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Wales

Now Mark Hughes Knows Exactly What’s Required

by Paul Bestall on May 20, 2009 · 2 comments

When Mark Hughes agreed to replace Sven Goran Eriksson last summer, no doubt he knew things would be interesting at Manchester City, it very rarely isn’t in the sky blue half of Manchester, but I doubt he’d have expected anything like the events that ultimately played out. What with the takeover and the crazy final [...]

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Going through some old boxes last week, I found a handmade poetry book I created in primary school when I was living in Wales. I thought it’d be interesting to share the poems and my pictures no matter how crude and silly they are to help paint a picture of what a ten-year old soccer [...]

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New Spurs striker Roman Pavlyuchenko may face punishment from Tottenham because he’s not learning English quickly enough according to the Russian newspaper, Tvoi Den.
If the newspaper report is true, it’s a bit unfair on Pavlyuchenko. He’s only been with Spurs since September 1st and, in that time, he also played in Moscow for Russia aganst [...]

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World Cup Qualifying: Your Running Commentary

by The Gaffer on September 10, 2008 · 5 comments

England’s away match today against Croatia is massive for several reasons. First, a loss against Croatia will be a huge blow to England’s hopes of qualifying for the 2010 World Cup. Second, a loss would put immense pressure under Fabio Capello. Third, if England can secure a draw or a win, it’ll be a huge [...]

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Portsmouth boss ‘Arry Redknapp confirmed his interest in leading a Great Britain soccer team in the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will be held in London.
Redknapp is from London and spent a combined 15 years playing for and managing West Ham, a club based in the eastern section of England’s capital. The other teams he’s [...]

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Steven Gerrard’s Goal Against The USA

by Michael on May 29, 2008 · 5 comments

Steven Gerrard put in a Man of the Match performance last night at Wembley, thrusting himself even more into the permanent captaincy discussion. 
The first of the two videos below shows his well-worked goal that made it 2-0, set up by his good friend and perhaps soon-to-be Liverpool teammate Gareth Barry. It is quality of the highest degree, and [...]

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GolTV has achieved quite a coup in the United States by acquiring the exclusive rights to Germany’s 2010 World Cup qualifying matches. The U.S-based broadcaster has also acquired rights to six friendlies involving the German national team. Most importantly, especially for EPL Talk readers, is that one of those matches is the friendly against England, [...]

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