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James Baker

Every week I will be writing about the ups and downs, the controversy and the talking points of the beautiful game. I’m 31, a season ticket holder at a Premiership club, with a penchant for a Guinness and a curry and my all time hero is Bobby Moore

England – It’s Armageddon all over again

June 28, 2010

Ok, it isn’t quite the end of the world but I think a few of us feel like that this morning. The usual knee-jerk reactions are gracing the airwaves and the newspapers this morning. The usual cries of “sack the manager” and “you let your country down” have been wheeled out and the nation is in mourning. I don’t know about you, but I am g [...]

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Zola sacked – The stats don’t lie, or do they?

May 11, 2010

Well, that is that then. Arguably the nicest man in football was dismissed by West Ham earlier today. Some will be rejoicing, some will have sympathy for Zola and some just won’t care. Personally, I think Zola has been badly short changed by the club but we will come to that in a minute.
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Never write off Man Utd

April 19, 2010

Just when you thought it was all over, all bets are on again following the dramatic results from this weekend. Chelsea could almost touch the title with 17 seconds remaining of the Manchester derby on Saturday lunchtime. [...]

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To Boo or not to Boo your team?

March 25, 2010

West Ham’s truly awful season plummeted to new depths on Tuesday at the Boleyn. A very well organised and clinical Wolves team came to the east end and did a real job on the hapless Hammers. I stood there for most of the evening with the same glum expression I have worn for most of this season. By the end of the game, though it wasn’t just the [...]

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Is the England circus better than Eastenders?

February 4, 2010

Nearly a week has passed and the fall-out from the John Terry saga is still rumbling on. That darling of celebs, well anyone with a bob or two to make, Max Clifford assures us that we will finally know the truth by the end of the week. To be honest, I don’t care who has been doing what to whom. I don’t care about supposed abortions. I don’t c [...]

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Is Mido really worth a grand a week?

February 3, 2010

That controversial figure, Mido has returned to the Premier League to join the slightly subdued Hammers (I can’t call them happy Hammers). So desperate to prove his worth, he is reportedly earning just a grand a week. Even more desperately, he is joining a club whose fans once referred to him as the “shoe bomber”. Times must be tough. [...]

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West Ham – My Angel is a Centrefold

January 21, 2010

So, after months of doubt and negotiations, West Ham United was sold on Tuesday. There were a number of bidders, some more serious than others for the famous old club but we now have a winner, ladies and gentlemen. The club has returned to the bosom of the east end (well, the leafy suburbs of Essex) in the hands of the two Davids’. No, not the cl [...]

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Does anyone actually want to win the Premier League?

December 22, 2009

Another Premiership weekend has passed and again, we see a lot of surprising results. Does anyone want to win the Premiership this year? [...]

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Sing Along – Part 4

December 16, 2009

Last season, I wrote a piece that attributed a song to each Premier League team that reflected their current status or something that was going on at the club at the time. At the risk of going over old ground, I thought I would update the songs for the teams in this years Premiership with my current musings. Just to give you a flavour of some of my [...]

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Sing Along – Part 3

December 6, 2009

Last season, I wrote a piece that attributed a song to each Premier League team that reflected their current status or something that was going on at the club at the time. At the risk of going over old ground, I thought I would update the songs for the teams in this years Premiership with my current musings. Just to give you a flavour of some of my [...]

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Sing Along – Part 2

November 26, 2009

Last season, I wrote a piece that attributed a song to each Premier League team that reflected their current status or something that was going on at the club at the time. At the risk of going over old ground, I thought I would update the songs for the teams in this years Premiership with my current musings. Just to give you a flavour of some of my [...]

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The Premier League Sing Along – Part 1

November 18, 2009

Last season, I wrote a piece that attributed a song to each Premier League team that reflected their current status or something that was going on at the club at the time. At the risk of going over old ground, I thought I would update the songs for the teams in this years Premiership with my current musings. Just to give you a flavour of some of my [...]

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