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McFadden’s Wonder Goal Raises Scottish Hopes

by Paul Bestall on September 6, 2009 · 3 comments

I settled down yesterday afternoon ready for one of those great footballing days that come along every now and again. I had the prospect of 4 matches in a row to keep me entertained (including Charlton v Brentford!) and to see if Scotland could get a win against Macedonia. It was an opportunity to run [...]

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They seemed as if they’d thrown it all away, but they pulled themselves together on the last match of the season to gain automatic promotion. Birmingham City always seem to do things the hard way and they just about squeezed over the line. The fact of the matter is that they should have never been [...]

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Eduardo Returns In Style For Arsenal

by Paul Bestall on February 16, 2009 · 5 comments

358 days have passed since one of the worst injuries I’ve ever seen in a live game was sustained by Eduardo Da Silva against Birmingham City on February 23rd 2008. It make me cringe, I was shocked and stunned and urged the medical staff on to help him as quickly as they could. The players [...]

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Wigan Begin To Rebuild But Can Mido Help Or Hinder?

by Paul Bestall on January 26, 2009 · 7 comments

When the season began, few people would have given Wigan Athletic a snowball’s chance in hell of finishing in the top ten, never mind pushing on the brink of European Football as January almost comes to a close. After a fantastic first season under Paul Jewell in 2005-2006, which saw them finish in 10th place [...]

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Premier League Wants To Be The NFL

by The Gaffer on August 25, 2008 · 21 comments

You may have missed an article by Oliver Kay in The Times this past weekend that featured a very revealing interview with Manchester City executive chairman Garry Cook regarding the future of the Premier League. The headline perfectly sums up Kay’s article: “Vision Of A Breakaway League With No Relegation.”
Here are the revealing quotes followed [...]

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