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Manchester City 0-1 Bon Jovi
Published 5/18/2008 by Ian Rose at The Offside
... with an Intertoto Cup fixture date. In any case, Man City will be calling in favors and going club-to-club asking for groundshare during the early UEFA Cup rounds. Old Trafford will not be approached, but that aside, they’ll take the largest ground available. Not everyone is concerned. Sven-Goran Eriksson, who remains the boss at Man City despite overwhelming rumors of his up and coming dismissal, is thrilled to be headed to Europe. He told the Guardian : “It’s like the dream came true. Our dream to play in Europe has been strong all season. At one point we thought we were ...

Manchester City : Fucked Over By Tico Torres
Published 5/19/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... for the managerial vacancy, the below item from the Guardian’s Daniel Taylor will have to serve as the weekend’s top soccer story. Around here, anyway. ...

Monday Backpasses: FA Cup hangover
Published 5/20/2008 by ü75 (noreply@blogger.com) at Unprofessional Foul
... [Times Online] Soccernista is back! Well, maybe [Soccernista] Senderos needs change. Bet the guy wasn't an Arsenal fan, either [This is Extra Time] More stuff you can't live without after the jump. Liverpool fans debate one of our posts [Rivals] Carlos Tevez likely to miss US friendly. US women weep with joy [Soccernet] Manchester City will be without home for first UEFA Cup game, because of Bon Jovi concert [Guardian] Abramovich buys expensive paintings for new gallery in Moscow. Is his time at Chelsea ...

Bon Jovi: living on Man City's prayer
Published 5/20/2008 by Lingering Bursitis (noreply@blogger.com) at Unprofessional Foul
... Having just scraped into the UEFA Cup through the dubious back door that is the Fair Play table, the blues face having to move their home opener in the tournament to another stadium because a Bon Jovi concert scheduled for late June will probably not leave them enough time to re-turf the pitch. ...

Sounders kit leaked??? LINKS
Published 5/26/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (The Beautiful Game) at The Beautiful Game
... That's classic. [WorldGolf.com] Being stabbed by wife can't keep this guy off the pitch. [KVEO] Wes Welker of all people credits soccer for some of his NFL success. [Boston Globe] Soccer helps those NBA ballers out too. [FanHouse] Speaking of which, Steve Nash wants to own an MLS team? Montreal or Vancouver maybe? [MVN] Bon Jovi > UEFA Cup. [Guardian] Spanish fans prefer soccer to what? [The Offside] ...