Now I have to be careful here, as I believe that there is no such thing as a good place or bad place, but that your experiences shape the way you view a place. It is especially disappointing when you go to a place you are looking forward to and then find out that it doesn't live up to your expectations. Cambridge City's City Ground on Milton Road was one of these places. I was expecting a happy and friendly community focused club, but what I found was a miserable bunch of bastards.

On the plus side the ground is fairly attractive and easy to get to as the bus to Ely stops outside the ground, the game was fairly open and City could feel hard done by that they didn't manage to win the game, as they had oodles of chances and the only real chance Worthing had was the penalty that they put away. The players were all sporting despite Worthing, who have the nickname 'the Rebels' having participated in the game with a record number of red cards in the previous week. On the other hand an experienced and ageing Cambridge City side should really have finished off a very young Worthing side who had obviously been shipped in to deal with the injuries and suspensions they were suffering from.

In fact perhaps age is the overiding problem at this club. First of all, and I'm not knocking the bloke involved, but the mascot was a geezer of late middle age, now if you can't get kids in for this or you're taking the place of a kid then a club that already seems to be on its knees has a very limited future. In fact at the game apart from my own family I saw one old lady with her granddaughter, and Victorian Dad with his son. Even the 'ballboys' seemed to be middleaged blokes. Any other families at the game were wearing Worthing shirts. Even the panda mascot didn't seem interested in anything other than having a kick around with the outsize mascot and speaking to commitee members from either club, and he disappeared as soon as the game started. It also should be remembered that to join the junior club of Cambridge City costs 30 and offers roughly the same benefits to kids as joining the Cambridge United Juniors (that's their local neighbours who play 2 levels higher) who charge 0. Not the best way to get the kids in is it? Mind you with parents like Victorian Dad around it would appear that they don't want kids involved.

Victorian Dad plumped himself down near us in the stand with his son who was about 8 just before kick off. He was one of those blokes who looked a little bit old for having a young son and was dressed like he had more money than brain cells. Not that I would usually have paid any notice to this fact. He informed his mates that his son, who was almost falling asleep was pretty tired because he had been caddying for him on the golf course all morning. After being forced to do that and then being told to sit quietly at a football match he will probably develop a phobia of spherical objects. However none of that is any of my business. What is my business is the fact that he was rude to my wife and 5 year old daughter. While I was standing at the front he informed them that they 'weren't the type of supporter this club wanted'. I don't know why. It might have been that my daughter was being boisterous or was maybe racist as they were speaking in Russian. Luckily I didn't find this out until after we had returned to Ely otherwise I would probably have spent the evening in a cell.

I'm starting to think that like a few other clubs who have been through some hard times they have created a community, but that it is a closed community, but that's their problem. I also have a few other issues that might have gone unnoticed under other circumstances. Firstly, the programme: It costs 2. Now considering that Burton Albion can produce a full glossy edition for 2 and even Aston Villa can produce a glossy programme for 2 for friendlies and games against lesser teams I find this a bit of an offence . It is no better than Ely City's programme (priced 50p) and actually isn't as good as Rocester's (1). Most of it is advertisements, patting themselves on the back and pleas for you to give them yet more cash, as well as all the stuff you would expect in a Step 5 programme, although they are a step 3 club and the pictures are more pixelated and poorly formatted. In fact the formatting of the pictures in the programme does actually look like for once a 5 year old has been included in the club activities. Therefore I can only assume that the proclamation of 'Blue Square South Programme of the Year' on the front means that they have downgraded the programme but not the price or they are being economical with the truth.

Come to think of it the section in the programme about Worthing doesn't mention that they are a full step below City and almost deliberately misinforms you into thinking that they are a Ryman Premier League team, which of course they aren't.

They also talk a load of balls. In the Southern League there has been an ongoing debate regarding the use of GX Balls, that many clubs have now complained about them that the league has decided to change over to mitre. GX obviously aren't happy about this and are taking the league to court and one of their supporters is Cambridge City. Now, in last week's edition of the Non League Paper Cambridge were quoted as saying that they would use GX Balls in cup competitions where they could choose the balls, well weren't they Umbro balls I saw them using on Saturday?

Anyway I was probably just a victim of circumstances on Saturday, but if they think I am willing to fork out another 22 for their matchday experience or will be giving them any of my Tesco Vouchers that they are on the scrounge for they have another thing coming.

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I never looked forward to International week as a referee - preferring the cut and thrust of club competition as indeed the players tend to nowadays.There are too many fixtures which appear routine and whilst it is often said that there is no such thing as an easy International football match it is hard to get excited about England versus Kazakstan or Wales versus Liechtensteinand certainly not Georgia versus Cyprus.

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Enjoy the trip down memory lane -
First goal -
Man City 4/5/91 Old Trafford. Was it his? Probably not, but the record shows it.
91/92
Norwich - 7/9/91 Old Trafford - skinned the keeper and rolled it in from impossible angle.
West Ham - 23/11/91 - stunning volley.
Boro 11/03/92, OT, semi final clincher in League Cup, volley on difficult angle.
(Scored in two Manchester derbies (one dubious, one magnificent from 25 yards), at Boundary Park, Elland Road, a semi final winner, all before being 19.)
92/93
19/9/92 Spurs WHL That goal skins one, megs another, rounds the keeper, classy finish
28/12/92 - Coventry - magnificent 20 yard curler in top corner
18/01/93 - QPR - Loftus Road - latches onto through ball at speed and showing expert control, lifts it over the keeper from 18 yards
23/01/93 - Brighton - FA Cup - great near post free kick
05/04/03 Norwich - away - in a vital game, Giggs latched onto an early Cantona through ball to score what was becoming a trademark, round the keeper and into the net, to set the tone for a pulsating early show.
03/05/93 Blackburn - 30 yard free kick to celebrate winning the title.
93/94
21/08/93 Newcastle - stunning free kick at the Stretford End.
04/01/94 Liverpool - Anfield, Giggs beats a defender and chips Grobellar for an iconic goal.
22/01/94 Everton - Old Trafford - In a game notable for the first after the death of Sir Matt Busby, United put on a great display, creating chance after chance but failing to score - until Giggs met a Keane cross to head brilliantly in.
05/02/94 - QPR - Loftus Road - Giggs skins 4 defenders and coolly finishes to Clive Tyldesleys immortal the boys a genius!
13/02/94 - Sheff Wed - Semi Final 1st leg - defender doesnt deal with it, Giggs races in, rounds keeper, almost on byline at the edge of the box somehow scores.
27/04/94 Leeds away - combines brilliantly with Hughes to score, brilliantly.
01/05/94 - Ipswich away - Giggs almost karate kicks the ball in to all but seal Uniteds second successive title.
94/95
14/09/94 - Gothenburg - scores Uniteds first ever Champions League group stage goal, then scores the winner.
95/96
21/10/95 - Chelsea away - a stunning solo effort at Stamford Bridge, bamboozling the defenders before stabbing home.
18/11/95 - Southampton - Giggs scores Uniteds quickest ever goal, after just 16 seconds, then adds to it a couple of minutes later!
06/04/96 - Citeh (away) - Keith Curle invites him to shoot. Infact, orders him to. Giggs cant score from there, can he? Yep, afraid so. Magnificent 20 yard drive into the top corner.
05/05/96 - Boro away - scores the third in a 3-0 win to seal a third title. A cute strike from 20 yards giving the keeper no chance.
96/97
4/12/96 - Rapid Vienna away - our Ryan skins two defenders on halfway, plays it to Eric, runs almost full circle leaving the defender for dead and scores across the keeper from 20 yards to seal Champions League qualification.
18/01/97 - Coventry away- tackles to win a loose ball, regains his balance, and scores beautifully with his right foot from 20 yards to announce to the world yep.. I have one.
05/03/97 - Porto - not content with running the show from midfield, Giggsy decides he wants a piece of the action and smashes in at the Stretford End to complete a stunning break and amaze English football.
97/98
01/10/97 - Juventus. After terrifying the Juve defence all game (prompting Zinedane Zidane to rank it as the greatest first time hed seen a player play, alongside Ronaldo 9), Giggsy put the icing on the cake by running through and drilling in from 16 yards. Barry Davies exclaimed Oh! I dont believe that!, and nor could any United fan.
25/10/97 - Barnsley. Carries the ball around 50 yards before effortlessly placing it from 20 yards into the top corner. Oh yeah, with his right foot.
98/99
16/09/98 Barcelona - Giggs keeps his composure after watching David Beckham skin and race past his marker (yes, it did happen), to rise above his marker like a salmon (yes, it did happen) and score an unlikely goal. But it did happen.
26/12/98 Nottingham Forest - technically brilliant, chipped finish on the angle to complete a fantastic move between Sheringham and Beckham.
07/04/99 Juventus - last minute equaliser that was lashed into the roof of the net to rescue the tie heading into a fateful tie in Turin.
14/04/99 Arsenal, Villa Park - Do I really need to describe what is probably the best goal of all time? In extra time, carrying a niggle, Giggs is sent on from the bench to keep the ball as United are down to ten men. Picking the ball up in his own half he decides to skin the most physically dominating midfielder in the game and then skin the most miserly defence in Europe before finishing with incredible power, scoring the goal that every schoolboy dreams of scoring, the goal that breathed new life into Uniteds season and inspired tired legs. Then celebrated by exposing his hairy chest. Lovely stuff.
99/00
18/12/99 - West Ham, Upton Park. Exquisitely flicks the ball to Yorke, collects the return stabbing in. More for the outrageous flick than the goal.
00/01
13/01/01 - Bradford, Valley Parade - Giggs shows ridiculously composed control to collect a 30 yard high ball, killing it instantly, then turning his marker inside out before drilling past the keeper via the near post. In my humble opinion, the kind of goal which has been so understated but wouldnt have been if anyone else had scored it.
14/04/01 - Coventry - Scores a 15 yard header in the top corner to seal the title at Easter. Oh yeah, all kinds of goals.
13/05/01 - Southampton away - although in defeat, one of the great solo goals - Giggs beats two men, plays a one two with Yorke, taking two other defenders out, then coolly finishing.
01/02
10/04/02 - Deportivo - Fewer sights in football are as great as seeing Giggs put defenders on their arse. He didnt disappoint here, beating another just for good measure, and scoring at the near post. A great European goal.
02/03
23/08/02 - Chelsea away - Giggs scores his 100th United goal, tremendously curling from 12 yards in off the crossbar.
25/02/03 - Juventus away - Ryan was getting a bit of unfair stick about his form and answered his critics in typical fashion - scoring 2 at the Delle Alpi, the second a glorious solo effort finished past Buffon with his right foot. As Tyldesley says in commentary the type that only Ryan Giggs can score.
05/04/03 Liverpool. Itd been 2 years since Giggs last Old Trafford league goal, that title clinching header. What better way to break your duck than scoring in a 4-0 win over the Dippers, arriving late to pounce like a theif in the night, and leaving the Liverpool keeper looking all around him, bemused.
16/04/03 Arsenal away. Giggs had scored in consecutive games against Liverpool and Newcastle and now faced this third in the title crunch triple header. And head he did, expertly converting Solskjaers cross.
03/04
16/08/03 Bolton. With Beckham gone, people wondered where Uniteds set piece threat would come from. They neednt have worried. Giggs scored via the post from 25 yards on the opening day to remind everyone about a certain number 11.
09/11/03 Liverpool away. Two goals at the Kop in a United win. The second in off the bar. Nice one.
04/05
28/09/04 Fenerbache. In a game probably best remembered for a certain Mr Rooney scoring a goal or two, Giggs got the ball rolling with an expertly taken header from 12 yards - equalling Sir Bobby in the European goal ranks.
28/12/04 Aston Villa away. Another of those underrated gems. Giggs extravagantly flicks a long ball with his heel onto OShea. He flicks it back to the Welshman who cuts inside and scores confidently from 20 yards.
26/01/05 Chelsea, League Cup semi. Showing that no amount of money can compensate for sheer class, Giggs scores one of the competitions greatest ever goals, magnificently evading Terry and flicking the ball over Cech on the volley from about 15 yards. Stunner.
07/05/05 - West Brom - quick free kick across goal. Very cute.
05/06
11/12/05 - Everton. Latches onto a long Scholes pass to score a similar goal to the Chelsea one. Very, very classy.
26/3/06 - Birmingham. Received a ball from Rio, nutmegged his marker, swapped passes with Rooney, outpacing the entire Brum defence at the age of 32, and scoring with a nice low drive.
06/07
26/08/06 Watford - an exhibition of style, composure and great awareness. Giggs beat the offside trap and, in flashes of 1992, nonchalantly skinned the keeper before scoring.
24/02/07 Fulham away. Did he mean it? If so, one of the most brilliant half volleys of all time - on the angle, Giggs rescues Uniteds title hopes. Knowing Giggs, he probably did.
07/08
08/12/07 Derby - Ronaldo shoots, keeper spills, Giggs scores rebound. Its the exception to the rule of Giggs goals generally coming from his own brilliance, but nonetheless, it was his 100th league goal. All for United, of course.
11/05/08 Wigan away - and in typical Giggs fashion, his 101st came on his record equalling appearance for the club, to seal the title on the last day, with all the composure that had become his trademark in his later years.

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If any further proof is needed to show how utterly ridiculous international football has become, look no further than today's claims that Sven Goran Eriksson wanted to call-up Edu, Louis Saha, Steed Malbranque and Carlo Cudicini.

Four decent enough players - but none of them English! However, at the time, none of them had been capped by their countries and were eligible to play under FIFA's residency rule. The serialisation of former FA executive director David Davies's book in the Daily Mail suggests Sven gave the idea serious consideration.

Davies wrote: "'I like Carlo Cudicini', Sven told me - an opinion which led to a very serious consideration being given within Soho Square to recruiting Chelsea's Italian goalkeeper. However, our goalkeeping coach Ray Clemence was particularly concerned, insisting to Sven it would destroy our keepers.

"'Can you also find out about Malbranque, Edu and Saha?' Sven asked me. I wasn't sure what the public reaction would be to an Italian, a Brazilian and two Frenchmen coming into the squad but I did Sven's bidding.

"However, all my discreet enquiries to clubs and agents led to nothing. Miraculously, the moment our interest became known Saha and Edu were called up by their own nations, making them ineligible."

As I have posted before, I used to enjoy international football. The best players would put aside their club rivalries and the sheer pride on their faces when they pulled on their national jersey was a joy to behold. I've yet to see such pride on an England player's face since Italia '90.

But...and there has to be a but...I do appreciate many others still enjoy the national game. Some seem to think getting stonked on lager and shouting at the television is the definition of patriotism (urgh!), and the thought of those fans (let's just say somewhere to the right of centre-right, cough) cheering on four foreign players wearing the Three Lions is amusing, although it shouldn't be.

Would Sven really have picked the likes of Edu and Malbranque? Who knows, but if he did I would hope even the most loyal England fan would stop watching the game. It would be like a fan admitting they would happily sell-out their history and tradition to the highest bidder if that meant winning some silverware...as some Newcastle fans appear to be doing right now.

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Following the news that Liam Lawrence is a doubt for Stoke Citys match against Portsmouth after tripping over his dog, we look at some of footballs other silly injuries.

1. Dave Beasant
The crazy keeper ruled himself out of action for two-and-a-half months after dropping a jar of salad cream on his feet during the 1993 pre-season. The then Southampton custodian ruptured ankle ligaments in the mishap.
2. Santiago Canizares
Similar story to Beasant except, as if to emphasise the cultural divide between England and Spain, the offending item was a bottle of aftershave rather than a condiment! A stray piece of glass from the bottle severed a tendon in the keepers toe forcing him to miss the 2002 World Cup.

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Following the news that Liam Lawrence is a doubt for Stoke Citys match against Portsmouth after tripping over his dog, we look at some of footballs other silly injuries.

1. Dave Beasant
The crazy keeper ruled himself out of action for two-and-a-half months after dropping a jar of salad cream on his feet during the 1993 pre-season. The then Southampton custodian ruptured ankle ligaments in the mishap.
2. Santiago Canizares
Similar story to Beasant except, as if to emphasise the cultural divide between England and Spain, the offending item was a bottle of aftershave rather than a condiment! A stray piece of glass from the bottle severed a tendon in the keepers toe forcing him to miss the 2002 World Cup.

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Summary
Keepit.com is part of a group of companies, under a parent company called Cohaesio. It is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cohaesios core competencies in managing infrastructure, support for a large number of customers and complex storage solutions allowed Keepit.com to easily enter the online backup industry.
The less clicks the better is the mantra that governs the service offerings of Keepit.com, the online backup service provider. The company strives to serve its customers by ensuring that complication in the software is not the reason why backups fail to happen. Keepit.coms explicit strategy is to differentiate on simplicity and ease of use, and they certainly deliver on this promise.
There are no unnecessary clicks or complex settings to go through during the set up, backup and restore process.
Presently, Keepit.com offers services in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finish. In the coming months, Keepit.com is planning to add services in French and Spanish.

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Brian Little apparently walkedout or whatever around 1pm Saturday afternoon and the players were unaware of what was happening according to Geoff Moss on Radio Wales on Saturday afternoon. Did he not attend training with Little on Friday morning because if he had he would have realised the players knew what was happening then when Brian Little was not the least bit interested on how things were developing.

Come on Geoff give us the truth.

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Summary
Keepit.com is part of a group of companies, under a parent company called Cohaesio. It is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cohaesios core competencies in managing infrastructure, support for a large number of customers and complex storage solutions allowed Keepit.com to easily enter the online backup industry.
The less clicks the better is the mantra that governs the service offerings of Keepit.com, the online backup service provider. The company strives to serve its customers by ensuring that complication in the software is not the reason why backups fail to happen. Keepit.coms explicit strategy is to differentiate on simplicity and ease of use, and they certainly deliver on this promise.
There are no unnecessary clicks or complex settings to go through during the set up, backup and restore process.
Presently, Keepit.com offers services in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finish. In the coming months, Keepit.com is planning to add services in French and Spanish.

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Reviewed on Sep. 26, 2008
Summary
Keepit.com is part of a group of companies, under a parent company called Cohaesio. It is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark. Cohaesios core competencies in managing infrastructure, support for a large number of customers and complex storage solutions allowed Keepit.com to easily enter the online backup industry.
The less clicks the better is the mantra that governs the service offerings of Keepit.com, the online backup service provider. The company strives to serve its customers by ensuring that complication in the software is not the reason why backups fail to happen. Keepit.coms explicit strategy is to differentiate on simplicity and ease of use, and they certainly deliver on this promise.
There are no unnecessary clicks or complex settings to go through during the set up, backup and restore process.
Presently, Keepit.com offers services in the following languages: English, Danish, German, Swedish, Norwegian, and Finish. In the coming months, Keepit.com is planning to add services in French and Spanish.

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During the recent World Cup qualifying build up and games, the media debated the club v country issue.
Initially the withdrawal of Stephen Gerrard from Capellos options due to an operation on his groin, prompted debate as to whether Capello had been fully informed by Liverpool that this was to happen. Other withdrawals such as Hargreaves and Carrick also fuelled the suspicion that clubs were holding back and protecting their players.
Jamie Carraghers autobiography added a new dimension by his public admission that playing for England was not as important to him as playing for Liverpool. The discussion also led to the proposition that England players did not give their all for their country, and showed more commitment to their club in terms of level of performance. Added to this, the debate moved on to suggest that international football is of lesser quality than top flight domestic football and that most players would look around the international changing room and consider themselves to be in a lesser team than their club team.
Let us consider these points.
The club owns the player and effectively loans the player out for international duty. The player is the clubs asset and like any valuable asset has to be protected.
Whilst it can be frustrating for the international manager that the clubs can withhold a player, most international managers would be more than familiar with this and the term poacher becoming gamekeeper springs to mind. A players fitness and availability is a footballing problem that exists. It is also wholly understandable from a club or country point of view. One thing for sure is that a fit player who is eager to play for his country will be ready and eager for selection.
Do players give their all for their country? In most cases I would say yes. I have always thought Jamie Carragher to be a very strong player and gives 100%. He retired from international football in 2006, but was an important squad player. I felt we missed him in the Euro Qualifying match at Wembley against Croatia. He always performed well for England and when selected gave his all. His decision to retire from international football is his own decision and that should be respected. Whether it be a training match, a five a side or whatever form a football match takes, players are competitive. Factors that can influence players performance is poor media and a crowd that is on the players back. Owen Hargreaves, Peter Crouch and the current in vogue player to jeer, Frank Lampard might be forgiven for thinking whether it is all worth it. The crowd should be behind the team. Any analysis of performance and selection can be done after the game.
The standard of the international game came under scrutiny. Don Revie once famously said that his old Leeds teams were far better than his then England team. Arsene Wenger has said that his Arsenal team could beat Brazil. Certainly there is an elevation and status given to the international game that perhaps is not completely justified. Afterall Andorra would have trouble in the fourth tier of English football if not the fifth.
The recent 1-4 victory over Croatia seemed to bring back the good times and put these debates into perspective. The cheer in my local pub when England scored the first goal seemed to convey relief, anticipation, renewal of faith and joy at the same time. As the game continued a realisation that English football was not in a complete mess happily dawned. The players were working hard and performing well, beyond expectations even.
The standard of football was high and the match was entertaining. After the game, a sense of euphoria and a sense of purpose had permeated within the nations football psyche.
International football is a different concept to club football. It is not every week and the media build up to an international, is more intense than any club game that would only have special significance to the two clubs involved.
There can be great chasms of footballing talent especially in the qualifying rounds. A football match though is ultimately 11 men against 11 men. At club level a team will have their legends and heroes. These heroes and legends are not universally popular. At international level however, household names are made, the nation unites and anticipation heightens. The 1990 World Cup semi final was an amazing evening even if it was to end in sweet sorrow.
A World Cup winning team will however have a legacy and status that no club achievement could surpass. If a player wishes to become a true legend and his status as footballing hero never to be challenged, being in a World Cup winning team is the only way to achieve this.
And the manager who delivers this..

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Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at the Old Trafford stadium in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is the most popular football club in the world, with over 330 million supporters worldwide almost 5% of the world's population.
The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974-75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 196465.
The club is the second most successful in the history of English football and by far the most successful of recent times, having won 20 major honours since the start of Alex Ferguson's reign as manager in November 1986.They are the Premier League's reigning champions, and have won England's top division 17 times, one short of Liverpool's record of 18 league titles. In 1968, they became the first English club to win the European Cup, beating S.L. Benfica 41. They won a second European Cup as part of an unprecedented Treble in 1999, before winning their third in 2008, 40 years almost to the day after their first. The club also holds the record for the most FA Cup titles with 11
Since the late 1990s, the club has been one of the richest in the world with the highest revenue of any football club,and is currently ranked as the richest and most valuable club in football, with a value of 897 million (1,333 million / $1.8 billion) as of May 2008.Manchester United was a founding member of the now defunct G-14 group of Europe's leading football clubs and its replacement, the European Club Association.
Alex Ferguson has been manager of the club since 6 November 1986. The current club captain is Gary Neville, who succeeded Roy Keane in November 2005.

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Lots of people wear neck lanyards every day, but few of them realize how complex these devices can be. For starters, there isnt just a single type of lanyard. Instead, there are a number of different versions, which vary from the original lanyard in terms of size and style.
One of these different versions is called a round breakaway identification lanyards. Its different because it doesnt connect back to itself continuously. Instead, theres a point on the lanyard at which it detaches from itself. This feature makes the lanyard easier to take off, particularly in an emergency situation. In the workplace, round breakaway lanyards have only become more popular over time. Here are a few reasons why.
Security: The round breakaway neck lanyard is considerably safer than a standard lanyard, and also safer than a chain of any sort. Its safer because it will immediately drop off your neck if it gets caught in a piece of machinery, instead of hauling your neck along with it. This feature also helps if youre working with small children who tend to tug on necklaces. The round breakaway lanyard will help you to do your job safely, without worrying as much about head and neck injuries.
Elegance: In addition to its great safety benefits, the round breakaway neck lanyards offers a number of stylish color options to choose from. That way, youll be able to match the lanyards to your companys uniforms or colors. Additionally, youll be able to color-code your employees, simply by changing the shade of the lanyard that theyre wearing. For example, when youd like a group of people to handle one task together, you can give each of them a purple lanyard, so that they can easily identify the members of their team. Finally, even if you decide not to color-code your employees, its also nice to be able to give your workers a choice about the color that theyll be wearing.
Toughness: Each aspect of the round breakaway neck lanyard is engineered to last. The cord, for example, is created out of super-strong braided nylon, while the hook is made from steel and plated with nickel. Because of its superb materials and construction, each lanyard will be able to withstand the stress of a construction site without problems. Making sure that each lanyard is durable and long lasting will save your company money, since you wont have to replace them over and over.
Usefulness: The durable hook on the round breakaway neck lanyard will allow it to hold practically any badge, including ID cards, security passes, or drivers licenses. Additionally, the hook can support a few light tools, attaching them to the lanyard for easy transportation around the job site. Because of the versatility of the hook, you wont need to purchase a number of different kinds of lanyards for your purposes. Instead, a single purchase of round breakaway neck lanyards will be able to take care of a number of tasks, saving your company money.

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Rizal Hashim has left a new comment on your post "Michael Owen, once upon a time we love him so much...":
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despite his brilliance in slaloming past a few Argentine sissies en route to scoring the goal in the 1998 World Cup, Owen is an overrated player. imagine it took a frenchman (gerard houllier) to make him realise using his left foot was also key to his overall performance...here I shall share with you an article I wrote a few years back for the Sunday Mail...
Publication : SUM Edition :
Date : 20/03/2005
Page Number : 74
Headline : Houllier: Vital to spot talent early
Words : 1611
Byline : By Rizal Hashim
Text :

THE last time Sunday Mailsport's RIZAL HASHIM met Gerard Houllier in the flesh was almost eight years ago, when the Frenchman was in Shah Alam charting the fortunes of the French Under-20 team in the Youth World Cup. At that time, Houllier was linked to a job in the English FA and his only answer to Sunday Mailsport's question about the speculation was "who told you?" The former Liverpool, Paris St Germain, Lens and France national teamboss, however, revealed interesting insights into his career in addressingAsia's elite coaches during the Asian Football Confederation (AFC)Football Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
There are five elements to success in youth development. They are selecting talent through the right criteria, reserved training facilities, adapted training programmes, qualified experienced coaches and the successful step-up to professional level. Spotting talent, the earlier the better, with a scouting system that works for clubs on a national level. Selecting the best means judging a player by his first touch and quickness of feet. Pace is not really crucial at a young age. Zinedine Zidane is not the quickest of players but he blossomed due to his quick thinking and quickness of feet. The emphasis is on intelligence. Then we look for the competitive edge in a player, the winning mentality that is embodied by Steven Gerrard. Reserved facilities mean proper training pitches for players. Sharing with other teams is not good. In England, they have the academies. In France, we have the centre de formation. Adapted training methods involve a progressive programme because what you do with kids between 13 and 15 is not the same as you do from 15 to17. Kids need coaching, they need to be shown how to do things, which is why we must have specialised coaches to produce good lemons.When a player makes the step-up into professional level usually at the age of 20 or even earlier, then the manager of the team has the right to squeeze the lemon dry. But it is the job of the youth coaches to produce a good lemon.
HOW AND HOW LONG
France's victories in the 1998 World Cup and the Euro 2000 were the logical culmination of a process that began with the foundation of an Institut National du Football (INF) in 1972. France lost to Norway in 1968, if I am not mistaken, and that defeat cost us a place in the 1970 World Cup in Mexico. There was a crisis. Crises provide a fantastic opportunity to impose an overhaul, so the youth academies were made compulsory. After the (Michel) Platini generation, we struggled to produce results. France did not qualify for Euro 88. We realised we were lagging behind and there was a need to reduce the gap. When I became the French Football Federation (FFF) technical director just before 1990, our academies were not producing enough top class players.We had good, strong players but they lacked technical expertise and creativity, someone predictable like Franck Sauzee (former Sochaux, Marseille and France midfielder). The emphasis was pass and move and one touch football. Every club had a centre de formation for young players from the age of 16. What I did at Claire fontaine was set up a centre de preformation and took on 12- and 13-year-old kids. There was training every day, they went to school together, went home to their families on a Friday and played for a small team over the weekend so that were not uprooted. For three years they worked on three things - skills, skills and skills. Within three years, success was apparent - Thierry Henry, Nicolas Anelka,William Gallas and Jerome Rothen were the first generation to graduate. The future will involve working with players before they reach the age of 12. Between the ages of 12 and 15, the emphasis ought to be on skills, 15-17 is about technical and physical training before teaching the player stactical variations and working on their attitude.

EAKING THE PATTERN
There were objections to the ideas. One particular famous French player told me to let the clubs have their own way. Later he was honest enough to tell me that it was a good job that I did not listen to him. We had to break the mental barrier in order to break the pattern. We were producing players but not enough top-class players. We realised when a player reaches the age of 15, his technical shortcomings will be difficult to compensate as he grows older. At the most he can improve is a maximum 20 per cent, which is certainly not good enough. So we had to change and take on kids at an earlier age. I was fed up on hearing pass and move or one-touch football. The truth was we needed to improve their skills, which is to teach them ball control. By controlling the ball better, there is less risk of injurybecause you don't have to fight for a loose ball because of your poor touch. Nantes were almost bankrupt but they won the league in 1995 by using homegrown products from their academy which included Patrice Loko, Nicolas Ouedec and Christian Karembeu. We had a difficult time in convincing the club the need to broaden their horizons and expose the players to international matches at an earlier age. Five players from the Euro 96 squad came through the programme at Clairefontaine. And talking about experience, I brought the French Under-20 team for theWorld Cup here in Malaysia. Among my players were Henry, David Trezeguet, Gallas, Mickael Silvestre and Willy Sagnol. Exactly a year later, Henry and Trezeguet converted their penalties in the quarter-final shoot-out against Italy in the World Cup. They could cope with the pressure having played against so many international teams in different environments at various age levels.
ASIAN PLAYERS
I have never coached an Asian player but when I made inquiries about them from five top coaches, they seemed to agree on a few facts. Their assets are their collective culture which means they are inclined to put the team's interest before theirs, very focused, possess the desire to do repetitive training to perfect their skills, good skills, quickfeet, enthusiastic, eager to learn and good work ethics. Some of the drawbacks are lack of football culture in the continent, tactical naivety, lack of power and strength and more of a player than a competitor which means they are content on playing than winning. Asian players in general work hard. They resort to repetition work to improve themselves. Some say Michael Owen is a gifted player. That may be true but he also worked hard to perfect his skills. In one particular match in 1999, Owen found himself in a one-to-one situation with Arsenal keeper David Seaman. The angle forced him to take the ball on his left but instead of shooting, Owen brought the ball back to his favoured foot. I told him with his pace, he will always find himself in such situations but he must learn to shoot with his left leg. From then onwards, he kept on kicking the ball with his left leg during training, and sure enough he scored crucial goals using his left foot, notably in the 2001 FA Cup final against Arsenal and the Super Cup against Bayern Munich. My advice to Asian coaches is to play to the highest level with the assets and strengths, avoid copying the Germans, the French or the Brazilians in totality. Don't copy, succeed with your own quality through vivacity, skills and movement and develop your own style, encourage individual initiatives, become more aggressive and send some early to European clubs.
MANAGING AT THE TOP
Football has evolved so much since I became a coach at Lens in 1982. It has become more complex. You cannot simply motivate with words. It takes talent to coach talent.There are four aspects of management at top level - profile of the coach, vision, mission and conclusion. Young players today are well-versed in the game as opposed to kids their age 20 years ago. As such you need to constantly update yourself. A coach must be a leader who is brave to confront rather than run from conflicts, and above all, care about his players. When we asked former players such as (Jean) Tigana and (Luis) Fernandez to name one coach they respected the most, to our surprise their answer was a 65-year-old coach who died last year in France. We were expecting names such as Aime Jacquet (1998 World Cup winning coach), Guy Roux (Auxerre) or Jean-Claude Suaudeau (former Nantes boss). And why the veteran coach? Because the coach cared. He would show concern on the players' welfare and family life. Alex Ferguson also made it a point to have a cup of tea with Eric Cantona every day during his eight-month suspension following the infamous kung-fu kick in 1995. A modern manager in Europe must possess the ability to manage and communicate with multi-cultural millionaires. He too must be a strategist who handles three teams. The team are divided into two, those who play and those who don't, plus the third team comprising the supporting staff. (Houllier, 58 on Sept 3, is bound for a job with Football FederationAustralia on a consultancy basis. He will spend a few weeks Down Under and then travel to Australia regularly to work with CEO, John O'Neill, John Boultbee, Ron Smith (former Sabah and Johor FC coach) and Frank Farina on looking at their systems).

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I really thought I knew everything there is about the midfielder, but reading a David Beckham biography I found out more about the man behind the superstar. That's why I decided to write my own biography of David Beckham, to share to you the player behind the million dollar endorsements.

David Beckham Biography Manchester United

David Beckham's story starts out near London, where he was born to a family of Manchester United fans. Despite being so close to clubs like West Ham United, Arsenal or Chelsea, Beckham's aim was always the Red Devils club. As luck would have it, on his fourteenth birthday, he was taken in the Manchester youth program, and he even starred next to the senior team...as a mascot.

Just 4 years later, he went on to play for Sir Alex Ferguson's senior squad, but his performance still needed fine tuning, so he was loaned to Preston North End for a year, returning to Manchester with some match experience. He quickly gained his place in the squad, despite his young age and became one of Manchester's most preeminent players during the following decade.

His most successful season with Manchester is undoubtedly 1999, when the club achieved the Treble (League, Cup and Champions League in the same season) and with David Beckham playing soccer like never before.

It's around then that he "trademarked" his famous free kicks and crosses and seeing some footage of David Beckham in action during that period will shed all doubts as to whether or not his superstardom status has a solid basis in his playing style, or just his good looks.

David Beckham Biography 1998 World Cup Incident

His career did have a few rough moments, the most notable one being in 1998 with the English national side, at that year's World Cup. In the Second Round, where England would play Argentina, Beckham was taunted by Argentinean midfielder Diego Simeone and he responded with a swing towards the player, which earned him a red card for bad behavior on the pitch.

With England losing the match and being knocked out of the tournament, all blame fell on David Beckham, as the English newspapers put him against the wall and fired up some poisonous articles. Any other player would have stayed low, or even quit soccer, but David Beckham's ambition brought him back to the top. His performance with Manchester the following year, earned him back the respect of his fans and the entire world.

David Beckham Biography Real Madrid

By the time David Beckham moved to Real Madrid in 2003, he was already a well-known star on the international stage. In his four years with the Madrid club he managed to win the Spanish league once, but his performance was deemed poorer than what he was playing at Manchester.

Many attributed this loss of form due to the new system found at Real and the fact that at Madrid he wasn't the "star" of the team anymore, since he was playing next to other internationally famous soccer players like Zinedine Zidane, Raul or Roberto Carlos.

David Beckham Biography Los Angeles Galaxy

Moving to play in the United States for the Los Angeles Galaxy as of 2007 earned him one of the biggest contracts in the history of soccer and it was an offer David couldn't have refused, despite the fact that the soccer level in the United States is not as high as the one practiced in Spain.

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During the recent World Cup qualifying build up and games, the media debated the club v country issue.
Initially the withdrawal of Stephen Gerrard from Capellos options due to an operation on his groin, prompted debate as to whether Capello had been fully informed by Liverpool that this was to happen. Other withdrawals such as Hargreaves and Carrick also fuelled the suspicion that clubs were holding back and protecting their players.
Jamie Carraghers autobiography added a new dimension by his public admission that playing for England was not as important to him as playing for Liverpool. The discussion also led to the proposition that England players did not give their all for their country, and showed more commitment to their club in terms of level of performance. Added to this, the debate moved on to suggest that international football is of lesser quality than top flight domestic football and that most players would look around the international changing room and consider themselves to be in a lesser team than their club team.
Let us consider these points.
The club owns the player and effectively loans the player out for international duty. The player is the clubs asset and like any valuable asset has to be protected.
Whilst it can be frustrating for the international manager that the clubs can withhold a player, most international managers would be more than familiar with this and the term poacher becoming gamekeeper springs to mind. A players fitness and availability is a footballing problem that exists. It is also wholly understandable from a club or country point of view. One thing for sure is that a fit player who is eager to play for his country will be ready and eager for selection.
Do players give their all for their country? In most cases I would say yes. I have always thought Jamie Carragher to be a very strong player and gives 100%. He retired from international football in 2006, but was an important squad player. I felt we missed him in the Euro Qualifying match at Wembley against Croatia. He always performed well for England and when selected gave his all. His decision to retire from international football is his own decision and that should be respected. Whether it be a training match, a five a side or whatever form a football match takes, players are competitive. Factors that can influence players performance is poor media and a crowd that is on the players back. Owen Hargreaves, Peter Crouch and the current in vogue player to jeer, Frank Lampard might be forgiven for thinking whether it is all worth it. The crowd should be behind the team. Any analysis of performance and selection can be done after the game.
The standard of the international game came under scrutiny. Don Revie once famously said that his old Leeds teams were far better than his then England team. Arsene Wenger has said that his Arsenal team could beat Brazil. Certainly there is an elevation and status given to the international game that perhaps is not completely justified. Afterall Andorra would have trouble in the fourth tier of English football if not the fifth.
The recent 1-4 victory over Croatia seemed to bring back the good times and put these debates into perspective. The cheer in my local pub when England scored the first goal seemed to convey relief, anticipation, renewal of faith and joy at the same time. As the game continued a realisation that English football was not in a complete mess happily dawned. The players were working hard and performing well, beyond expectations even.
The standard of football was high and the match was entertaining. After the game, a sense of euphoria and a sense of purpose had permeated within the nations football psyche.
International football is a different concept to club football. It is not every week and the media build up to an international, is more intense than any club game that would only have special significance to the two clubs involved.
There can be great chasms of footballing talent especially in the qualifying rounds. A football match though is ultimately 11 men against 11 men. At club level a team will have their legends and heroes. These heroes and legends are not universally popular. At international level however, household names are made, the nation unites and anticipation heightens. The 1990 World Cup semi final was an amazing evening even if it was to end in sweet sorrow.
A World Cup winning team will however have a legacy and status that no club achievement could surpass. If a player wishes to become a true legend and his status as footballing hero never to be challenged, being in a World Cup winning team is the only way to achieve this.
And the manager who delivers this..

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This is footypodand were getting there slowly, still lots to do before we get back to where we were before our old hosts vanished off the face of the earth taking the old site with them.
Were syndicating content from all over the place, if you recognise this as your stuff, well be happy to remove it or link to you over there on the right.
Were currently working through our list of forums to syndicate content from. Basically this means footypod will be a place you can check in and see what your rivals are saying about your team, quickly and easily without having to trawl around the web. If you are a forum owner, dont worry we will always link back to the original thread which means you will probably get new members. If you have a forum you would like to be included, leave a comment somewhere and we will pick up on it.
This is going to take a while, so keep checking back as we have lots of clubs to get through. They will appear in the Main Menu to the right as and when we add them.
When we have finished with the forums, we will move on to the podcasts.
All the stuff you will need for now is in the main menu on the right.

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This is footypodand were getting there slowly, still lots to do before we get back to where we were before our old hosts vanished off the face of the earth taking the old site with them.
Were syndicating content from all over the place, if you recognise this as your stuff, well be happy to remove it or link to you over there on the right.
Were currently working through our list of forums to syndicate content from. Basically this means footypod will be a place you can check in and see what your rivals are saying about your team, quickly and easily without having to trawl around the web. If you are a forum owner, dont worry we will always link back to the original thread which means you will probably get new members. If you have a forum you would like to be included, leave a comment somewhere and we will pick up on it.
This is going to take a while, so keep checking back as we have lots of clubs to get through. They will appear in the Main Menu to the right as and when we add them.
When we have finished with the forums, we will move on to the podcasts.
All the stuff you will need for now is in the main menu on the right.

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This is footypodand were getting there slowly, still lots to do before we get back to where we were before our old hosts vanished off the face of the earth taking the old site with them.
Were syndicating content from all over the place, if you recognise this as your stuff, well be happy to remove it or link to you over there on the right.
Were currently working through our list of forums to syndicate content from. Basically this means footypod will be a place you can check in and see what your rivals are saying about your team, quickly and easily without having to trawl around the web. If you are a forum owner, dont worry we will always link back to the original thread which means you will probably get new members. If you have a forum you would like to be included, leave a comment somewhere and we will pick up on it.
This is going to take a while, so keep checking back as we have lots of clubs to get through. They will appear in the Main Menu to the right as and when we add them.
When we have finished with the forums, we will move on to the podcasts.
All the stuff you will need for now is in the main menu on the right.

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