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Fitting gesture could come back to haunt Beckham

Date: 13th March 2010 at 12:03 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs, Manchester United | Author: James McManus (online) | Tags: | image © Action Images

signed off in style on Wednesday night in what was probably his last appearance at . In a fitting tribute by picking up that scarf he reinforced the bond between himself and the fans that adored him so much all those years ago, but with the Red Knight’s cause hoping …

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O’Hara the latest that may succumb the granny rule

Date: 13th March 2010 at 11:45 am | Filed under: Football Blogs, Tottenham | Author: Oscar Pye-Jeary | Tags: , , , , | image © Action Images

How to win friends and influence people. Always a good knack to have that. David Beckham seems to be pretty good at it, especially now he’s showcased his astounding ability to wear a scarf. Jamie O Hara, not so much it seems. It’s always good at International level to be seen to be proud of playing for your country. Another thing Beckham was spectacularly good at, and a huge part of his …

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‘Summer’s Most Wanted’ – Hulk

Date: 13th March 2010 at 11:32 am | Filed under: Arsenal, Football Blogs, Manchester United, Porto, Portuguese Liga | Author: Tom Jinks | Tags: , | image © Action Images

A few weeks ago I wrote about Porto’s striking sensation and how he was being chased by most of Europe’s top clubs. Now I’m going to focus on Falcao’s striking partner, the Brazilian international Givanildo Vieira de Souza, or as he is better known, .

The 23 year old striker was …

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Ji-Sung Park – The man for every ocassion

Date: 13th March 2010 at 11:01 am | Filed under: Football Blogs, Manchester United | Author: James McManus (online) | Tags: , , | image © Action Images

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There have been many success stories of the season, there’s been James Milner’s all action style, Birmingham’s great and at the same time, surprising form and Bobby Zamora’s transition from donkey to potential England hopeful to name but a few – Ji Sung Park’s excellent recent form has to be …

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Top TEN Foreigners to grace Old Trafford

Date: 13th March 2010 at 9:40 am | Filed under: Football Blogs, Manchester United, Premiership | Author: Tom Jinks | Tags: , , , , | image © Action Images

Following on from the top 10 Newcastle and Tottenham foreigners to grace St James Park and White Hart Lane this week, I will now go through my top ten foreigners to grace Old Trafford. There have been many great foreigners to play at Old Trafford over the years, so I will restrict this list to just the Sir Alex Ferguson era. I’m going …

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You’re fired! – Who’s time is up at Old Trafford this summer?

Date: 12th March 2010 at 8:12 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs, Manchester United, Premiership | Author: Oscar Pye-Jeary | Tags: , , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

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Wayne Rooney’s miraculous form has slightly overshadowed the fact that Manchester United have looked a little flat at times this season. With the onset of age, injury crisis and a still unsettled midfield, Sir Alex Ferguson may well ignore the debt and plunge some of the Ronaldo windfall into the

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Theo Walcott: a flawed genius or a one trick pony?

Date: 12th March 2010 at 8:01 pm | Filed under: Arsenal, Football Blogs, Premiership | Author: Tom Jinks | Tags: , , , , , | image © Action Images

Theo Walcott has hit the headlines in the last week, for good and bad reasons. For England last week, Walcott was a big disappointment, but against Burnley last weekend the winger was sensational, scoring a goal and whipping a few excellent crosses into the box for Nicklas Bendtner to miss. What was Theo’s reward? A place on the bench against Porto in the …

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Top 10 ‘it wasn’t mean to be’ moments! lady luck, god’s will or no bottle?

Here are my top 10 moments when it just was not meant to be. Some are funny, some changed careers and some were simply awful. None the less, very entertaining! Any I’ve missed…don’t hesitate to comment!! Enjoy…

Liverpool v AC Milan – Shevchenko v Dudek

Extra time in Istanbul and produces a save that he …

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Football’s Great Hell Raisers #1 – Paul McGrath

Date: 12th March 2010 at 6:47 pm | Filed under: Aston Villa, Football Blogs, Manchester United, Premiership | Author: Danny Sanderson | Tags: , , , , , | image © Action Images

Football has been graced by the exploits of many flawed genius’s – George Best, Diego Maradona and Paul Gascoigne to name three. They were all creative maestros and their off-field problems were almost expected. They were mavericks. Surely a defensive hard man could not be described in the same vein? Think again, because many who saw Paul McGrath play certainly described him as a genius and he also unquestionably …

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‘One to watch in 2010′ – Daniel Ayala

Date: 12th March 2010 at 6:16 pm | Filed under: Football Blogs, Liverpool, Premiership, Sevilla | Author: prashant bhatt | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , | image © Action Images

When Liverpool went and brought Daniel Ayala from in 2007 it was on the basis that, in time, he would turn in to a complete player. He is a highly rated central defender and should Jamie Carragher leave Anfield this summer, as it has been mentioned by the player himself as a scant possibility, …

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