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Why Wayne Won't Walk

As soon as the team sheet was announced, one of the most eagerly awaited Champions League ties in recent years paled into insignificance...

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Time for Roberto 'Houdini' Martinez to drop the escape act

It is that time of year again for Wigan Athletic. Christmas and New Year have been and gone. The transfer window has slammed shut. Only 12 games of the Premier League season remain...

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Time to drag diving out of the deep end

Dive. a. To plunge, especially headfirst, into water. b. To execute a dive in athletic competition. c. To participate in the sport of competitive diving...

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From Football Manager to Football Manager

22nd May 2018.  9.45pm. The final whistle blows. Cameras flash frantically around Camp Nou.  A tidal wave of elation surges around the stadium from a sea of red and white...

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Rafael on the rise

Maturing is a term commonly associated with cheese and wine. From picking the grapes at the vineyard to putting the bottle on the supermarket shelf, the ageing process can take over twenty years for the finest wines to develop character...

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January transfer window: Top five predictions

Like it or loathe it, Christmas is just around the corner, only 62 days away...

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Darren Fletcher: back from the brink

Just under a year ago, Darren Fletcher was told that he would never play football again. Told he would never again captain his country. Told he would never again step out to the adulation of 75,000 fans at his boyhood club...

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Lloris Must Play the Waiting Game

Tottenham goalkeeper Hugo Lloris may have to wait longer than he expected to establish himself as the club’s first choice keeper after an inspired start to the season from Brad Friedel. The France captain, who joined Spurs for £12...

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AVB hails 'immense' Defoe

After a shaky start to the season for Tottenham under new manager Andre Villas-Boas - in which they picked up only one point from a possible nine- the north London outfit have turned things around, winning their last three Premier League games...

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Much Ado About Sterling

Raheem Sterling made all footballing headlines earlier this week when he was called up by Roy Hodgson to the England squad for their 2014 World Cup qualifier against Ukraine...

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