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As I was cleaning out my garage (not a pretty site by the way) I came across an old copy of The One-Minute Manager, a business classic by Ken Blanchard and Spencer Johnson. As I glanced through it, I noticed that it was a nice blueprint for organizing a team. In case you haven’t read the book, it is basically about a new manager learning the best practices for leading a staff from a mentor manager.

Roman Abramovich is selling up at Chelsea because he can’t afford to borrow another 1.8bn from the Russian government to keep him in Shevchenkos. West Ham owner Bjorgolfur Gudmundsson is facing the poor house, and even Man City’s trillionaire sheikh is losing hundreds of millions of pounds a day. Is the super-rich Premiership really immune to the nightmare scenarios facing ordinary companies?

The Biancocelesti and two times champion of Italian Serie A, Lazio, found their winning path by beating Palermo on the road at the Stadio Olimpico last Saturday with a score of 1-0. With this win Lazio finished their losing streak as the Young Eagles didn’t managed to win since November 9th and only captured two points in five games. But with this accomplishment as visitors, their coach Delio Rossi expressed that his team is improving with the time and is getting good team’s chemistry and decision making.

The roar of the crowd, the sway of the terraces, the songs and chants. Football is the source of more arguments than any other subject. Partisan fans are blinded to the views of opponents. Football is all about passion, about emotion and it has been said that it is more important than life itself. Ever wondered why?

The 27-times champion of Serie A, Juventus, has climbed to the second spot of the table in the Lega Calcio by defeating Reggina 4-0 on Saturday. With this win Juventus added three more points to the table, having a total of 27 points.

To get the most out of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, it’s recommended that you make the proper preparations first. Follow these tips to make sure you’re ready for your study abroad academic year soccer program, and make sure you get full credit for it.

Did you know that Harry Redknapp has less points than Jol or Ramos had at this stage in their respective Spur’s careers? After their first twelve games as Tottenham’s manager Jol had 24 points, Ramos 20 and Redknapp 18. Did you know that Chelsea, Arsenal, Lyon and Real Madrid are the only teams to have reached the last 16 stage in each of the last five Champions Leagues, or that Real Madrid have got through to the last eight on just one of those occasions?

Soccer uniform transformed from Victorian knickerbockers which were fastened tightly under the knee, overlapping stockings and heavy boots to jerseys and long shorts. This changed was due to social attitude transformation over time.

During the football tutorial we gave Chelsea at the Old Trafford, I noticed while watching on television a big banner displayed at the Streford end in the stance that read and I quote “OLD TRAFFORD, EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF TROPHIES”. I thought to myself that yes indeed, Old Trafford is actually the European capital of trophies, because I doubt and stand to be corrected if there is any trophy in club football that Manchester United have not won.

It is always advisable to get your youth team soccer players to respect you as a coach. Respect has to be earned and does not come automatically. As a youth soccer coach myself for many years, I have a few tips to pass along.

The game of football has now become very popular in India. It is not an Indian game. It is an English game. We have learnt to play it from the English. Nowadays every school has a football team.

When it comes to having a shot in a game, teammates will always do all they can to attain it, while the opponents will do all they can to keep the score from being attained. In a football match, this is where the goal keeping gloves come in.