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Carling Cup Second Round Results

August 28th, 2008 · Comments · Bristol City, Burnley, Carling Cup, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, cardiff city, coventry, crystal palace, derby county, ipswich, preston north end, watford

The Second Round of the Carling Cup is finished and the 16 CCC teams that made it to the Second Round, 10 made
thier way to the third round which will be drawn live on Sky Sports Saturday August 30th and played the week of the 21st of September. I will have the Third Round draw […]

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Carling Cup Second Round Draw

August 15th, 2008 · Comments · Bristol City, Burnley, Carling Cup, Leeds, Luton, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, cardiff city, colchester united, coventry, crystal palace, derby county, hull city, ipswich, preston north end, southampton, sunderland, watford

Here are the match-ups for the CCC clubs that have advanced to the Second Round of the Carling Cup. Ties will be played on August 26th and 27th at 7:45 GMT unless otherwise changed.
August 26th 
Burnely v Oldham Athletic (League One)
Cardiff City v MK Dons (League One)
Coventry City v Newcastle United (EPL)
Crewe(League One) v Bristol City
Ipswich Town […]

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The Season Has Begun!

August 11th, 2008 · Comments · Blackpool, Bristol City, Burnley, Doncaster Rovers, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Uncategorized, Wolverhampton, birmingham city, cardiff city, charlton, coventry, crystal palace, derby county, ipswich, norwich, plymouth argyle, preston north end, sheffield wednesday, southampton, watford

On Saturday the CCC season officially started as 24 teams battle to win promotion to the English Premier League and the riches that would come with that promotion. For the three promoted teams, Swansea City, Nottingham Forest and Doncaster, they are looking to establish themselves and avoid an immediate return to League One while Reading, […]

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Spanish Influence Is In Vogue At Swansea City

July 31st, 2008 · Comments · Swansea City, albert serran, andrea orlandi, angel rangel, espanyol, gorka pintado, guillem bauza, jordi gomez, roberto martinez

Newly promoted Swansea City couldn’t have picked a better time to ascend into the Championship.
The Welsh club was a penalty kick away from being promoted to the league in May 2006, but Barnsley walked away victors that day in Cardiff.
In hindsight, it was a blessing in disguise for Swansea. The South Wales club now features […]

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Round Up Of CCC Transfers 26 July 208

July 26th, 2008 · Comments · Blackpool, Burnley, Doncaster Rovers, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Transfers, barnsley, crystal palace, derby county, ipswich, norwich

Barnsley:
In: Roberto Colace (Newells Old Boys, Und),
Out: Istvan Ferenczi (Ferencvaros, Und)
Blackpool:
In: Matt Gilks (Norwich, Und), Adam Hammill (Liverpool, loan)
Burnley:
In: Diego Penny (Coronel Bolognesi, Und)
Crystal Palace:
In: Calvin Andrew (Luton Town, Und), Jose Fonte (Benfica, Und), Simon Thomas (Borehamwood, nominal)
 Derby County:
In: Rob Hulse (Sheffield Utd, £1.75M), Przemyslaw Kazmierczak (FC Porto, loan)
Doncaster:
In: Tomi Ameobi (Leeds United, nominal)
Ipswich Town:
In: […]

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CCC Club Snapshot: Swansea City

July 21st, 2008 · Comments · Swansea City

Swansea City
Founded: 1912
Nickname: Swans
Ground: Liberty Stadium (20,532)
Last Season: 1st in League One 92 Points- Automatic Promotion to the CCC
Welsh Cup Winners: 9 times
FAW Premier Cup: 2005, 2006
FAW Welsh Youth Cup: 1999, 2003, 2008
English Third Division/ League One Winners: 2007
English FA Trophy Winners: 1994, 2006
Welsh Football League Winners: 12 Times
Welsh League Cup Winners: 1931,1933
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CCC Transfers As Of 18 July 2008

July 18th, 2008 · Comments · Blackpool, Bristol City, Burnley, Doncaster Rovers, Queens Park Rangers, Swansea City, Transfers, West Brom, Wolverhampton, barnsley, birmingham city, charlton, coventry, crystal palace, plymouth argyle, preston north end, watford

Here are your updated transfers for all the CCC clubs as of 18 July, 08.
Barnsley:  
Out: Dwayne Mattis (released)
Birmingham City
In: Marcus Bent ( Charlton, undisclosed)
Out: Daniel De Ridder (Wigan, free), Oliver Kapo (Wigan 2.5m)
Blackpool
In: Steve Kabba (Watford, loan)
Bristol City:
In: Emad Metab (Al Ahly, 1.5m)
Out: Darren Byfield (Doncaster, free), Enoch Showunmi (Leeds United, free)
Burnley
In: Remco van […]

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CCC Transfers As Of July 10, 2008 Part II

July 10th, 2008 · Comments · Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Sheffield United, Swansea City, Transfers, Wolverhampton, norwich, plymouth argyle, preston north end, sheffield wednesday, southampton, watford

Norwich City
In: Sammy Clingan (Nottingham Forest, free), Wes Hoolahan (Blackpool, undisclosed), Ryan Bertrand (Chelsea, loan)
Out: Mark Gilks (Blackpool, undisclosed), Andrew Cave-Brown (Leyton Orient, free) Darren Huckerby (San Jose Earthquakes)
Released: Juan Velasco,Matthew Halliday, Rossi Jarvis, Steven Arnold, Ryan Jarvis, Patrick Bexfield, Bally Smart
Nottingham Forest
In: Robert Earnshaw (Derby County, 2.65M), Andrew Cole (Sunderland, undisclosed), Guy Moussi (Angers, […]

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CCC Pre-Season Schedules Part III

June 23rd, 2008 · Comments · Sheffield United, Swansea City, Wolverhampton, sheffield wednesday, watford

Here are the final fixtures for the teams in the CCC for the pre-season.
Sheffield United
14 July Ferecvaros (A, Hungary)
16 July KRC Genk (A, Belgium)
19 July Helmond Sport (A, Holland)
26 July Scunthorpe United (A)
29 July Bury (A)
2 August Huddersfield Town (A)
Sheffield Wednesday
15 July HFC Harrlem (A)
17 July Stormbogel Telstar (A)
22 July MK Dons (A0
26 July Bury […]

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2008/2009 Championship TV Schedule On Sky Sports

June 21st, 2008 · Comments · Bristol City, Nottingham Forest, Queens Park Rangers, Reading, Swansea City, cardiff city, coventry, derby county, ipswich, norwich, southampton, watford

Sky Sports has announced its schedule of televised Championship matches for the first few months of the 2008/2009 season. Here’s the schedule:

Sunday, August 10: Nottingham Forest v Reading
Saturday, August 16: Bristol City v Derby County
Saturday, August 30: Watford v Ipswich
Saturday, October 4: Coventry City v Southampton
Saturday, October 25: Reading v QPR
Saturday, November 8: […]

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