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Am I Reading This Right? Royals Into 5th Round – Motivation Phenomenon

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Rob McCluskey

In a season where the passion and relevance of the English F.A cup have been in question, one team defies the odds and shows a true cup spirit. Of course I am referring to Reading, the team who have become … Continue reading →

Posted in Championship Talk Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged ability, alignright, attachment, belief, Bring, Burnley, caption, competition, confidence, course, Cup, David Seaman, England, English, F.A, flight, football, game, goalkeeper, home, League, Liverpool, lot, Madjeski Stadium, match, Messi, Moment, Motivation, Nottingham, passion, Phenomenom, play, player, Plymouth, question, relevance, Robert Green, Ronaldo, round, Royals, season, Self, Sheffield, sort, Spirit, talent, team, victim, way, week, width, World | 3 Comments

African Cup Of Nations Round Up: Days 1-4

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Paul Bestall

Well we all know how the competition started but the tournament kicked off in earnest on Sunday evening with the host nation Angola entertaining Mali. Hopes were high after all the political wrangling that engulfed the weekend, football could return … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged Africa, African, Ahmed Hassan, Alain Giresse, Algeria, Algerian, Angola, barcelona, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, competition, couldn, Cup, Daniel Cousin, earnest, Egypt, evening, football, forefront, France, Freddie Kanoute, Gabon, game, Goal, Group, head, home, host, Hull City, Ivory Coast, Malawi, Mali, Marseille, minute, Mozambique, nation, nigeria, Paul Le, performance, result, round, Russel Mwafulirwa, Samuel Eto, score, series, Sunday, time, tournament, Tunisia, weekend, win, World, wrangling, Zambia | 7 Comments

Chaos and Tragedy Strike The African Cup Of Nations

Posted on January 10, 2010 by Paul Bestall

The news started coming through early on Saturday morning and as the information became clearer, it was soon apparent that the whole African Cup Of Nations would now be tainted. When the dust had settled, 3 members of the Togo … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged African, Angola, bus, Cabinda, competition, Cup, decision, Emanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Adebayor, enclave, football, game, government, Italy, Kolo Toure, Lome, Mali, Manchester City, Mark, miracle, Norway, party, rebel, Security, south africa, team, Togo, Togolese, tournament, Tragedy, wisdom | 11 Comments

African Cup Of Nations Begins The Year With A Bang in Angola

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Paul Bestall

So, if the only time you’ve ever come across this tournament is when certain Premiership managers whine about it, let me welcome to you to one of World Football’s best kept secrets. Over the years, the African Cup Of Nations … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged A.C.O.N, Abedi Pele, Africa, African, Algeria, Amr Zaki, Angola, Bang, Cameroon, Cup, Diarra, Didier Zakora, Egypt, Emanuel Adebayor, Emmanuel Eboue, Essien, football, Freddie Kanoute, Fulham, George Weah, Ghana, Hamuer Bouazza, Hassan Yebda, Hossan Ghaly, Hull City, Ivory Coast, John Obi Mikel, Kamel Ghilas, Kanu, Keita, Kolo Toure, Liberia, Madjid Bougherra, Mali, Mensah, Michael Essien, Mido, Nadir Belhadj, nigeria, Portsmouth, Premiership, Samuel Eto, south africa, squad, Sulley Muntari, Taiwo, Togo, West Germany, World, Yakubu, year, Zaki | 11 Comments

FA 3rd Round Cup Preview: Championship Chances

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Rob McCluskey

I remember sitting this year in anticipation of the 3rd round draw as per usual after watching Kettering battle to a draw against Leeds United I had a feeling that this could be a draw to remember. My mate who … Continue reading →

Posted in Championship Talk Posts, Uncategorized | Tagged Blyth, Brian Clough, caption, Cardiff, Championship League, Chelsea, Chris Coleman, City, Coventry City, Cup, Draw, England, Forest, form, Geordie, Gordon Strachan, Jan, Leeds, Liverpool, Millwall, Nottingham, Paul Hart, Plymouth, Portsmouth, roberto mancini, round, team, time, V Birmingham, V Liverpool - Jan, V Manchester, year | Leave a comment

F.A. Cup Offers Giant Killers A Chance For Premiership Scalps

Posted on December 30, 2009 by Paul Bestall

This weekend sees the entrance of the Premiership and Championship clubs in to the F.A. Cup as the worlds oldest domestic cup competition continues in its 128th year. It’s one of those weekends that gets football fans excited, throwing up … Continue reading →

US vs England – A Soccernomics Analysis

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Eric Altshule

Simon Kuper and Stefan Syzmanski titled the American version of their new book Soccernomics (review is here), but their title for the release in the UK is Why England Lose. In the book, Kuper and Syzmanski identified the US as a … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged Barry, Belgium, Bent, Brad Guzon, Bradley, Brazil, Casey, club, Cole, Country, Cup, David James - EnglandAshley, Donovan, England, English, europe, experience, Ferdinand, game, Germany, Holden, Holland, Italy, Johnson, Jones, Kuper, Madrid, Milan, North Korea, Paul Robinson - EnglandWayne, Ronaldo, Simon Kuper, soccer, south africa, Spain, Stefan Syzmanski, Syzmanski, team, Terry, Tim Howard, time, UK, US, World | 28 Comments

Italy’s World Cup Group

Posted on December 4, 2009 by David Schiavone

There you have it, Italy in Group F, drawn with New Zealand, Paraguay and Slovakia. A relatively simple group and one Marcelo Lippi should take the Azzurri through with comfort. Group F Italy New Zealand Paraguay Slovakia They begin the … Continue reading →

Posted in Azzurri, Serie A Talk Posts, World Cup | Tagged Azzurri, Capetown, comfort, crown, Cup, defence, Ellis Park, F Italy, Germany, Greenpoint, Group, Italy, Johannesburg, June, lippi, Marcelo, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit, New Zealand, Paraguay, Rome, Slovakia, soccer, stadium, World | Leave a comment

West Auckland F.C., The First World Champions!

Posted on November 30, 2009 by Paul Bestall

As it’s World Cup draw week, I thought I’d share one of my favourite football stories with you, about the first ever World Cup, though it was only for domestic sides at the time.I heard this story for the first … Continue reading →

Posted in EPL Talk, General | Tagged Auckland, club, Cup, Durham, England, English, F.A, F.C. Winterthur, F.C. Zurich, football, Italy, Juventus, London, Northern League, side, Sir Thomas Lipton, team, tournament, trophy, Turin, West, West Auckland F.C., West Auckland Town AFC, World, World Cup | 4 Comments

Will Carlos Queiroz be back at Old Trafford Soon?

Posted on September 15, 2009 by David Schiavone

With Portugal on the verge of non-qualification for the World Cup in 2010, manager Carlos Queiroz is under extreme pressure and has the very real possibility of unemployment looming over him. Given this threat, and inevitability that this will occur, … Continue reading →

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Barca-Bayern Storylines Give Spice To Matchup

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Juan Arango

It didn’t send boots aquaking in Catalunya, but it is a team to respect based on their precedent. If there is one demon they will have to overcome in order to get to that historic treble, they will have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Barcelona, Champions League, La Liga Talk posts | Tagged barcelona, Bayern Munich, Brescia, Champions League, Cup, josep guardiola, Luca Toni, Mark Van Bommel, Roberto Baggio, UEFA | Leave a comment

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