| Gunners Finally Light Up The Night In Belgrade BELGRADE (Reuters) - Arsenal's youngsters lit up a gloomy Belgrade night which threatened to be a complete blackout after floodlight failure in an eventually comfortable 3-1 win over 10-man Partizan with both sides missing penalties. feeds.nytimes.com |
Tottenham Hotspur v FC Twente: home wins vital for Spurs in Champions League, says Tom Huddlestone Tom Huddlestone urges Spurs to seize control of Champions League Group A by beating FC Twente at White Hart Lane. telegraph.co.uk |
Chelsea's Yossi Benayoun out for six months with torn achilles The Israel midfielder was diagnosed with the injury while on international duty last week, and missed the games against Croatia and Greece to ... rssfeeds.usatoday.com |
Palace and City pay tribute to Allison • Flags at half mast at City of Manchester Stadium• 'He was ahead of his time,' says Mike SummerbeeEnglish football is mourning the death of the former Manchester City and Crystal Palace manager Malcolm Allison, who has died at the age of 83.The flags at the City of Manchester stadium are flying at half-mast and supporters have started leaving tributes to the man who will be remembered as one of English football's more flamboyant characters during the 1970s and 1980s.Allison worked alongside Joe Mercer as City were transformed from into one of the most exciting sides in England, winning the league title in 1968 followed by the FA Cup in 1969, plus the League Cup and European Cup Winners' Cup in 1970. He went on to manage Crystal Palace on two separate occasions and returned to City in 1979 for a brief and unsuccessful spell.Known for his fedora and love of cigars, "Big Mal" spent most of his playing career at West Ham United, making over 200 appearances in defence before he suffered tuberculosis and had to give up the game.His managerial career began at Bath City in 1963 and in the following 30 years he also had periods in charge of Plymouth Argyle, Middlesbrough and Bristol Rovers. He also managed overseas, including spells at Toronto City, Galatasaray and Sporting Lisbon, with whom he won the Portuguese championship and domestic cup.Mike Summerbee, who played under Allison at City and is now a club ambassador, said: "Malcolm changed football by making us train like athletes, in that respect he was ahead of his time and he was a great tactician as well. He was also one of the lads – in effect he was the 12th player from the sidelines but he knew how to crack the whip and we respected him."He was a great psychologist; he knew how to handle me and how to get more out of me. He did the same for Colin Bell, Francis Lee, Neil Young and all of that great side."City's former general secretary and life president, Bernard Halford, said: "We will never see the likes of him ever again, and he did so much for the club. The signing of Tony Book was a masterstroke, but he enhanced the careers of so many other players and they worshipped him."You knew he was in a room with you, not many people have that kind of presence but Malcolm did, and he transferred the confidence he had in himself to the team. He felt we could beat anybody and he wanted the players to think that way too."Manchester CityCrystal PalaceDaniel Taylorguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds guardian.co.uk |
Vito Mannone the perfect Arsenal goalkeeper Vito Mannone proves he has all the necessary attributes to be an Arsenal goalkeeper playing for Italy Under-21s against Belarus. telegraph.co.uk |