The balls have been pulled out of the bowls, and so the Champions League group stages have been decided. The complete list is available all over the internets, but I'm not above a spot of cutting...
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by daryl on August 29, 2007
Jermain Defoe surely wants to play some football, as does Shaun Wright-Phillips. So the latest rumour has Spurs and Chelsea exchanging their respective good but not quite good enough players. I can...
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by daryl on August 28, 2007
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer retired from football today after finally admitting defeat to that persistent knee injury. He's been with Manchester United over 10 years, scoring 92 goals in 235...
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by daryl on August 27, 2007
Not only is this mighty funny, you've also got to admire the skill it takes to do that. Keepy uppy is hard enough to do with your feet and a full size ball, so I can't even imagine how......
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by daryl on August 27, 2007
Despite Jose Mourinho's recent claim that Chelsea are done spending, and despite their impressive start to the season (they're top by the way) The Daily Mail are reporting that Roman...
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by daryl on August 25, 2007
Poor Lukas Podolski. Looks like someone was supposed to let him out of the Bayern Munich press conference room when he knocked on that door. He doesn't seem too worried, but makes you wonder...
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by daryl on August 24, 2007
Well this is embarrassing. After years of maligning Ronaldo and his weight, assuming it was all to do with him being lazy and not caring enough about playing anymore, it turns out the Brazilian legend...
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by daryl on August 24, 2007
Becks played 90 minutes for Galaxy against Chivas, and lost 3-0. His boss Frank Yallop didn't want to play Goldenballs, which is understandable after the guy and his twisty ankle had played for...
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by daryl on August 23, 2007
Was there really any need for David Beckham and his still semi-injured ankle to cross the Atlantic this week and hobble up and down England's right flank against Germany? It's taken the guys...
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by daryl on August 22, 2007
We all know there's more spin in a Premiership press statement than in a '70s Brazilian free-kick, but Spurs seem to have crossed over into good old fashioned lying. With Martin Jol's...
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by daryl on August 16, 2007
Beckham not only started for LA Galaxy in last nights SuperLiga semi-final against DC United, he also wore the captain's armband (unlucky Landycakes) scored this free-kick (captured on video from...
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by daryl on August 16, 2007
Cristiano Ronaldo's sending off last night was a disgrace, but not because "violence is inexcusable on a fotball field" or any of those old cliches. He was shown the red card for a head...
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by daryl on August 15, 2007
Juan Roman Riquelme is back at Villarreal after no one seemed interested in taking the magic midfielder off their hands. This after he's won the Copa Libertadores for Boca Juniors almost...
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by daryl on August 14, 2007
The big lesson from opening weekend in the Premiership was that NetResult are working overtime. They're basically the Premiership's evil legal representatives, working round the clock to...
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by daryl on August 07, 2007
So Becks is still injured and several impatient people are very unhappy. Take the gentleman to your left for example. Apparently he thinks injured sports stars go unpaid in other countries. But how to...
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by daryl on August 04, 2007
Now this is a proper YouTube video. Not Zidane or Ronaldinho highlights edited together with a Blink 182 song, but proper mobile phone video of something that probably wasn't supposed to get out...
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by daryl on August 03, 2007
With his $2 million move to Benfica, the MLS Freddy Adu experiment is over. And it has to go down as a disappointment. Despite his obvious talent (have a look at his work in the corner for the USA...
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by daryl on August 03, 2007
Alan Smith's six million pound transfer to Newcastle means the bleach blondey will finally get a chance to show how good he is. I've always been a big fan of Smith's, when he was at Leeds...
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by daryl on August 02, 2007
This SuperLiga game should have been a massive disappointment, what with all those Dallas natives paying money just to see David Beckham, and then Becks not even making the trip. Though as someone...
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