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‘The Boy Has Got Skills’ – Lucas Piazon

Date: 1st April 2011 at 3:00 pm | Written by
A Brazilian is the centre of a huge transfer talking point over at Stamford Bridge at the moment and, surprisingly, his name isn’t Neymar; Chelsea having agreed a pre-contract deal with Sao …

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The perils of being everyone’s favourite second side

Date: 2nd March 2011 at 2:56 pm | Written by
When I was 9, Barnsley won promotion to the Premier League. The excitement across the division about a small Yorkshire club cutting it with the big boys was widespread. Even when Chelsea …

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SWP the latest to fall to this modern football curse

Date: 20th February 2011 at 7:32 pm | Written by
For footballers, as with some boxers, knowing when to let go is one of the biggest challenges they face during their professional careers. Nevertheless, the concept of a player returning to an …

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Foreign rule brings domestic bliss to the Premier League

Date: 1st February 2011 at 7:11 pm | Written by
Michael Vonk and David SeamanAt first they were almost a novelty. Foreign players in the top flight were deemed a little out of place, unlikely to fit in with the English game and …

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VIDEO: Top TEN Premier League ‘mavericks’

Date: 13th September 2010 at 7:40 pm | Written by
Flair, defined by one as ‘a special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well’ or as ‘a sophistication or elegance in style, bearing, or manner’. Combine the two and …

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Premier League clubs reap the rewards of the changing Brazilian

Date: 11th June 2010 at 2:38 pm | Written by
Brazil will go in to this summer’s World Cup as most bookmakers’ second favourites for the trophy. For generations, the Brazilian national side have been regarded as the world’s premier football team, …

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Top 10 Free-Kick goals from my lifetime!

Date: 1st March 2010 at 4:23 pm | Written by
There have been many players over the years that have mastered the art of taking free-kicks. Beckham, Juninho, Gascoigne, Ronaldo and Roberto Carlos are just a number of players who have mastered the skill and who have scored many a …

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Top 5 “Well that’ll never happen” Transfers

Date: 25th January 2010 at 8:13 pm | Written by
With former Kop Idol Michael Owen making the treacherous journey across the Pennines to Manchester United, human Boglin Carlos Tevez making an even shorter trip across the road to Manchester City and …

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David Silva: Overrated or a welcome addition to the Premier League?

Date: 23rd November 2009 at 2:08 pm | Written by
5211613David Silva is a player I would not call overrated; a lot of praise goes his way from the media in a number of football-following countries but it is generally warranted. Silva, …

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Top Ten Free-Kick Specialists in World Football

Date: 9th November 2009 at 2:48 pm | Written by
Currently there are a number of footballers who can lay claim to being dead-ball specialists and have the ability to knock free-kicks into the net with ease. The FA Premier League has played host to a number of free-kick specialists …

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