Play Football With Lionel Messi in London on Wednesday!
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As revealed on Friday Messi will racing through London to take part in a special 11-aside match somewhere in the capital where two pre-selected teams will get to play football alongside him and you can be there to watch. At the moment this location is still unknown but what we can reveal is that Messi…
Who Should Play Up Front Against Liverpool?
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A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on Berbatov, expressing the fact that this season he had to produce somewhere near his best form or else he was out the door. To be honest I didn’t think he was anywhere as bad as people would make ya believe, he has produced some moments of…
Is Liverpool’s Over-Reliance On Fernando Torres Crippling Him?
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Before we get started I’d just like to get my disclaimer out of the way. This opinion piece is not a spurious personal attack on Liverpool Football Club and/or the many supporters thereof – it is a potted critique of one man, Fernando Torres, and the circumstances in which he currently finds himself, i.e. an…
Forget Rooney – United’s defending could cost them the title
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Wayne Rooney’s private-life allegations may have shocked the world of football, but in no way are Manchester United’s problems restricted to Rooney’s well-documented setback…
Blue Moon Rising – Review
There been many films surrounding football but none like Blue Moon Rising. The docu-film, created by Endemol, follows a group of true blue Manchester City supporters who follow the blues home and away in a battered old Renault Espace named Helios during the 2009/10 season. The season marked the first full year of ADUG in…
Man Utd Throw Away Two More Points
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Seriously, what the hell happened? United were cruising, after coming from being one nil down to produce some great football to go 3-1 in front, and then to see all that good play undone by two last minute goals from Tim Cahill and Mikel Arteta. I’m really tempted now to go with my knee jerk…
Championship Update: Is Strachan taking Middlesbrough backwards?
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The miracle of Turf Moor It is hard to take positives from a game in which you throw away a 3-1 lead in the final ten minutes but Preston should be encouraged by the majority of their performance. Winger Keith Treacy was outstanding. As for Burnley, they were limp, lacklustre and completely reliant on the…
We Ate All The Pies: How Football Swallowed Britain Whole
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Author John Nicholson has a problem – the kind of which, should it concern methamphetamine or alcohol, would probably have seen him forced to attend bi-weekly, court-ordered rehab sessions by now. It becomes quickly apparent whilst reading We Ate All The Pies that he is utterly, rabidly and cripplingly addicted to football along with all of it’s many facets and foibles.
Do Footballers Deserve Privacy?
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With Wayne Rooney being plastered on every British daily over the past week, he has now sent out a request for privacy during this difficult time with his wife. This is reminiscent of the treatment that Tiger Woods requested following his scandal last year. Both athletes decided to take part in extra marital activities, but…
Everton v Manchester United Preview: Be Better At Goodison
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After a brief hiatus, Manchester United resume their 2010/11 Barclays Premier League season with the short trip to Goodison Park to take on a sputtering Everton side. So far this season, United have taken seven from a possible nine points, but Everton has got off to yet another slow start and only have a single…