Monday 31st March - Quick Round Up

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A very quick round up of the first and second division and also a full match report of Santa Tecla v Vendaval.

This is where I have been and I would heartly recommend it:- La Mariposa, Nicaragua. I also recommend this book by the owner of the hotel, which articulates a lot of what I have been trying to think about the last couple of years. First icon for UK, second for USA. Enjoy.

Thursday 13th March 2008 - Happy 50th Birthday Mágico!

Video by Kevin Alvarado - thanks very much

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First Division Round 7
Vista Hermosa 3 - Nejapa 0
San Salvador 1 - Once Municipal 1
Isidro Metapan 3 - CD FAS 2
LA Firpo 2 - Alianza 1
Chalatenango 2 - Águila 2

The Roberto Gamarra Case
Video - he got a six month ban

Jorge "El Mágico" González on wikipedia

Altered Images - Happy Birthday

Monday 11th March - Love and Money

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First Division Round 6:- attendance in italics
Águila 0 - Alianza 0 - 5,335 video - playing with a familiar song
FAS 3 - Chalatenango - 2 3,206 video
Once Municpal 0 - Vista Hermosa 2 - 904 audio
Nejapa 2 - Isidro Metapán 2 - 547 "El Colorado" Reyes pictured
San Salvador 0 - Firpo 0 - 766 audio

2nd Division Standings, half way stage (11 played)
Group A
1st Atlético Marte 23pts
2nd Juventud Independiente 22pts
3rd Santa Tecla 19pts
4th Marte Soyapango 18pts
5th Arcense 15pts
6th Curazao 14pts
7th Sonsonate 13pts
8th Once Lobos 12pts
== Fuertes Aguilares 12pts
10th A.D. Municipal 12pts
11th Estudiantes 9pts
12th Vendaval 7pts

Group B
1st A.F.I. 22pts
2nd Aspirante 20pts
3rd Atlético Balboa 17pts (played 10)
== Liberal 17pts
== Liberal I.R. 17pts
== Tehuacán 17pts
7th Fuerte San Francisco 14pts
== A.D.I. 14pts
9th Municipal Limeño 13pts
== Platense 13pts
11th Atlético Chaparras 12pts
12th Topiltzín 8pts (played 10)

Blatter:-
Blatter On The Brink
Blatter favours GB Olympic team - 2005
David Will on GB Olympic team - and Blatter's "word" - 2007
Blatter against GB Olympic team - 2008
Do the "privileges" go back to 1946 or 1947, Sepp?

Finances in Football:-
The Political Economy Of Football

CONCACAF Champions Cup:-
Reports
Results

So please check back Monday, and in the meantime add your comments on all these issues and more, below.

Monday 3rd March - I Fought The Law

Exciting scenes in Las Delicias

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First Division Round 5 Attendance in italics
Vista Hermosa 1 - San Salvador 0 791 Pompilio Cacho
Metapán 2 - Once Municipal 0 1,558
Alianza 0 - FAS 0 5,925 video
Firpo 2 - Águila 4 4,925 Nicogol
Chalatenanago 3 - Nejapa 0 1,456 Rodolfo Zelaya

Santa Tecla v Sonsonate
An enjoyable yet frustrating afternoon at a calm but busy Las Delicias as Sonsonate must be happiest with the goalless draw. The home side were simply not incisive enough, we saw some fine work down the right, but ultimatley Bernal's decision making and/or execution always let him down. Owing to the state of the pitch it was hard for Santa Tecla to play football on the ground as they normally try to, and we saw a lot of long hopeful balls. Both teams had chances to clinch it, but failed to capitalise. Santa Tecla showed once again their solid defence, but once again came up against a team sporting a big centre back who was a wall all afternoon. Santa Tecla 0 - Sonsonate 0

"Chaos" Gallery

Get Robert Irvine's book "Mission: Cook!" here! click here for US readers, and here for UK readers. I wonder if Delia knows him, maybe he inspired the name of her latest book? Enjoy this great interview with Delia and husband Michael Wynn-Jones.

You Can't Trust Anyone These Day Part 2 - Matt Le Tiss on Ali Dia

Tim Vickery's column on the BBC

Pumas Blog
Mexican League General Table - Americanistas!! keep looking for your gallinas ... its a long way down ....