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Luke Smith

I am a 22 year old Newspaper Journalism student and live in Bude, Cornwall. I support Arsenal F.C and want to write someday in a professional capacity about football. Any help or advice will be much appreciated with regards to an article or otherwise.

I’m a former professional footballer who is now dragging my good name and the game through the mud by being a piss poor pundit – Get me out of here!

All he does is wine

For a long time now I’ve been disillusioned by the overt and glittery presentation of our beautiful game on the nations TV channels. From the brash appearance to the distinctly unnecessary taglines (Grand Slam Sunday?! Honestly?!) the game itself has almost become an after thought. Big games are built up to such an extent that…

What would it take for you to leave your dream club?

Do you really love the greedy bastards?

The majority of us have one. A personal vendetta with a man you’ve never met. A man who could not have done much worse had he slept with your wife. These are the players that rinse your club for every last penny. The players that see your club as a stepping stone or proclaim their…

Football kits and a lack of club identity

Football kits and a lack of club identity

A club’s colours and kit are a fundamental part of their tradition and heritage; indeed many would recognise a team because of their uniform before their badge. Take my side, Arsenal, and the introduction of their famous white sleeves back n the 1930′s. Manager Herbert Chapman introduced white sleeves to the previously all-red Arsenal shirts…

Top 5 Free-Kicks in Premier League History

Top 5 Free-Kicks in Premier League History

Manchester United returned to the Premiership summit midweek with a comfortable 2 — 0 victory over Harry Redknapp’s Pompey side. Whilst many would argue that United could have gone on to score six or seven, such was their dominance and quality of play, I’m sure the Old Trafford faithful would have settled for two and…

How can Wenger improve Arsenal?

Mid transfer window, what could/should your team do to improve? Already we are over midway through the January transfer market and despite this being the priciest ever window on record (an estimated £96M spent already) much of the pre-window speculation has failed to materialise (Berbatov to United anyone?). Of course the media will do their…


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