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    <title>Football Chat</title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Todays Matches Mark 4</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 14:50:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Dub13)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dub13</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is a new thread as per the new max thread size of 10k.<br />
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Fire away.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>are football fans the most cautious/pessimistic of all sports fans</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (thenewguy)</author>
      <dc:creator>thenewguy</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[You can tell talking to Liverpool fans they are thinking great chance of winning the league but all they&#039;ll say is &quot;very early days&quot; afraid to actually say it. Imagine we had lost one and drawn one with Arsenal or City on maximum points the big deal they would make of it.<br />
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Everyone is happy to rule Ireland out of contention the match in Armenia was so awful, no one wants to talk about Hungary having no advantage over us at all despite being 2 up in Dublin and doing ok against Portugal with...<br />
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      <title>General (non LFC chat) Football Chat.</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Dub13)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dub13</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Could be an idea for a thread for stuff that does not require a dedicated thread.<br />
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New contract for CR7 -<br />
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</div>Dagger through the heart for some Utd fans. €300K per week - net. Money in football has gone mental over the last 3 years.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>League of Ireland</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2026 22:56:53 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (born red 79)</author>
      <dc:creator>born red 79</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I&#039;m thinkin of takin me daughter to a Pat&#039;s game. How is it for tickets like? Anyone know? Price wise and easy or not to get?]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Kelleher Jersey</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2026 20:38:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (loppy)</author>
      <dc:creator>loppy</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Guys, I&#039;m trying to get a signed Kelleher jersey for my young fella, he&#039;s favourite player and has asked me before, thought I&#039;d be able to pick one up handy, but all I see are ones on ebay etc, not sure if they are authentic, has had a rough year so would like to be able to surprise him with it. Anyone got any ideas or know of anyone that deals in this sort of stuff that know it will be the real deal. Cheers.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>VAR watch</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Dub13)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dub13</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I think we can do with a thread on this.<br />
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VAR has led to a court case in The Netherlands already.<br />
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Willem II - Roda for the cup a few weeks ago<br />
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STayed 2-2 and the team that had the goal disallowed was knocked out after pens.<br />
Court case was about replaying the match out after the this goal and the goal should stand.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Predictions 2025/2026</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2025 23:02:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (GaryMc)</author>
      <dc:creator>GaryMc</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Hard to believe it’s all starting back again this week.<br />
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A few predictions for season ahead to look back on in May and laugh at<br />
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PL - LFC<br />
FA Cup - Brighton<br />
League Cup - City<br />
Top Scorer - Haaland <br />
UCL - Bayern <br />
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PFA Player - Writz<br />
Flop of Sesson - Cunha]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Brendan Rodgers - Former Liverpool Manager</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 29 Oct 2025 21:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (RedArmagh)</author>
      <dc:creator>RedArmagh</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18235961" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/18235961</a><br />
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Brendan Rodgers agrees deal to become new Liverpool manager <br />
By Ben Smith<br />
 BBC Sport Brendan Rodgers has agreed a deal to become the new manager of Liverpool Football Club. <br />
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The 39-year-old is understood to have agreed a three-year contract at Anfield and his appointment is likely to be officially confirmed within 24 hours. <br />
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Liverpool will pay Swansea City between £4m and £5m in compensation to secure the Northern...<br />
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      <title>Ex-Liverpool players where are they playing now</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Sep 2025 09:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (redabbey)</author>
      <dc:creator>redabbey</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Ok we all know where players like Luis Suarez are playing now, but what happened to all those promising youngsters that we all had high hopes for. An example would be yesterday I saw that Adam Morgan was released from Accrington Stanley.<br />
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I am sure like me there are many who might wonder where a player&#039;s career took them after they were released from Liverpool, very few have gone on to be successful.<br />
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Tonight I just discovered that Craig Roddan will be plying his trade in the League of...<br />
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      <title>El Clasico/ La Liga</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2025 15:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (MrsPepe)</author>
      <dc:creator>MrsPepe</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[[YOUTUBE]8JFwyz1NPTM[/YOUTUBE]<br />
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Really looking forward to this<br />
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Cheating, diving, tantrums and the mind games<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" /><br />
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Pep v <b>Jose</b>  ( Can&#039;t wait to see what he comes up with this time)<br />
Messi v Ronaldo]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>City Charges</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 09 Aug 2025 15:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (GaryMc)</author>
      <dc:creator>GaryMc</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Rumour I have seen a lot this week is that PL have decided there will no case to answer for City. They are now working out how to release the news and manage the backlash including demonstrations at their offices. I’d expect of that is the decision they will look release it during the Euros on the day England are playing a knock out game.<br />
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If City get off Scot free I think I would seriously consider just packing it in. With bent officials, VAR and increasing move to Hospitality level of...<br />
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      <title>Serie A</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 11:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Dub13)</author>
      <dc:creator>Dub13</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[I just had a look at the <span style="font-family: 'Arial'"><span style="font-size: 10px">Serie A table and Ac Milan are struggling to get into the champions league next year,they are in 5th four points behind Fiorentina who are in 4th.I am not huge into Italian football but I will be keeping an eye on this.</span></span>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Jordan Henderson</title>
      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2025 10:49:08 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Ron1892)</author>
      <dc:creator>Ron1892</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Suprised there is No Thread on him in the LFC Section.I know there is one in the transfer section but thats done and dusted now, so thought it create one in here.<br />
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Any way from todays press conference.<br />
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Jordan Henderson: It&#039;s a big game v Sunderland but I have to treat it like any other game. Hopefully it&#039;s my PL debut for Liverpool.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Mls</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 08 Dec 2024 17:43:12 +0000</pubDate>
      <link>http://www.irishkop.com/forums/index.php?threads/mls.25119/</link>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Niall)</author>
      <dc:creator>Niall</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Sky Sports has won the rights to broadcast exclusively live Major League Soccer (MLS) from the US for the first time.<br />
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The agreement follows the announcement of the new deal to show even more live Premier League matches and further strengthens Sky’s position as the home of sport.<br />
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The four-year MLS deal begins in March, bringing an even wider range of coverage to Sky Sports viewers. With former England captain Steven Gerrard announcing he will sign for LA Galaxy in July, and Frank...<br />
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      <title>Rafa Benitez</title>
      <pubDate>Thu, 22 Aug 2024 12:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (SUPERFAN)</author>
      <dc:creator>SUPERFAN</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Confirmed now.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Fantasy football league 23/24.</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 10 Aug 2024 15:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (MR KING KENNY)</author>
      <dc:creator>MR KING KENNY</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[t71nnk<br />
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That&#039;s the code for the fantasy football <br />
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It&#039;s €20 in and has to paid before the season starts. <br />
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Please pm me if you want in and I&#039;ll be taking payments via revolt]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Euro 2024</title>
      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 11:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (edcarroll02)</author>
      <dc:creator>edcarroll02</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Tournament kicking off tonight with Germany and Scotland. Are we looking at the usual suspects for this one for a winner? France, England spring to mind for me thought not sure about England after the Iceland result, they were getting at them far too easily so you&#039;d be expecting them to be a lot more difficult to breakdown than they were that night.<br />
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Will be good to have a few games on the box at least if nothing else.]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Arsenal - Massive Crackdown on Touted Memberships</title>
      <pubDate>Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:30:44 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (Honda)</author>
      <dc:creator>Honda</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1920436/arsenal-fans-season-tickets-premier-league" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">https://www.express.co.uk/sport/football/1920436/arsenal-fans-season-tickets-premier-league</a><br />
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<a href="https://www.arsenal.com/tickets/mens-end-season-ticketing-review-202324#:~:text=We%20can%20confirm%20that%2024,17%20out%20of%2022%20matches" target="_blank" class="externalLink" rel="nofollow">https://www.arsenal.com/tickets/men...t=We can confirm that 24,17 out of 22 matches</a><br />
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Very interesting....and only the start of it I&#039;d say.<br />
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You would wonder how they investigated the memberships and came to the final conclusion?]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>favourite league of ireland grounds to visit</title>
      <pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 14:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (thenewguy)</author>
      <dc:creator>thenewguy</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[where are they out of interest ?<br />
i&#039;ve only been at 5, loved galway sligo and st pats, athlone and bray nowhere near as good. <br />
where would you recommend for my next one, thanks]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Team of The Season (with a twist)</title>
      <pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2024 18:05:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <author>invalid@example.com (elvis)</author>
      <dc:creator>elvis</dc:creator>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Who&#039;s your team of the season (including a manager). <br />
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The rules, you can only select 1 person from each club, and you can only have 1 person of each nationality. <br />
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Examples:<br />
You can&#039;t have Foden and Palmer<br />
Or you can&#039;t have Foden and Haaland etc]]></content:encoded>
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