41.   Police put a lock on Marseille early Monday, bringing in reinforcements, putting a partial ban on alcohol and searching and escorting arriving English soccer fans.

42.   Popescu, who joined Spurs from PSV Eindhoven in September, has not found the style of English soccer to his liking.

43.   Police arrested four more English soccer fans and an Argentine ahead of the eagerly awaited England-Argentina World Cup match, officials said Friday.

44.   A goal at Blackburn would also equal the Man United team record of goals in eight straight games in the top-flight of English soccer.

45.   A first goal in English soccer for Portuguese teenager Dani gave West Ham an upset victory at high-flying Tottenham in the English Premier League Monday.

46.   A life ban from English soccer was also considered unlikely.

47.   A further investigation was ordered Tuesday into the case of an English soccer fan convicted under special legislation for assaulting police during the European Championship.

48.   A judge placed the second-division English soccer team Bury into receivership on Friday, a potential first step on the road to bankruptcy.

49.   A Japanese television crew on Friday filed a complaint with Thai police alleging that they were assaulted by suspected English soccer hooligans in the seaside resort town of Pattaya.

50.   A public address announcer was fired during halftime of an English soccer game Wednesday night for criticizing the referee.