats boardroom but no decision on former manager Roy Keane's successor is expected this week. (The Sun)

JOHNSON FLATTERED BY REAL INTEREST
Middlesbrough winger Adam Johnson has admitted that he is honoured by Real Madrid's reported interest in signing him in January.
The 21-year-old winger has been strongly linked with a switch to the Bernabeu in the winter transfer window after impressing new coach Juande Ramos last term.

http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/12/16/manual_101735.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Johnson_(footballer)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 15, 2008, 13:13:04

Quote from: kjelvi on November 05, 2008, 19:44:51
Håper ulykkesfuglen Stephen O'Halloran er heldigere enn når han var i Leeds....
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/l/leeds_united/7275813.stm

O'HALLORAN LOANED TO SWANSEA
Swansea have signed Aston Villa defender Stephen O'Halloran on a three-month loan deal to cover for injured left-back Marcos Painter.
The Irish youngster has yet to make a first-team appearance for Villa, but was on loan at Southampton and Leeds United last season, only to suffer a knee injury ahead of his Whites debut.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_O'Halloran

O'Halloran to undergo knee scan 
Swansea's on-loan Stephen O'Halloran has become their latest defender to suffer an injury.
The Irishman, 21, undergoes a scan on Monday to determine the extent of the knee damage suffered in the Swans' 1-1 draw with Sheffield United.
O'Halloran was stretchered off 30 minutes into Saturday's clash.

O'Halloran ruled out for season 
Swansea City's on-loan defender Stephen O'Halloran has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 14, 2008, 12:28:27

Quote from: kjelvi on December 14, 2008, 12:24:14
Liverpool's Jermain Pennant is prepared to see out his contract and leave for free after shunning moves to Newcastle, Blackburn and Stoke. (Mail on Sunday)

Liverpool face a £7million hit on Jermaine Pennant as he refuses to swap Anfield for a relegation battle. (Sunday Mirror)

Pennant can walk out on Liverpool for free
Jermaine Pennant could walk away from Liverpool as a FREE AGENT at the end of the season.
The Mirror says under the terms of the contract Pennant signed when he arrived at Anfield from Birmingham two years ago, he will become a free agent at the end of the season unless he makes 15 first-team appearances.
If Pennant reaches that number, Liverpool have the option of extending his contract by a further year.
But so far the 25-year-old has played in only four games and has been told by Rafa Benitez that he is surplus to requirements. Blackburn and Stoke are keen.

Burns keen on Mansfield job
Nottingham Forest legend Kenny Burns has thrown his hat in the ring for the vacant managerial post at Blue Square Premier outfit Mansfield Town.
The 55-year-old former Scottish international submitted an application on Tuesday and the Stags are expected to start the interview process some time this week.
Burns told the Mansfield Chad: "I have a wealth of experience I would like to pass on.
"Mansfield Town is a a very big club and for them to be where they are now is a disaster."
The Blue Square Premier strugglers have revealed that they would prefer to hire a management duo and Burns has already sounded out his number two.
He added: "I would have a number two with me, who fully knows the non-league scene and teams.
"He is currently a manager in non-league football and ready to come if I get the job."

(http://images.teamtalk.com/08/12/240/Kenny-Burns-Scotland_1642645.jpg)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenny_Burns

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/nottingham/sport/2004/05/images/where_are_they_burns_150.jpg)

Kenny i dag

Quote from: kjelvi on December 13, 2008, 16:30:03
To ex-players på stadiummk:
* Jemal Johnson:
http://www.mkdons.com/page/ProfilesDetail/0,,10420~30894,00.html
5 kamper for Leeds i 2006-07 på utlån fra Wolves

Johnson targeted in Championship
Front man waiting over new contract offer
MK Dons' in-form front man Jemal Johnson is being chased by four Championship clubs.
The American, 23, has been in sizzling form since finding his way into the side in November and has scored four goals in his last four starts, including superb efforts against

http://www.miltonkeynes.co.uk/mkdons/Johnson-targeted-in-Championship.4803008.jp

Liverpool are ready to swap Jermaine Pennant for Tottenham winger Aaron Lennon. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham have made enquiries about 28-year-old Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant and manager Rafael Benitez is interested in a swap deal involving Aaron Lennon. (Daily Mirror)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:14:51
Blackpool sign up defender Harte
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackpool/7778708.stm
Også omtalt i annen tråd: http://www.leedsunited.no/forum/index.php?topic=11351.0

HARTE WANTING TO EXTEND
Ian Harte is determined to extend his stay at Blackpool beyond his one-month contract, insisting he has "more passion" now.
The former Leeds left-back was given the short-team deal by the Seasiders after impressing during a trial and could make his debut at home to Swansea this weekend.
Harte, 31, said: "Hopefully it will be longer than a month.
"I've probably got more passion now than I did when I was playing because when I was at Leeds it was a five-year contract or whatever.
"I need to fight to try and get a contract and I need to go out now and prove it on the pitch."

GARY SPEED hopes to land his first job in management at Swindon.
The Sheffield United veteran, 39, has been interviewed and is the Robins’ No 1 pick.

DEAN WINDASS has been offered his first step towards management â€" at Hartlepool.
Former Newcastle and England defender Steve Howey, 37, has applied for the job as boss and wants Windass to join his staff as player-coach.
Windass, 39, is keen to launch his coaching career as he considers his future at Hull.

The Sun

Quote from: kjelvi on December 18, 2008, 18:24:44
GARY SPEED hopes to land his first job in management at Swindon.
The Sheffield United veteran, 39, has been interviewed and is the Robins’ No 1 pick.

Allardyce wants Speed at Blackburn
Sam Allardyce will seek to bring in his own staff at Blackburn Rovers following his appointment yesterday as manager.
The Daily Mail says Allardyce knows he will not have the luxury of the same large support staff he enjoyed at Bolton and Newcastle.
But with Ray Mathias and Archie Knox set to follow Ince out of the door, he is expected to name a new assistant, with Neil McDonald and Gary Speed the early contenders.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 18, 2008, 18:28:06

Quote from: kjelvi on December 18, 2008, 18:24:44
GARY SPEED hopes to land his first job in management at Swindon.
The Sheffield United veteran, 39, has been interviewed and is the Robins’ No 1 pick.

Allardyce wants Speed at Blackburn
Sam Allardyce will seek to bring in his own staff at Blackburn Rovers following his appointment yesterday as manager.
The Daily Mail says Allardyce knows he will not have the luxury of the same large support staff he enjoyed at Bolton and Newcastle.
But with Ray Mathias and Archie Knox set to follow Ince out of the door, he is expected to name a new assistant, with Neil McDonald and Gary Speed the early contenders.

Speed may have played last match 

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Gary Speed has played 18 games for Sheffield United this season

Gary Speed may have played his final game after Sheffield United revealed he needs a back operation that could keep him out for the rest of the season.
The former Wales captain, 39, won the old First Division title with Leeds in 1992 and scored in every Premier League season until he dropped a division.
United boss Kevin Blackwell said the midfielder could take up a management for coaching role with another club.
Blackwell added: "I am getting used to being without him as a player."
Speed, who has won 86 caps for his country, started his career with Leeds in 1988 and moved to Everton for £3.5m in 1996.
Two years later he joined Newcastle for £5.5m and he then signed for Bolton in the summer of 2004.
Four seasons followed at the Reebok before he joined Sheffield United in last season's January transfer window.

BBC

Viduka may be heading home in summer â€" Newcastle’s Kinnear
Newcastle boss Joe Kinnear believes Australian striker Mark Viduka will be on his way home in the summer.
The club are yet to offer the injury-prone star a new contract because they are unaware if his plans for the future.
Viduka has just made his way back into the Magpies first team after a serious Achilles injury but Kinnear made no secret of the fact that the Socceroo may not be at St James’ Park for much longer.
"The word around the club when I first arrived was that he was retiring and going back to Australia at the end of the season," the Magpies manager told the Evening Chronicle.

Quote from: kjelvi on April 26, 2008, 09:59:29
Whatever Happened To Peter Reid’s Leeds Loanees?  

Roque Junior â€" A World Cup winner in 2002, Roque Junior arrived at Elland Road from AC Milan and endured little short of a nightmare in his brief stay with the club (from which he has never really recovered). The Brazilian defender’s stint at Leeds began with a 4:0 drubbing at Leicester City and he was sent-off in his home debut against Birmingham City in a 2:0 defeat. His remaining appearances in a Leeds shirt were a 2:2 Carling Cup draw at home to Swindon Town, a 4:0 Premiership defeat at Everton, a 3:2 defeat at home to Manchester United in the Carling Cup (in which he did at least score both Leeds goals), a 4:1 loss at home to Arsenal and, finally, a 6:1 drubbing at Portsmouth. Roque Junior spent the second half of the season back in Italy, on loan to Siena. At the season’s end he moved to Bayer Leverkusen, but made just 33 Bundesliga appearances in three seasons. He moved to Duisburg at the start of this season but, having started just four games to date, the 31-year-old has now agreed to join Qatar’s Al-Rayyan for a final pay-day.

Over og ut for Roque Junior!

Da virker det som det er over og ut for ex-player JOSÉ VÍTOR ROQUE JÚNIOR, som spilte 5 kamper (2 mål) for Leeds på lån fra AC Milan i 2002-03.
Etter 7 kamper for Sao Paulo-klubben Palmeiras er den tidligere VM-mesteren løs fra kontrakten.

(http://www.palmeiras.com.br/futebol/images/profis/roque.jpg)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_V%C3%ADtor_Roque_J%C3%BAnior
http://www.palmeiras.com.br/futebol/roque.asp
http://www.palmeiras.com.br/home/index.asp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmeiras

Og der putta Milner for Villa.
Fy flate, så jeg savner å se den gutten i Leeds-drakt  :(

Vi solgte på en måte sjela vår da han (med flere) dro

Walton Punished for Stupidity

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It looks like Simon Walton will be getting more than just a few days off this Christmas, with Paul Sturrock deciding to transfer list the former Leeds man after his red card at Oakwell on Saturday.
Walton was seen to throw a kick at Anderson de Silva after the Brazilian had won a perfectly good tackle in the first half on Saturday. What the Argyle record signing was thinking is a mystery to all, as it was in right in front of the nose of referee Dean Whitestone and he wasted no time in producing a straight red card.
Plymouth boss Sturrock thought that Walton's stupidity had cost his side the game and couldn't hide his frustration in an interview with his club's Official Website:
"I have had a discussion with Simon today and I have made it very plain to him how disappointed I was about the whole scenario.
"I had emphasised it to him, after watching video evidence from the last couple of games where there were certain incidents that could have turned into what happened on Saturday.
"He took no heed of that and, after careful consideration, I have decided to put him on the transfer list, and I have fined him two weeks' wages.
"There were several incidences in several games where he has been very close to tempting [the referee]. After taking the time to show him bits and pieces, and reiterate my thoughts on it, for it not to happen, I cannot accept.
"He has let all the players down, which is more important than anything else and I feel this is an appropriate course of action."
It's not the first time Walton has shown an aggressive side at Oakwell and many fans weren't surprised when they realized who in fact had been giving his marching orders on Saturday. In various instances over the years he's been seen to lunge in and after showing early promise at Leeds as a youngster, it looks as though his career is frittering away down the pan.
However, that being said the decision undoubtedly helped us. Although the team have come in for some criticism for not killing the game off earlier under the circumstances, a win is a win and a 2-0 victory is nothing to be sniffed at for a team like us. I suppose we should be thanking Mr Walton, who made our job much, much easier.

Noe for oss? Tøff og taklingssterk stopper trenger vi!! Kan vel temme han litt slik at han spiller nesten hver kamp? Send bud straks da han passer godt inn mht alderssammensetning i vårt lag!!
Tenk positivt folkens ;D ;D

Ops! Send bud straks.... var ment som kommentar til Kjelvis innlegg om Simon Walton og at han var transferlistet. 8)

Top 50 British footballers of 2008

You won't find Rio Ferdinand, Frank Lampard or John Terry here. We’ve tried to give the little-known and the under-rated their due by concentrating on those who have enhanced their reputations this year. The kind of footballers who took their game to the next level in 2008, no matter what level it was before.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article5347498.ece

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30. Paul Robinson After a nightmarish couple of years, the goalkeeper enjoyed a mini-resurgence in 2008 and returned to the England squad, even though he had to move from Spurs to Blackburn to start rebuilding his belief. And my, hasn’t he been busy lately.

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28. Fabian Delph
Top-flight scouts are queuing up to take a peek at this versatile, energetic, committed attacking midfield player - the best young player to emerge at Leeds United since Aaron Lennon.

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27. Adam Johnson
Real Madrid tracking Middlesbrough winger? Must be Stewart Downing. But no, apparently the Spanish giants are keeping an eye on the progress of Johnson, a 21-year-old from Sunderland who has only a handful of starts for Boro.

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8 James Milner
"He's the future, my future," Capello said this week of the most-capped player in England under-21s history, so expect the Villa winger to make his first international appearance before long - reward for some lively displays this year, though he may only be England's fifth-choice right winger after Walcott, Wright-Phillips, Bentley and Beckham.

THE LIST: Our favourite foreign players to have graced the English game 1-50

Noen kjente fjest på Daily Mails liste over de 50 beste utenlandske spillere:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1097675/THE-LIST-10-1-favourite-foreign-players-graced-English-game.html

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2. Eric Cantona (Leeds 1992; Manchester United 1992 - 1997)

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22. Ole Gunnar Solksjaer (Manchester United 1996 - 2007)

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26. Lucas Radebe (Leeds 1994 - 2005)

* Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant is a £3m target for Celtic. (Daily Mirror)
* Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant is a £million target for Celtic - which could see Aiden McGeady moving to the Premier League. (Daily Mirror)

Plymouth's Walton put up for sale 
Plymouth midfielder Simon Walton has been put on the transfer list and fined two-weeks wages after his red card in the 2-0 defeat at Barnsley on Saturday.
Walton, 21, was sent off for kicking out at Anderson Da Silva after a foul.
"I do feel that it's only appropriate. He's let down his fellow players as well which is a big disappointment to me," Sturrock told BBC Spotlight.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/p/plymouth_argyle/7795095.stm

ARGYLE TRANSFER LIST WALTON
Simon Walton has been transfer-listed by Plymouth following his dismissal in Saturday's Championship defeat at Barnsley.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=nonwire_soccer/08/12/22/manual_173837.html


Robbie Keane insists he is staying put at Liverpool and has vowed to make his critics eat their words by the end of the season. (Daily Star)

KEANE FRUSTRATED BY OUTSIDER CLAIMS
Robbie Keane has spoken of his annoyance that his Liverpool future is being discussed by people from outside the club who do not know the true situation.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/12/22/SOCCER_Liverpool_Keane.html

Liverpool striker Robbie Keane has denied claims that he is poised to quit Anfield. (Daily Telegraph)

VIDUKA NOT PLANNING TO QUIT
Mark Viduka is hoping for an extended stay at Newcastle after reminding the club of his enduring quality.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/12/22/manual_134309.html

Fowler fikk sparken
Big Sam» har satt i gang med julerengjøringen.
Robbie Fowler ble tirsdag frigitt fra sin kontrakt med Blackburn. Klubbens nye manager, Sam Allardyce, mente at spissen var overflødig i stallen.
http://www.nettavisen.no/sport/fotball/england/article2482940.ece

 Ifølge TIPS er Radostin Kishishev nå løst fra sin kontrakt i Leicester.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 23, 2008, 12:18:23
* Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant is a £3m target for Celtic. (Daily Mirror)

Real Madrid wanted to sign Jermaine Pennant from Liverpool but his wages demands were too high and he may now end up joining Wigan. (Daily Mail)

PENNANT RETAINS LIVERPOOL HOPES
Jermaine Pennant is refusing to give up hope of winning his place back in the side and staying at Liverpool.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/nw_story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/08/12/24/manual_090317.html

Quote from: kjelvi on December 23, 2008, 21:28:47
Fowler fikk sparken
Big Sam» har satt i gang med julerengjøringen.
Robbie Fowler ble tirsdag frigitt fra sin kontrakt med Blackburn. Klubbens nye manager, Sam Allardyce, mente at spissen var overflødig i stallen.

Blackburn release veteran Fowler 
Robbie Fowler has been released by new Blackburn after manager Sam Allardyce decided not to extend his contract.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/7798305.stm

The surprise transfer of Jermaine Pennant to Real Madrid could be resurrected today when Juande Ramos meets the Spanish champions' money men to insist he still wants the deal to go ahead. (Daily Mail)

Jermaine Pennant will sign for Real Madrid after the Spanish giants came back offering improved terms to the Liverpool winger. (Various)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 24, 2008, 11:36:23

Quote from: kjelvi on December 23, 2008, 21:28:47
Fowler fikk sparken
Big Sam» har satt i gang med julerengjøringen.
Robbie Fowler ble tirsdag frigitt fra sin kontrakt med Blackburn. Klubbens nye manager, Sam Allardyce, mente at spissen var overflødig i stallen.

Blackburn release veteran Fowler 
Robbie Fowler has been released by new Blackburn after manager Sam Allardyce decided not to extend his contract.

Blackburn striker Fowler
Grimsby boss Mike Newell is tightlipped on whether they will move for Robbie Fowler after his release from Blackburn Rovers.
He told the Telegraph: "Robbie's release changes nothing.
"You can never say never in football but the situation is the same as it was a few weeks ago.
"I haven't spoken to Robbie since the news broke the first time."

Sbragia: Healy has Sunderland future
Sunderland caretaker boss Ricky Sbragia has assured David Healy he's in his plans.
He said: “David got a hat-trick for the reserves, he’s training hard and he’s got his head down. David’s got a future here.”

Wigan boss Bruce coy on bid for Liverpool's Pennant
Wigan Athletic boss Steve Bruce is tightlipped over his interest for Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant.
“He’s going to Wigan yesterday and Real Madrid today,” said Bruce at a Wednesday press conference.
“With speculation you’re never going to get me to comment on other people’s players, that’s for sure.
“I had Jermaine before so I know what he’s all about, he’s a very good player but that’s the way it is at the moment.”

Foxe will take what he can get at Perth Glory
Former Leeds and West Ham defender Hayden Foxe is prepared to sign a performance-based contract at Perth Glory.
“I want to stay in Perth but I’ve got to be honest. I’ve come back and I’ve played six games last year and two games this year so I can’t argue with whatever the club says,” he said.
“I could be on a pay-as-you-play contract. It depends how they structure it, but I’d be willing to do that."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Foxe
http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_playerprofile_item&pid=118

UEFA gaffe has Real Madrid accelerating Liverpool talks for Pennant
Real Madrid are intensifying their pursuit of Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant.
The Mail on Sunday says Pennant has moved back to the top of Real Madrid's wanted list of wingers because the Spanish club appear to have blundered by signing players ineligible for the Champions League.
Clubs are only allowed to add three players to their Champions League squad mid-season and only one of those can have played in the UEFA Cup.
Both Lassana Diarra and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar have played in the UEFA Cup this term but, while Pennant was listed in Liverpool's Champions League squad, he has not played in the competition and so is eligible, making him favourite to secure an extraordinary move.

Wigan are interested in Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant. (The Times)
Pennant's arrival at the JJB Stadium could signal the departure of midfielder Luis Antonio Valencia to Real Madrid. (The Times)
Tottenham are also keen on out-of-favour Pennant. (Daily Express)

Burton Albion manager Nigel Clough has emerged as a shock contender to replace Paul Jewell at Derby. (Daily Star)
Or, Derby want Paul Ince as their new manager. (Daily Mirror)
Former Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd is among the favourites to replace Jewell. (Daily Mirror)

Peter Reid Wants Long-Term Thai Stay
Despite losing the final of South-east Asia’s premier competition to Vietnam on Sunday, former England international Peter Reid has pledged his long-term future to Thailand.
http://www.goal.com/en/news/1276/south-east-asia/2008/12/30/1033342/peter-reid-wants-long-term-thai-stay

Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has emerged as a £3m target for Spanish side Atletico Madrid, just days after snubbing their city rivals Real. (The Sun)
Or, Real have agreed a £3.5m deal for Pennant but could decide to sign Wigan's £15m-rated Luis Antonio Valencia or Benfica's Angel di Maria for £17m instead. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham and Wigan are also weighing up a bid for Pennant. (Daily Mirror)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 30, 2008, 11:36:43
Former Watford manager Aidy Boothroyd is among the favourites to replace Jewell. (Daily Mirror)

Norwich City will turn to former Watford boss Aidy Boothroyd as a replacement for current manager Glenn Roeder if they do not improve their form in the Championship. (The Sun)

Fra ryktebørsen foran Januar-vinduet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7785570.stm

* Hull selger gjerne keeper Tony Warner - og vurderer å kjøpe lånespilleren Marlon King fra Wigan
* Liverpool er hissig på Aaron Lennon, samt hissig på å selge Jeremain Pennant for å cashe inn cash før han blir Bosman-spiller til sommeren
* Sunderland er interessert i Fabian Delph
* Tottenham vurderer å selge Aaron Lennon
* West Ham må slanke lønnsbudsjettet - og Lee Bowyer er en av en rekke spillere klubben vurderer å kvitte seg med

Quote from: kjelvi on December 31, 2008, 13:51:14
Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant has emerged as a £3m target for Spanish side Atletico Madrid, just days after snubbing their city rivals Real. (The Sun)
Or, Real have agreed a £3.5m deal for Pennant but could decide to sign Wigan's £15m-rated Luis Antonio Valencia or Benfica's Angel di Maria for £17m instead. (Daily Mirror)
Tottenham and Wigan are also weighing up a bid for Pennant. (Daily Mirror)

Tottenham are ready to pay £2million to end the Liverpool misery of Jermaine Pennant - but the out-of-favour winger wants to move to Spain. (Daily Star)

Gavin Rothery på flyttefot igjen.
In addition, City Manager Martin Foyle has decided to release midfielder Gavin Rothery with immediate effect. Rothery will continue to train with City in the short term but his contract will not be renewed and he will be allowed to leave as soon as he can find a new club in the January transfer window. Martin Foyle explained that he was disappointed not to have been able to see Rothery play more games but wants to extend the loan deal of midfielder Adam Smith as well as pursuing other possible signings in January.

Hull City boss Phil Brown is lining up a £2m raid for Wigan midfielder Michael Brown, and will also pay the Latics £3m to make Marlon King's loan into a permanent deal. (The Sun)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 31, 2008, 14:12:05
Tottenham are ready to pay £2million to end the Liverpool misery of Jermaine Pennant - but the out-of-favour winger wants to move to Spain. (Daily Star)

Hull chief Brown admits interest in former Leeds star
Hull have joined the chase for Liverpool's out-of-favour winger Jermaine Pennant.
In one of the most surprising developments of the January transfer window, Pennant has been heavily linked with a move to Spanish champions Real Madrid.
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/football/Hull-chief-Brown-admits-interest.4837785.jp

* Inter Milan midfielder Oliver Dacourt is keen on a move to Bolton. (The Sun)
* Olivier Dacourt is desperately trying to engineer a move form Inter Milan to Bolton. (The Sun)

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Rangers are close to landing Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson on a free and also want Sunderland striker David Healy on loan. (The Sun)

Transfers - January 2009 
The January transfer window is open and the period for buying and selling has been extended to 1700 GMT on Monday 2 February because 31 January falls on a Saturday.

Geoff Horsfield [unattached - Lincoln]

Horsfield signs Lincoln City deal   

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Horsfield (r) played with Jackson at Halifax Town in his early playing days

Lincoln City have signed veteran striker Geoff Horsfield on a deal until the end of the season.
The 35-year-old ex-Halifax, Birmingham and West Brom striker joined the Imps on trial in December after completing treatment for testicular cancer.
Lincoln manager Peter Jackson told BBC Radio Lincolnshire: "He is a real catch for us.
"He has cost more than £7m in transfers and I hope he can come here and score goals for us."
Horsfield said: "The last few months have been traumatic for me and my family I am just pleased to get back into football and training.
"I am looking to get into coaching and the gaffer has asked me to take the reserves."
The striker has been given the number nine shirt.

Quote from: Klingen on December 31, 2008, 16:16:05
Gavin Rothery på flyttefot igjen.
In addition, City Manager Martin Foyle has decided to release midfielder Gavin Rothery with immediate effect. Rothery will continue to train with City in the short term but his contract will not be renewed and he will be allowed to leave as soon as he can find a new club in the January transfer window. Martin Foyle explained that he was disappointed not to have been able to see Rothery play more games but wants to extend the loan deal of midfielder Adam Smith as well as pursuing other possible signings in January.

Gav prøver seg i Carlisle United
http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10361~1506644,00.html

Quote from: kjelvi on January 02, 2009, 12:16:31
* Inter Milan midfielder Oliver Dacourt is keen on a move to Bolton. (The Sun)
* Olivier Dacourt is desperately trying to engineer a move form Inter Milan to Bolton. (The Sun)

Tottenham Hotspur are among the Barclays Premier League clubs to have expressed interest in Olivier Dacourt. The midfield player is available on a free transfer from Inter Milan, but at 34, he would likely be a short-term solution to Tottenham's requirement for a combative player. Dacourt played for Everton ten years ago and spent three years at Leeds United.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/football/premier_league/article5435656.ece

Where are they now: Imre Varadi

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For someone who was nothing other than a ball of energy in his playing days, the frenetic world of the transfer window is just taylor-made for Imre Varadi.
The one-time Whites striker's 'second' footballing career is equally as cut and thrust as his first, when the London-born forward endeared himself to a host of clubs up 'north' from Leeds to Everton and Newcastle to Sheffield Wednesday with his sheer graft and appetite for the game.
A players' agent since 2000, the mobile phone line of Sheffield-based Varadi, now 49, will be white-hot for the next four weeks during the scrum that is the January transfer window, while his car will also be clocking the miles on the UK motorway network.
The carbon 'footprint' of Varadi â€" whose father was Hungarian and his mother Italian â€" will also extend to Europe as he attempts to broker deals for clients across the continent before the window closes for business on January 31. So don't expect him to come up for air this month.
On his agency work, Varadi â€" who played at Elland Road under footballing mentor Howard Wilkinson from February 1990 to March 1993 â€" said: "I absolutely love it, on a day to day basis. Obviously the transfer window is now open and I'm talking to managers every day, players and coaches and am totally involved in football seven days a week, which is fantastic.
"I work for a company called Stellar Group Ltd, based in London and I travel all over Europe now and we've got a lot of famous clients â€" I don't really want to say who they are, but they are Premiership players, put it that way!
"I'm always up at Leeds, I've got players I look after there and I deal with the club regarding contracts and what not.
"We've got players at every football club in the UK, so you can imagine how busy it is at this time of year!"
Varadi's ports of call in his playing career were frequent, with his odyssey encompassing 13 professional clubs, after starting out his footballing life in the backwaters of Letchworth Garden City.
Varadi â€" whose first stopping off point was Bramall Lane â€" gave distinguished service to all and while his stint with the Whites was brief in terms of games played, it was memorable nevertheless.
And Elland Road was very much a home from home for Varadi, with former Sheffield Wednesday team-mates Mel Sterland, Carl Shutt, Lee Chapman, John Pearson and Glynn Snodin part of a sizeable Owls 'mafia' in West Yorkshire when he arrived â€" with his former Hillsborough chief Howard Wilkinson piloting operations.
Injuries to Bobby Davison and Shutt prompted Wilkinson to sign Varadi for a third time in the winter of 1990, with Leeds pitted in an intense battle for automatic promotion with Newcastle and Sheffield United, two of Varadi's former clubs.
Varadi helped keep the wheels of the promotion bandwagon fully intact with some valuable cameos, doing enough to earn himself a Championship medal in the process.
In total, the much-travelled frontman â€" then into his 30s â€" featured just 29 times in three seasons at Elland Road, but fully enjoyed the gloss applied to his career at United, the last 'major' club he represented before drifting into the lower and non-leagues.
For his part, Varadi was just glad that Wilkinson came calling again to bring him the short hop up the M1, with his old boss having left Sheffield Wednesday for Leeds shortly after re-signing him in the autumn of 1988.
On heading to Leeds, at the age of 30, Varadi said: "It was a bit of a surprise. When I went from Manchester City to Sheffield Wednesday for the second time, Howard brought me back and I'd heard all the rumours about him going to Leeds and he said "I'm not going to Leeds, no way!" and that they are just rumours.
"Within seven days of signing, Howard had gone to Leeds! But luckily I ended up joining him there and he hadn't forgotten about me.
"Howard was always a mentor to me and I still speak to him a lot and he's a great guy. I don't think he's been given the credit by the pundits that he deserved during his career and especially at Leeds where he won two championships and was the last Englishman to win the first division.
"Some see him as dour, but not among all the ex-Leeds players and many others.
"Deep down, he's a really funny guy â€" maybe to media folk, he's just not a great personally on camera. But behind all that, he's a terrific guy who is good company, really bright and a great coach and man-manager.
"He created a fantastic dressing room at Leeds. We worked hard and certainly played hard and there was a fantastic team spirit.
"We had some truly great players such as Gordon Strachan and there was a real togetherness and some real characters like Eric Cantona and Vinnie (Jones).
"Howard did sell Vinnie after we went up, which was a bit of a surprise. But he got what he wanted from Vinnie and having got promotion, went for the likes of Gary McAllister who had that little bit of quality.
"I still keep in touch with all the old Leeds lads and many were there at Mel Sterland's book launch dinner about six weeks ago. Chris Fairclough and Chris Whyte were there, along with Jon Newsome and Mickey Thomas came along and we all see each other on the circuit.
"My time at Leeds was fantastic, to be honest. It was a great time at the club and I've some fond memories. I won a second division championship medal.
"I'm big mates with Mel and we used to travel up every day to Leeds together and had lots of fun with a talented squad.
"There were some good young players such as Batty and Speed and in the year we went up, we had the likes of Bobby Davison, Lee Chapman and Mel.
"I joined in the February of the promotion year in the old second division and things just snowballed. Unfortunately, I did pick up a few injuries and I was also going through a divorce, but still when I look back now, we had some great times.
"I remember playing five or six games when Gordon Strachan got injured and despite not playing that much, I was always in the squad and travelled up and down the country and there were always thousands of Leeds fans following us. We were winning week-in, week-out and you couldn't do anything but really enjoy it.
"There were lots of memorable times. Obviously, there was the Bournemouth game when we clinched promotion.
"There was lots of trouble down there which was a shame. But there were nearly all highs during my time at Leeds.
"After Leeds, I had a few good years at Rotherham and then went into the non-league and was player-manager at Matlock Town and assistant to Mel at Stalybridge before starting my 'second' footballing career."
He added: "I just hope Leeds can get back to where they belong. I was actually with Simon (Grayson) when he was at Leeds and he was a good, steady, honest player. I don't recall him playing a lot of games, but remember the day he went to Leicester and he made a good career for himself, both playing-wise and after.
"I hope he does well. I know Leeds want to strengthen their defence and Gary McAllister wanted to do that when this window opened, but unfortunately didn't get there."
Loved by supporters wherever he went, Varadi's ultimate claim to fame perhaps lies in creating a terrace 'monster', namely the inflatable craze in the late 1980s â€" helping to put the fun back into the game when hooliganism and Heysel were still deep scars on the soccer landscape.
So while he may not go down in the annals of footballing greats â€" the name of Imre Varadi will forever be etched into footballing folklore.
Varadi said: "I remember running out at Manchester City and someone threw a banana and just called me 'Imre Banana! It didn't even rhyme with my name and had nothing to do what was down my trousers!
"The inflatable craze just swept the country and there was a banana craze. After that, it was hammers for West Ham fans and canaries for Norwich fans.
"I actually went onto the 'I Love the 70s, 80s and 90s' programme aired on BBC2 (last year) about the banana craze and I still see the odd one at grounds. It's nice to be remembered!"

YEP

Hele Where are they now-serien:
http://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/custompages/CustomPage.aspx?pageID=76468

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imre_Varadi
http://www.leedsfans.org.uk/leeds/players/453.html
http://www.football-england.com/imre_varadi.html
http://www.soccerbase.com/players_details.sd?playerid=8115

http://www.stellargroup.co.uk/
http://www.stellargroup.co.uk/personnel.html?cid=2

Quote from: kjelvi on January 02, 2009, 12:18:23
Rangers are close to landing Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson on a free and also want Sunderland striker David Healy on loan. (The Sun)

Rangers go for Sunderland striker Healy
Rangers are moving for Sunderland striker David Healy.
The Sun says Gers boss Walter Smith hopes to sign the Northern Ireland international on-loan for the remainder of the season.
Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia insisted last week that Healy had a future on Wearside.

Quote from: kjelvi on January 01, 2009, 13:07:30
Hull City boss Phil Brown is lining up a £2m raid for Wigan midfielder Michael Brown, and will also pay the Latics £3m to make Marlon King's loan into a permanent deal. (The Sun)

Hull to wrap up permanent deal for Wigan striker King
Hull City hope to sign permanently striker Marlon King.
King can be signed outright from Wigan for £3 million and the Daily Mail says the Tigers are ready to deal him in this month.

Quote from: kjelvi on December 31, 2008, 14:00:51
Fra ryktebørsen foran Januar-vinduet:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/eng_prem/7785570.stm
* Liverpool er hissig på Aaron Lennon
* Tottenham vurderer å selge Aaron Lennon

Aaron Lennon could be leaving Tottenham and the England winger may be on his way to Liverpool if Spain midfielder Xabi Alonso is sold. (Sunday Times)

Quote from: kjelvi on January 03, 2009, 22:44:16

Quote from: kjelvi on January 02, 2009, 12:18:23
Rangers are close to landing Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson on a free and also want Sunderland striker David Healy on loan. (The Sun)

Rangers go for Sunderland striker Healy
Rangers are moving for Sunderland striker David Healy.
The Sun says Gers boss Walter Smith hopes to sign the Northern Ireland international on-loan for the remainder of the season.
Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia insisted last week that Healy had a future on Wearside.

David Healy's agent has played down rumours that the striker will move on-loan to his boyhood favourites Rangers. Reports have suggested that the Sunderland frontman is a target for Walter Smith at Ibrox. (Sunday Mail)

Quote from: kjelvi on December 28, 2008, 15:01:40
Foxe will take what he can get at Perth Glory
Former Leeds and West Ham defender Hayden Foxe is prepared to sign a performance-based contract at Perth Glory.
“I want to stay in Perth but I’ve got to be honest. I’ve come back and I’ve played six games last year and two games this year so I can’t argue with whatever the club says,” he said.
“I could be on a pay-as-you-play contract. It depends how they structure it, but I’d be willing to do that."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden_Foxe
http://www.perthglory.com.au/default.aspx?s=pgfc_playerprofile_item&pid=118

Foxe, Petkovic to be offloaded by Perth Glory
Hayden Foxe and Jason Petkovic are set to be offloaded by Perth Glory at the end of the season.
"It's going to be difficult, probably, to keep Hayden on, in the sense he hasn't played enough games," Glory coach Dave Mitchell said.
"He's been in football all his career, so I think any player that hasn't played enough realises that.
"It's been bitterly disappointing that we haven't had him on the park as much as we would've liked, but that's football."
While a final decision is yet to be made, Mitchell said he also expected Petkovic to go at the end of the season.

Newcastle are hoping to offload Spanish flops Xisco and Jose Enrique as well as Alan Smith and Charles N'Zogbia. (The Sun)

Derby deny takeover bid rumours 
Derby County chairman of football Adam Pearson says he is treating a newspaper report of a potential hostile takeover by a Saudi Arabian family with disdain.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/d/derby_county/7811098.stm

Ser at både Judas Smith og Liar Bowyer visstnok er ønsket bort av sine klubber. På tide de kommer hjem og tar i et tak.

Skulle ønske de begge var blitt så voksne at de såg hvem som skapte formuen deres, og ville gi litt tilbake. På hhv L1 lønn denne våren og ccc lønn neste sesong. Greedy bastards

Quote from: Duncan McKenzie on January 05, 2009, 14:21:34
Ser at både Judas Smith og Liar Bowyer visstnok er ønsket bort av sine klubber. På tide de kommer hjem og tar i et tak.

Skulle ønske de begge var blitt så voksne at de såg hvem som skapte formuen deres, og ville gi litt tilbake. På hhv L1 lønn denne våren og ccc lønn neste sesong. Greedy bastards

:-\

Vil gjerne ha dem med tilbake, men deler ikke helt din holdning mot Bowyer og Smith. Dem hadde nok ikke noe valg..

Quote from: kjelvi on January 03, 2009, 00:55:40
Transfers - January 2009 
The January transfer window is open and the period for buying and selling has been extended to 1700 GMT on Monday 2 February because 31 January falls on a Saturday.

Geoff Horsfield [unattached - Lincoln]

Anthony Elding [Crewe - Lincoln] Loan

* AC Milan have joined the chase for Jermaine Pennant, less than a fortnight after the Liverpool winger looked to have missed out on a move to Real Madrid. (Daily Mail)
* AC Milan are offering Jermaine Pennant an escape route from the Anfield wilderness. (The Sun)

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Quote from: Duncan McKenzie on January 05, 2009, 14:21:34
Ser at både Judas Smith og Liar Bowyer visstnok er ønsket bort av sine klubber. På tide de kommer hjem og tar i et tak.

Skulle ønske de begge var blitt så voksne at de såg hvem som skapte formuen deres, og ville gi litt tilbake. På hhv L1 lønn denne våren og ccc lønn neste sesong. Greedy bastards

:-\

Vil gjerne ha dem med tilbake, men deler ikke helt din holdning mot Bowyer og Smith. Dem hadde nok ikke noe valg..

Tilsammen vil de altså utgjøre spilleren Judas Liar...bør vel ikle seg drakt nr. 666 evt. 13!!!  :P

Quote from: kjelvi on January 06, 2009, 08:58:27

Quote from: kjelvi on January 03, 2009, 00:55:40
Transfers - January 2009 

Anthony Elding [Crewe - Lincoln] Loan

Crewe striker leaves on loan
Anthony Elding, a six-figure signing from Leeds United in the summer, has joined Lincoln City on a three-month loan deal
Lincoln manager Peter Jackson told the club website, "Anthony's career has stood still at Leeds and Crewe and I'm hoping he can get himself back on track here at Lincoln City."

Everton in loan talks for Newcastle striker Smith
Everton are moving for Newcastle United striker Alan Smith.
The Sun says Smith was lined up for a summer move to Goodison before a row blew up over his future that began the end of Kevin Keegan’s reign at St James’ Park.
Smith, 28, was injured soon after the transfer window closed and is still on the comeback trail after ankle surgery.
But Everton chief David Moyes is poised to swoop to solve a striker crisis, with Louis Saha crocked and Yakubu out for the season.


Chicago Fire make offer to Liverpool legend Fowler
Former Liverpool and England striker Robbie Fowler is interesting Chicago Fire.
The People says Fowler's representatives have held talks with the MLS club about a move to the 'States for the new season.
Chicago Fire officials are willing to offer Fowler £6,000-a-week to bring him to the MLS. The experienced forward is a free agent after being released by Blackburn Rovers last month.

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Quote from: Klingen on December 31, 2008, 16:16:05
Gavin Rothery på flyttefot igjen.
In addition, City Manager Martin Foyle has decided to release midfielder Gavin Rothery with immediate effect. Rothery will continue to train with City in the short term but his contract will not be renewed and he will be allowed to leave as soon as he can find a new club in the January transfer window. Martin Foyle explained that he was disappointed not to have been able to see Rothery play more games but wants to extend the loan deal of midfielder Adam Smith as well as pursuing other possible signings in January.

Gav prøver seg i Carlisle United
http://www.carlisleunited.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10361~1506644,00.html

Rothery moves on to Harrogate
MORLEY'S former Leeds United player Gavin Rothery has joined Blue Square North League side Harrogate Town after being released by York City.
The attacking midfielder made his debut for his new club on New Year’s Day, but could not prevent them suffering a 1-0 defeat in their local derby at Farsley Celtic.
Rothery, 21, now hopes to keep his place in the side to make his home debut this Saturday when Town, managed by former Leeds United favourite Neil Aspin, take on Burscough.
The former England under 19 international had been hoping to make a go of it at York City, but was released last month after spending two months with the club.
He had been signed by Colin Walker, but following his sacking as manager, the new York boss, Martin Foyle, had a different opinion about a player who came through the Leeds academy only to be hit by injuries at a crucial time in his development.
The former Morley High school pupil made the bench for the first team at Elland Road during Kevin Blackwell’s time as manager, but was frozen out by Dennis Wise and moved on. Following trial spells at Cheltenham and Rotherham, he signed for the Minstermen in October after impressing for the reserves.
His new manager, Aspin, said: “I’d seen him play in the reserves a couple of weeks ago so I knew he could do a job.
“He'd only met the players once but he did really well (against Farsley Celtic). I think it’s an opportunity for him and it’s up to him to take it.”

McIlroy, Geddis emerge as Cork contenders

Morecambe manager Sammy McIlroy and former Newcastle United and Leeds United coach David Geddis have emerged as candidates for the vacant manager’s position at League of Ireland side Cork City.
City owner Tom Coughlan is seeking to fill the role following the decision to sack Setanta Sports Cup-winning boss Alan Mathews last month.
Former Ireland boss Brian Kerr was linked with the job during the Christmas period but Geddis and McIlroy now look to head the queue for the Turners Cross hotseat.
Geddis, 50, played with Ipswich Town and Aston Villa in the 1970s and ‘80s before turning his attention to coaching, going on to hold backroom roles at Newcastle and Leeds.
McIlroy, meanwhile, rose to prominence as a member of the Manchester United side of the 1970s and won 88 senior caps for Northern Ireland.
He went on to manage the North for a three-year spell before a short stint at Stockport County.
The 54-year-old was appointed boss of Morecambe three years ago and led the Shrimps to the Football League for the first time in their history in 2007.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Geddis
http://www.leedsutd-mad.co.uk/news/loadfeat.asp?cid=ED94&id=288117
http://www.givemefootball.com/blast-from-the-past/ian-clarkson-speaks-with-david-geddis

http://www.corkcityfc.ie/main.php

Liverpool ponder £10million Spurs swoop
Liverpool Football Club remain keen on Aaron Lennon.
Rafael Benitez has always been a big admirer of the former Leeds United winger, who has rediscovered his form for Tottenham Hotspur this season.
The Reds were linked with a move for the player during the summer transfer window, and now fresh reports claim an offer of £10million could be on the cards for the England international.
Benitez has said he will not be making any huge additions to his squad during the winter transfer window, but he is sure to move for Lennon should he receive any encouragement.

Mike Ashley is considering a dramatic boardroom reshuffle at Newcastle which could see Dennis Wise lose his high-profile job. (Daily Express)

£250,000 bid for Carlisle striker turned down - reports
CARLISLE United are reported to have turned down a £250,000 offer from Huddersfield Town for striker Danny Graham.
The hitman, who has netted 13 times already this campaign, is said to have caught the eye of new Town boss Lee Clark in the Cumbrian's 3-0 defeat on Boxing Day.
It is understood Huddersfield Town are the only club so far to have reportedly moved for the striker but local rivals Barnsley, Preston and Swansea are rumoured to have Gateshead-born Graham on their radar.
Carlisle chairman David Allen today confirmed there had been interest in the 23-year-old â€" who has fired 37 goals in 92 appearances for the Cumbrians â€" but would not disclose the clubs involved.
Preston, Barnsley, Swansea and Dundee United are also reported to be interested in signing the player.

Swans To Make Move For Carlisle Striker?
http://www.rivals.net/news/pgarticle.aspx?artid=13698_4759608&id=79

Terriers bid for Graham rejected
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/carlisle_united/7815035.stm

Carlisle confirm Graham interest
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12876_4759326,00.html

Graham Bid Rejected
http://www.terrier-bytes.com/article.html/news/570/070109

The Terriers Bid For Golden Graham
http://www.huddersfield.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=138065

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Rangers are close to landing Portsmouth defender Hermann Hreidarsson on a free and also want Sunderland striker David Healy on loan. (The Sun)

Rangers go for Sunderland striker Healy
Rangers are moving for Sunderland striker David Healy.
The Sun says Gers boss Walter Smith hopes to sign the Northern Ireland international on-loan for the remainder of the season.
Sunderland manager Ricky Sbragia insisted last week that Healy had a future on Wearside.

David Healy's agent has played down rumours that the striker will move on-loan to his boyhood favourites Rangers. Reports have suggested that the Sunderland frontman is a target for Walter Smith at Ibrox. (Sunday Mail)

Agent rejects Healy move report   
David Healy's agent has dismissed a newspaper report that the Northern Ireland striker could be moving from Sunderland to Rangers.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/7815606.stm

Gus Poyet: I was never offered Leeds job

Since working at Tottenham as Juande Ramos’ assistant, Gus Poyet has been eager to get back to work, waiting for the right offer to come his way and looking for an opportunity to prove himself as a manager or head coach.
The former Chelsea and Tottenham midfielder has a sharp footballing mind and, according to those who have worked with him, he reads the game exceptionally well. It came as no surprise, therefore, when he was recently considered the favourite to take over the vacant managerial role at Leeds United after Gary McAllister was dismissed by the Elland Road club just before Christmas.
However, with Poyet openly declaring his desire to pursue a managerial career in England, many were shocked when the Uruguayan did not take up the role at Leeds and there was a fair amount of speculation that he had turned down the opportunity to take charge of the club where he previously worked as assistant to Dennis Wise...

“That is not true,” said Gus when I discussed the matter with him and, in the following interview, Poyet makes his position clear, emphasising his desire to work as a manager ‘at the right club, with the best people.’

Poyet:      I have heard the rumours saying that I turned down the manager’s job at Leeds United. Above all I would like the opportunity to deny these stories because, aside from not being true, they might confuse people regarding my actual situation at the moment.
Guillem:    Did you ever discuss the position with anyone at Leeds?
Poyet:    From the minute my name started being linked with the Leeds job; I was expecting a call from Ken Bates that sadly never arrived. I know there were a lot of people who took it for granted that, at the very least, I was going to get a phone call: whether it was to offer me the job or even to tell me that I hadn’t been chosen. I was ready to go, but it is clear that they weren’t interested in me.
Guillem:   So the reports at the time, stating that you were the favourite to take over are wide of the mark?
Poyet:    I just want to make it absolutely clear that Leeds never offered me the manager’s job, nor did they ever ask me if I was interested in it. On the other hand, I would like it to be known that I was ready to accept the challenge of managing Leeds, if the opportunity had been offered to me.
Guillem:    So what is next for Gus Poyet? You have ambitions to get back in to coaching as soon as possible don’t you â€" maybe even as a manager?
Poyet:    My position at the moment is that I am waiting for the right challenge to present itself:  as a head coach or manager of a club. I have spent two and a half years working as a number two; I have seen the manager’s job up close and I have learned from every situation that I have faced as an assistant: I’ve been working in close contact with players, studying their reactions, how they adapt and respond to change. On a tactical and strategic level, I’ve been working with two very different coaches like Dennis Wise and Juande Ramos and I am ready to get started as a manager.
Guillem:    Do you have a preference as to where that might be?
Poyet:   Where, how and who? That is up for discussion; a question of sitting down with the Chairman of any club that is interested, formulating a project that is in the best interests of the club and, of course, is right for me as well. It is not about how big the club is, or what division they are playing in; it is about the right club, having the best people leading the club, with a solid, realistic project. After that, the rest is down to me: it will be my responsibility to carry out that project and do the very best for the club in question.

Sunderland striker David Healy has snubbed a £1m move to Rangers. (Daily Star)

* Alan Smith hit out as Newcastle agreed to swap him for Middlesbrough striker Mido. (The Sun)
* Everton may be pipped by Middlesbrough in the race for Newcastle's Alan Smith. (Daily Mail)
* Smith Smogs-bound: http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=138151

* Lee Bowyer must decide on a £750,000 switch to Birmingham. (The Sun)
* Lee Bowyer hopes Birmingham City fans will not block his arrival at the club for a second time after being shown the Wast Hills training ground yesterday. (Daily Mail)
* West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer could be in line for a move to Championship high-fliers Birmingham. (Various)

Quote from: kjelvi on January 08, 2009, 08:41:19
* Lee Bowyer must decide on a £750,000 switch to Birmingham. (The Sun)
* Lee Bowyer hopes Birmingham City fans will not block his arrival at the club for a second time after being shown the Wast Hills training ground yesterday. (Daily Mail)
* West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer could be in line for a move to Championship high-fliers Birmingham. (Various)

Bowyer offered a new City link
LEE BOWYER is mulling over a £750,000 switch to Birmingham.
City boss Alex McLeish met the West Ham midfielder yesterday and offered him the chance to join the promotion-chasing Championship club.
But Bowyer, 32, wants to find out if there will be a fans’ backlash first.
He almost joined the Blues three years ago but the move collapsed because supporters signed an on-line petition in protest.

Quote from: kjelvi on January 08, 2009, 08:41:19
* Alan Smith hit out as Newcastle agreed to swap him for Middlesbrough striker Mido. (The Sun)
* Everton may be pipped by Middlesbrough in the race for Newcastle's Alan Smith. (Daily Mail)
* Smith Smogs-bound: http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=138151

Smith fury over Boro swap deal
ALAN SMITH hit out as Newcastle agreed to swap him for Middlesbrough striker Mido.
A source said: “Alan’s really angry about this. He has been working hard to regain his fitness and wants to do well â€" at Newcastle.”
Smith, a £6million signing from Manchester United 18 months ago, was never informed the clubs were in talks and found out only last night â€" but he has no intention of quitting St James’ Park.
Newcastle are now threatening that Smith will never play for the club again if he does not accept the move.
Smith, 28, sees the attempt to flog him behind his back as a massive slap in the face after spending three months working furiously to get fit following an ankle ligament operation.
The source added: “He is back in training and should be ready for selection by the end of the month.
“He does not want to go anywhere else.”

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Quote from: kjelvi on January 03, 2009, 00:55:40
Transfers - January 2009 

Anthony Elding [Crewe - Lincoln] Loan

Lincoln land Elding: Much-travelled striker agrees emergency loan
Lincoln have signed Crewe striker Anthony Elding on a three-month emergency loan deal.
The Lincolnshire-born forward will stay at Sincil Bank until 4th April, although there is a 24-hour recall clause in his contract that kicks after the first 28 days of his stay.
Elding began his career with Boston and later returned to the club after spells with Stevenage and Kettering.
The much-travelled striker also spent time at Stockport and Leeds before moving to Crewe last summer.
The 26-year-old has scored three goals in 19 appearances for Crewe this season.

Sky

Preston are leading the chase for Carlisle striker Danny Graham, who has already been the subject of a £250,000 bid from Huddersfield. (Star)

Shrewsbury are set to complete a £150,000 deal for Preston duo Karl Hawley and Brett Ormerod. (Star)

* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new deal in order to prevent him leaving the club for free when his contract runs out in the summer - the winger has been linked with AC Milan and Real Madrid. (Various)
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new 12-month deal - to protect themselves if he turns into a loan star. (The Sun)
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a 12-month contract. (Daily Mirror)

* Alan Smith has been told his swap deal with Middlesbrough striker Mido is off. (The Sun)
* Middlesbrough are considering making an offer for Alan Smith. (The Independent)

Birmingham must battle Portsmouth for the signature of West Ham's Lee Bowyer. (Daily Mirror)

Time away from home ends after 20 years

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HOWARD WILKINSON enjoyed a passionate love affair with Leeds United but, in truth, was always married to Sheffield Wednesday.
Today, 20 years after he deserted the Owls, Wilkinson is back at his spiritual home.
The tracksuit and trainers will stay in the wardrobe this time around; Wilkinson's role is purely white collar. His services are not going to cost the club a penny, either, which says everything you need to know.
As football advisor to the new board, Wilkinson will offer help and expertise to those re-shaping the club's future. At the age of 65, this man has been around the block long enough to spot when things are missing.
Wilkinson, who grew up in Netherthorpe, played 22 times for the Owls in the early Sixties and returned as manager in June 1983 as a replacement for Jack Charlton.
During five years at the helm, he restored the club's top-flight status, after a 14-year absence, reached five cup quarter-finals, and one semi-final.
Had it not been for Heysel and the subsequent ban on English clubs, Wilkinson's men would have played in Europe.
When he stepped down a division to join Leeds in 1988, it was mainly through frustration at his club's lack of ambition. Ironically, his departure sparked a change of attitude in the boardroom which led to big spending under Ron Atkinson and Trevor Francis.
Wilkinson was never one to criticise his own directors. As for those who criticised his methods? They simply failed to grasp the importance of getting the best out of limited resources.
There were no complaints from fans when the Owls sat third in the table and beating Liverpool and Manchester United on their own patch.
Equally, at Leeds, there was nothing but pride from those who watched "Sergeant Wilko" guide Leeds from the lower end of the old Second Division to the top of the pile. Even now, 17 years on, Wilkinson holds the distinction of being the last English manager to lift the domestic title
In an interview with the Yorkshire Post at the start of the season, Wilkinson predicted that the Owls would continue to struggle as long as instability existed at boardroom level.
Although he returns at a time when boardroom changes have taken place, Wilkinson will be hoping that stability starts now.

YP

Wilkinson returns to Sheffield Wednesday
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/football/Breaking-Wilkinson-returns-to-Sheffield.4859407.jp

New role allows Wilkinson to make his return to Sheffield Wednesday
http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/football/New-role-allows-Wilkinson-to.4860130.jp

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Quote from: kjelvi on January 08, 2009, 08:41:19
* Lee Bowyer must decide on a £750,000 switch to Birmingham. (The Sun)
* Lee Bowyer hopes Birmingham City fans will not block his arrival at the club for a second time after being shown the Wast Hills training ground yesterday. (Daily Mail)
* West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer could be in line for a move to Championship high-fliers Birmingham. (Various)

Bowyer offered a new City link
LEE BOWYER is mulling over a £750,000 switch to Birmingham.
City boss Alex McLeish met the West Ham midfielder yesterday and offered him the chance to join the promotion-chasing Championship club.
But Bowyer, 32, wants to find out if there will be a fans’ backlash first.
He almost joined the Blues three years ago but the move collapsed because supporters signed an on-line petition in protest.

Bowyer på utlån; det skulle ha vært til oss!

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Quote from: kjelvi on January 08, 2009, 13:25:03

Quote from: kjelvi on January 08, 2009, 08:41:19
* Lee Bowyer must decide on a £750,000 switch to Birmingham. (The Sun)
* Lee Bowyer hopes Birmingham City fans will not block his arrival at the club for a second time after being shown the Wast Hills training ground yesterday. (Daily Mail)
* West Ham midfielder Lee Bowyer could be in line for a move to Championship high-fliers Birmingham. (Various)

Bowyer offered a new City link
LEE BOWYER is mulling over a £750,000 switch to Birmingham.
City boss Alex McLeish met the West Ham midfielder yesterday and offered him the chance to join the promotion-chasing Championship club.
But Bowyer, 32, wants to find out if there will be a fans’ backlash first.
He almost joined the Blues three years ago but the move collapsed because supporters signed an on-line petition in protest.

Bowyer på utlån; det skulle ha vært til oss!

Tja, hadde vel blitt en dyr fornøyelse. Tjener nok nokså bra i West Ham. Tviler også på at han ville ha vurdert League One

Quote from: peacock on January 09, 2009, 12:13:30

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Bowyer offered a new City link
b]LEE BOWYER[/b] is mulling over a £750,000 switch to Birmingham

Bowyer på utlån; det skulle ha vært til oss!

Birmingham add Bowyer to promotion push
http://www.soccerway.com/news/2009/January/09/birmingham-add-bowyer-to-promotion-push/

Quote from: kjelvi on January 09, 2009, 09:05:54
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new deal in order to prevent him leaving the club for free when his contract runs out in the summer - the winger has been linked with AC Milan and Real Madrid. (Various)
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new 12-month deal - to protect themselves if he turns into a loan star. (The Sun)
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a 12-month contract. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool are unlikely to offer winger Jermaine Pennant a new contract.
"He is waiting for a good offer and we are waiting for a good offer," said Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez. "A new contract for him would be very difficult." (Press Association)

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Spring: Turns up at The Valley

SPRING LANDS DEAL WITH ADDICKS

Charlton have completed the signing of Matthew Spring from Luton for an undisclosed fee, and the midfielder is eligible for Saturday.
Spring, who spent the season first half of the season on loan with Sheffield United, will be available for the Championship relegation six-pointer against Nottingham Forest at The Valley.
The 29-year-old has agreed an 18-month deal but is initially on loan to enable him to face Forest.
"We're really pleased to get Matty on a permanent signing," said Addicks boss Phil Parkinson.
"He's a quality footballer and an experienced player. I've said that there is a certain category of player we're looking for, ones with Championship experience, and Matty fits the bill."

Charlton keen on Spring
http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11688_4771131,00.html

Quote from: kjelvi on January 03, 2009, 00:55:40
Transfers - January 2009 
Michael Gray [Wolves - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan

Gray adds strength to Owls
Former England international Michael Gray has joined Sheffield Wednesday on a month-long loan.
http://origin.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12875_4769845,00.html

Liverpool legend Fowler on way for Nth Queensland Fury talks
North Queensland boss Ian Ferguson is chasing former Liverpool and Leeds striker Robbie Fowler.
Fowler, the former Liverpool striker who scored 120 goals in 236 matches for the Reds, will fly to Queensland later this month to meet Fury coach Ian Ferguson.
"He has agreed to catch up in Townsville for a few days and obviously we will be talking about football," Ferguson said.
"We're looking for a marquee player and Robbie easily fits that position in any A-League football club.
"His record speaks for itself. He's a pure goal scorer who would lift the profile of football in this country to a new level if he decided to play in the A-League."
Fowler, 33, was recently released by Blackburn Rovers after a change of manager. Former boss Paul Ince was convinced Fowler could make an impact at Premiership level after a good season at Cardiff City last term.

Liverpool winger Jermaine Pennant is wanted by Spanish club Sevilla. (News of the World)

Former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler is wanted by Australian side North Queensland Fury. (Independent on Sunday)

* Blackburn are lining up Alan Smith as a replacement for Roque Santa Cruz. (Sunday Star)
* Middlesbrough boss Gareth Southgate will persist with his efforts to swap Mido for Alan Smith. (Mail on Sunday)

Kåret til beste spiller i Serie A gjennom tidene - LEGEND !!

An underrated genius, John Charles is truly one of the greatest footballers the UK, if not the world, has ever produced.


http://www.sportingo.com/football/a11007_welshman-who-was-better-than-maradona-ronaldo-zidane

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:52:18
Harrogate strike deal for former Whites star Noel
Harrogate Town have pulled off a major coup by snapping up former Leeds United striker Noel Whelan until the end of the season.
Whelan, who was twice involved in £2m moves â€" to Coventry and Middlesbrough â€" has been without a club since leaving Scottish First Division side Dunfermline last season.
The 33-year-old Leeds-born player has been taking his coaching badges while overcoming an Achilles injury.

Coaching career is on the menu for Whelan

Noel Whelan failed to make the headlines in the last chapter of his professional playing career â€" indeed, arguably his most noted performance of recent years came on Celebrity Masterchef.
Now the ex-Leeds United ace is back in football at Harrogate Town but it's ultimately in coaching that he hopes to cook up a treat.
Whelan has not played a professional game since July 2006 when he tore his Achilles tendon playing for Dunfermline against Hearts in the Scottish Premier League. Following frustrating spells at Livingston and Boston United, the injury was the final straw for Whelan who in his glory days starred up front for Leeds United, Middlesbrough and Coventry City.
Some two-and-a-half years later, Whelan is back in the game at chairman Bill Fotherby's Harrogate, though the 34-year-old faces a battle to regain his fitness and is yet to make an appearance.
However, during his spell in the wilderness, Whelan has been concentrating on his coaching badges ahead of an anticipated new chapter in his footballing career.
"I'd moved back to Leeds having retired about a year-and-a-half ago from playing football," explained Whelan.
"I'd just gained my UEFA B Licence to be a coach and manager so basically I was looking to do more coaching than playing as obviously if I could still play at a decent level I would still be playing now.
"This opportunity (at Harrogate) came up and hopefully I can do a bit of coaching and a bit of playing at the same time.
"Basically, I miss playing, as I think most ex-professional footballers probably do, and it's something I wanted to keep involved with. As soon as I finished playing football I didn't want it to be out of my life â€" it's the only thing I really know.
"I'm just looking to build my fitness up now and get back into the swing of the football, but obviously the coaching side is really more important than the playing side."
A Whelan of yesteryear would be quite an acquisition for Blue Square North side Town â€" the striker signed as a trainee at Leeds and went on to make 58 appearances between 1993 and 1995.
He was then snapped up for £2m by Coventry City and 39 goals in 155 games followed over a four-and-a-half-year period before a £2.2m move to Middlesbrough in August 2000.
Whelan made 73 appearances at the Riverside before eventually moving to Crystal Palace in May 2003, spells at Millwall, Derby, Aberdeen, Boston, Livingston and Dunfermline following as his career gradually slid somewhat.
Whelan is under no illusions that he is no longer the player of old.
It was during his time at Boston that Whelan was admitted to the Sporting Chance clinic in early January 2006, for the treatment of an alcohol problem.
"I've signed a contract which is not for any money, it's just basically to get myself fit and see what happens," said the Leeds-born footballer of his move to Harrogate.
"Bill (Fotherby) is wanting me to play more, which is fine. I don't mind playing but from my side I am looking for something different now.
"I've got my coaching badge and I feel I have got a lot to offer on the coaching side of things.
I have played under different England managers in my time as a player and I've had 10 years in the Premiership with 300-odd games.
"Bill said he wants me down there which is fine, but then my long-term aim is to get in a Football League club.
"From there I want to learn from the ground upwards with the youth side and then eventually I can move up.
"I'm still young as I am only 34 and I want to do the coaching thing right. It's important to learn your job from the ground upwards, learning all the way."
Whelan now plans to take his UEFA Pro Licence which takes around 18 months to complete.
On the playing side, he has always been about goals and should he gain the necessary match sharpness, he admits it would be great to start a few games and hit the net for Harrogate Town.
It's been so long since his last goal, memories of scoring are starting to fade!
"It's been a long time and I'm not sure what that feeling is like anymore!" joked Whelan. "Hopefully, once I get myself back into the swing of things I can bag a couple and help them stay at the top end of the table.
"Obviously, after not playing for so long my fitness has gone. I've kind of come to the end of that journey myself if I am honest and now is the time for me to learn about the coaching side of things.
"I've got experience of the good things and the bad things and hopefully that can be a help to kids coming through."
Whelan's move has put him back in the limelight â€" the non-league limelight at least â€" but culinary fans will have noted his surprise appearance on last year's series of Celebrity Masterchef. That is bound to generate a bit of banter with Neil Aspin's troops at the CNG Stadium â€" but Whelan is glad he gave it a go.
"I got a phone call, as I've got a media agent in London who gets me a few bits and pieces," explained Whelan. "I did a bit of Nuts TV and things like that, on their football show with Jason Cundy.
"They asked me if I fancied doing Celebrity Masterchef and I said yeah, I thought it would be a great experience and it was. It's something that does not come around very often for a lot of people, to try something different, so I went ahead and did it."
Sadly, Whelan's rainbow trout with new potatoes didn't wash with judges John Torode and Greg Wallace, Whelan and DJ Spoony sent packing as Wendi Peters â€" Coronation Street's Cilla Battersby â€" went through.
"It wasn't one of my finest performances!" laughed Whelan. "But seeing how other people adapted from their jobs and the pressure they put themselves through was quite interesting, especially when we were in the restaurant with the chefs.
"It was a pressurising situation, something that I had been used to on the field and it was a very good experience.
"I'm far from a master chef but when you have lived by yourself, you can't always get takeaways and you have to do certain fish dishes.
You have to eat as well as you possibly can so I did do a bit in the kitchen â€" but when it got to the final I was pretty glad I wasn't there!
"I was with DJ Spoony and Wendi Peters and I went for a rainbow trout with new potatoes and a salsa, and a stilton and broccoli soup, but Wendi has been cooking for about 20 years for her children. I've not got that much experience in the bag!
"Me and DJ Spoony were just ready to walk out at the beginning, we were thinking 'what are we doing?'."
At least Whelan was having fun â€" something that cannot really be said for the latter part of his footballing career, especially in Scotland. The former Elland Road favourite admits his final years in the professional ranks and subsequent departure from football following left him feeling low.
"I was up in Dunfermline at the time. I was in the middle of retirement when I got a phone call from (manager) Jim Leishman asking me to play for them as a favour that season," he recalled.
"It was a week before the start of the season so they gave me an all-in-one pre-season within a week!
"They put me in against Hearts and I think it was the first minute I went up for a header and I landed and tore my Achilles tendon. That kind of just summed the idea up for me really, that my body was not really able to cope with the demands of football these days.
"When that happened I just decided to do my B Licence and now I can use that and do my Pro Licence along the way as well which takes quite a bit longer.
"It's been quite hard for me. When you have to pack in through injury you get to a stage where you don't know what to do. Since I left school, football has always been there and when, all of a sudden, it is taken away from you, you miss it. You miss that banter in the morning with the boys, you miss the socialising and the training.
"It has been hard to adjust, but you get a lot of people who finish playing and they say that's it.
"For me, coaching was always something in the back of the mind that I wanted to do and I think I could become quite good at it.
"I've experienced the good side of football and the bad side. It happens to a lot of players, but it's important players know these things if they are going to make it as a professional."
The first stages of a burgeoning coaching career could now be developing at Harrogate as Whelan aims to bounce back from a disappointing end to his time in the professional ranks.
However, the would-be coach knows he is blessed to have enjoyed a lucrative and successful playing career â€" his undoubted highlight the times when he pulled on the white jersey of hometown club Leeds, and in particular winning the FA Youth Cup at Elland Road.
Whelan knows he must now take his coaching career one step at a time but he admits a dream scenario would be one day fulfilling such a role at United.
"I could have played one game for Leeds United and finished, lived my dream and been very happy," he said.
"All I wanted to do was to play for Leeds United and be a professional footballer so when I actually did pull the white shirt on it meant the world to me and my family. For me, that time playing for my hometown club was just like a dream come true.
"Hopefully, and as a Leeds boy, it would be nice to one day return to Leeds.
"I couldn't finish my career there and it won't be as a player, but it would be nice to go back as a coach and help out in any possible way that I can."
I have played under different England managers in my time as a player and I've had 10 years in the Premiership with 300-odd games.
"Bill said he wants me down there which is fine, but then my long-term aim is to get in a Football League club.
"From there I want to learn from the ground upwards with the youth side and then eventually I can move up.
"I'm still young as I am only 34 and I want to do the coaching thing right. It's important to learn your job from the ground upwards, learning all the way."
Whelan now plans to take his UEFA Pro Licence which takes around 18 months to complete.
On the playing side, he has always been about goals and should he gain the necessary match sharpness, he admits it would be great to start a few games and hit the net for Harrogate Town.
It's been so long since his last goal, memories of scoring are starting to fade!
"It's been a long time and I'm not sure what that feeling is like anymore!" joked Whelan. "Hopefully, once I get myself back into the swing of things I can bag a couple and help them stay at the top end of the table.
"Obviously, after not playing for so long my fitness has gone. I've kind of come to the end of that journey myself if I am honest and now is the time for me to learn about the coaching side of things.
"I've got experience of the good things and the bad things and hopefully that can be a help to kids coming through."
Whelan's move has put him back in the limelight â€" the non-league limelight at least â€" but culinary fans will have noted his surprise appearance on last year's series of Celebrity Masterchef. That is bound to generate a bit of banter with Neil Aspin's troops at the CNG Stadium â€" but Whelan is glad he gave it a go.
"I got a phone call, as I've got a media agent in London who gets me a few bits and pieces," explained Whelan. "I did a bit of Nuts TV and things like that, on their football show with Jason Cundy.
"They asked me if I fancied doing Celebrity Masterchef and I said yeah, I thought it would be a great experience and it was. It's something that does not come around very often for a lot of people, to try something different, so I went ahead and did it."
Sadly, Whelan's rainbow trout with new potatoes didn't wash with judges John Torode and Greg Wallace, Whelan and DJ Spoony sent packing as Wendi Peters â€" Coronation Street's Cilla Battersby â€" went through.
"It wasn't one of my finest performances!" laughed Whelan. "But seeing how other people adapted from their jobs and the pressure they put themselves through was quite interesting, especially when we were in the restaurant with the chefs.
"It was a pressurising situation, something that I had been used to on the field and it was a very good experience.
"I'm far from a master chef but when you have lived by yourself, you can't always get takeaways and you have to do certain fish dishes.
You have to eat as well as you possibly can so I did do a bit in the kitchen â€" but when it got to the final I was pretty glad I wasn't there!
"I was with DJ Spoony and Wendi Peters and I went for a rainbow trout with new potatoes and a salsa, and a stilton and broccoli soup, but Wendi has been cooking for about 20 years for her children. I've not got that much experience in the bag!
"Me and DJ Spoony were just ready to walk out at the beginning, we were thinking 'what are we doing?'."
At least Whelan was having fun â€" something that cannot really be said for the latter part of his footballing career, especially in Scotland. The former Elland Road favourite admits his final years in the professional ranks and subsequent departure from football following left him feeling low.
"I was up in Dunfermline at the time. I was in the middle of retirement when I got a phone call from (manager) Jim Leishman asking me to play for them as a favour that season," he recalled.
"It was a week before the start of the season so they gave me an all-in-one pre-season within a week!
"They put me in against Hearts and I think it was the first minute I went up for a header and I landed and tore my Achilles tendon. That kind of just summed the idea up for me really, that my body was not really able to cope with the demands of football these days.
"When that happened I just decided to do my B Licence and now I can use that and do my Pro Licence along the way as well which takes quite a bit longer.
"It's been quite hard for me. When you have to pack in through injury you get to a stage where you don't know what to do. Since I left school, football has always been there and when, all of a sudden, it is taken away from you, you miss it. You miss that banter in the morning with the boys, you miss the socialising and the training.
"It has been hard to adjust, but you get a lot of people who finish playing and they say that's it.
"For me, coaching was always something in the back of the mind that I wanted to do and I think I could become quite good at it.
"I've experienced the good side of football and the bad side. It happens to a lot of players, but it's important players know these things if they are going to make it as a professional."
The first stages of a burgeoning coaching career could now be developing at Harrogate as Whelan aims to bounce back from a disappointing end to his time in the professional ranks.
However, the would-be coach knows he is blessed to have enjoyed a lucrative and successful playing career â€" his undoubted highlight the times when he pulled on the white jersey of hometown club Leeds, and in particular winning the FA Youth Cup at Elland Road.
Whelan knows he must now take his coaching career one step at a time but he admits a dream scenario would be one day fulfilling such a role at United.
"I could have played one game for Leeds United and finished, lived my dream and been very happy," he said.
“All I wanted to do was to play for Leeds United and be a professional footballer so when I actually did pull the white shirt on it meant the world to me and my family. For me, that time playing for my hometown club was just like a dream come true.
“Hopefully, and as a Leeds boy, it would be nice to one day return to Leeds.
“I couldn’t finish my career there and it won’t be as a player, but it would be nice to go back as a coach and help out in any possible way that I can.”

YEP

Quote from: kjelvi on January 12, 2009, 12:07:41

Quote from: kjelvi on December 12, 2008, 09:52:18
Harrogate strike deal for former Whites star Noel
Harrogate Town have pulled off a major coup by snapping up former Leeds United striker Noel Whelan until the end of the season.
Whelan, who was twice involved in £2m moves â€" to Coventry and Middlesbrough â€" has been without a club since leaving Scottish First Division side Dunfermline last season.
The 33-year-old Leeds-born player has been taking his coaching badges while overcoming an Achilles injury.

Coaching career is on the menu for Whelan

Noel Whelan failed to make the headlines in the last chapter of his professional playing career â€" indeed, arguably his most noted performance of recent years came on Celebrity Masterchef.
Now the ex-Leeds United ace is back in football at Harrogate Town but it's ultimately in coaching that he hopes to cook up a treat.
Whelan has not played a professional game since July 2006 when he tore his Achilles tendon playing for Dunfermline against Hearts in the Scottish Premier League. Following frustrating spells at Livingston and Boston United, the injury was the final straw for Whelan who in his glory days starred up front for Leeds United, Middlesbrough and Coventry City.
Some two-and-a-half years later, Whelan is back in the game at chairman Bill Fotherby's Harrogate, though the 34-year-old faces a battle to regain his fitness and is yet to make an appearance.
However, during his spell in the wilderness, Whelan has been concentrating on his coaching badges ahead of an anticipated new chapter in his footballing career.
"I'd moved back to Leeds having retired about a year-and-a-half ago from playing football," explained Whelan.
"I'd just gained my UEFA B Licence to be a coach and manager so basically I was looking to do more coaching than playing as obviously if I could still play at a decent level I would still be playing now.
"This opportunity (at Harrogate) came up and hopefully I can do a bit of coaching and a bit of playing at the same time.
"Basically, I miss playing, as I think most ex-professional footballers probably do, and it's something I wanted to keep involved with. As soon as I finished playing football I didn't want it to be out of my life â€" it's the only thing I really know.
"I'm just looking to build my fitness up now and get back into the swing of the football, but obviously the coaching side is really more important than the playing side."
A Whelan of yesteryear would be quite an acquisition for Blue Square North side Town â€" the striker signed as a trainee at Leeds and went on to make 58 appearances between 1993 and 1995.
He was then snapped up for £2m by Coventry City and 39 goals in 155 games followed over a four-and-a-half-year period before a £2.2m move to Middlesbrough in August 2000.
Whelan made 73 appearances at the Riverside before eventually moving to Crystal Palace in May 2003, spells at Millwall, Derby, Aberdeen, Boston, Livingston and Dunfermline following as his career gradually slid somewhat.
Whelan is under no illusions that he is no longer the player of old.
It was during his time at Boston that Whelan was admitted to the Sporting Chance clinic in early January 2006, for the treatment of an alcohol problem.
"I've signed a contract which is not for any money, it's just basically to get myself fit and see what happens," said the Leeds-born footballer of his move to Harrogate.
"Bill (Fotherby) is wanting me to play more, which is fine. I don't mind playing but from my side I am looking for something different now.
"I've got my coaching badge and I feel I have got a lot to offer on the coaching side of things.
I have played under different England managers in my time as a player and I've had 10 years in the Premiership with 300-odd games.
"Bill said he wants me down there which is fine, but then my long-term aim is to get in a Football League club.
"From there I want to learn from the ground upwards with the youth side and then eventually I can move up.
"I'm still young as I am only 34 and I want to do the coaching thing right. It's important to learn your job from the ground upwards, learning all the way."
Whelan now plans to take his UEFA Pro Licence which takes around 18 months to complete.
On the playing side, he has always been about goals and should he gain the necessary match sharpness, he admits it would be great to start a few games and hit the net for Harrogate Town.
It's been so long since his last goal, memories of scoring are starting to fade!
"It's been a long time and I'm not sure what that feeling is like anymore!" joked Whelan. "Hopefully, once I get myself back into the swing of things I can bag a couple and help them stay at the top end of the table.
"Obviously, after not playing for so long my fitness has gone. I've kind of come to the end of that journey myself if I am honest and now is the time for me to learn about the coaching side of things.
"I've got experience of the good things and the bad things and hopefully that can be a help to kids coming through."
Whelan's move has put him back in the limelight â€" the non-league limelight at least â€" but culinary fans will have noted his surprise appearance on last year's series of Celebrity Masterchef. That is bound to generate a bit of banter with Neil Aspin's troops at the CNG Stadium â€" but Whelan is glad he gave it a go.
"I got a phone call, as I've got a media agent in London who gets me a few bits and pieces," explained Whelan. "I did a bit of Nuts TV and things like that, on their football show with Jason Cundy.
"They asked me if I fancied doing Celebrity Masterchef and I said yeah, I thought it would be a great experience and it was. It's something that does not come around very often for a lot of people, to try something different, so I went ahead and did it."
Sadly, Whelan's rainbow trout with new potatoes didn't wash with judges John Torode and Greg Wallace, Whelan and DJ Spoony sent packing as Wendi Peters â€" Coronation Street's Cilla Battersby â€" went through.
"It wasn't one of my finest performances!" laughed Whelan. "But seeing how other people adapted from their jobs and the pressure they put themselves through was quite interesting, especially when we were in the restaurant with the chefs.
"It was a pressurising situation, something that I had been used to on the field and it was a very good experience.
"I'm far from a master chef but when you have lived by yourself, you can't always get takeaways and you have to do certain fish dishes.
You have to eat as well as you possibly can so I did do a bit in the kitchen â€" but when it got to the final I was pretty glad I wasn't there!
"I was with DJ Spoony and Wendi Peters and I went for a rainbow trout with new potatoes and a salsa, and a stilton and broccoli soup, but Wendi has been cooking for about 20 years for her children. I've not got that much experience in the bag!
"Me and DJ Spoony were just ready to walk out at the beginning, we were thinking 'what are we doing?'."
At least Whelan was having fun â€" something that cannot really be said for the latter part of his footballing career, especially in Scotland. The former Elland Road favourite admits his final years in the professional ranks and subsequent departure from football following left him feeling low.
"I was up in Dunfermline at the time. I was in the middle of retirement when I got a phone call from (manager) Jim Leishman asking me to play for them as a favour that season," he recalled.
"It was a week before the start of the season so they gave me an all-in-one pre-season within a week!
"They put me in against Hearts and I think it was the first minute I went up for a header and I landed and tore my Achilles tendon. That kind of just summed the idea up for me really, that my body was not really able to cope with the demands of football these days.
"When that happened I just decided to do my B Licence and now I can use that and do my Pro Licence along the way as well which takes quite a bit longer.
"It's been quite hard for me. When you have to pack in through injury you get to a stage where you don't know what to do. Since I left school, football has always been there and when, all of a sudden, it is taken away from you, you miss it. You miss that banter in the morning with the boys, you miss the socialising and the training.
"It has been hard to adjust, but you get a lot of people who finish playing and they say that's it.
"For me, coaching was always something in the back of the mind that I wanted to do and I think I could become quite good at it.
"I've experienced the good side of football and the bad side. It happens to a lot of players, but it's important players know these things if they are going to make it as a professional."
The first stages of a burgeoning coaching career could now be developing at Harrogate as Whelan aims to bounce back from a disappointing end to his time in the professional ranks.
However, the would-be coach knows he is blessed to have enjoyed a lucrative and successful playing career â€" his undoubted highlight the times when he pulled on the white jersey of hometown club Leeds, and in particular winning the FA Youth Cup at Elland Road.
Whelan knows he must now take his coaching career one step at a time but he admits a dream scenario would be one day fulfilling such a role at United.
"I could have played one game for Leeds United and finished, lived my dream and been very happy," he said.
"All I wanted to do was to play for Leeds United and be a professional footballer so when I actually did pull the white shirt on it meant the world to me and my family. For me, that time playing for my hometown club was just like a dream come true.
"Hopefully, and as a Leeds boy, it would be nice to one day return to Leeds.
"I couldn't finish my career there and it won't be as a player, but it would be nice to go back as a coach and help out in any possible way that I can."
I have played under different England managers in my time as a player and I've had 10 years in the Premiership with 300-odd games.
"Bill said he wants me down there which is fine, but then my long-term aim is to get in a Football League club.
"From there I want to learn from the ground upwards with the youth side and then eventually I can move up.
"I'm still young as I am only 34 and I want to do the coaching thing right. It's important to learn your job from the ground upwards, learning all the way."
Whelan now plans to take his UEFA Pro Licence which takes around 18 months to complete.
On the playing side, he has always been about goals and should he gain the necessary match sharpness, he admits it would be great to start a few games and hit the net for Harrogate Town.
It's been so long since his last goal, memories of scoring are starting to fade!
"It's been a long time and I'm not sure what that feeling is like anymore!" joked Whelan. "Hopefully, once I get myself back into the swing of things I can bag a couple and help them stay at the top end of the table.
"Obviously, after not playing for so long my fitness has gone. I've kind of come to the end of that journey myself if I am honest and now is the time for me to learn about the coaching side of things.
"I've got experience of the good things and the bad things and hopefully that can be a help to kids coming through."
Whelan's move has put him back in the limelight â€" the non-league limelight at least â€" but culinary fans will have noted his surprise appearance on last year's series of Celebrity Masterchef. That is bound to generate a bit of banter with Neil Aspin's troops at the CNG Stadium â€" but Whelan is glad he gave it a go.
"I got a phone call, as I've got a media agent in London who gets me a few bits and pieces," explained Whelan. "I did a bit of Nuts TV and things like that, on their football show with Jason Cundy.
"They asked me if I fancied doing Celebrity Masterchef and I said yeah, I thought it would be a great experience and it was. It's something that does not come around very often for a lot of people, to try something different, so I went ahead and did it."
Sadly, Whelan's rainbow trout with new potatoes didn't wash with judges John Torode and Greg Wallace, Whelan and DJ Spoony sent packing as Wendi Peters â€" Coronation Street's Cilla Battersby â€" went through.
"It wasn't one of my finest performances!" laughed Whelan. "But seeing how other people adapted from their jobs and the pressure they put themselves through was quite interesting, especially when we were in the restaurant with the chefs.
"It was a pressurising situation, something that I had been used to on the field and it was a very good experience.
"I'm far from a master chef but when you have lived by yourself, you can't always get takeaways and you have to do certain fish dishes.
You have to eat as well as you possibly can so I did do a bit in the kitchen â€" but when it got to the final I was pretty glad I wasn't there!
"I was with DJ Spoony and Wendi Peters and I went for a rainbow trout with new potatoes and a salsa, and a stilton and broccoli soup, but Wendi has been cooking for about 20 years for her children. I've not got that much experience in the bag!
"Me and DJ Spoony were just ready to walk out at the beginning, we were thinking 'what are we doing?'."
At least Whelan was having fun â€" something that cannot really be said for the latter part of his footballing career, especially in Scotland. The former Elland Road favourite admits his final years in the professional ranks and subsequent departure from football following left him feeling low.
"I was up in Dunfermline at the time. I was in the middle of retirement when I got a phone call from (manager) Jim Leishman asking me to play for them as a favour that season," he recalled.
"It was a week before the start of the season so they gave me an all-in-one pre-season within a week!
"They put me in against Hearts and I think it was the first minute I went up for a header and I landed and tore my Achilles tendon. That kind of just summed the idea up for me really, that my body was not really able to cope with the demands of football these days.
"When that happened I just decided to do my B Licence and now I can use that and do my Pro Licence along the way as well which takes quite a bit longer.
"It's been quite hard for me. When you have to pack in through injury you get to a stage where you don't know what to do. Since I left school, football has always been there and when, all of a sudden, it is taken away from you, you miss it. You miss that banter in the morning with the boys, you miss the socialising and the training.
"It has been hard to adjust, but you get a lot of people who finish playing and they say that's it.
"For me, coaching was always something in the back of the mind that I wanted to do and I think I could become quite good at it.
"I've experienced the good side of football and the bad side. It happens to a lot of players, but it's important players know these things if they are going to make it as a professional."
The first stages of a burgeoning coaching career could now be developing at Harrogate as Whelan aims to bounce back from a disappointing end to his time in the professional ranks.
However, the would-be coach knows he is blessed to have enjoyed a lucrative and successful playing career â€" his undoubted highlight the times when he pulled on the white jersey of hometown club Leeds, and in particular winning the FA Youth Cup at Elland Road.
Whelan knows he must now take his coaching career one step at a time but he admits a dream scenario would be one day fulfilling such a role at United.
"I could have played one game for Leeds United and finished, lived my dream and been very happy," he said.
“All I wanted to do was to play for Leeds United and be a professional footballer so when I actually did pull the white shirt on it meant the world to me and my family. For me, that time playing for my hometown club was just like a dream come true.
“Hopefully, and as a Leeds boy, it would be nice to one day return to Leeds.
“I couldn’t finish my career there and it won’t be as a player, but it would be nice to go back as a coach and help out in any possible way that I can.”

YEP

Meget gledelig å høre om Noel synes jeg!!!

Lions trial for former Leeds midfielder
DUBLIN-BORN former Leeds midfielder Paul Keegan is set to have a trial at Millwall.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Keegan_(footballer_born_1984)
http://www.droghedaunited.ie/player/index/id/19

(http://www.droghedaunited.ie/public/uploaded/photos/players/1213784123.jpg)

Quote from: Promotion 2010 on September 27, 2008, 22:58:10
Is It Miller Time Once Again For Leeds?
Sunderland midfielder Liam Miller has been told he is free to find another club 18 months after his arrival on Wearside, prompting speculation that he could once again be handed a temporary home at Elland Road.

Miller to leave Sunderland for QPR
QPR are hoping to sign of Republic of Ireland midfielder Liam Miller from Sunderland in the next 48 hours.
The 27 year old was transfer-listed last year after repeatedly turning up late for training.
The Championship outfit made enquiries after Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni spoke highly of Miller during a recent visit to Loftus Road.

Transfers - January 2009 
The January transfer window is open and the period for buying and selling has been extended to 1700 GMT on Monday 2 February because 31 January falls on a Saturday.

9 January: Matthew Spring [Luton to Charlton], Lee Bowyer [West Ham - Birmingham] Loan, Michael Gray [Wolves - Sheffield Wednesday] Loan, Lee Trundle [Bristol City - Leeds] Loan
5 January: Anthony Elding [Crewe - Lincoln] Loan
3 January: Geoff Horsfield [unattached - Lincoln]

Quote from: kjelvi on January 09, 2009, 20:41:01

Quote from: kjelvi on January 09, 2009, 09:05:54
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new deal in order to prevent him leaving the club for free when his contract runs out in the summer - the winger has been linked with AC Milan and Real Madrid. (Various)
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a new 12-month deal - to protect themselves if he turns into a loan star. (The Sun)
* Liverpool have offered Jermaine Pennant a 12-month contract. (Daily Mirror)

Liverpool are unlikely to offer winger Jermaine Pennant a new contract.
"He is waiting for a good offer and we are waiting for a good offer," said Liverpool boss Rafael Benitez. "A new contract for him would be very difficult." (Press Association)

PENNANT WANTS REDS STAY
Jermaine Pennant's agent says the Liverpool winger doesn't want to play for another Premier League club - and wants to stay at Anfield.
Hull are among teams interested in snapping up the former Arsenal wideman, who has also been linked with a January move to Real Madrid.
But Pennant's representative Sky Andrew says his client is not interested in playing for any other top-flight side.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/09/01/13/manual_100658.html

Bakke under kniven
Eirik Bakke gjennomførte en MR-undersøkelse fredag. Der ble det påvist en liten tapp i kneet som har plaget Brann-kapteinen på trening den siste tida.
Nå er en operasjon allerede gjennomført, melder Brann.no.
Ifølge klubbens lege vil midtbanespilleren være i trening igjen om to uker.
- Det er lenge til seriestart, og vi fant ut at det smarteste var å ta inngrepet med en gang, så er jeg kjapt i trening igjen, sier Bakke.
Brann serieåpner borte mot Sandefjord 15. mars.

Healy keen to stay at Sunderland 
Sunderland striker David Healy has re-iterated his desire to remain with the club and fight for a first-team place.
The Northern Ireland international has been linked with a move after struggling to hold down a regular place but denies his wants to quit the club.
"I'm pleased to be here and I've made it clear that I see my future here," he told BBC Radio Newcastle.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/s/sunderland/7826542.stm

CLAPHAM SET TO SIGN NEW COUNTY DEAL
Notts County's experienced defender Jamie Clapham is set to sign a deal to stay with the Magpies until the end of the season.
The 33-year-old has made 21 starts for the club since signing a short-term contract in September.
http://www.sportinglife.com/football/transfer_centre/nw_story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer_league_1_and_2/09/01/13/manual_183918.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Clapham

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Quote from: kjelvi on January 12, 2009, 23:25:57

Quote from: Promotion 2010 on September 27, 2008, 22:58:10
Is It Miller Time Once Again For Leeds?
Sunderland midfielder Liam Miller has been told he is free to find another club 18 months after his arrival on Wearside, prompting speculation that he could once again be handed a temporary home at Elland Road.

Miller to leave Sunderland for QPR
QPR are hoping to sign of Republic of Ireland midfielder Liam Miller from Sunderland in the next 48 hours.
The 27 year old was transfer-listed last year after repeatedly turning up late for training.
The Championship outfit made enquiries after Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni spoke highly of Miller during a recent visit to Loftus Road.

Sunderland are listening to offers for Irish duo Liam Miller and Daryl Murphy. (The Sun)

Quote from: kjelvi on January 03, 2009, 02:43:41

Quote from: kjelvi on January 02, 2009, 12:16:31
* Inter Milan midfielder Oliver Dacourt is keen on a move to Bolton. (The Sun)
* Olivier Dacourt is desperately trying to engineer a move form Inter Milan to Bolton. (The Sun)

Tottenham Hotspur are among the Barclays Premier League clubs to have expressed interest in Olivier Dacourt. The midfield player is available on a free transfer from Inter Milan, but at 34, he would likely be a short-term solution to Tottenham's requirement for a combative player. Dacourt played for Everton ten years ago and spent three years at Leeds United.

Ex-Leeds tyro courted by Redknapp

Former Everton and Leeds United midfielder Olivier Dacourt could be set for a sensational return to the Premier League after Harry Redknapp met the player’s representatives in Milan with a view to acquiring his services.
The former French international who is currently under contract at the San Siro with reigning Serie A champions Internazionale is thought to be keen on the deal having featured only once since Jose Mourinho took over at the club.
Speaking to French publication L’Equipe Dacourt confirmed that offers were on the table:
“I have set a deadline regarding my future. I have plenty of contacts everywhere, in Italy, England, Spain, but I prefer to wait for the moment.
“My kids go to school in Milan; as a consequence I’m not going to do whatever. I have plenty of options, too much in fact, and you have pros and cons at every club.”
At 34-years-old Dacourt has a wealth of experience and could bring solidity to a Spurs midfield which has appeared to lack grit and determination when the going gets tough. It is possible that the player could shun White Hart Lane off the back of telling advice from best friend and Arsenal legend Patrick Vieira


Spurs set their sights on former Leeds and Everton ace Dacourt
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1115543/Spurs-set-sights-Leeds-Everton-ace-Dacourt.html?ITO=1490

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp met representatives of former Leeds and Everton midfielder Olivier Dacourt in Milan on Tuesday night. (Setanta.com, 1105 GMT)

Spurs and Magpies in for ex-Leeds star Olivier, says agent
http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/sport/Spurs-and-Magpies-in-for.4876777.jp

Transfer Tattle: Olivier Da-caught in tug of war
http://www.newcastle.vitalfootball.co.uk/article.asp?a=139170

Oster - signed till end of season.

OSTER EXTENDS EAGLES DEAL
Crystal Palace midfielder John Oster has signed a contract extension until the end of the season.
Oster was signed as a free agent in the summer on an initial six-month loan deal having been released by Reading.
The 30-year-old former Everton and Sunderland winger has impressed during those six months at Selhurst Park, making 19 appearances and scored three times.
Eagles manager Neil Warnock had initially offered Oster an 18-month deal, but the club and player will instead weigh up their options at the the end of the current campaign.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Oster

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