United Complete Pancrate Deal

NEWCASTLE United have signed French midfielder Fabrice Pancrate after a successful trial period with the club.

The 29-year-old has spent the past two weeks on Tyneside and has now put pen to paper on a deal until the end of the season with an option to extend.

Pancrate will wear squad No.21 for The Magpies, but United must wait for his registration to be ratified before learning if he can figure at Preston North End on Monday night.

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Er noe skeptisk, men liten tvil om at vi trenger spillere som kan spille ving så bare å håpe han lykkes.

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_3542609,00.html

Manchester City are in pole position to claim a place in next season's Uefa Cup after the Football Association was awarded an extra place in the competition.

European football's governing body revealed that English teams had topped their Fair Play competition, meaning an extra place in the first qualifying round of the 2008-09 Uefa Cup.

The FA has confirmed the berth will be awarded to the highest-ranked side in the Premier League fair play table that has not qualified for Europe by other means.

City currently stand fifth in the fair play table, behind Tottenham, Arsenal, Manchester United and Liverpool - who are all already guaranteed a place in continental competition.

That means Sven Goran Eriksson's team, with only a single league game at Middlesbrough remaining, stand on the brink of an unexpected European spot.

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Vi er et poeng bak i fair play statistikken. Med andre ord kan det se ut som det blir europacupspill hvis city får to gule mer enn oss i siste kamp.

Statistikk: http://www.premierleague.com/page/Statistics/0,,12306,00.html