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English Football Association set to introduce minimum 5-game ban for racist abuse Fox News - Dec 31, 1969 LONDON – The English Football Association is due to vote this week to introduce minimum five-game bans for racial abuse. The sanction will rise if there are aggravating circumstances, people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press about

English football still in the closet Aljazeera.com - Dec 31, 1969 Chris Basiurski, Chairman of the Gay Football Supporters Network in the UK, a campaign and social network for football fans within the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans-gender community, believes there's a long way to go before we can start patting each

Manchester City sack manager Mancini Aljazeera.com - Dec 31, 1969 Manchester City, the British football club, has sacked manager Roberto Mancini after his team's failure to defend its Premier League title. City had also failed to progress from the group stage of the Champions League for a second successive season

McManaman hailed as 'a real diamond of English football' by Martinez Daily Mail - Dec 31, 1969 Callum McManaman was hailed as a 'real diamond of English football' after his man-of-the match performance helped Wigan to a famous FA Cup triumph. How quickly things change. It was just two months ago that McManaman was football's No 1 hate figure

Cardiff City boss empathises with Old Firm's England ambitions BBC Sport - Dec 31, 1969 Celtic and Rangers' desires to somehow become part of the lucrative English set-up have been met by brick wall after brick wall, but the big Welsh clubs' historical affiliation with English football means they are now reaping the riches of the EPL.

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Robin Van Persie: mission accomplished The Roar - Dec 31, 1969 Not RVP though, even though he had won all these individual accolades over the past few seasons, it still was never going to fill the void of not having won the Premier League after eight years in English Football. RVP arrived in 2004 to Arsenal

Hart hits out at City capitulation Jersey Evening Post - Dec 31, 1969 Clint Dempsey, Jermain Defoe, and Gareth Bale scored within the space of seven minutes to floor the champions. England goalkeeper Hart pulled no punches in his post-match assessment, telling City TV: “We took the lead and didn't kick on from there.

Dempsey sparks Tottenham past Man City 3-1 - KTBC Channel 7 MyFox Austin - Dec 31, 1969 (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis). Tottenham Hotspur's Jermain Defoe, 2nd right, celebrates with his teammates after scoring against Manchester City during their English Premier League soccer match at White Hart Lane in London, Sunday, April 21, 2013

The weekend's Premier League team news and stats Irish Independent - Dec 31, 1969 Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas is confident that star man Gareth Bale will overcome his ankle injury, while Jermain Defoe also looks set to return after a pelvis injury lay-off. Aaron Lennon (knee) has not trained with the squad yet, but Villas

West Ham United Youth Academy Training in England SoccerNation.com - Dec 31, 1969 Over the years, Carr has helped to develop such English standouts as Glen Johnson, John Terry, Michael Carrick,Joe Cole and Jermain Defoe, as well as Lampard and Ferdinand. Former England U21 midfielder Mark Noble is a product of the West Ham

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