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May
17
2009

When To Watch Football: Find Football TV Schedules Online

A soccer match between two top teams can be the most anticipated sports spectacle on any given day, hands down. Many TV viewers worldwide, especially in the United Kingdom, would rather watch a soccer game than any other sports event, be it baseball,...

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Apr
28
2009

The business end of the business end of the season in the Football League

There are several ways to win a Championship. You can swashbuckle your way to the top playing good football and conquering all that come before you, nailing the title several weeks before the end of the season. You can push your head above the parapet...

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Apr
22
2009

Villa Seek Glory in Fourth Outing of the Peace Cup

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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Apr
22
2009

Synopsis Russia : Zenit’s Zenith, Loveless Moscow and a New Czar

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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Apr
21
2009

AFC Wimbledon quest for league football grows ever closer

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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Apr
17
2009

Premier League makes a play for global domination

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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Mar
24
2009

Scarborough rise from the ashes

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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Mar
18
2009

Football’s shift to technology could have negative effects on the game

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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Mar
17
2009

Conference title goes for a Burton

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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Mar
11
2009

No Deal or No Deal: The story of Adrian Ilie and Terek Grozny

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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