July 2008

Will football feel the credit crunch?

July 31, 2008

Let the games begin!

How can an only slightly above average striker cost the same as a vacuum cleaner man’s earnings (albeit a rather trendy and revolutionary cleaner). The ridiculous amount that bought Keane and the ludicrous offers still being bandied about for everyone from Kaka to Ronaldo show all is well at the top of the game. Or does it? [...]

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Fantasy league special

July 30, 2008

It’s potty time again

So with only 19 days to go till the start of the new season, overpaid primadonnas all over the country are packing their family’s up and moving to the other end of this glorious land, and placing their orders for their new Mazzeratti’s with leather trim and 25″ alloys…… [...]

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Spurs – Champions League… you’re ‘avin a laugh!

July 29, 2008

Are Spurs an even bigger laughing stock than Newcastle?

The cries of “Dimitar Berbatov” coming from the Fart Hart Lane crowd are slowly fading… The chants of “Keano” have already shifted 200 miles north to Liverpool… And for some bizarre reason Ramos spent £16.5 Million on Modric from Dinamo Zagreb, a team that in all fairness would [...]

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Clubs hold firm in transfer hot house

July 28, 2008

Transfer special

There are just under three weeks to go until the new Premier League season gets underway and we are all still waiting for some earth shattering transfer deals to go through. [...]

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Team GB: Would this team win the Olympics?

July 27, 2008

Scottish and Irish FAs have every right to pour scorn on the idea on the prospect on a Team GB squad for the Olympics; it is an unfortunate setup in sport that when we have a kickabout, we’re our own independent country, but when we’re scooping whatever medals are going at the Games, we have link arms and be all happy-clappy under the Great Bri [...]

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Fergi vs Big Phil, round 1

July 24, 2008

Let the war of words commence

Fergie just can’t resist a bit of cerebral gymnastics. Mind you, he hasn’t exactly been at the top of his game in recent times. Mainly because his toughest sparring partner Arsene hasn’t been identified as his prime rival in the hunt for the Premiership crown. In the meantime, the great Scot refused to indulge [...]

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A guide to pre-season friendlies

July 22, 2008

It’s that time of year again when your team heads out to the most remote of locations to play out a meaningless goalless draw against the local non league pub side. So what’s the point pf the pre-season friendly? Is it worth parting with a fiver to watch your whole squad take on Kettering Town?

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Top 10 opening day classics

July 22, 2008

With the start of the season now just three weeks away, it’s time to dust off the memory bank and delve into some classic encounters from the opening day of the season. Relive some great, and not so great, names of years gone by and add your own memories as I present ten stunning openings to the Premier League season… [...]

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Billericay Town Ladies, a club going places

July 21, 2008

It’s girls week at UK Football Finder

Just to prove it’s not all about us guys here at UKFF we interviewed Kerry Oldham of Billericay Town Ladies FC about womans football, the lifestyle, social scene and what it means to be a female footballer in todays society, she’s also a little cutie! [...]

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South Africa for The Cup, no ta…

July 20, 2008

Is it coming back home?

Joseph S Blatter said last week that 3 other countries have been contacted over the possibility of staging the next World Cup in 2010 if South Africa is suddenly hit by some nasty natural disaster or if they encounter problems which will make it necessary for them to have it moved. [...]

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Girl of the week

July 19, 2008

UKFF is fast becoming the home of the soccerette. So due to popular demand we thought we’d launch a brand new weekly column, simply called, ‘Girl of the week’. And to get the ball rolling we’d like to introduce the gorgeous Annabella Bottali. [...]

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Alexander is not great, he’s a Pleb!

July 16, 2008

King of the playground

So the Pleb is off to Catalunya, good riddance I say, in my opinion Pleb is one of the most over rated players in Premiership history. A playground player if I ever saw one. [...]

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