Alistair Cameron, Managing Director of ACA Sports, said “We are delighted to have added Falkirk to our football club portfolio. The passionate and loyal Bairns supporters will be able to purchase the full range of Falkirk replica clothing from their own online store. 

“This has been a highly successful venture for our other partner clubs and we look forward to building a long relationship with Falkirk FC and their fans.”

Stirling Albion became the first team and only UK team to be owned by it’s fans, as the Stirling Albion Supporters Trust succesfully bought 100% of the clubs shares from the former Chairman, Peter McKenzie.

“It is an exciting new era for Stirling Albion Football Club and we are looking forward to playing a part in that journey.” Said Alistair Cameron, ACA Sports Limited MD. “The community has shown immense support for their team and they will be wearing their colours with pride this season”.

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In a deliberate attempt to drive more revenue towards Sky, you will have to sign up with a TV supplier such as Virgin, BT or of course Sky, in order to get your essential dose of Soccer Saturday or mid-week Soccer Specials and Jeff Stelling!

What do you get instead? Sky 3+1! You wouldn’t want to miss the World’s Fastest Police Chase Videos twice now would you?!

The son of legendary goalkeeper Peter, Kasper has been wearing some of the Precision Goalkeeping gloves already and is very excited to take this further with his own range.

“I had a number of other options but after testing the gloves I was overwhelmed by the quality and performance of the gloves, particularly the grip. The opportunity to design and develop my own gloves was something I couldn’t turn down and I can’t wait to see them on the shelves” Said Kasper, 23.

Due for release at the turn of the year, the new range will mark a hugely successful entry into goalkeeing by Precision Training, who launched their range of Precision Goalkeeper Gloves in May 2010, with fellow Championship goalkeeper Brian Jensen the first big profile player to wear them.

In one of the most aggressive World Cup Finals we’ll probably see, Holland had a clear game-plan which involved intimidating the Spanish with tackles which could, and most likely, should have seen them finish the game with 2 or maybe 3 players already in the changing room!

Despite the robust challenges facing the Spanish team, they stuck well to their task, and were on the front foot in the opening exchanges. , forcing the first save of the match after 5 minutes, when Sergio Ramos aimed a fine header to the far right corner of the goal.

The first card of the game came after 15 minutes, and went to Van Persie for a poor challenge on Capdevila, followed quickly with a yellow for Puyol. Over the next 20 minutes or so the game become more about the referee than the players, as Howard Webb was forced in to dishing out a further 3 yellow cards, to of which could easily have been red.

Mark van Bommel’s challenge on Iniesta was more than worthy of a red card, as he slid in and caught the Spaniard mid shin on his standing foot. And then De Jong turned Kick-boxer for a shocking chest high kick on Xavi Alonso, which the players has since revealed has broken a rib.

Spain seemed to be knocked off their stride for the first time and Holland, through Robben, began to look dangerous on the wing.

A bright start to the Second Half.

The second half started brightly for both teams; Puyol connected again from a corner but Capdevila couldn’t send it goal bound, while at the other end, Robben had the chance of the game. Send through by a fantastic ball from Sneijder, Robben waited for Casillas to move, but failed to chip over the Spain goalkeeper who stuck out a foot at the perfect moment to send the ball wide.

The game continued at a higher pace than in the first half, and the next talking point again came from Robben, as he raced through the middle of the defence, beating Puyol who almost brought the Dutch player down, he was once again thwarted by Casillas. Realising his chance was gone, he ran at Howard Webb to protest at not being awarded a free-kick, but in fairness, he rode the challenge, took another touch and then shot against Casillas, so advantage had been well played.

Fabregas was put in for Spain with just four minutes to go, as Del Bosque obviously had ideas on the period of Extra Time, and so it was to be as the 90 minutes came and went without a goal.

Into Extra-Time.

Extra-Time saw both teams try to grab the win and settle nerves, as chances came for both teams in the opening period. Xavi thought he won a penalty after being brought down, but Webb decided it was he who kicked Heitinga to trip himself. This was quickly followed by a chance for Fabregas who had the whole goal to aim at, but struck the ball at the German keeper’s feet.

Holland then had their own chances in extra-time as Mathijsen rose to head at an open goal, but the shot sailed over.

The winning goal came after Holland lost Heitinga for a second yellow card offence. Fabregas slipped a fantastic ball through to Iniesta on the right hand side of the box. One touch set the ball up for a fantastic cross-goal volley which defeated the palm of Stekelenburg to send the Spanish fans wild. Holland gave up at this point and the win was sealed for the European and now World Champions of football.

Spain booked a place in the World Cup final as the defending European champions played out an enthralling encounter in Durban, to win 1-0 against a young German side who have largely impressed throughout the tournament. For Joachim low’s side, this was a repeat of the heartbreaking 1-0 loss in the Euro 2008 final, but with new and emerging young and exciting players making the breakthrough, Germany are sure to be back in a major final soon.

Vicente Del Bosque’s brave decision to drop struggling striker Fernando Torres to the bench was the talk of the tournament for many football fans, as Bosque decided to replace him with the inexperienced young Barcelona striker Pedro to partner David Villa in attack.

Spain dominated possession, with the midfield trio of Xavi, Andres Iniesta and Xabi Alonso all involved in a combination of one-touch triangular passing, but failed to break down in which was a tight, crowded and well-organised German defence. This was the tactics employed by Joachim Low throughout this summer’s tournament, as his side looked to take advantage with fast flowing counter attacking football on the break.

In the second half, Spain again came out the better side with Xabi Alonso and Iniesta going close from well worked efforts, until the breakthrough finally came through in the 73^rd minute when defender Carlos Puyol latched onto a Xaxi pinpoint cross to rocket a header past the helpless German keeper Neuer and send the Spanish into celebration.

As the game went into the closing stages, Spain seemed to be experiencing the same feeling of déjà vu, as the game looked to repeat the same hard grinding result played out against Paraguay and Portugal to book a place in the 2010 World Cup finals against the Dutch.

Holland go ahead after 18 minutes.

After a lively start by both teams, Holland were the first to create a genuine chance as Dirk Kuyt had a 12 yard shot to take the lead, but sent it over the bar. And after 18 minutes it was Dutch Captain Giovanni van Bronckhorst who sent the Orange fans wild with a spectacular bullet from 40 yards out. His shot from the left crossed the goal and hit the top right corner on its way in, giving him his 5th goal on his 105th game for Holland.

The first half continued with Holland dominating, but close to the break, Uruguay started to build, and in the 41st minute, Forlan turned his marker and struck a fierce shot from 35 yards out. The Keeper should probably have saved the shot but movement on the ball and the pace of the shot beat him and leveled the score.

Holland come out on top.

The second half didn’t start as the first had finished, with some tired looking play from Holland in the earlier part of the half. It was again Forlan who looked more likely to score, with another great free-kick finding the target, but also finding the Dutch goalkeeper on this occasion.

This spurred Holland into life and two goals in three minutes sent them through to the World Cup Final. The first of the two went to Wesley Sneijder whose shot was deflected to curl into the far corner. Van Persie looked to be offside for the shot, and even tried to poke the ball, but replays show it was a very tight decision, too hard for a linesman to get right most likely.

Then, a great cross from Kuyt allowed Robben to expertly head the ball low and off the left post to take the score to 3-1 with 17 minutes to play. Uruguay failed to give up though, and scored in the 90th minute via a lovely side foot effort from Maxi Pereira gave Uruguay a slim hope of equalizing. There was not enough time though, and Holland will face the winner of Germany vs. Spain to lift the World Cup Trophy.

While it might not have been a total upset, seeing Brazil leave the World Cup at the Quarter Final stage will definitely have raised some eyebrows! And after 10 minutes it looked as though the 5 time World Cup winners were on the way to the Semi-Finals after Robinho opened the scoring.

In fact, the entire first half would have given most the impression that Brazil were already on their way, but after the break Holland came out with much more endeavour, and were rewarded with their first goal after Julio Cesar flapped at a cross and an own goal from Melo followed.

This gave Holland some confidence and after 68 minutes Sniejder gave the Dutch the winning goal as he headed in from a corner after Kuyt flicked on Robben’s cross. Things got worse for Brazil as Melo earned himself a red card for a stupid stamp on Robben, born out of pure frustration. While Brazil still tried to save the game, the whistle blew and sent the Dutch through as favourites against Uruguay!

World Cup Quarter Final 2 – Uruguay 1 vs. Ghana 1 (Uruguay win 4-2 on penalties)

A fantastic game ended in total heartbreak for Ghana, as they had the chance to win with the very last kick of the ball from the Penalty spot, which was missed by Gyan who will feel the weight of a country after the loss.

The game was an exciting battle between to competitive sides, which swayed in the favour of Ghana after 45 Minutes with a fantastic long range effort. After an opening period which saw Uruguay as the better side, Ghana finished the first half and started the Second half the better team.

However, Uruguay were still a threat at the opposite end, and it was Diego Forlan who drew the contest level with what has to be the best free-kick of a World Cup sadly missing such touches of skill. His free-kick completely wrong footed the goalkeeper and sailed into the back of the net.

In the last minute of the game, it was Ghana who had the chance to win the game as Suarez turned goalkeeper and blocked a certain goal with his hands. Asamoah Gyan hit the Crossbar and sent the game to penalties, which they lost thanks to two missed efforts. Ghana will feel very hard done by following such a deliberate handball which saved Uruguay from a Quarter Final exit.

World Cup Quarter Final 3 – Argentina 0 vs. 4 Germany

Germany cemented their position as World Cup favourites with a superb display against Argentina in which they dealt Argentina one of their worst defeats at a World Cup. Germany took the lead after just 3 minutes with a great header to signal their intent, but Argentina picked themselves up and evened the contest for the rest of the first half, as both teams carved out chances with no further scoring.

It wasn’t until the 67^th minute that Germany added a second through the ever impressive Klose, who seems to come alive at International competitions. A fantastic move from Podolski left Klose with a simple tap-in from just off the line. This opened the game up and allowed Germany to punish Argentina on the counter, with the third goal coming from Friedrich, his first for Germany, thanks to a great move from Schweinsteiger which left him with a close range tap-in.

The fourth goal from Klose after 89 minutes after he expertly volleyed a sublime cross from Ozil to put the finishing touch on a fantastic result against Argentina who went into the game as favourites in many eyes.

World Cup Quarter Final 4 – Paraguay 0 vs. 1 Spain

Spain secured their place in the last four of the World Cup with a less than convincing display against Paraguay. Spain had been clear favourites going into this match, but Paraguay proved a harder opponent than expected. It was Paraguay who had the best chance to take the lead after they were awarded a penalty in the second half following a first half starved of serious chances.

Oscar Cordoza missed the penalty awarded as a result of Gerard Pique pulling him down in the box. Despite encroachment from the Spanish players, no re-take was awarded which was salt in the wounds for Spain who were awarded a penalty minutes later. After Xabi Alonso scored from the spot, the referee ordered a re-take, for encroachment, and of course, the result was Alonso missing the second attempt.

David Villa was there to spare Spanish blushes on the 82^nd minute mark after Iniesta went on a fantastic run and laid off for Pedro who hit the post. The rebound found Villa who finished, by virtue of both posts, to take the victory and allow Spain the chance to redeem themselves in the next round.

Holland set up a quarter final encounter with either Brazil or Chile, as the Dutch dominated in a well deserved 2-1 win over Slovakia in Durban. The Dutch were handed a boost before the game with Arjen Robben making his first competitive start of the World Cup campaign. Slovakian coach Weiss also made changes to his starting XI before the game with talented son Vladimir Weiss making the breakthrough for this crucial last 16 game.

It was two fine strikes from the Dutch that won the game, the first coming from an excellent trademark Arjen Robben goal in the 18^th minute when the winger used his pace to cut inside his man and rifle in a left-footed strike at the near post. Holland second of the game came late on in the 84^th minute when Dirk Kuyt beat the on rushing Slovakian keeper Mucha with his pace and power, to roll the ball unselfishly across to team mate Snedijer who tapped in an empty net in to seal the win.

Slovakia found a consolation goal deep into injury time, as Vittek pull one back for the Slovakians with a penalty, after Dutch keeper Stekelenburg fouled Jakubko in the box, sealing his forth and final goal of the tournament in a 2-1 defeat.

World Cup Game 52 –Brazil 3 vs. 0 Chile

Brazil sailed into the quarter finals of the World Cup with a comfortable and impressive 3-0 win over there South American counterparts Chile in Johannesburg. It was Brazil who controlled large parts of the game with Chile’s best spell coming in the first quarter, putting early pressure on the Brazilians from the kick off.

After seeing off the early pressure from the Chileans, Brazil scored there first goal of the game, coming from a Maicon corner as defender Juan took advantage of some awful defending from Chile to nod home the opening goal. Brazil doubled the lead in the 38^th minute when Kaka slipped in Luis Fabiano as the on-fire striker rounded goalkeeper Claudio Bravo before slotting home in typical Brazilian fashion. The game was finally sealed on the hour mark as Robinho latched onto a superb pass from Ramires and unleashed a curling effort into the far corner leaving Bravo with no chance.

World Cup Game 53 –Paraguay 0 vs. 0 Japan (Paraguay win 5-3 on pens)

Paraguay beat Japan in Pretoria on penalties to create history by reaching the World Cup quarter-finals for the first time. After a tense 90 minute and extra time period it was penalties that settled this tie with Paraguay edging Japan with a 5-3 win.

The game itself was a cagey encounter with Japan starting the more attack minded team, and in the early first half of the game the best chance fell to Daisuke Matsui whose 30 yard effort crashed off the woodwork leaving the Paraguay keeper Villar beaten. Paraguay responded with strikes from Roque Santa Cruz and Ortigoza but excellent defending from the Japanese denied the Paraguayans from breaking the deadlock keeping the game scoreless.

In the second half, both teams become very cagey and desperate with neither side finding a breakthrough, as the game looked like it would fade out to 0-0 draw. In Extra time both side came out flying with the Japanese Kawashima denying Valdes from inside the box and at the other end Villar palming out a powerful Honda strike. As the game went into penalties this first of the tournament, it was the unlucky Japanese player Komano who hit the bar with the third spot-kick to deny Japan the chance to progress, as Paraguay sank all five penalties with Oscar Cardozo grabbing the winner to send the South American’s into celebration.

World Cup Game 54 –Spain 1 vs. 0 Portugal

Spain booked there place in quarter finals of the World Cup thanks a David Villa 63^rd minute strike as Spain played out a much-anticipated encounter against the Portuguese in the Green Point stadium, Cape Town.

It was new Barcelona boy Villa that broke the deadlock scoring in the 63^rd minute of the match after Barcelona team mates Andres Iniesta and Xavi linked up inside the box, flicking the ball into Villa’s path with the striker scoring in off the bar from a rebounded save from goalkeeper Eduardo. Portugal rarely looked like scoring an equalising goal, and Spain could have made victory more emphatic against a Portuguese side, in which Cristiano Ronaldo was hugely disappointing.

As the game come into the closing stages, more misery was put on Portugal as Carlos Quieroz side were reduced to 10 men after defender Ricardo Costa stupidly lashed out at Capdevila, in what was a frustrating night for the Portuguese national side.