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JAMES PIERCE has affectionate memories of Channel 4’s Italian fooball coverage ith the nation’s fascination with everything Paul Gascoigne after […]
JAUNDER WHY VERON WAS SUCH A FLOP?
MAX CLAYTON-ROBB on the one big transfer that Sir Alex got horribly wrong at Man Utd Juan Sebastian Veron is […]
HAIR’S A THOUGHT…
JON WAKEHAM laments the lack of bald players in the Premier League Stephen Ireland Brad Friedel Wayne Rooney James Collins […]
CALL THAT THE WAY TO RUN A LEAGUE
CAM MELLING looks at the different, and sometimes bizarre, ways other countries organise their football In England we’re all used […]
LET’S HAVE TWO PREM TITLES EVERY SEASON!
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YES, CHELSEA AND ARSENAL DID TOPPLE MAN UTD
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VAN MAN HAS LAMPS IN HIS SIGHTS
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THIS ITALIAN ROMANCE STARTS IN LANCASTER
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the tiny Italian club who have risen to Serie A and wear the same kit as […]
GREAT EXPECTATIONS?
BARRIE WHITE says Roberto Martinez and Everton were not what he’d hoped for Imagine the job advert: Wanted – intelligent […]
IDIOTS ABROAD?
As Tottenham Hotspur’s Gareth Bale perhaps contemplates a mega-bucks fate of some of his fellow move to Real Madrid, the Wales […]
YES, FERGIE WAS GREAT, BUT…
CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at the true legacy of Britain’s most outstanding football manager HOW good was Alex Ferguson? On these […]
YOU GOT CLEARANCE CLARENCE
IAIN PEARCE watches on as Clarence Seedorf adapts to life in Brazil WHEN Clarence Seedorf made his unexpected move from […]
LITERATURE
KEITH MENARY is also looking to a summer read (and he’s got some recommendations, too). And here’s why. While Twitter, […]
BOOK UP YOUR SUMMER
RAMON BENITEZ tackles football reads – and recommends five of the best for the beach this close season AFTER Wayne […]
IT’S GOOD TO TALK
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HOME FAVOURITE ALWAYS WINS
SO SAY THE LMA PAUL CANTWELL finds it strange that so many domestic managers walk away with League Managers’ Association […]
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WEEDING OUT THE FLOWERS MYTH
JIMMY PIERCE says one of the heroes of Blackburn’s title triumph is remembered for all the wrong reasons Flowers in […]
TURN ON? OR TURN OFF
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THE BOY FROM BRAZIL
Samba stars in the Premier League are nothing new these days – but MARK GODFREY remembers Mirandinha, the man who […]
STILL FIRE IN THE DRAGAN
DOMINIC BLISS on how a European star of the 90s reinvented himself in Japan. DRAGAN Stojkovic has enjoyed nothing short […]
LOSING MY RELIGION
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THATCHER WAS NO FRIEND OF FOOTBALL
GARETH ROBERTS RANTS THE FA has demonstrated time and again that it is staggeringly out of touch with football fans but, […]
SORRY WADDLE THIS IS WADDLE!
CHRIS DUNLAVY reviews Chris Waddles’ damning assessment and make his own evaluation of David Beckham CAN I list 1,000 Premier […]
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GARETH ROBERTS RANTS
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THE ROAD TO WIGAN CHEER
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JOHNNY B BAD
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