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The land that football forgot 1989...

Travelling back from London after playing for Middlesbrough against QPR on April 15th 1989 I can remember we were listening to the radio all the way back to Ayresome Park and each new bulletin told us that the death toll at Hillsbrough was getting...
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Falling out of love...

How to fall back in love with football.......Simon Kuper has written a very interesting article in why he has fallen out of love with football...
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Consuming the match tonight John?

The FA's general secretary Alex Horne last week defended late kick-off times on the basis of their appeal to a television audience. Horne said: "We're now used to consuming our football in those time slots. It really works...
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The Master Surgeon

The Master Surgeon Manchester United are about to be crowned Champions again and because of the gap it has become almost an irrelevance with the battle for relegation and the 'battle for fourth'(?!) being a more interesting topic of conversation...
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Are they taking the p#*s?

While the Premier League continues to believe that pricing is essentially a matter for individual clubs and that it will be hard to come up with proposals that would satisfy the two-thirds majority required to pass new rules, there is also a...
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'Guardiolaism'

Reading Guillem Balagues absolutely superb book 'Pep' gives a fascinating insight into the coach and more importantly the man. Having been involved in football it seems to me that Guardiola is not suited to football at all...
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MLS Tickets Still Best Deal in Town

It seems like every few years the issue de jour in football in England is ticket prices. While soccer fans in Spain claim they can get a ticket to Barcelona Vs Cordoba for about $15...
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Tony X' Says "We'll bounce back"

Just read an article with a promising young player interviewed after a defeat. His team had been well beaten and the player was asked about the spirit in the squad after the game and his thoughts on the next upcoming game...
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Under Pressure: splits clubs in two, puts managers on streets

We are moving into what is known in England as the "sacking season". Pick up any newspaper or read any website and you can take your pick of the managers that are Under Pressure...
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Cristiano Ronaldo: roll up, roll up

Roll up, roll up the for the best show in town! Last Wednesday night, I was in Amsterdam for Ajax-Real Madrid. When Madrid are in town there is one man who interests all above others:Cristiano Ronaldo. And he did not disappoint...
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Mark Burke is an English ex-professional footballer who played in several countries including England, Holland, Japan and Romania, having the distinction of being the first British player to ever play in Romania.

Burke has seen football from the inside, at the highest levels, and has a very unique view of the game in all of its various shapes and forms.

His articles give the readers a view of what the game is REALLY like, and how players, coaches, managers and directors really think. Including the machinations and the politics inside the game, Burke has seen it all and writes about it in his own style.

Burke was encouraged to write by his good friend, Simon Kuper, the renowned Dutch journalist who encouraged Burke to write as he talks - which is a lot!