“It is all so much better at the top”, they say in order to sell the dream, but try telling that to Dorchester Town’s Ben Dickenson who has continued his meteoric rise, faster than that of house-gas prices, by being on the edge of a move to Brighton and Hove Albion.
With the January transfer window now upon us, rumours are flying around in abundance as teams seek to strengthen their squads. Inevitably some teams are going to panic buy and waste a lot of money on players who simply aren’t worth their extortionate transfer fees.
The history of Carlos Tevez’s transfer sagas have enough content to rival War and Peace for longetivity.
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Monday night will see Mancini’s men travel to the DW Stadium for their Premiership match against Wigan. The first time these two sides met in a League match was only back in 1998 when City had fallen to their lowest position of their history. Both teams have made great strides since that time and, although the gap is vast with City currently top of the table and Wigan second from bottom, both teams have struggled in recent weeks.
Unfairly criticised, unlucky that he didn’t join Sunderland in the summer, now finally is the news that Darron Gibson’s been waiting for.
Spurs boss Harry Redknapp has offered David Beckham the opportunity to return to the Premier League.
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The lower leagues have never been blessed with too much Mediterranean flamboyance over the years, however Scunthorpe United, Stevenage Borough and Cambridge United do share a connection with one particular Frenchman, writes Simon Bourne.