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Can Tottenham Challenge For The Premiership Title?

Can Tottenham Challenge For The Premiership Title?

By on February 7, 2012 in Sport

It seems Tottenham are the only team who want to finish third this season. The terrible twins from Manchester are almost certain to grab the top two places unless Spurs can surprise everyone and keep their great form going. The others are certainly not going to take the challenge… For Arsenal there can be no question about it – without Van Persie they are only a top half team. Despite his teammates’ best efforts, the Dutchman is forcing them to battle for a Champions League spot next year. Arsene Wenger [...]

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FA Cup Fourth Round Preview

FA Cup Fourth Round Preview

By on January 27, 2012 in Sport

It’s the fourth round of the FA Cup this weekend and there are many great games to look forward to. This evening there are two matches on offer – Watford will try and pull off a huge upset at home to Premiership high-fliers Tottenham. A victory for Tottenham will give Harry Redknapp something to smile about after an awful week in which he has been in court accused of tax evasion. Gareth Bale is a slight doubt for Spurs but even without him this is a game they should be [...]

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The FA Cup has landed

The FA Cup has landed

By on January 7, 2012 in Sport

One of the greatest football weekends has finally arrived and it’s time to savour every moment of it. Yes, the F.A. Cup returns this weekend and hopefully we will see some shock results. After all, that’s the magic of the coveted tournament. Here are some of the big games of the weekend to look forward to. Birmingham at home to Wolves kicks off at 12:30pm this afternoon and it is sure to be a real old-fashioned affair. The pressure is all on Wolves in this match as fans will expect [...]

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Fletcher’s illness may force Fergie to action

By on December 13, 2011 in Sport

Manchester United midfielder Darren Fletcher has been forced to take an extended break from football due to an illness. In the past twelve months Fletcher has missed large parts of the season and this had been attributed to a viral illness. However, Manchester United today confirmed that the midfielder has in fact been suffering from ulcerative colitis (a chronic inflammatory bowel condition). Fletcher has made just eight appearances so far this season, starting seven games and scoring one goal. His untimely absence may now force Manchester United Manager, Sir Alex [...]

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Manchester: a City United in Champions League agony

By on December 8, 2011 in Sport

As the dust settles on an early Champions League exit for Man City and Man United, the thought of Europa League football will be like a punch in the gut for them – and so it should be. With United only needing a draw against Basel, they were favourites to go through to the next round from Group C. Meanwhile, City needed to win and hoped that Villarreal would do them a favour and take points off Napoli. In the end, neither scenario came to fruition and now the prospect [...]

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Manchester United lose to Basle football club in Switzerland

By on December 8, 2011 in News, Sport, Uncategorized

Knocked out of the Championship before Christmas. A 2:1 defeat to FC Basle has put Utd out the competition for only the third time in 17 years – unthinkable for a club of Man Utds size. They went to Switzerland needing to win or draw to continue their quest for Champions League glory. A team suffering from injures were dealt another blow when Vidic was taken off with an injury. Alex Ferguson this season has been unsure about what his best side is and this has led to a sense [...]

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Manchester Derby: The Shocking Outcome

By on October 28, 2011 in Sport

Nobody expected what happened at the weekend at Old Trafford. It was Man Utd’s worst home defeat since February 1955: United fans were  keen to remind their ‘noisy neighbours’ who the champions are and City fans were desperate to prove that they can match their successful rivals. As it turned out, they not only matched them, they battered them, inflicting a humiliating 6-1 loss on last season’s title winners. Both sides showed their intent from the off, starting with attacking line-ups, which included Wayne Rooney and Danny Welbeck leading the line [...]

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The unstoppable force of United and City

By on October 19, 2011 in Sport

As much as it pains me to admit it, I find it hard to see past the two Manchester teams for the Premier League this season. Both clubs easily have the best squads in England at the minute, far superior to any of their nearest rivals. Now admittedly, Chelsea have a strong squad too, but they don’t seem to be playing with the same fluency and confidence this year. They’ve been scraping together results against teams that, in previous years, they have beaten convincingly. Although their squad has improved hugely [...]

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