Anything that doesn’t fit in other categories is put in this category. Don’t worry, they’ll find a home, eventually.
I’m writing this post in order to bring some hope to you men (mostly), whose partners for life give them a hard time over their fascination with the beautiful game. I’ll start at the end:
In May 2009, a business trip “forced”...
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Last season Sporting Club de Braga’s manager Jorge Jesus stated that the only way they would ever win the league would be on a Playstation. They had just been beaten by Benfica in Estadio da Luz 1-0 to an offside goal and had been denied two...
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Written by Karl Donnelly. 21 comments
Just when you think you couldn’t have any more love for a footballer, Cesc Fabregas goes and does something stupid like that! A goal, four assists, and a performance that even De Niro would have been proud of, and the Spaniard is guiding teams...
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Athletic Bilbao have enjoyed a notable start to the season, sitting in eighth place in La Liga following the weekend’s 2-2 draw away at Real Valladolid, as Joaquin Caparros has led the team to one of their brighter La Liga starts in recent years.
Caparros,...
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Written by Alex Stamp. 2 comments
Ever since the arrival of the Roman Abramovich era at Chelsea, the world of football seems to exist in two separate yet parallel universes.
There are clubs who teeter on the brink of bankruptcy despite brief flirts with glory (a la Leeds United...
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Forlorn, languid, lazy, lack of confidence?
When a player is the subject of a 30 million transfer fee in the market, the subject is expected to deliver. Though the occasional glimpse of genius has been seen at Dimitar Berbatov’s...
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Written by David Scullion. 12 comments
Fernando Torres & Robbie Keane could have been the deadliest double act since Starsky & Hutch, had Rafa Benitez not thought otherwise. As it happens they had to settle last week for separate feats, separate plaudits, and separate points hauls....
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Instructions, mentality: attacking, passing style: short, tempo: quick. Ohh hang on a second, I can do this for real now.
Last weekend I completed my Football Federation Australia junior coaching license, so am now a ‘proper’ football...
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Written by Kieran Pender. 4 comments
“Seeing these smiling faces is the greatest pleasure. They have been magnificent all season. They have been our 12th man. I have always said our fans are the best in England. Now I know they are the best in Europe too.” (Rafa Benitez)
Written by BD Condell. 11 comments
Seven goals, seven minutes of added time, seven players from the Big Four in the team of the week. Yes, the big boys claimed back their rightful place at the top of the Premier League table last week, the pretenders of Manchester City & Tottenham...
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Written by Neil Jones. One comment
