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Hodgson Looks To Build On The Great Escape

August 13th, 2008 · Comments

Roy Hodgson is one of the great unsung English managers of the last 30 years and I’m a big fan of England’s most underrated manager.
A polite, erudite professor of the game and an intelligent, well spoken man, he’s simply never received the recognition his career and achievements deserve in England due to the majority of his success being on foreign […]

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Tags: Andy Johnson · Blackburn Rovers · Bobby Zamora · England · Finland · Fulham · Internazionale · Jimmy Bullard · John Pantsil · Lawrie Sanchez · Roy Hodgson · Switzerland

Euro 2008 Group A Final Match Predictions

June 15th, 2008 · Comments

Tonight sees the first dual clash with Czech Republic playing Turkey whilst Switzerland host Portugal. With Portugal through as Group Winners, all eyes will be on Geneva. We could potentially have a first in Group qualification with the fact that should tonight’s game end in a draw, we will go straight into a penalty shoot out […]

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Tags: Czech Republic · Portugal · Switzerland · Turkey · euro 2008

Hup, Holland, Hup

June 14th, 2008 · Comments

Here’s a brief video I shot of the Dutch friends we made in Bern. It’s one of those delightful football songs that’s almost impossible to get out of your head after you’ve heard it.

 
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Euro 2008: Better Than World Cup 2006 So Far

June 14th, 2008 · Comments

I’ve finally had a chance to catch up on watching some of the Euro 2008 matches I missed. The jet lag hit me later in the week, so I found myself watching many of the games this week at weird hours on DVR.The one thing about football is that it can be so subjective. Earlier […]

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Tags: Austria · Croatia · Czech Republic · France · Germany · Greece · Holland · Italy · Poland · Portugal · Romania · Russia · Spain · Sweden · Switzerland · Turkey · euro 2008

Euro 2008: How Seeing A Football Match On TV Can Be Better Than Seeing It In Person

June 13th, 2008 · Comments

Before the Holland vs Italy match at Euro 2008, the last professional football match I attended was in November 2006 when I saw Manchester United draw Chelsea 1-1 at Old Trafford. The reason why I haven’t seen any games in person since 2006 is because the nearest professional team to me is exactly 1,000 miles […]

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Tags: UEFA

Swiss Show The World How To Run A Football Tournament

June 12th, 2008 · Comments

Miami is not known for good road signage. I’ve lived near the city for 24 years and I still get confused when I go downtown looking for the I-95 on-ramp. It’s not that the signage is poor. In some places, it simply doesn’t even exist.In Switzerland, it’s an entirely different story. From the moment I […]

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Tags: EPL Talk Trip · euro 2008

Euro 2008 Group A Match Predictions

June 11th, 2008 · Comments

After one set of games, we now have the groups beginning to take shape and we move into the second phase of matches. Everyone who wins in this particular round knows that they still have a chance of qualifying or indeed making sure that they have qualified for the Quarter Finals.
The first of tonight’s matches […]

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Tags: Czech Republic · Portugal · Switzerland · Turkey · euro 2008

Euro 2008 Adventure: Day Three (Bern)

June 11th, 2008 · Comments

The football fever that was absent in Zurich was well and truly present in Bern from the moment when I arrived at the train station of the Swiss capital.Before we even arrived in Bern, I was prepared for the crazy Dutch fans. Back in the summer of 1994, I was introduced to the Clockwork Orange […]

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Tags: EPL Talk Trip · Holland · Italy · Switzerland · euro 2008



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