A Burnley F.C. spokesman said the world’s ‘oldest season ticket’ was returned to the club late last week. The ticket, or members’ card as it was referred to back then, was valid for the 1884-85 season. This was just three years after the club’s founding and four years before the formation of the original Football
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He’s had his fair share of struggles, but Djimi Traore is currently basking in the glory of a CONCACAF Champions League wondergoal. In the 59th minute, Traore broke a 1-1 tie between the Seattle Sounders and Mexico’s Tigres UANL with an unstoppable 30-yard volley. His bar-down goal helped the Sounders become the first American team
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Phil Parkinson was dazed and still bearing the stains of a Champagne soaking as the realisation started to sink in that he will be the man to lead Bradford City – League 2 Bradford City – out at Wembley for the Capital One Cup final. Parkinson, stock rising as Premier League victims pile up around
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Bradford City’s Capital One Cup run has rekindled the romance of football. For Mike Harrison, editor of the Bradford City fanzine, The City Gent, the League Two club’s remarkable journey to the Capital One Cup final is a timely tonic for fans disillusioned by the ever-growing gulf between rich and poor. Bradford’s thrilling exploits have
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With modern football games often tightly contested affairs, single moments of inspiration from an individual can swing a tie. This has been shown in this year’s Capital One Cup, with a number of players almost single-handedly dragging their respective teams through the competition. Whether they have weighed in with important goals, or steadied the ship
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Macclesfield, Brighton and Luton all provided the obligatory ‘cupset’ as the FA Cup returned in all its splendour at the Third Round stage. Tottenham avoided a giant-killing at home to Coventry to progress as did Middlesbrough as they faced non-league Hastings and Manchester City, who locked horns with Watford. Robin Van Persie rescued Manchester United
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The January transfer window tends to be a bit of a money trap for the Premier League clubs. Andy Carroll for £35million tends to come to mind…oh dear oh dear. Although I’m sure that by January 30th there will at least be one deal that makes little footballing or financial sense, there is also a
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The Championship is getting stronger and stronger year upon year, with currently just 15 points between the play-offs and the relegation zone. Any club has the possibility of promotion should they hit form at the right time, with many clubs surprising pundits with their excellent starts to the season. With the quality improving, there are
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