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Wenger Will Keep The Faith By David Hamill After an excellent start to Arsenal’s campaign that has seen them underline their determination to prove their legi... |
14th September 2009 |
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FIFA World Cup Qualifiers September 09 The latest set of World Cup 2010 qualifiers took place over the past few days with several teams securing their place in next year’s tournament includ... |
11th September 2009 |
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Highway To Hull By Mark Murphy Hull City manager Phil Brown took advantage of the international break to make some necessary squad additions. B... |
11th September 2009 |
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Liverpool’s Academy Failure By David Hamill In the wake of Fifa’s decision to ban Chelsea from signing players until 2011 for allegedly inducing French youngs... |
10th September 2009 |
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City’s first big test By David Hamill A season that promises much has started relatively well for Manchester City, but their first real test is on the hor... |
8th September 2009 |
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FIFA Gives Chelsea The Blues By David Hamill FIFA have stunned the football world by banning Chelsea from buying players until January 2011 for inducing Gael Kakuta to end his... |
4th September 2009 |
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Doing A(nother) Glazer Pundits, myself included, who had terminal doubts about UAE business tycoon Sulaiman Al-Fahim’s Portsmouth takeover were proved wrong last week. Sort ... |
3rd September 2009 |
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The First Point Is The Sharpest By Mark Murphy Portsmouth went into the international break winless, goalless and pointless, having narrowly and unfortunately lost the “bat... |
3rd September 2009 |
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Among The “Thugs” If you want to hear 55,000 people “having a chat”, Emirates Stadium during Arsenal’s many routine home wins is the place. I’m sure I ... |
28th August 2009 |
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Partying Like It’s 1961 With Tottenham atop the first remotely significant Premier League table, and Burnley nestling in seventh place, you could be forgiven for thinking tha... |
28th August 2009 |
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Villa’s main priority By David Hamill Aston Villa’s commanding performance at Liverpool this week was partly down to the Anfield club’s current frailties but it also il... |
28th August 2009 |
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Peter’s Pompey Panto Even by Portsmouth’s pantomime standards, this week has rocked, with the goals to which they’ve lost their opening Premier League fixtures being the n... |
20th August 2009 |
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Born Under A Bad Sign If it wasn’t for bad luck, Hull would have had no luck at all so far this season. On the field, they lost at Chelsea on Saturday to a mishit, sto... |
20th August 2009 |
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Is It Just Me? I ask that question a lot, with the answer all-too-often being ‘yes.’ But Richard Scudamore, chief executive of the ‘greatest’ (i.e. &lsqu... |
20th August 2009 |
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Wantaway Lescott should go By David Hamill Big spending Manchester City have been accused of using underhand tactics in how they conduct their dealings lately but lets face ... |
18th August 2009 |
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Spurs Achilles By Mark Murphy Tottenham’s recent striker swap may seem to some observers as the best bit of business of the transfer window to date. But the Whit... |
14th August 2009 |
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The Things They Say By Mark Murphy Birmingham chairman David Gold was all-of-a-tizzy in a recent 5Live debate on the (un)sustainability of Premier League debt, declar... |
14th August 2009 |
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Robson The Great? By Mark Murphy In death, as in life, perspective on Sir Bobby Robson proved elusive. The headlines screamed “giant&rd... |
11th August 2009 |
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Reds Face Midfield Challenge By David Hamill Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres are often revered as Liverpool’s only match winners but the recently departed X... |
11th August 2009 |
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Pompey - Into The Abyss By Mark Murphy Portsmouth chief executive Peter Storrie has been forced to admit the gravity of the club’s financial situation after the Sun ne... |
10th August 2009 |
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Sven Notts The Real Story One could paint former Notts County chairman John Armstrong-Holmes as the most disreputable man in modern football – bar Ken Bates, of course, l... |
10th August 2009 |
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Tigers China Syndrome Hull City were beaten 3-0 by Tottenham in the final of the Premier League Asia Trophy at Beijing’s Worker’s Stadium. A mistake by goalkeeper Tony ... |
10th August 2009 |
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Steady Progress For Potters By Alistair Rattray The last two years have seen a complete transformation in the fortunes of Stoke City. From midtable Championship Play-Off cont... |
10th August 2009 |
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Community Shield 2009 Live The 2009 FA Community Shield takes place on Sunday 9th August at Wembley Stadium. Current holders and Premier League champions Manchester United take ... |
6th August 2009 |
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Barca’s Ibra gamble By David Hamill The sad and tragic death of Sir Bobby Robson has caused the football world to reflect on and celebrate his distinguished managerial r... |
4th August 2009 |
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Ferguson must be wary By David Hamill We’ve all become accustomed to Sir Alex Ferguson’s mind games over the years, with the likes of Arsene Wenger, Jose Mourinho and R... |
29th July 2009 |
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Spurs Defensive Headaches By Mark Murphy Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has entered the transfer market with trademark gusto since his appointment last October. Bar... |
27th July 2009 |
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Portsmouth Takeover Special - And Now, The End Is Near??? By Mark Murphy Doubts continue to surround UAE property developer Sulaiman Al-Fahim’s proposed Pompey takeover, even as it edges towards apparent ... |
25th July 2009 |
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The Clubs In Crisis Cup By Mark Murphy Of the half-million pre-season friendlies so far, two could have been semi-finals in a darkly-comic competition. Bournemouth, S... |
25th July 2009 |
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Bohs in Euro heartbreak Irish side Bohemians suffered heartbreak in the Champions League second round qualifiers as Patrick Jezek headed home an 86th minute winner for Red Bu... |
25th July 2009 |
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Media scrutiny As football fans fend off withdrawal symptoms by trying to convince themselves they’re elated by pre-season tournaments and European preliminary round... |
24th July 2009 |
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Chelsea Arrive Stateside En Masse Chelsea flew into Seattle for the World Football Challenge with virtually a full squad for new boss Carlo Ancelotti to choose from. Paulo Ferreira... |
23rd July 2009 |
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Tigers Transfer Travails By Mark Murphy Hull City’s summer search for strikers has taken them from Michael Owen downwards (or upwards, depending on your view of the former... |
23rd July 2009 |
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Kenyon’s Karma By Mark Murphy Rumours that Chelsea Chief Executive Peter Kenyon is interested in joining Manchester City are football’s equival... |
22nd July 2009 |
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Will City crash and burn? By David Hamill After the capture of Carlos Tevez from Manchester United and the possible swoop for Arsenal’s Emmanuel Adebayor (at the time o... |
16th July 2009 |
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Arsenal’s Positive Front By Alistair Rattray On the face of it, of the established "Big Four" (TM), Arsenal would appear to be the one which exudes stability, which is... |
13th July 2009 |
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The Governing Body? By Mark Murphy The Premier League’s self-obsession and self-importance continues to amaze. The League played the pivotal role... |
13th July 2009 |
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Portsmouth Takeover Saga By Mark Murphy Portsmouth’s protracted takeover saga, which has occupied the entire close season, will be over “within days”, acco... |
13th July 2009 |
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O’Neill’s transfer dilemma By David Hamill Sunday, March 1, 2009. The date many would argue was fatal to Aston Villa’s hopes of Champions League qualification after they thr... |
10th July 2009 |
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United’s weakest link By David Hamill The likely prospect of Carlos Tevez turning out in blue next season will be the least of Manchester United fans’ worries unless th... |
8th July 2009 |
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Puzzled But Excited By Europa League When the newly-created UEFA Europa League was announced, the duplication of the Champions League format seemed a sensible option and a recipe for succ... |
29th June 2009 |
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Premiership Assault On The Europa League UEFA’s newly-defined second tier of club competition will hold a strong Premiership presence this year with more than one team fancying their chances ... |
29th June 2009 |
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England’s Magnificent Seven When Fabio Capello took over as England manager, many people thought that another foreign manager would bring another repeat of Sven Goran Eriksson’s ... |
19th June 2009 |
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Wolverhampton Wanderers 2008/9 Mick McCarthy led Wolves to the Championship title and returned the club to the top flight of English football for the first time in five years. Th... |
11th June 2009 |
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Wigan Athletic 2008/9 Steve Bruce strengthened the squad pre-season with the additions of Middlesbrough’s Lee Cattermole together with Egyptian international Amr Zaki on lo... |
11th June 2009 |
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West Ham United 2008/9 The season at Upton Park did not start optimistically. The surprise departures of Anton Ferdinand and George McCartney were not in manager Alan Curbis... |
11th June 2009 |
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West Bromwich Albion 2008/9 The Baggies return to the top flight saw boss Tony Mowbray determined to make their stay last more than one term. However, it was always going to be a... |
10th June 2009 |
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Tottenham Hotspur 2008/9 The first eight games of the 2008/9 season saw Spurs gain only two points - their worst ever start to a league campaign. A win on the road at Newcastl... |
10th June 2009 |
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Sunderland 2008/9 Sunderland entered the 2008/9 season hoping to progress on their safe but unspectacular finish the previous season. However, in what turned out to be ... |
9th June 2009 |
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Stoke City 2008/9 Stoke City were firm favourites in some quarters to make a swift return to the Championship and an opening day defeat to Bolton did not improve their ... |
9th June 2009 |