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Stoke City

In This Year’s Relegation Battle, No One Is Safe

by Dave Warner on January 30, 2009 · 7 comments

The beauty of the Premier League is that there are always three distinct races within the table, and after 23 rounds of this Premier League season, none of those races are decided.
In the race for first place, only two points separate top-of-the-table Manchester United from Liverpool and Chelsea, while Aston Villa is only three points [...]

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Why Stoke City Should Play Their Own Game

by Josh Pedley on January 16, 2009 · 13 comments

Anti-football, 1890’s tactics, cheating, dirty Stokies. That seemed to be the general consensus from the debate on The Times ‘The Game’ blog when Oliver Kay posed the question: Are Stoke City the least popular top-flight club since Wimbledon?
Fans from pretty much all corners had their say and the overwhelming answer seemed to be, yes, Stoke [...]

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No Excuse For Frozen Pitches While Rafa Fails With Words

by Johnathan Starling on January 12, 2009 · 0 comments

How would you like to have been a Manchester City or Blackburn Rovers fan heading from the north of England to the south, only to do a turnabout and head home after finding out your upcoming fixture was canceled? I know if it was me, a few words of the four letter variety would have [...]

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Arsenal Escape the Cold While Liverpool Left Out to Freeze

by Johnathan Starling on January 11, 2009 · 0 comments

On a day where the weather saw two Premier League ties called off, one London side will be glad their match was played while Liverpool will be wishing their tie at Stoke City was frozen off.
Whenever Arsenal and Bolton get together, you know two things are certain. The first being it will be a physical [...]

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Premier League Preview: Manchester United v Chelsea

by Johnathan Starling on January 9, 2009 · 1 comment

Please note all times are Eastern Time and TV Schedules are subject to change without notice.
Manchester United v Chelsea (Sunday 11 am, Fox Soccer Channel. Replays: Sunday 11 pm, Monday 1 pm, Friday 11 pm). This is a critical match for Chelsea. A loss here more than likely sees them drop to third once Manchester [...]

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It’s A Wonderful Life: Premier League Style

by The Gaffer on December 21, 2008 · 0 comments

Earlier last week, I wrote how on paper the Premier League weekend fixtures seemed boring other than the Arsenal against Liverpool match-up. Boy, was I wrong. To me, this was one of the most entertaining weekends of the season. Here are the matches I caught this weekend and my thoughts on them:
The first half and [...]

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Follow Middlesbrough against Newcaslte United and Sunderland against Bolton live and online today via the EPL Talk Chat featuring football fans discussing the match from around the world.
Kick off time is 10:00 am ET/3:00 pm GMT. We will also be keeping you up to date with the other three games on offer in the Premier [...]

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