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Book Review: A Random History Of Football

by Paul Bestall on February 21, 2010 · 4 comments

Colin Murray is fast becoming the rising star of British sport punditry. After cutting his teeth with Channel 5’s football coverage here in the UK, Murray has slowly been making his mark at BBC Radio 5 through the excellent Fighting Talk. Last summer, Murray officially joined Radio 5 as a presenter and he’s shown himself [...]

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Watching European football has always had an exotic element for us in Britain. In the 60s and 70s, abroad was a long way away. The world seemed much bigger and the visit of a team from Italy, Germany or Albania was like a visit from another football planet. We hadn’t heard of most of the [...]

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If you’re ever wondered what the fan experience is like going to a Premier League soccer match, or what it’s like going to the Emirates Stadium, film director Rohan Blair-Mangat has put together a five-minute video that beautifully captures the sights and sounds of a midweek football match.
Inspired by “Zidane – A 21st Century Portrait,” [...]

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Arteta, Everton Suffer From Tim Duncan Syndrome

by Dave Warner on February 6, 2010 · 22 comments

When Tim Duncan was a senior at Wake Forest University, his teammates often utilized a very basic strategy: 1.) get the ball to Duncan, and 2.) watch him play. A 7-footer can only do so much on a basketball court, however, and the lack of real help from Duncan’s teammates allowed opponents to double- and [...]

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Why Are Premier League Club Websites So Awful?

by The Gaffer on January 26, 2010 · 21 comments

When was the last time you visited the official web site of your favorite Premier League club? If you’re honest, the answer is pretty seldom. There’s a reason for that. Sixty percent of the sites are developed and maintained by one company, Perform.
Perform is more commonly known as Premium TV. The latter was acquired by [...]

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It’s incredible to think that this following collection of vintage videos, which were shot over 100 years ago at football grounds across England, would be added to YouTube and we’d be viewing on a computer via this thing called the World Wide Web. But no matter how much technology has changed in the hundred plus [...]

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Liverpool v Spurs: Has-Been’s Versus Wannabe’s

by Marshall Norbal on January 20, 2010 · 10 comments

An preview to the league clash between Liverpool and Spurs.

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