NYHETER: Ex-player/-manager news, Part 8

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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.


Stort og smått om tidligere Elland Road-helter!
* 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

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Blackwell signs Blades extension 


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

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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

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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


Seb Sorsa?

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

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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)

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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)

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Abbott appointed Carlisle manager  


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

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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

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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)

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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

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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)

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



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.

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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

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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)



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)

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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)

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)

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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)

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

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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

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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)

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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, 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

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Phil Brown has told Nick Barmby to prove his fitness if he wants to earn a deal at Hull. (Daily Express, Daily Mail)

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

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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

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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."

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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? 

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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?

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