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Tottenham NOT challenging Olympic decision – yet

Following statements made by the Olympic Park Legacy Company (OPLC) claiming that they have received a letter from Tottenham that is a pre-cursor to judicial review proceedings (and then pre-empting any Tottenham actions by going on and on about the ‘fairness’ of the process – in other words, playing the media), Tottenham Hotspur have issued…

Why Liverpool and Manchester United stars should team up for England

Castrol data shows that Liverpool’s £35 million striker Andy Carroll deserves his place alongside Manchester United’s Wayne Rooney in Fabio Capello’s England attack, netting an impressive 11 Premier League goals in 1,712 minutes of action this season. While Rooney’s place in the Three Lions’ first 11 is set in stone under Capello, the second striking…

Premier League Predictions: Manchester United to beat Chelsea?

Today’s Premier League Predictions are brought to you by Scoreboard – an interactive Premier League predictions TV show + game hosted on Facebook that’s set to take the football predictions world by storm – check them out here. We’ve been busy predicting the future this week, looking at the Premier League title race, the Champions…

Ten Overhead Kicks That Put Rooney’s Derby Shinner To Shame

After Wayne Rooney reminded us all that he used to be a fairly decent professional footballer with his derby day belter against Manchester City last Saturday, the received (Sky Sports-infused) wisdom seems to be that the decidedly off-colour striker’s effort was, without need for second thought, the greatest overhead kick ever scored by anyone, anywhere, ever.

However, that’s not quite the case – as the following, ten-strong video essay will hopefully attest to.

The Olympic Stadium War – West Ham play dirty, but are Tottenham really ‘progressive’?

The Olympic Stadium decision will be announced this week, and the biggest question the legacy committee will be asking themselves is – what bad things will Karren Brady have to say about them if they rule in favour of Tottenham? She’s conducted herself in a manner any unscrupulous politician in the world would be proud…

The Round-Up: Chelsea Chase Kjaer, West Ham Scrape The Barrel

Danish defender Simon Kjaer has only been at Bundesliga side Wolfsburg for a few months, but if today’s gossip columns are to be believed (I know, I know), then he could be set for a premature departure – to Chelsea, no less.

The Round-Up: West Ham Need Bendtner Like A Hole In The Head

In a bid to steady the particularly tumultuous ship at Upton Park, it looks like the West Ham board are keen on bringing in a few level-headed, calming influences in the next few weeks, namely Arsenal’s ego-drenched, donkey-in-residence Nicklas Bendtner.

What On Earth Is Going On At West Ham?

Seriously, does anyone even have the slightest sliver of an inkling? Roughly six hours before the first-string were about to kick-off against Arsenal, word broke from somewhere inside the West Ham camp via the BBC’s diligent Sport team that former Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill was duly waiting in the wings to take over from…

The Round-Up: King Kenny’s Dream Dozen, Dud Benny’s Villa Love-In

Newly-instated Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish has scheduled a meeting with the club’s hierarchy (including owner John Henry, who flew in from the States on Tuesday) later today and the national press are adamant that the Scot will use the opportunity to ask for a shed-load of cash to spend on a shed-load of players.

Tottenham Unveil ‘Insulting’ Plans For Olympic Stadium

Two months after branding Tottenham and AEG’s joint venture to move the club into the Olympic Park Stadium after the culmination of the 2012 games as being ‘completely unacceptable’, UK Athletics chief Ed Warner has decreed that the aforementioned partners’ final, revised proposal is ‘insulting’ to his direct superiors on the International Olympic Committee (IOC)….