I’m on holiday next week. Regular updates will resume in the new year, on Tuesday, January 2nd.
Vesele Vanoce!
Sam

MAREK CECH SET TO JOIN VLADIVOSTOK
Slovan Liberec goalkeeper Marek Cech looks set to join Luch-Energia Vladivostok, in the Russian Far East, in January. Liberec have received a formal transfer offer and, according to Russian reports, the two clubs are very close to a deal. “Negotiations are in the final phase and it’s probable that Marek [...]

ROSICKY WINS AUTUMN 2006 ‘ZLATY MIC’ VOTE
Tomas Rosicky has won the autumn section of the 2006/07 Zlaty Mic (Golden Ball) poll, ahead of last year’s winner Petr Cech and Tomas Ujfalusi. The two-stage vote, organized by the Klub Sportovnich Novinaru (Club of Sports Journalists), aims to find the Czech player of the season. The overall [...]

These are the full results of the first of two votes by Czech sports journalists, designed to find the Czech footballer of the season. The second poll will be held at the end of the season, and the two sets of results tallied. The overall winner will then be awarded the Zlaty Mic (Golden Ball).
1st [...]

BRNO AND BORO IN LEJSAL TRANSFER TALKS
Following interest from Middlesbrough, Brno’s Martin Lejsal may become the latest Czech goalkeeper to play in the English Premier League. The two clubs were due to begin negotiations about the 24-year-old’s future today.
Speaking to the Mlada fronta Dnes newspaper, however, Lejsal – who’s currently recovering from an operation [...]

CECH 24TH IN FIFA WORLD PLAYER VOTING
In the voting for the FIFA World Player of 2006, won by Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro, Czech goalkeeper Petr Cech finished 24th, with 11 points. The Chelsea star received one first-place vote and six third-place votes. The only other Czech player shortlisted, Arsenal’s Tomas Rosicky, finished 30th with no [...]

LIBEREC OUT OF UEFA CUP
Braga’s 2-0 win over Grasshoppers, in the UEFA Cup last night, means that Czech champions Slovan Liberec have failed to advance from Group C to the competition’s final phase. The result ends Czech involvement in European competition this season. The two other Gambrinus Liga clubs involved in the UEFA Cup’s group [...]

SLAVIA-BANIK REFEREEING PROTEST REJECTED
The CMFS (Czech football association) Referees & Delegates Commission has rejected a protest from Banik Ostrava about the sending-off of Pavel Besta in their 15th 17th round league game against Slavia Praha.
Banik officials had argued that referee Radek Matejek’s red-carding of Besta, for a foul on Slavia forward Stanislav Vlcek, was unjustified. [...]

UEFA CUP 2006/07
GROUP STAGE – MATCHDAY 5
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13TH, 2006
GROUP G
Hapoel Tel-Aviv (Israel) 1, Mlada Boleslav 1
Half Time: 1-1
Goals: 26th Barda – 39th Kysela
Needing a win, Mlada Boleslav go out of the UEFA Cup after being held to a draw in Israel.
Uefa.com Report
Mlada Boleslav Team: Miller – Palat, Rajnoch, Brezinsky, Nesvadba (86th Rolko) – Kysela, [...]

ENGLAND: PETR CECH RESUMES LIGHT TRAINING
After fracturing his skull in October, Petr Cech has begun light training, wearing rugby-style protective headgear. The Czech international told reporters that he was feeling good and hoped to resume full training in mid-January. Cech’s current fitness programme, at Chelsea’s Cobham training ground, apparently involves tennis.
ENGLAND: ROSICKY COULD RETURN ON [...]