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England are looking to beat Ukraine, qualify for the knockout stages for Euro 2012 and give his side the momentum to kick on and go far in this year’s Euros.

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On Monday came news that Raheem Sterling, Jake Livermore and Adam Lallana had been called into the England squad ahead of Tuesday night’s encounter with Ukraine. As usual with England, like a cross country run at school, there were an …

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If there’s anything that reflects what’s good and bad about modern football, on and off the pitch, it’s the last day of the transfer window. Twice a year, on the last day of August and January, we see many of …

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Thomas Jefferson once said “The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers”. There must have been times where Andre Villas-Boas during his spell at Chelsea and now his time managing …

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Spurs 2-0 pre-season loss to Valencia on Thursday night is not a sign that Spurs should panic, but it did show the weaknesses currently prevalent in the Spurs squad and showed the need to bring in reinforcements. Jermaine ‘JJ’ Jenas …

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Last season’s promoted sides were a revelation. Swansea dazzled the league with an adherence to short passing football stronger than Elton John’s adherence to ill-fitting wigs, Norwich showed a tactical flexibility rarely seen in England before while QPR relied on …

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Chelsea have had a summer almost as extraordinary as their amazing Champions League triumph in May. It’s been an extraordinary summer because they have spent upwards of £63m, revolutionised their squad, signed two of the hottest young talents in world …

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News broke yesterday of Lee Dixon’s departure from the BBC football punditry team. Now Dixon is by no means a great pundit. He wasn’t enormously informative, didn’t have great vocal delivery. He wasn’t as good as Gary Neville or even …

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Tottenham’s end to last season was thoroughly miserable. A horrible, mean-spirited, heartbreaking ending to a season that at times had promised so much. Think of the The Elephant Man when John Merrick’s happy existence is ruined by bastard circus owner …

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The response from fans and media to England’s defeat on penalties to Italy on Sunday night has largely been encouraging. No hounding of referees into early retirement and a life on the run from the press. No plastering of Roy …

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With several bookmakers having stopped taking bets and with the newspapers full of stories saying that Andre Villas-Boas is on the verge of becoming Tottenham Hotspur’s new manager, it seems clear that AVB will be Harry Redknapp’s replacement in the …

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Spain are through to the Euro 2012 quarter-finals after a tense victory over a hard-working, skilful Croatia side on Monday night. Spain spent most of the match though knowing a goal on the break from Croatia could knock them out …

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