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LIAM NEWMAN insists that more exciting times are just around the corner at West Ham United Love him or hate […]
CAN LIVERPOOL WIN THE ELUSIVE 19TH?
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How Carlo Ancelotti and Florentino Perez are slowly building a new breed of Galacticos
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CRAP ENGLAND
CHRIS DUNLAVY underlines the reasons why the World Cup remains a distant hope for Roy Hodgson’s severely limited squad WHEN […]
HOW THE WORLD CUP’S SOUL WAS RESCUED BY GERMANY
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BLAME IT ON THE BOOKIE
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MANAGERS AND THEIR EYESIGHT
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BLOND ARROW WHO FIRED IMAGINATION
JAMES LAWTON pays his special tribute to Alfredo di Stefano (1926-2014) who won five European Cups in succession with Real […]
A MESSAGE TO YOU, SISU
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GOLDEN OLDIES
DANNY RUST looks back at the remarkable longevity of Colombian goalkeeper Faryd Mondragon Faryd Mondragon Luis Suarez may have stolen […]
‘TAKE ME TO FOOTBALL, DADDA’
JOHN RAMSEY explains the delights – and otherwise of his move to the Family Stand I’d like to move my […]
WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHING OUT
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at how other sides have imploded after a mass sale of their stars SOUTHAMPON began the summer […]
VARDY’S PARTY SET TO REACH THE BIG TIME
ASA McCOY says the one-time non-league star can continue his mercurial career in the Premier League Non-league football. Being kicked […]
WAG CORNER
MATTHEW JAMES casts his seasoned eye over the form Mario Götze has long been Germany’s wonder-kid. So when he hopped […]
BRING ON THE WORLD CHAMPIONS
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the challenge facing Gibraltar in Euro 2016 – and particularly a PE teacher from Farsley Adam […]
CATCH A GLIMPSE OF THE MAESTRO WHILE YOU CAN
JOHN GLYNN pays homage to Andrea Pirlo, the consummate Italian midfielder who has just retired from international football Andrea Pirlo […]
BALE MADRID
Last summer, Real Madrid made the world record signing of Gareth Bale. LIAM NEWMAN looks back on a highly productive […]
SHOULD MORE ENGLISH PLAYERS GO ABROAD?
FOR THE SAKE OF THE FUTURE OF ENGLISH FOOTBALL… MAX GREENHALGH calls for more of England’s young talent to improve […]
THE HOLDING MIDFIELDER STRIKES BACK
BORA ISYAR praises the World Cup performances of Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javier Mascherano Mascherano stops Robben Before the start of […]
UNCLE SAM GETS SET FOR WORLD DOMINATION
NEIL COTTON charts the inexorable course that should see the USA men’s team one day triumphing in the World Cup […]
THE JOE HART SHOW
LUKE CONSTABLE suggests the World Cup antics of England’s goalkeeper reveal a lot about his character What will be your […]
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