The 37-year-old led the San Jose Sharks into the postseason regularly for almost a decade, though the underachieving Sharks could never quite make it to the Cup finals.

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However it was almost a disastrous start as a sloppy Jose Bosingwa pass could easily have gifted Wolves a first-minute opener.

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The second reason that I was chosen for this role is that I live almost equidistant between San Francisco and San Jose.

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Everton brought on 16-year-old Jose Baxter as a late susbstitute, and he almost claimed the points with a minute to go, sending a stretching header off target from Jagielka's cross.

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In earlier matches, European-chasing Getafe were held to a 0-0 by a Racing Santander side who played almost the entire second half with 10 men after Jose Moratan was dismissed for two bookings.

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But Sweden were almost level in bizarre circumstances nine minutes later when defender Jose Francisco Molina hit his own crossbar with a back pass.

BBC: Nilsson salvages draw for Swedes

Dataquest, a San Jose research firm, also predicts big things the operating system, saying Linux will account for almost a quarter of worldwide server appliance revenue by the year 2003.

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The commentators on Televisao Nacional de Angola were almost too stunned for words, while the Palancas Negra's coach, Manuel Jose, said in a post-match interview that he had no explanation for what had happened on the pitch.

BBC: Football retakes centre stage in Angola