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It only comes round twice a year and it’s always far more exciting than Christmas. Christians have Easter, children have birthdays, but for us football fans, the most important dates on our calendars are August 31 and January 31. Yes, it’s transfer deadline day.
Barcelona have recently hit a slump in the league as they continue to drop points, allowing Real Madrid to extend their lead at the top of La Liga. Although they recently saw off Madrid in the Copa del rey, it looks as though their aim of retaining the League title is slipping away from them.
As the old adage goes, form is temporary and class is permanent. It looks like a simple enough saying to determine which players are class and which are in form. I suppose that’s what makes the difference between theory and practise…
There are 16 minutes left at the Emirates and a cascade of boos rings around the crowd as the fourth official’s board shows a red number 15 and a green number 23.
Sir Alex Ferguson must be wondering if he persuaded the wrong star to come out of retirement this January. While Paul Scholesfilled a hole in midfield left by Darren Fletcher’s illness, the Manchester United boss will have been wondering what Edwin Van DerSar is up to these days after Saturday’s game with Liverpool.
In recent weeks, I’ve been fortunate enough to cover matches involving some of the most in-form strikers in the country. I saw Jordan Rhodes notch one of his 27 goals for Huddersfield this season and also witnessed Millwall frontman Darius Henderson bag his second hat-trick in the space of a few days, and third of the campaign.
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This week Michael Ball was unceremoniously dismissed and fined £6,000 by his employers Leicester City Football Club for posting homophobic comments on Twitter. Just a couple of week’s before that Paul Jewell made unsavory and somewhat sexist comments about female official Amy Fearn, after watching his team’s defeat against Birmingham City.