They may have been knocked out of the UEFA Cup, failed to make the last two in the FA or League Cups and not be in the title race anymore but Aston Villa could very well end the season with silverware.
They are taking part in the fourth outing...
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Zenit St. Petersburg was the straw that broke the Camel’s back. Rubin Kazan let the cat out the bag. In 2007, after years of domination by Moscow teams – Spartak, Lokomotiv and CSKA – Dick “the little General” Advocaat coached...
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As AFC Wimbledon fans took in a post-match pint on Saturday, it’s unlikely the hands raising the pint glass had many fingernails left. But Dons fans can now relax somewhat. Bar their promotion rivals Hampton and Richmond Borough going goal crazy...
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The Guardian (so I only read them and the BBC, shoot me) have a report saying that Richard Scudamore and Peter Kenyon are tacitly backing Mohamed...
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As the business end of the season approaches, one promotion has already been sorted. Scarborough Athletic’s 2-1 win at Teversal in the Northern Counties East League First Division saw them secure promotion to the Premier Division and need just...
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Let’s face it, the game of football is a high-pressure affair. Throw in two clubs playing a local derby or a must-win match, a crowd full of supporters going absolutely mental and a ball and you have yourself...
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For the Conference champions-elect to lose at Ebbsfleet may be regarded as misfortune. To lose at home to Salisbury in the same week looks like carelessness. What started as a hiccup for Burton Albion when they drew again Woking a few weeks ago is...
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Twenty-two minutes isn’t long. Yet who knows how precious those short moments were to Ronaldo, finally back on a football pitch last week in Corinthians’ 2-0 cup win over Itumbiara. After a year spent wrestling with the aftermath of more...
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If you haven’t heard of the VIVA World Cup, don’t worry, you’re in the majority. Started in 2006, the event was first planned...
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Nike Five is a national five-a-side tournament held by Nike in England – we previewed it here before (with a clip of Rooney getting nutmegged) and now the Nike...
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