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The two big stories this weekend not related to Manchester United’s getting the first leg of the quadruple would have to be events that transpired at the Riverside and at the Emirates Stadium.
We’ll start with Liverpool because after such a great result midweek against Real Madrid, their loss at the Riverside defied belief. And the [...]

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Hull City To Go Down?

by Michael Timbury on February 24, 2009 · 8 comments

Can anyone remember the last time Hull City won a Premier League game? December 6th at home to Middlesbrough was the last time. Since then, they have been very much in freefall.  When Hull first arrived in the Premiership, they were tipped to go straight back down but decided to tear up the script and [...]

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Stoke City Benefit From The Chest of Johnson

by Johnathan Starling on February 21, 2009 · 1 comment

For seventy minutes at the Britannia Stadium, Stoke City and Portsmouth football clubs were getting very close to contending for my ‘worst match ever watched’ title. The last twenty minutes redeemed it.
When it’s all said and done we will remember one thing from today’s match between Stoke City and Portsmouth, the penalty that should have [...]

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Liverpool’s Title Chances On The Brink

by Paul Bestall on January 19, 2009 · 4 comments

Three weeks is a long time in football and Liverpool must be wondering why there season is beginning to splutter just when they needed to kick on. The game against Newcastle United on December 28th easily saw Liverpool’s best performance of the season so far, completely ripping the Geordie’s apart at will. If it wasn’t for [...]

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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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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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