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Behind the Scenes at Fox Soccer Channel

by Eric Altshule on October 21, 2009 · 7 comments

As Fox Soccer Channel’s Nick Webster told me, “Americans have more access to soccer from around the world than in any other country on earth.”  That is undoubtedly true.  On any given weekend, you can flip around the dial and find the EPL, Serie A, La Liga, the MLS, the Bundesliga, the Mexican leagues, French [...]

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Why Can’t David Healy Score In The Premiership

by Paul Bestall on September 6, 2009 · 6 comments

If you were your country’s top scorer with a healthy 35 goals in 73 appearances, chances are you’d be an established top league player in most countries in Europe. Add to that record a career that has seen you start out at Manchester United and take in spells at Leeds United, Sunderland and Fulham, you’d [...]

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Darren Bent’s Rant Goes A-Twitter

by Ethan Armstrong on July 31, 2009 · 3 comments

When I first heard of Twitter, I thought it was a dirty verb, like: “Get Twittered!” or “Go Twitter yourself!” (And maybe there’s still potential for that.) Turns out it’s a social networking website. And it has undeniably become the Next Big Net Thing.
In addition to allowing friends to keep up with each other’s day-to-day goings-on, all kinds of organizations from restaurants to [...]

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Legends of English Football: #3 Len Shackleton

by Paul Bestall on July 15, 2009 · 1 comment

For most Sunderland fans, there is nothing finer than taking a player from Newcastle and making him one of your own. When the Mackems broke the transfer record in 1948 by paying £20,500 to bring Shackleton to Roker Park, they captured one of English football’s most mercurial talents. Shackleton was a mould breaker, a player who [...]

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Can Wigan Afford To Lose Steve Bruce?

by Paul Bestall on June 1, 2009 · 2 comments

When I heard that Steve Bruce was being lined up as the replacement for Ricky Sbragia, a few alarm bells rang in my head. Bruce, being a Newcastle United fan surely couldn’t be Ellis Short and Niall Quinn’s choice as the new Sunderland manager could he? Would Bruce seriously consider near enough ruling himself out [...]

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Sunderland Need To Move Quickly But Realistically

by Paul Bestall on May 26, 2009 · 12 comments

The only thing that surprised me about Ricky Sbragia’s resignation was the timing of it, coming just 20 or 30 minutes after the final whistle. It was odd to watch Niall Quinn speaking about his manager not wanting to take up the option of another year as manager, whilst Sbragia stood there impassively.
Now it seems [...]

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The Premier League Relegation Battle: Life And Death At The Bottom

by Ethan Armstrong on May 25, 2009 · 1 comment

The weekend promised excitement, drama and last-minute heartache with several sides still fighting for survival at the season’s very end. Sunderland, Hull, Newcastle and Middlesbrough were all on the edge of the cliff. Some already hanging off the side. Others teetering on the brink. In the end, four losses would keep all sides in their [...]

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