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Tactics: Tottenham v QPR

Tottenham continued their fine start to the 2011/12 season with a 3-1 win against QPR at White Hart Lane. Spurs took to the field with real pace in wide areas. Wingers Aaron Lennon and Gareth Bale pushed high on QPR full-backs, Traore and Young. Meanwhile Spurs’ own full-backs, Kyle Walker and Benoit Assou-Ekotto, ventured high…

Football Fashion?

Fashion matters more to football than the average supporter might care to acknowledge. Most spectators aren’t overly concerned about their personal aesthetic at 3pm on a Saturday. In fact, for that matter, many neglect to engage in even the most rudimentary of personal grooming practices full stop. Nonetheless, players have known for some time that…

Better candidates than Beckam for Olympic captaincy

Understandably, European nations often decline to participate in Olympic football competition. The alignment of their respective four year rotations means that UEFA’s European Championships coincide with the Olympic Games. In an already crowded summer of football, many Football Associations deem a further tournament undesirable and those who do enter inevitably send weakened teams. Football being…

Should Footballers Be Allowed To Chew Gum On The Pitch?

At first glance it seems it could not possibly be true. A repeat viewing of the BBC’s Match of the Day programme, however, confirms the initial suspicion that Tottenham Hotspur’s Benoit Assou Ekotto took to the field against Wigan last month chewing gum. Not only was he chewing gum, but the Cameroonian saw fit to…

Away To The Orient: Amateur Football In China

Deprivation from football is a terrible thing. A summer without an international tournament represents a painful period of sobriety for most fans. Even the banalities of pre-season are welcomed with open arms by those thirsty for a glimpse of their new signing. Thus it was with great trepidation that I moved to China recently, thereby…