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Growing middle class on deadline day
Let’s be honest. Who really thought Sunderland, Stoke and Birmingham would be the clubs making the biggest splashes on the final day of the summer transfer window? Sure, England’s biggest teams had taken care of most of their business already. … Continue reading
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World Cup Payday
The best way I’ve heard the World Cup described is that it’s a sprint, not a marathon. In a sport where the best players on the biggest club teams often have to play a 50+ match season, seven games over a … Continue reading
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Oranje bowl over Brazilians, while Black Star misses mos’ def(initely)
What a cracking day to sit on the couch and do nothing except watch footie. World Cup favourites Brazil lost to the Netherlands… and I’ve desperately tried to write in a Dutch oven joke. No luck, feel free to write … Continue reading
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Uruguay, Ghana both score knockouts
After a somewhat subdued opening round, the first two games of the knockout stages did not disappoint. With sheets of rain sweeping across Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth, Uruguay and South Korea both played with a sense of … Continue reading
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Party time in Port Elizabeth
Simon ‘The Happy Hoofer’ Hagens is in South Africa for two weeks of World Cup football and travel. In his second note from the road, Simon heads east to Port Elizabeth for England’s pivotal clash with Slovenia. Keep up with … Continue reading
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Pint-sized punch powers England
He’s only 5’7″, but little Jermain Defoe scored a very big goal for England in their 1-0 victory over Slovenia, sending the Three Lions through to the knockout round of the World Cup, a win that was lubricated by Don … Continue reading
Go Time for Groups C & D
All the teams in Groups C & D are still in play, including a certain team in white… Group C Slovenia: 4 pts., +1 GD, 3 GS U.S.A.: 2 pts., 0 GD, 3 GS England: 2 pts., 0 GD, 1 … Continue reading
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I was saying ‘Boo-urns’
If they haven’t already drowned themselves at the bottom of a swimming pool filled with Stella, I’m hoping Brent and Kevin can add some analysis on England’s thoroughly lacklustre 0-0 draw with Algeria today that leaves the Three Lions teetering … Continue reading
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Dr. Z’s World Cup Predictions: Group D
Dentist by day, football prognosticator by night, our own Dr. Hadi Zogheib is scouting out each group at World Cup 2010 and predicting first round scores and standings. Even the good doctor can’t fix the injury concerns plaguing teams in … Continue reading
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