Is this the end of Man City’s title challenge?

February 2, 2012

After I wrote a while ago that Manchester City were the clear favourites for the Premier League title this year, my opinion seems to have changed over the past few weeks. Their recent form has seen them playing decent enough but Manchester United have gone that extra mile. Manchester City has lost on far too [...]

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Hits and Misses: Football League highlights of the end of the transfer window

February 1, 2012

So one of the most exciting days of the season is over, and Jim White’s excitable gossip-hungry clone can go back into suspended animation until next year. Yet spending is down nearly 70% versus last year’s January deadline, where Torres and Carroll dominated the headlines. The Premiership clubs may have stayed away from the chequebook, [...]

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Why I’m proud to be a part of the lower league community.

February 1, 2012

I’ll always remember the first game of football I ever went to: I was aged six; the location was Aggborough in Kidderminster as the Harriers took on Aston Villa in Graham Allner’s testimonial. It was a few years before I was ever introduced to top flight football at Villa Park or First Division football at [...]

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De Gea’s fears heightened by Lindegaard’s woe

January 31, 2012

After having been reducing to a flapping and floundering wreck in the Anfield penalty area, David De Gea is likely to have spent much of Sunday in a darkened room shaking at the prospect of being confronted with any of the further tall, muscle bound players the Premier League has to offer. But a twisted [...]

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Wenger must be forced to spend

January 30, 2012

Arsenal supporters are becoming increasingly frustrated at the club’s recent failure to compete for major honours in the past 7 years. The ‘so near yet so far’ statement could not ring more true than it does for the Gunners and the fans are starting to lose patience. The poisonous atmosphere that has swept across the [...]

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FA Cup generates 650m for English football

January 27, 2012

Deloitte report assessing the financial impact of The FA Cup reveals: £650m earned by clubs in the past 10 years Crawley Town receive £1m pay day from single FA Cup tie  As excitement builds ahead of The FA Cup with Budweiser Fourth Round Proper, the financial impact of the competition has been revealed in a new report [...]

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Ferguson calls for calm

January 26, 2012

Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has written an open letter to the club’s fans, asking them to behave well when they meet Liverpool in Saturday’s 4th round FA Cup at Anfield. Even those looking at Real Money Casino Games at Mansion will tell you that tensions between the rival clubs have increased in recent times, following the [...]

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Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain for England?

January 25, 2012

With both Euro 2012 and the Olympics getting underway this summer, it is perhaps no surprise that speculation has been rife over who will make it into Fabio Capello’s final squad for Poland and Ukraine, and who is in line for a call up for Stuart Pearce’s Olympic Team GB squad – and the Euro [...]

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Fans to become Wembley legends and star alongside Vinnie Jones

January 25, 2012

25 January 2012: FA Cup winner and Hollywood hardman Vinnie Jones has returned to Wembley for the first time in nearly 25 years, to star in an interactive film in which he presents fans with their personalised Wembley Way stone. In the film, Vinnie plays tribute to the national stadium and the position that Wembley [...]

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Wenger’s Sanity in doubt.

January 24, 2012

Benjamin Franklin once said that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. With this definition in mind events at the Emirates stadium on Sunday could lead some Arsenal supporters to question the mental health of their manager. Sunday 28th August 2011 will be a date forever [...]

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Norwich bring in Howson from Leeds

January 24, 2012

Norwich City have completed the signing of Jonny Howson from Leeds United. A fee was agreed last week, but the Canaries have now confirmed the transfer after the midfielder completed his medical at Carrow Road. Those who assess in play betting strategy note how the signing is one of many Norwich have made from outside [...]

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Harry Redknapp – football’s biggest hypocrite?

January 23, 2012

Harry Redknapp, who spent most of last week aiming poisonous verbal darts in the direction of Manchester City manager, Roberto Mancini, last night went on live television to try to get the FA to take retrospective action against Mario Balotelli for an alleged stamp on Scott Parker during City’s dramatic win against Spurs. Funny, I [...]

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