Pictures: England League Two Stadiums

Pictures of many of the grounds in England's League Two (fourth division)


AFC Bournemouth - Dean Court (Capacity: 9,600)



Barnet FC - Underhill Stadium (Capacity: 5,568)



Bradford City - Valley Parade (Capacity: 25,136)




Bury FC - Gigg Lane Stadium (Capacity: 11,840)



Cheltenham Town - Abbey Business Stadium (Whaddon Road)(Capacity: 7,066)



Chesterfield FC - Saltergate (Capacity: 8,504)



Crewe Alexandra FC - Alexandra Stadium (Gresty Road)(Capacity: 10,153)



Darlington FC - The Northern Echo Darlington Arena (Capacity: 25,000)



Grimsby Town - Blundell Park (Capacity: 9,546



Lincoln City FC - Sincil Bank (Capacity: 10,127)



Macclesfield Town FC - Moss Rose (Capacity: 6,355)



Northampton Town FC - Sixfields Stadium (Capacity: 7,653)



Notts County FC - Meadow Lane (Capacity: 19,588)



Rochdale AFC - Spotland Stadium (Capacity: 10,249)



Rotherham United - Don Valley Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)



Shrewsbury Town FC - Prostar Stadium (Capacity: 9,875)

Videos: CONCACAF Nations with One World Cup Appearance

A few highlights from the CONCACAF nations who've made just one all-time World Cup appearance. I especially enjoyed the Haiti 1974 video, very entertaining stuff and a good result for Haiti (with some great saves by the Haitian keeper).

Haiti 1974


Honduras 1982


Canada 1986


Jamaica 1998


Trinidad and Tobago 2006





Cuba also made one World Cup appearance (1938) but I wasn't able to find any footage of them to include.

CONCACAF Players in Asian Leagues

A list of CONCACAF players that are currently playing for clubs in the Asian Football Confederation.


Paul Ifill - Wellington Phoenix (SMH)



AUSTRALIA

BARBADOS
Paul Ifill - Wellington Phoenix

COSTA RICA
Carlos Hernández - Melbourne Victory
Marvin Angulo - Melbourne Victory

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES
Dyron Daal - North Queensland Fury



CHINA

COSTA RICA
Johnny Woodly Lambert - Changchun Yatai
Porfirio López Meza - Dalian Shide
José Luis López Ramírez - Dalian Shide
Rodolfo Rodríguez - Tianjin Teda

HONDURAS
Samuel Caballero - Changchun Yatai
Luis Ramirez - Hangzhou Greentown
Jerry Palacios - Hangzhou Greentown
Mauricio Sabillón - Hangzhou Greentown

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Kevaughn Connell - Nanchang Bayi

UNITED STATES
Lyle Martin - Shannxi Chan-Ba



HONG KONG

UNITED STATES
Marc Roland - Happy Valley AA
Lexton Moy - Tai Chung FC


INDIA

UNITED STATES
Avneet Shergil - Salgaocar


LEBANON

TRINIDAD and TOBAGO
Peter Prospar - Racing Beirut


SAUDI ARABIA

UNITED STATES
Jeremiah White - Al-Ettifaq



SINGAPORE

CANADA
Murphy Wiredu - Sengkang Punggol FC
Anthony Christopher Bahadur - Sengkang Punggol FC



THAILAND

JAMAICA
Richard Langley - Pattaya United FC

USA
Devala Gorrick - Pattaya United FC



VIETNAM

TURKS and CAICOS
Gavin Glinton - Nam Dinh FC

UNITED STATES
Christopher Williams - Ðà Nẵng F.C.
Lee Nguyen - Bình Dương
John Krause - Hòa Phát Hà Nội

Pictures: Face Painted Footy Fans

Austria




Cameroon




Colombia




Costa Rica




Netherlands




England (taking it to the next level...)




Ghana




Japan




South Korea




Switzerland




Tunisia




Turkey




Vietnam




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Still Active Players from the 1994 World Cup

A list of the players from the 1994 World Cup squads that are still playing professionally around the world.



Argentina
Ariel Ortega - River Plate (Argentina)

Bolivia
Juan Manuel Peña - DC United (USA)
Jaime Moreno - DC United (USA)
Luis Cristaldo - Guabirá Montero (Bolivia)

Brazil
Ronaldo - Corinthians (Brazil)
Viola - Brusque (Brazil.4th Division)

Cameroon
Rigobert Song - Trabzonspor (Turkey)

Colombia
Faryd Mondragón - 1. FC Köln (Germany)

Germany
Jürgen Kohler - Alemannia Adendorf (Germany.9th Division)

Morocco
Mustapha Hadji - CS Fola Esch (Luxembourg)

Netherlands
Edwin van der Sar - Manchester United (England)

Norway
Erik Mykland - Drammen FK (Norway.2nd Division)
Sigurd Rushfeldt - Tromsø IL (Norway)

Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Al-Deayea - Al-Hilal (Saudi Arabia)

South Korea
Lee Woon-Jae - Suwon Bluewings (S. Korea)

Sweden
Teddy Lučić - Elfsborg (Sweden)



Side Note: I'm not 100% sure because I wasn't very thorough when checking this, but I believe Kasey Keller is the only player still playing from the 1990 World Cup squads. I'm sure a stat guru out there will correct me if I'm wrong on that...

Fun With Player Names

Soccer Player names around the world that have to do with the three randomly selected topics of Days/Months, Colors, and Weather Terminology.

DAYS and MONTHS

Stephen Sunday Obayan - Real Betis (Spain)

Akkani-Sunday Wasiu - Changsha Ginde (China)

Monday James - Hammarby (Sweden)

Jamie Friday - Green Bay Hoppers (Antigua and Barbuda)

January Ziambo - Laci (Albania)

April Hadi - PSPS Pekanbaru (Indonesia)

July Mahlangu - Thanda Royal Zulu (South Africa)

Thabo September - Supersport United (South Africa)

Thomrick October - Mpumalanga Black Aces (South Africa)

Motseothata November - Free State Stars (South Africa)



COLORS

Rubén de la Red - Real Madrid (Spain)

Robert Green - West Ham United (England)

Markus Pink - Austria Kärnten (Austria)

Scott Brown - Celtic (Scotland)

CJ Brown - Chicago Fire (USA)

Michael Brown - Portsmouth (England)

Wes Brown - Manchester United (England)

Hughan Grey - Sporting Central (Jamaica)

Andy Gray - Barnsley (England)

Ian Black - Hearts (Scotland)

Jeremiah White - Al-Ettifaq (Saudi Arabia)

Marco Rose - FSV Mainz 05 (Germany)

Danny Rose - Tottenham Hotspur (England)

Max Cream - Cleveland City Stars (USA)

Emerald George - Avenues United (Barbados)

Will Salmon - Ebbsfleet United (England)

Tan Tai Le - Khanh Hoa (Vietnam)

Gary Teale - Derby County (England)


WEATHER TERMINOLOGY

Bo Storm - HB Køge (Denmark)

Rain Poldme - Vaprus (Estonia)

Rain Tölpus - Tulevik (Estonia)

Lars Winde - Esbjerg (Denmark)

Tornado Mongale - Jomo Cosmos (South Africa)

Dominic Blizzard - Bristol Rovers (England)

Jan Cloud - Olimpija (Slovenia)

Eddy Bosnar - Shimizu S-Pulse (Japan)

Matthew Spring - Charlton Athletic (England)

Martin Fall - Angers (France)

Adrian Winter - St. Gallen (Switzerland)

Mads Fogh - Kolding (Denmark)

John Frost - Sporting Fingal (Ireland Republic)

Jamie Breeze - Newtown (Wales)

George Vernal - Boys Town (Jamaica)


And finally, an interesting unrelated name I came across while putting this post together.....

Mario Moistlik - Tallinna Kalev (Estonia)

Videos: MLS Players - Goals with Previous Clubs

Here's a small collection of excellent goals scored by current Major League Soccer players when they were with previous clubs abroad.


Freddie Ljungberg - Arsenal (Seattle Sounders)



WARNING: Very Loud Volume, you'll probably want to turn it down first
Zoltán Hercegfalvi - Budapest Honvéd (Kansas City Wizards)



Luis Ángel Landín - Cruz Azul (Houston Dynamo)



Guillermo Barros Schelotto - Boca Junior (Columbus Crew)



Javier Morales - Newell's Old Boys (Real Salt Lake)



Brian McBride - Fulham (Chicago Fire)



Edgaras Jankauskas - FC Porto (New England Revolution)



Juan Pablo Angel - Aston Villa (New York Red Bulls)

Pictures: UEFA Semi-Final Managers - When they were Players

A picture list of the eight remaining managers in the UEFA Champions League and Europa League when they were players.


CHAMPIONS LEAGUE


Claude Puel - Olympique Lyonnais
Player Pic: AS Monaco, 1980




Louis van Gaal - Bayern Munich
Player Pic: Not sure....AZ Alkmaar maybe




Pep Guardiola - Barcelona
Player Pic: Barcelona (1990-2001)




Jose Mourinho - Inter Milan
Player Pic: União Futebol Comércio Indústria de Setúbal, 1987, Bottom Right



EUROPA LEAGUE


Sammy Lee - Liverpool (Assistant Manager)
Player Pic: Liverpool (1976-1986)

I spent way too much time looking for pics of Rafa Benitez as a player and came up empty handed so I used Liverpool Assistant Manager Sammy Lee for The Reds. (In the late 70's, Rafa made over 200 appearances for Real Madrid's B team, Castilla CF, but apparently no cameras were present)






Quique Sánchez Flores - Atlético Madrid
Player Pic: Real Madrid (1994-1996)





Roy Hodgson - Fulham
Player Pic: Maidstone United, 1971 - Top Row, 5th from Left





Bruno Labbadia - Hamburg SV
Player Pic: 1. FC Kaiserslautern (1988-1991)







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Colombia Club Crests

The club crests from the Liga Postobon in Colombia.

América de Cali



Atletico Huila




Atlético Nacional




Boyacá Chicó




CD La Equidad




Cortuluá




Cucuta Deportivo



Deportes Quindio



Deportes Tolima



Deportivo Cali




Deportivo Pereira




Independiente Medellín



Envigado FC



Junior




Millonarios




Once Caldas



Real Cartagena



Santa Fe