FA remain non-committal over 39th step

Scarcity value gives Owen an ENGLAND future to go with glittering past

MVNsoccer posted 2/12/2008 from football.guardian.co.uk

February 12 --- by Kevin McCarra / The Guardian UK: Lack of fitness and shortage of goals gave Fabio Capello reason enough to park Michael Owen on the bench for England's friendly with Switzerland last week. --- If the Newcastle United captain resents the demotion, it can be only because he feels that scarcity value alone should make him precious...

FOX Sports on MSN - England - Kanu linked with A-League move

Soccer By Ives found this 2/13/2008 on msn.foxsports.com

Samuel Okoronkwo, the Nigerian's legal representative, claims Australian club Gold Coast Galaxy are keen to make Kanu their star player. The newly-formed team, who are believed to have close ties to David Beckham's club Los Angeles Galaxy, are ...

BBC SPORT | Football | My Club | Tottenham Hotspur | Spurs team 'to lose' more weight

SquadBlog found this 2/14/2008 on news.bbc.co.uk

The Tottenham squad are still trying to lose weight after they were found to be 100kg too heavy when Juande Ramos took over as manager in October. Spurs fitness coach Marcos Alvarez told Spanish radio station Cadena SER: "Taking into account the ...

CONCACAF President backs England bid for 2018 World Cup

FanHouse found this 2/14/2008 on www.soccerbyives.net

In one of the more bizarre U-turns in recent memory. CONCACAF president Jack Warner is now backing England's bid to host the 2018 World Cup . This comes just months after Warner was adamantly opposed to FIFA doing away with the rotation system for ...

BBC SPORT | Football | Premier League | Fifa rejects Premier League plans

EPL Talk found this 2/14/2008 on news.bbc.co.uk

The president of football's world governing body Fifa has told the BBC that plans by the Premier League to host games abroad will never happen. Sepp Blatter also warned that the proposal could harm England's attempt to host the 2018 World Cup. "This ...