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From Goalden Times: The rise of Batigol...
02/02/2016

From Goalden Times: The rise of Batigol...

Before 1991’s Copa America, Gabriel Omar Batistuta was an almost unheard-of name in the international football circuit. Born to a slaughterhouse worker and a school teacher, the young Argentine preferred basketball to football as a teenager. However, the 1978 World Cup triumph of Argentina — especia…

From Back-Post: New offside rules, but it's the same old story...
20/08/2015

From Back-Post: New offside rules, but it's the same old story...

“You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.” Albert Einstein We live by one set of them and we certainly die by another. Who among us has not cursed passionately and wholeheartedly at some seemingly incomprehensible sign we must adhere to, some direct…

From Just Football: Is the Premier League becoming too powerful?
17/08/2015

From Just Football: Is the Premier League becoming too powerful?

How Xherdan Shaqiri to Stoke and other high-profile summer transfers show the Premier League is becoming football's NBA - and why that's dangerous.

From Eight by Eight: The Hudson River Derby returns to New Jersey...
11/08/2015

From Eight by Eight: The Hudson River Derby returns to New Jersey...

The contest between cross-river rivals New York Red Bulls and New York City FC has been a one-sided affair. The New York Red Bulls and New York City FC met this weekend at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, for their third and final match of the season. The derby has been a rather lopsided affa…

From These Football Times: Robert Prosinecki: Decorated, destructive, damned
11/08/2015

From These Football Times: Robert Prosinecki: Decorated, destructive, damned

IN FEBRUARY 2002, 12,000 FANS packed themselves into Fratton Park to see former Real Madrid and Barcelona maestro Robert Prosinečki score a scintillating hat-trick against Barnsley. What should hav...

From Back-Post: Mourinho, FIFA and Chuck Blazer's Cat. Nothing to see here.
10/08/2015

From Back-Post: Mourinho, FIFA and Chuck Blazer's Cat. Nothing to see here.

“Arsene Wenger, apparently, is not happy with Jose Mourinho; and Brendan Rodgers, apparently, is not happy with Mario Balotelli. But Liverpool might finish top-four and Arsenal could do well and Chelsea will definitely get more of a run for it and . . . Sheeeesh! I’ll spare you Van Gaal … seri…

From Goalden Times: Overcoming The Clutches Of Racism - The Paul Canoville Story
10/08/2015

From Goalden Times: Overcoming The Clutches Of Racism - The Paul Canoville Story

Through electronic and social media, we hear, read and observe shocking tales of racism from the past and the relatively better present. But have you ever heard

From The Football Pink: Transfer Tales: Kevin Doyle and Shane Long - Reading
10/08/2015

From The Football Pink: Transfer Tales: Kevin Doyle and Shane Long - Reading

STEPHEN STRATTON explains why he believes the Irish striking duo, who came as a 2-for-1 package, were Reading's finest ever acquisitions. Reading have had great success in the 21st century with bar...

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