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Gary McAllister Agrees To Join The Portsmouth Fight

by Paul Bestall on September 28, 2009 · 0 comments

It sounds as if Gary McAllister is about to named as Paul Hart’s assistant manager tomorrow morning. Reports coming from Radio Solent are claiming that McAllister, after turning down the same role under George Burley with the Scottish national team last week, has agreed to join Pompey. After the start that Paul Hart has had [...]

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Two Wins In A Calendar Year Isn’t Mischief Making

by Paul Bestall on September 28, 2009 · 6 comments

Hull City Chairman Paul Duffen has ridden to the defence of his beleaguered, battered and bruised manager after another capitulation on Saturday saw Hull brushed aside 6-1 at Anfield. 7 games into the season and Hull City have just 4 points, with a solitary win against Bolton and a point gained away at Wolverhampton Wanderers.  [...]

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Defoe Continues To Shine For Club And Country

by Paul Bestall on September 6, 2009 · 1 comment

Jermain Defoe has had a fantastic start to the new season, with goals for England and Spurs; including his 50th for the club in the 2-1 win at West Ham. His hat trick and all round performance against Hull City was clearly his best performance in a Spurs shirt in either spell. When he rejoined [...]

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Why Does No-One Love Peter Crouch?

by Paul Bestall on July 21, 2009 · 17 comments

How is it that an international striker with 16 goals in 34 games for his country and a Premiership strike rate of one goal in under every 3 games simply keeps being moved on? Now I could understand it if the player in question was a boorish, thuggish hooligan who whines about not being treated [...]

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Portsmouth Need To Sort The Takeover Out Quickly

by Paul Bestall on July 19, 2009 · 4 comments

The Premiership season begins on August 15th, just under four weeks away and for most clubs in the top flight, July has seen them scurrying about trying to strengthen their squads. At Fratton Park however, Portsmouth find themselves hampered by the current process of due diligence for Sulaiman Al Fahim’s proposed takeover to be completed. [...]

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What Makes A Classic Football Match? Part 2

by Ethan Armstrong on July 14, 2009 · 5 comments

Yesterday I covered the Perfect Drama Classic. Today, I’ll look at the You Were Right I Was Wrong Classic…
2.) Portsmouth v. Liverpool – 7 Feb 2009
I try to be the biggest proponent of Rafa Knows Best whenever I can. Though I am at times puzzled by some of his decisions and have my own staunch opinion on how [...]

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Ah, isn’t buying a football club the easiest thing in the world. Look how quickly Abramovich bought Chelsea, the Glazers bought Manchester United and the Abu Dhabi group picked up City. Compared to the protracted nature of the proposed takeover of Portsmouth, even buying Newcastle United may be easier.
When Sulaiman Al-Fahim reappeared in May to [...]

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