| But the former Hibs striker admits to having doubts about going so far down the league ladder. |
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| What the above have in common, though, is the presence of a recognised, established quality striker. |
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| From there the striker had a straightforward job of angling his body and walloping it home. |
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| Russell's perfectly timed lob into the path of John Joe Maguire saw the Town striker break the offside trap and pull clear of the defence. |
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| Unmarked at the far post, the wantaway Chelsea striker had the relatively easy task of slotting the ball home past the unfortunate Jevric. |
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| Rock-bottom Hyde, whose want-away star striker Simon Yeo appears set to turn down a move to Southport, face a difficult trip to Gateshead. |
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| The usually quicksilver striker is looking jaded and he had three opportunities to put Dundee ahead before Hibs took the lead. |
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| On a night when his team needed goals to reach the quarter-finals, their lack of a deadeye striker cost them dear. |
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| The veteran striker powered home two trademark headers within two minutes in the final quarter of an hour to spare his side's blushes. |
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| Keegan quashed speculation that he is about to add Inverness Caledonian Thistle striker Dennis Haynes to his staff. |
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| Much depends on the form of Ajax's quicksilver striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic, so Swedes will hope that he actually makes it to Portugal. |
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| However, his recent run suggests he has adjusted to the new role just behind a lone striker which Ferguson earmarked for him last year. |
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| Dave Miller will welcome back striker Kenny Smith, who was rested for Tuesday's President's Cup win after suffering whiplash in a road accident. |
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| Then Steve Archibald, the former Barcelona and Scotland striker, came over the horizon as a white knight. |
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| Bolton fans have taken Holdsworth to their hearts and the striker has responded in kind with his wholehearted commitment to the cause. |
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| The striker thumped the ball in the net before pulling off his shirt and celebrating having beaten Reynolds' record. |
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| El Hamdaoui has variously been described as a striker and capable of playing on both wings, in other words jack-of-all-trades, master of none. |
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| If the winger beats two players and then crosses it for the striker, then there should be no problem. |
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| A striker who spent two winters at Highfield Road and enjoyed his best period alongside Macdonald at Newcastle. |
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| The Brazilian striker has been overweight since arriving at the Reebok but has been shedding the pounds at a rate of knots. |
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| Sertori is aware the City fans were questioning his role as a striker but vowed to carry on regardless. |
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| After a lean spell with Manchester City, the former Leeds and Liverpool striker has recaptured his sharpness. |
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| With regular striker Denman out for the season Addingham have had to rely on the youthful David Tod and he has been an absolute revelation. |
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| The diminutive striker displayed a lethal eye for goal for the Blues two seasons ago and was one of the top scorers in the Premiership. |
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| The Real Madrid and former Inter striker whose credit includes sporting one of the worst haircuts in living memory is lethal in front of goal. |
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| The striker was lethal with his finish, firing a beautiful curling shot that gave Williams no chance. |
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| Rangers striker Peter Lovenkrands has warned arch-rivals Celtic that he is hungry for their Scottish championship crown. |
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| The Portuguese striker, of course, was central to another bout of argy-bargy. |
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| I was a striker and the team just used to lob the ball over the top for me to chase. |
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| As it was, he was caught in no-man's land as the Aberdeen striker lobbed the ball over him and into the undefended net. |
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| He was a striker who started wide and cut this way and that, long, blond locks flowing behind. |
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| This time the striker didn't need any assistance with his superb 25-yard shot arrowing into the top corner. |
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| The match proved a disaster for striker Ryan Senior, who broke a leg not long after his goal. |
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| The striker is tied to the club until October so holding on to him to the end of the season may be the more financially astute move. |
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| Australian striker Mark Viduka is hoping for a recall to an attack which has totalled just four goals in the last six matches. |
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| Maybe attacker is not the right word to describe Totti, he is an out-and-out goalscorer, a pure striker. |
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| The 19-year-old striker was in lengthy talks at Deepdale before negotiations broke down. |
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| He got himself involved in an unsightly tangle with the home striker and both were sent off. |
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| He turns people and uses his body well and can score both the wonder goals and tap-ins, which is part and parcel of being a good striker. |
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| When the club failed to find the right incentives to lure a world class striker, the manager insisted he would make do and mend. |
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| If you were looking for a striker to play down the middle then Alan was your man. |
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| The Hammers, who had scented victory, had to withdraw their substitute striker in favour of a replacement defender in Neil Ruddock. |
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| The former Aberdeen striker drilled in a 45-yard shot which forced the Frenchman to furiously back-pedal and tip the ball over the bar. |
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| Thompson received his marching orders for apparently head-butting the Rangers striker. |
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| The 21-year-old Bradford Park Avenue striker was spotted by a college scout while he was a student at East Durham Football Academy. |
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| That means that the full-backs are tied, and the three central defenders are marking one striker. |
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| The Uruguay striker collected a ball on the edge of the penalty area, span past his marker and planted the ball into the bottom corner. |
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| Josemi tries to put Baros through with a long-throw, but the Czech striker fouls his marker and concedes a free-kick. |
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| A few moments later I heard the scratch of a match against a striker, then smelled the sweet acrid aroma of marijuana. |
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| The former Celtic striker picked himself up, dusted himself down, took a deep breath and blazed his spot-kick over the bar. |
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| But Bolton boss Sam Allardyce, that great rescuer of lost causes, has given the barrel-chested striker some of his self-respect back. |
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| A winger to me is a striker, a finisher, an out-and-out attacker with an aggressive and instinctive nose for the try-line. |
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| He flicked it against the striker, and, his fingers shaking as he held it up, it sputtered into flame. |
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| A prolific football striker in school, D' Souza's transformation is now complete. |
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| He has leapt to the defence of his under-fire team-mate, insisting that the Tobagonian striker can still cut the mustard in top-flight football. |
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| The clever money appears to be on the Togolese striker rather than the Englishman. |
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| The striker had spent most of his evening failing to dodge the offside flag. |
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| Davison made a blinding reaction save from Abbey after 79 minutes but the flag was up for offside against the striker. |
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| Tall, strong and mobile, he matches the photofit of the target striker he has long craved and, aged 25, his best years should be ahead of him. |
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| A cross from Mark Bower fell to him and the striker turned on a sixpence and fired in an unstoppable shot. |
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| He admitted the 14-goal striker was now officially on the transfer list following their bust-up. |
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| The striker shimmied to make space, then curled a right-foot shot into the bottom corner. |
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| Fortunately for a red-faced Basham, former Shelbourne striker Foran slammed his shot straight at the legs of Alan Fettis. |
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| But the out-of-sorts striker rushed his chance and hopelessly miscued his shot wide of Peter Schmeichel's right-hand post. |
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| The Trinidadian striker whirled and thumped in a volley which looked net-bound but just skimmed by the left-hand post. |
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| The shroud and striker assembly can also be removed from the bolt body for maintenance without the use of tools. |
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| The other feature is a spring loaded striker with a tungsten carbide tip designed to shatter safety glass. |
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| The young Motherwell striker managed to blast the ball into the side netting. |
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| Instead of blasting the ball wide of Main, the striker elected to shoot straight at the keeper. |
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| Then, four minutes from time, the striker blasted the ball against the bar with an empty net in front of him. |
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| However, the big striker blotted his copybook on his return missing a penalty in 29 minutes. |
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| The unwieldy but serviceable striker skelped a ball across the goalmouth that kissed the crossbar on its way past. |
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| His second was a misplaced pass to the same Killie striker, who was denied this time by a wicked bobble of the ball. |
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| Mallan's 34 th-minute spot-kick was saved by Butter and the striker skied the rebound. |
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| Burley confirmed that the former Germany international striker will be on trial in Edinburgh this week. |
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| Their third came when the ball was dropped at the feet of the opposing striker, who gleefully slammed the ball home. |
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| The striker once claimed the only thing he ever received from a referee was a boiled sweet. |
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| They get involved in a bout after the Celtic striker unfairly challenged the stopper. |
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| Pool gave a debut to ex-Yew Tree striker Ben Kelly but he was unable to prevent an unlucky defeat. |
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| But the efforts of new young striker Daniel Bent did not go unnoticed by the caretaker boss. |
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| The big striker brought the ball down and swivelled before firing an unstoppable shot into the net. |
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| Leigh Semblauk's speed was making a difference in getting the ball upfield and to a striker quickly. |
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| While Sutton looks just as comfortable in defence as he does up front, striker is his position. |
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| And the striker will be particularly keen to avoid any breaks from first team action. |
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| A single striker was aided by breaks from the wide players whenever they dared. |
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| Tip the end of the breechblock downward enough for the striker to slide out the back of the block. |
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| Alert in the United box to accept a through-ball, the striker dinked it nicely over Barthez. |
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| It was another striker versus goalkeeper confrontation which ought to have gone to the man in possession. |
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| Had his team possessed a striker of comparable qualities, the tournament would have been theirs. |
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| He looked to have been caught but made his protests too vigorously for the referee, who booked the striker. |
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| Charlton striker Kevin Lisbie was recovering in hospital last week after an operation to remove a non-malignant tumour from his nose. |
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| However, despite vociferous appeals from the striker and the home crowd, referee Ian Brines waved play on. |
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| Either of the split strokes along the rush line means the striker ball will have to travel further. |
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| The striker shifted the ball from his right to left foot and unleashed a volley into the corner of the net, his 20th goal of the season. |
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| Harps striker Chris Breen bustled his way towards the box only to be impeded by the retreating Phillip Byrne. |
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| City striker Colin Alcide and Brighton goalkeeper Mark Walton squelch to the rain-sodden turf at Bootham Crescent. |
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| If the 25-year-old was less unassuming and more cagey, he would know that is not the sort of thing a team's talismanic striker is meant to say. |
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| He was more often a spectator in the main stand than a striker selected to play. |
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| Shoulder to shoulder with any striker, he wants to make sure he will be able to hold his ground. |
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| But, although the striker was in a perfect position to score, a brilliant tackle by Deloumeaux steered the ball off his toe. |
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| Barker was first to react and the striker steered the ball into the net from close range to put the Rams 2-up. |
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| You may have guessed by now that the striker I am referring to is one Dean Ashton. |
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| Guiseley stirred themselves to try and regain a bit of pride and he slipped a good ball to young striker whose effort was taken by him. |
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| There was almost an element of teasing the pursuing Gary Smith, for the centre-half came close to catching the fleet-footed striker. |
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| The striker is only 19 but was still streetwise enough to cut across Balde as he entered the box. |
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| The young striker then appeared to be held in the area but when the appeals were turned down Ian McKain was cautioned for protesting. |
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| He is a very talented player and can pass the ball very well and is a good striker of the ball and does score some good goals. |
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| A strong striker of the ball he got much distance and when he settled occasionally by the fringe of the greens he chipped with deadly accuracy. |
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| He is such a clean striker of the ball, that runs would eventually come if he stays at the crease. |
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| To put it in golfing terms, Clarke is plus three as a striker of a golf ball but scratch at keeping his temperament on an even keel. |
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| He is excellent going forward as well and has proved to be an excellent striker of the ball. |
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| This was the ferocious striker of the ball who terrified everyone in the locker room. |
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| In Raul they have the most exciting young striker in the world although defensively they are unconvincing. |
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| For the last three months he has been the most in-form English striker in the Premiership. |
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| Down and out as a beaten finalist in Paris four years ago, Ronaldo's revival as the world's most deadly striker was sealed by two second half strikes. |
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| With striker Colin Alcide ruled out through injury and Mark Sertori relegated to the bench, there were starting recalls for midfielder Paul Talbot and John Williams. |
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| The Liverpool striker scored with a volley that took the breath away. |
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| The big striker saw the goalkeeper off his line and the open goal. |
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| The transfer of Scarborough striker Chris Tate to York City's Division Three rivals Leyton Orient finally went through after a contractual hitch was overcome. |
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| The Sunderland and Republic of Ireland striker has just signed up a young Dublin singer to perform during his testimonial game tomorrow night in Sunderland. |
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| New Reds striker, Barry Patton saw his initial shot blocked, but the rebound fell to Anthony Crawford in the box and he rifled the ball in off the crossbar from 14 yards out. |
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| Yalcin then set up fellow substitute Jon Parkin for a last-minute chance that the former Barnsley striker chose to take early and his shot bobbled wide. |
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| In the Premier Division Kendal Town striker David Foster was back in harness for his old club Kirkby Lonsdale and his goal brought them a point in a 1-1 draw with CCM Dynamos. |
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| The young striker, on loan from Aston Villa, thumped the ball home. |
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| And another complicating factor could be former City striker Ashley Ward who is still owed a substantial sum by the club following the severance of his contract. |
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| He is also believed to be tracking an experienced striker and a left sided player, while running the rule over a number of trialists he expects to see in action pre-season. |
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| It will not be the crowd or the prospect of penalties that will induce butterflies in the game's most hyped striker, nor even thoughts of the first whistle sounding at 8pm. |
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| I hope to sign another striker before the weekend, but gilt-edged strikers do not grow on trees and are difficult to acquire for a team in our position. |
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| Aberdeen's new French striker received the daddy of all let-offs. |
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| In the first minute the Kendal striker blasted a shot just wide. |
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| He is a strong striker of the ball and is relentless when he gets ahead. |
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| The striker, making his debut, put the spot kick away with aplomb. |
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| Blanc, though, faces a baptism of fire against Duncan Ferguson and Ferguson has warned the ex-French international what to expect from the towering Everton striker. |
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| The French striker controlled it and then had the relatively easy task of slotting the ball into an empty goal from the edge of the Croatian penalty area. |
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| I exchange uncomfortable glances with a striker in a dark tuque. |
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| Ferguson has also confirmed that his efforts to persuade the United board to sign a striker before the transfer window closes at the end of the month have failed. |
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| The powerful striker barged his man out the way before bravely stretching to toe poke the ball past keeper Phil Naisbett for his first strike in five months. |
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| Horsforth's frustration was clear to see and striker Connolly was fortunate to get away with a spiteful kick at John Mutton on the blind side of the referee. |
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| The Scotland striker put in a Stakhanovite shift on Thursday night, working Dnipro's rearguard tirelessly and pulling defenders out of position to create openings for others. |
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| The City striker had been hauled back by Cliff Byrne as he tried to race on to a Darren Edmondson ball and the United defender was rightly booked. |
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| A couple of defeats and those with a few quid on the former Dundee United striker as the first managerial casualty of the season could well be in the money. |
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| The City striker dropped out of training yesterday morning, complaining of feeling unwell and is a doubt for tonight's big home clash against Leicester. |
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| A shanked clearance from the City shot-stopper then saw Tait close in on goal, only for Chris Brass to recover sharply and force the Rovers' striker wide and to safety. |
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| Arsenal's Sylvain Wiltord opening the scoring after 13 before wantaway Fulham striker Steve Marlet scored the second nine minutes after the break. |
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| After a sustained period of pressure, Djorkaff nodded the ball down from a throw-in and into the path of the striker on the left-hand side of the area. |
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| His long, thin frame, coupled with his blistering pace and clinical finishing, make him the ideal counter-attacking striker and all-purpose goal poacher. |
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| The striker was maddened that Rangers were creating plenty of chances but not converting them into goals, and the player backed himself to be able to solve the problem. |
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| An injury to the England striker cast a shadow over the game. |
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| Swifts responded when striker Dwayne Edward waltzed the ball round Lance Key, but defender Daniel Cunningham, making his debut, coolly shepherded the ball out under pressure. |
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| The pre-match talk has centered on England striker Wayne Rooney, whose form could make or break their chances today. |
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| Rovers striker Jon Stead hit the post and thundered another good opportunity over the bar before Jason Euell ran on to a Di Canio flick-on to jab the ball past Friedel. |
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| Burke is a sixpolar striker of the ball and plays his shots boldly. |
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| The veteran 36-year-old striker was the star of the 2006 World Cup German team that Klinsmann coached, and is a total ball hawk. |
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| He substituted him with quarter-of-an-hour remaining and the striker showed his anger by stomping past the manager and hurling aside his tracksuit top. |
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| It looked an unpromising situation until the young striker produced an improvised overhead kick which had Bryn Halliwell at full stretch to turn the ball away. |
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| With his sixth goal of the season and another bristling performance, the 24-year-old striker continues to work wonders for Berti Vogts' reputation as a competent talent scout. |
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| Twenty minutes later, U.S. striker Jozy Altidore was barreling down the left sideline at top speed in pursuit of the ball. |
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| The 24-year-old striker, meanwhile, was building a reputation on the international stage before he could even legally drink. |
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| It was a smart move to bring on a tall striker to play against the smaller defenders. |
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| If a ball that is not a wide passes the striker and runs are scored, they are called byes. |
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| The striker is also out hit wicket if he puts his wicket down by his bat or his body in setting off for a first run. |
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| Sheffield Wednesday and Scotland striker Steven Fletcher was also born in the town, where his serviceman father was stationed. |
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| The new manager was former Liverpool, Cardiff City and Wales striker John Toshack. |
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| Jonathan signed for Welsh Premier League side NEWI Cefn Druids in January 2009 at the age of 19, as a striker. |
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| The Spain striker had given Chelsea the lead on 29 minutes but was shown a straight red card 10 minutes later for a rash challenge on Mark Gower. |
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| He who first acts as striker asks the other how many blows of the rattan he will bear on his forearm without crying out. |
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| During the midwatch a radioman striker was taking a drink of water from the third-deck scuttlebutt. |
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| Newcastle have put themselves within touching distance after a fantastic run which has been spearheaded by the goals of Senegal striker Cisse. |
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| The striker crossed the ball into the area and found his strike partner Jones, who headed it into the net. |
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| With the Swifts calling for offside the striker was through and only a great save from McIlravey prevented the opener. |
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| The Colorado striker picked up an adductor injury last week and the club say he could be facing a month on the sidelines. |
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| Mitchell Slape scored a brace with the other goal coming from new striker Zak Misbah, signed from Merthyr Town. |
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| The Broch striker was almost hooked at half-time before sending Fraserburgh through to a third-round round clash with Montrose. |
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| Los Angeles Galaxy striker Edson Buddle has discovered just what an influence Becks can be behind the scenes. |
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| Vialli's reason was that he didn't like hitting dead balls, as a striker he wanted to be hitting moving balls. |
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| The 30-year-old striker is preparing to start his fourth season at Championship shock troops Dumbarton. |
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| They were joined by striker Jonathan Walters, who like O'Shea, was suspended for the 1-1 draw at the Bilino Polje Stadium. |
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| The striker spun marker Michael Nelson with the deftest of touches before firing a cannonball of a shot into the corner of Ben Williams' net. |
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| The striker continued with his tweets and describing his ideal lady by adding shout-outs to those he admires. |
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| Now the Falkirk striker is dreaming of making it back to Hampden to grab a showpiece show-stopper for real. |
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| Earlier, rookie striker Wales celebrated his first Hearts goal with a close-range tap-in. |
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| Nelson was dismissed during the second half of Thursday's 1-1 draw at the Liberty Stadium for a professional foul on Swans striker Leon Knight. |
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| However, Colorado's hopes have been hit by international call-ups for Jamaican striker Deshawn Brown and Panama forward Gabriel Torres. |
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| Sweden Under-21 striker Joe Sise is an option and McCoist will run the rule over him in a closed-door game against Hibs on Tuesday. |
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| A STOPPAGE-time goal by striker Graeme Armstrong earned Quakers a point at Skelmersdale last night. |
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| The 29-year-old former Queen of the South striker headed the winning goal in extra-time as Gillingham beat Wigan 3-2 to claim promotion. |
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| The former Aston Villa striker was confronted at The Boot Inn in Lapworth, Warwickshire, and wrongly accused of slagging off Birmingham City. |
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| Get Mack back CARDIFF CITY owner Vincent Tan will splash PS5million to buy back LEEDS striker Ross McCormack in the summer. |
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| The Gillingham striker, on loan from Norwich, scored twice against a team that had conceded only five away goals all season. |
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| Former Swansea City striker Mamady Sidibe returns to action for Gillingham against Cardiff City on Saturday. |
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| The Black Cats have also lined up a trial for Mexican striker Kevin Chaurand, 19, who plays for Club Celaya in his homeland. |
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| South African international striker Somma was released by the Yorkshire outfit in June after being sidelined with nagging knee problems. |
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| While polishing his fancy footwork on the pitch, the Everton and England striker has also been perfecting his three-point turn off it. |
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| Mark Viduka and emergency striker Eirik Bakke gave Leeds a two-goal cushion prior to Guy Ipoua's late strike. |
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| From a goal kick, striker Mark McCammon headed on for Simeon Jackson to race through the Darlington defence and score on 20 minutes. |
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| The Scottish striker was using tic-tac hand signals to relay the offers to his agent who in turn was using a pre-arranged sign to up the ante. |
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| Mussy has been brilliant for us but he has been the only striker we''ve been able to play up top. |
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| The striker made it seven goals in five matches by grabbling a weekend opener in the 4-2 victory over Dundee in the First Division. |
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| Crusaders were still reeling when Glenavon hit them with a second, striker Tony Gramp racing clear to send a shot thudding off the bar. |
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| On-loan Sheffield United defender Ben Starosta makes his Bradford debut but striker Peter Thorne is doubtful. |
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| The striker menacingly picks up the ball and appears to be away but his first touch isn't great, allowing Nastic to make a crucial interception. |
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| And a second half substitute for the Sand-grounders on Wednesday was one-time Everton striker Stuart Barlow, a triallist at Haig Avenue. |
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| Meanwhile, former Chester striker Daryl Clare has expressed his sadness at the clubs fall from grace. |
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| A SHINNER has said he doesn't like the idea of tricolours being flown in Dungiven to commemorate a dead hunger striker. |
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| Walcott and his stretcher-bearers were pelted with missiles with the Arsenal striker smiling broadly. |
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| The striker took his league tally to eight with spot-kicks in the 22nd and 55th minutes before Guly Do Prado and Lee Holmes netted late on. |
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| After the service at St John's church in Chorlton, Manchester, the striker then put 200 pounds on the collection plate. |
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| Brazilian striker Guly netted a brace, with Adam Lallana scoring and Lee Barnard adding a fourth. |
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| Only the striker can score individual runs, but all runs are added to the team's total. |
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| In the vast majority of cases, it is the striker who is out when a dismissal occurs. |
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| This process continues until the striker fails to pot the desired ball, at which point the opponent comes to the table to play the next shot. |
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| The first player to score in a FIFA sanctioned match was Italian striker Giampaolo Pazzini after 28 seconds of the same game. |
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| Kidderminster striker James Constable was the first player to score a goal in a final at the new Wembley. |
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| The penalty was saved by Paul Jones of Exeter City from Morecambe striker Wayne Curtis. |
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| With that goal, Klose also nudged home his 15th World Cup goal to join former Brazil striker Ronaldo at the pinnacle of World Cup Finals scorers. |
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| Veteran striker Paul Furlong could make a shock return for Luton from aknee injury. |
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| But the striker, who has since moved from CSKA Moscow to Alania Vladikavkaz, has managed only one goal in their five group matches so far. |
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| The striker was top scorer in Moldova for Sheriff FC before being loaned to Alania Vladikavkaz last season. |
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| The Hoops supporters went wild when Portuguese striker Amido Balde scored with their first chance of the game at a packed Aviva Stadium. |
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| But McCann, giving his views as a match summariser for Sky Sports, blasted the Celtic striker and claimed the penalty should not have been given. |
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| The Mamelodi Sundowns striker impressed Hoops scouts and has been invited to Scotland to try and win a deal. |
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| The Man Utd striker has invited 30 pals for a gents' pampering session at Liverpool salon Hooka the day before Coleen's party. |
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| The England striker later showed off the real results of his recent hair transplant, with his new hairline clearly sprouting well. |
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| The Dordrecht 90 striker will sign a three-year deal when his current one in Holland expires in a fortnight. |
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| In an interview with French newspaper Metro News, the French striker defended himself against accusations that the quenelle is anti-semitic. |
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| Burton through Shaun Harrod's first half angled drive but the arrival of 18 year-old, on-loan Coventry striker Jeffers transformed the home side. |
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| Much-travelled striker Rankine played for Hereford United last season and has joined Gateshead on a oneyear contract. |
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| Champions Roma lost 2-0 at newly-promoted Piacenza for whom veteran striker Dario Hubner and Eusebio Di Francesco scored. |
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| A mix-up dealing with Chris Allen's punt allowed Bluebirds striker Ashan Holgate to net a beautiful half-volley from 20 yards. |
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| New Celtic striker Chris Killen has declared he had no qualms about snubbing Cardiff at the 11th hour to sign for the Parkhead side. |
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| It was only after Yakubu sliced another chance into the side netting, a bad miss by the former Everton striker, that Norwich came to life. |
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| The striker, who spent nine months at Her Majesty's Pleasure in 2002 for receiving stolen goods, has become a prison visitor since his release. |
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| The Swedish striker stunned supporters by getting his trademark dreadlocks chopped off on Friday. |
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| The move is to allow him to recover his fitness but there is no move by the Blades to re-sign the striker. |
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| Alan Baillie, 27, threatened the Dublinborn striker during a conversation about football on Twitter last August. |
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| Lone striker Ruud van Nistelrooy was isolated up front because linkman Paul Scholes was playing too deep. |
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| Last week he signed Bermudan striker Kyle Lightbourne for pounds 500,000 from Coventry. |
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| That has to hurt more than a lovebite on the shoulder from a Uruguay striker with cannibal instincts. |
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| La Samp President Massimo Ferrero has stated that they will not be a stumbling block for Eto'o if the striker wants to move on to pastures new. |
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| Jimmy Melia and Jimmy Harrower were the two inside forwards and I was the central striker. |
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| Chelsea striker Romelu Lukaku is reportedly offered as makeweight to sign in-form Atletico Madrid hitman Diego Costa. |
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| Tigers' hard work paid off just before the break when striker Tom Travis got on the score sheet. |
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| The Manchester City striker, whose wife gave birth only last month, was spotted leaving the room of blonde Mariana Paesani early in the morning. |
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| The former Dunfermline midfielder curled home a brilliant strike early in the second half, with Dutch striker Daal adding a late clincher. |
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| The striker became the first Argyle striker to score a hat-trick in a Devon derby as Sheridan's men comfortably won the bragging rights. |
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| The gangling 6ft 4in striker, perhaps understandably, didn't want to talk too much about the game. |
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| Other features include an ambidextrous magazine release, interchangeable sights, high-tech coatings, a striker deactivator and a stainless magazine. |
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| Forest, who lost striker Kris Boyd to injury seconds before half-time, produced little after the break, with a Tyson sliced shot from 12 yards their only opportunity of note. |
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| Podolski gave Walcott a chance to further embellish Arsenal's first-half performance when he eluded James Perch and slipped the ball through to the striker. |
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| The Scottish striker claims beating Metalist Kharkov in the UEFA Cup to win Everton's first European tie in 12 years has given everyone a huge lift. |
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| The Blues' Nigerian striker produced a towering display in Sunday's derby match, just days after his mountain climbing technique also raised spirits in the Blues camp. |
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| Billing was red-carded after 16 minutes following an off-the-ball incident theat left former City striker Terry Gibson on the floor holding his face. |
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| The Dutch striker said he and his team-mates were left dumbstruck when Fergie told them last month that he was ending his 26-year reign as United boss. |
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| England found chances a rarity, although Liverpool striker Solanke almost made it a dream debut in the closing seconds, only to miscontrol at the far post. |
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| Pint-sized Wales striker Robert Earnshaw has kissed goodbye to his trademark goofy grin by getting a set of braces fixed on his teeth to give him a perfect smile. |
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| Meanwhile, Newcastle are also considering a second look at Congo international striker Shabani Nonda who was at Blackburn on loan last season from AS Roma. |
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| The Hamilton boss thought he'd landed Spanish striker Salvo Chamorro and Rennes defender Gjoko Zajkov before getting tangled up in red-tape issues. |
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| The strip bar made headlines earlier this year after the Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli was fined a week's wages for breaking a team curfew by visiting the club. |
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| Sylvan Ebanks-Blake will certainly not be involved, with Saunders saying the soon-to-be out-of-contract striker is 'devastated' by complications to his broken fibula. |
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| And 13 minutes later Hulse completed the turnaround for Derby, just before Reading striker Shane Long was shown a red card for a late challenge on Fredrik Stoor. |
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| Crues boss Stephen Baxter changed his formation at the break, reverting to a traditional 4-4-2 with 35-year-old striker Rainey replacing the anonymous Aiden Watson. |
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| The dreadlocked England star said he had already spoken to Rangers' striker Dexter Blackstock ahead of the game as well as the injured Rowan Vine. |
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| They will meet the West Ham striker to thrash out financial details of the short-term deal which will make him Henrik Larsson's stand-in until the end of the season. |
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| Rochdale boss Keith Hill has also tipped the striker to follow in the footsteps of Grant Holt, Adam Le Fondre and Rickie Lamber by achieving Premier League status. |
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| James Hanson, the striker who used to stack shelves in a supermarket, flashed a superb header past Shay Given from Gary Jones's corner 10 minutes after the break. |
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| The Montenegro captain was finding space at will and followed up with a speculative shot that he scuffed wide, after Wales were slow in closing down the Juventus striker. |
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| And prior to kick-off Mr Chapman, who sponsors Stuart Barlow, presented an antiracism T-shirt to the Rovers striker to highlight the campaign's message. |
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| Debutant striker David Ashplant bagged the first of his hat-trick after just five minutes, poking home on the line after a Jordan Craig shot was saved. |
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| The other five goals came in a thrilling first half with Amri Kiemba giving Tanzania the lead on two minutes and Russia-based beanpole striker Lacina Traore levelling. |
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| Yahia Kebe had a glorious chance to at least test Baba Malick but his effort was poor, that was the second time in the game the Burkinabe striker has shot waywardly. |
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| Naturally a striker, the 30-year-old has spent most of his career out wide as a winger and it is something that he was quizzed on by new Ireland boss Martin O'Neill. |
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| Gaunty relishes the role of burly striker in the party's declared war on the EU's meddling in our affairs and wasting UK dosh on airy-fairy schemes. |
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| The love-struck striker wed former Ross County star Colin Stewart, the son of Scotland goalkeeping coach Jim, at St Mary's Church in Irvine, Ayrshire. |
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| There's still a massive question mark over Thierry Henry, one that's been clouded by all the pointless pontification as to whether he's the best striker in the world. |
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| The on-loan Wimbledon striker was dismissed during Monday's under-21 fixture at Tannadice against St Mirren after lashing out at Buddies defender Paul Rudden. |
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| Three minutes later an incisive Sunderland move left David Dowson with a clear run on goal, only for Gosling to thwart the striker with a perfectly timed slide tackle. |
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| Forget the merits of a 4-4-2 against 4-3-3, it's little wonder the striker is currently reminding himself of the medical uses for the likes of omeprazole and amoxycillin. |
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| The former Celtic striker is endorsing Concave, a revolutionary new boot. |
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| Their delight lasted only three minutes as they got caught out by a long ball from the back and Nigerian-born striker Chib Chilaka muscled his way clear to shoot past Metcalf. |
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| The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker. |
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| The side has typically been midtable or battled against relegation until its greatest success when it recruited Australian import striker Adam Clifford from Tasmania. |
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| However, he began the season as Liverpool's first choice striker alongside Collymore, only to surrender his place in the first eleven to Robbie Fowler as the season wore on. |
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| However, Houllier seems to have decided Young is more suited to a centreforward role behind a main striker after initially regarding him as a left-winger. |
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| Another picture shows the dreadnought striker leaping above Vieri in a derby match and even at full stretch, the Torino keeper is nowhere near him. |
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| The Scotland striker opened the scoring with a fine strike from the edge of the area and then scored a stunning overhead kick from inside the area in the second half. |
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| Burrows threw on Colin West, however within minutes of coming on the former West Brom striker was sent off, and ended any hopes of a Wembley final. |
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| Liebherr GAK striker Kollmann has hit two goals in six internationals, and although he could play as a lone striker, Terry must keep a close eye on him. |
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| Lacking verticality The Benin striker headed wide after beating Simon Mignolet to an early free-kick and his presence regularly sowed unease in a hesitant Liverpool defence. |
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| The Portuguese striker bust a gut to get on the end of a Carlton Cole lay-off to settle the Championship play-off final and send Hammers into the big time. |
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| An attempted overhead kick from Dave Pearce saw the striker take down Merthyr's Jamie Rewbury but referee Ricketts waved play on and Jee took full advantage. |
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| After a ride on the waves, the Liverpool striker was seen sticking his tongue out and clutching a boogie board as he ran along the sands to his model girlfriend Stacey Miller. |
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| In September of that season Greenwood tried playing Hurst as a striker after deciding that the defensive side of his game was a weakness for the young midfielder. |
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| On seven minutes, a John Arne Riise free-kick was chested into Bellamy's path by Luis Garcia, the striker turning to hit a shot that Rame scooped away from Crouch. |
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| The striker, who might even have snatched victory deep into stoppage time, came off the bench to cancel out Sylvain Marveaux's first Magpies goal 11 minutes from time. |
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| Piacenza's 34-year-old striker Dario Hubner is currently joint-top scorer in Serie A with 14 goals and Trapattoni has already indicated that he is considering him. |
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