You may be tempted to think of the modern day footballer as a protected species. When you see a number of the Premier League’s big name stars rolling around on the floor after a collision, it becomes hard to imagine that those same players are capable of extraordinary feats of bravery …
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With pressure building by the hour, the inevitable happened. With John Terry’s trial for racial abuse delayed until after the European Finals, the decision to strip Terry of his captaincy of the national side (again) was taken by the FA this morning. They had little choice really. It was not …
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A series of early international tournament exits in the last year have placed question marks over the quality of English footballers. Unsurprisingly, the finger of blame has yet again been pointed at the system responsible for developing young players. Zarif Rasul investigates the English youth development system.
THE diminutive young Nigerian …
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England’s youth development has long been seen as lagging behind the rest of the top European countries. It seems as if every nation goes through a rut with their youth set-ups at some point, so what exactly can we learn from those successful nations, who have managed to turn their …
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I think it’s fair to say that the football league is in a rather tempestuous place: struggling with a debt crisis of its members whilst watching the elite Premier League clubs drifting ever further away from their humbler counterparts. The introduction of the play-off system has been a positive of …
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England always go into international tournaments with the hopes of the nation upon their shoulders. The press and the fans inevitably think the team are going to win every tournament they enter, and why shouldn’t they, the England team has always possessed some of the finest talent in the World.
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Franz Beckenbauer has provided the template that all modern defenders should aspire to. Imperious on the ball and impermeable in defence; the German legend re-wrote the rule-book on defending in the modern game. The idea that a defender could exert such control over a game is a concept that had …
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I am not here to argue that the quality of Major League Soccer (MLS) in the USA is anywhere near the same level as the top flight in England, but one day, in the not too distant future it could be. More and more quality players are signing up for …
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This summer we will be saved from football starvation thanks to a feast of tournaments to plug the gap to next season. Less than a month after the Champions League final England will begin their quest for Euro 2012 glory and try to end the 46 year dry streak.
There’s the …
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When we look overseas to see examples of our compatriots flourishing in other leagues we tend to be disappointed. With the exception of a handful of players such as Gary Lineker, Paul Gascoigne or David Beckham our players have left little impact on the minds of our continental brothers and …
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