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Jul
22
2006

Dennis Bergkamp and Arsenal – One Last Time At Ashburton Grove

Tonight, Arsenal FC pays a final tribute to perhaps its greatest #10 ever. Having graced the club’s colours for over 11 years, it is only fitting that the first match at Ashburton Grove is Bergkamp’s testimonial.

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Jul
21
2006

Hamburg Plans To Bury Its Fans

File this under ‘odd marketing campaigns’ please.

Hamburg SV of Bundesliga is planning to open a cemetary next to the stadium so that “die-hard fans can rest in peace alongside their favorite team”.

Please note...

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Jul
20
2006

Football News: Arsenal’s new stadium, Zidane being selfish and more

Ok, lots of interesting news bites flying around, i figure the easiest way is to give you guys a quick listing of what to read (in case you’ve missed it).

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Jul
20
2006

Who Got Lucky – Aston Villa or David O’Leary?

One of the highlights of last season was seeing Aston Villa fans put up this banner:

Aston Villa David O'Leary Banner

David O’Leary –...

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Jul
19
2006

Barcelona To Hold Presidential Elections On A Stupid Technicality?

Power corrupts, but the greed for power drives men to do absolutely anything and everything to bring down the opposition.

For Barcelona it may not be that dramatic, but reading about how, on the appeal of 3 club members, a Spanish judge had...

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Jul
15
2006

What Is Ashley Cole’s Problem With Arsenal?

Update: Wenger has said that he wants Ashley Cole to stay.

I’m hoping that one of you guys can help answer this for me.

For my part, I’m...

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Jul
14
2006

Italian Match-Fixing Scandal Verdict

The verdit results from Italy are in.

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Jul
14
2006

FIFA Rankings For July 2006

Amidst the Zidane commotion, it seems that most people have forgotten about the revised FIFA world rankings that were released on July 12.

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Jul
12
2006

Zidane Comments On The Headbutt Incident

Zinedine Zidane finally spoke out about his clash with Materazzi in the World Cup final (a clash that left Materazi flattened on the floor and got Zidane a...

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Jul
10
2006

Zidane Wins Best Player Award, I Choke On My Breakfast and Almost Die…

Zinedine Zidane wins the Ballon d’Or – the Golden Ball – the best player award – for the 2006 World Cup.

Are you fuckin’ kidding me?

Can someone please cut through the tripe and the hype and actually point...

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