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Aspiring sports journalist, equipped with an unhealthy obsession with football.

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Tottenham’s top TEN ‘most famous’ fans

Date: 1st January 2012 at 7:37 pm | Filed under: Tottenham Hotspur | Author:
Once-upon-a-time, in a galaxy far, far away, Tottenham Hotspur were apparently a pretty good football team. As a result, the club has acquired some rather high-profile supporters over the years. Legend has it that the likes of Bob Marley, Shania Twain, Emma ‘Baby Spice’ Bunton and Bryan Adams…

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Arsenal’s top TEN ‘most famous’ fans

Date: 1st January 2012 at 7:35 pm | Filed under: Arsenal | Author:
There has been no shortage of celebrity Arsenal fans over the years, for example even Her Royal Majesty the Queen of England has been accused of following the Arsenal in the past, before she broke Arsenal hearts by confirming that her allegiance lies with the…

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Liverpool’s top TEN ‘most famous’ fans

Date: 1st January 2012 at 7:32 pm | Filed under: Liverpool | Author:
Liverpool FC: Shankly GatesLiverpool are arguably still the most famous team in England, despite what them down the road say (the last time I checked, Liverpool still had a few more European Cups anyway).  However, do not fret Liverpool fans, as you do not walk…

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Top TEN Celebrity Tottenham Supporters

Date: 26th April 2011 at 4:57 pm | Filed under: Tottenham Hotspur | Author:
Once-upon-a-time, in a galaxy far, far away, Tottenham Hotspur were apparently a pretty good football team. As a result, the club has acquired some rather high-profile supporters over the years. Legend has it that the likes of Bob Marley, Shania Twain, Emma ‘Baby Spice’ Bunton and Bryan Adams…

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Liverpool’s Top TEN Celebrity Supporters

Date: 25th April 2011 at 8:02 pm | Filed under: Liverpool | Author:
Liverpool FC: Shankly GatesLiverpool are arguably still the most famous team in England, despite what them down the road say (the last time I checked, Liverpool still had a few more European Cups anyway). However, this season, whilst United have already added a League Cup to…

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Arsenal’s Top TEN Celebrity Supporters

Date: 25th April 2011 at 7:52 pm | Filed under: Arsenal | Author:
There has been no shortage of celebrity Arsenal fans over the years, for example even Her Royal Majesty the Queen of England has been accused of following the Arsenal in the past, before she broke Arsenal hearts by confirming that her allegiance lies with the…

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The WORST Liverpool Kits of our time?

Date: 20th February 2011 at 9:20 am | Filed under: Football Blogs,Liverpool | Author:
In light of the big debate as to whether Fulham's new away kit is one of the worse the Premier League has ever seen, I have taken the time out to assess the worst Liverpool kits of our time. There’s something unsettling about a multi-national sports manufacturer managing to botch the simple task of designing a football shirt. However, whilst

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The WORST Tottenham Kits of our time?

Date: 20th February 2011 at 9:17 am | Filed under: Football Blogs,Tottenham Hotspur | Author:
Let’s face it, every club has had some dodgy kits down the years, and Spurs are no different. Tottenham at least never allowed their players to design their own kits like former Mexico goalkeeper Jorge Francisco Campos Navarrete, but over the years, I wish they had. Tottenham’s insistence that every year…

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Tottenham’s seven wonderkids that proved anything but

Date: 8th February 2011 at 7:47 pm | Filed under: Tottenham Hotspur | Author:
As a child, I can still distinctly remember being told by my dad about a young Northern Ireland midfielder named Paul McVeigh. Apparently, the young prodigy was mustard, and reminiscent of his countryman the late great George Best (sans the whisky). He could beat people for fun, me’old Dad…

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Are These The Worst Arsenal Kits Of Our Time?

Date: 26th October 2010 at 9:08 am | Filed under: Arsenal,Football Blogs | Author: | Tags: , ,
Right, I know what you’re thinking. Arsenal are sponsored by Nike, and have had some of the better kits in recent history, they can’t possibly have had five bad kits. Well guess what, they have. In fact, they’ve had some shockers. Whilst this list is confined in the most part to the away strips, even…

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