All posts by rachelgee
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New deal, same old problems
It was announced last week that Sky Sports submitted a bid for the rights to broadcast 75 live Football League matches and the Carling Cup...
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Mixing sport, politics and religion; tales from Bosnia, Poland and Ukraine
One of the great truisms in life, never observed obviously because everyone likes a challenge, is that religion and politics do not mix, proven time...
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For The Want of Forty-Two Pounds
Would you ever take your football club to court? What would it take? Injury caused at a football ground caused by the club’s negligence? Having...
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Of businessmen and betting
Some people just aren’t cut out for certain jobs in life as specialist skills and talents are required for the rigours of certain professions. Hence...
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Misspent (Money on) Youth (Development)
Around 30 years ago, the idea for a national training centre was proposed where the cream of English football talent, both playing and coaching staff,...
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The Fergie Paradox
They say that power corrupts and that absolute power corrupts absolutely. But perhaps a fairer observation would be that power warps one’s perceptions about oneself...