As Argentina prepare to kick-off their World Cup ambitions tonight, a lot will be made of their number ten: Lionel Messi. But for me, one of Argentine star may just shine brighter over the next four weeks. Real Madrid’s Angel di Maria had a wonderful last six months of the season at the Bernabeu. He […]

Posted on June 15th, 2014 by scott
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  This is part one of our interview with Jim Murphy MP. In this video we talk about Jim’s book ‘The 10 Football Matches That Changed the World and the One That Didn’t‘. So give it a watch and find out more about the World War One match on Christmas day, the football at Robben […]

Posted on June 14th, 2014 by scott
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As the day of England’s first World Cup match dawns, many of us are wondering whether a day of mourning awaits us tomorrow. Whilst thinking positive is all very well, what are the actual odds of Italy beating us tonight? 888 Sport have produced this infographic about just that. They had a look at each team […]

Posted on June 14th, 2014 by scott
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World Cup holders Spain seem to have given us the first real defining moment of this years tournament. Unfortunately for the Spanish it wasn’t in a good way from their point of view. They lost 5-1 against the Dutch, the side they beat in the final four years ago. Now many have been quick to […]

Posted on June 13th, 2014 by scott
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Now Neymar is at Barcelona and has already announced himself at his own countries World Cup this month, it’s easy to forget that at one time everyone was banging on about the Santos duo of Neymar and Ganso. As I have said Neymar is now regarded as one of the best players in the world, […]

Posted on June 13th, 2014 by scott
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This week I managed to get an interview with the extremely busy Jim Murphy. Jim is an MP in the UK, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development no less. He has also just finished and brought out a fascinating book ‘The 10 Football Matches That Changed the World… and the One That Didn’t’ which looks […]

Posted on June 13th, 2014 by scott
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    Well it has finally arrived, the World Cup has kicked off in Brazil! So what did we learn?  Well the Great British public learned first off that ITV still make the worst opening sequences known to man! Seriously guys can’t we have an upbeat number that can get us ready for the most […]

Posted on June 12th, 2014 by scott
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As a player Paul Scholes went twenty years without saying boo to a goose. The midfielder would only do press interviews when it was absolutely required of him. Now that the thirty-nine year old has retired, he simply can’t seem to keep his mouth shut. That has surprised most of us. But what surprised us […]

Posted on June 12th, 2014 by scott
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So the World Cup is just over twenty-four hours away now. Are you excited? Well I know I am! I haven’t been this excited since the 2002 World Cup. Mainly down to the fact that it’s being held in Brazil, the country that gave us a true beautiful game with players like Garrincha, Pele, Carlos […]

Posted on June 11th, 2014 by scott
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When Australia were drawn into ‘Group B’ alongside current European and World Cup champions Spain, 2010 runners up Netherlands and exciting South Americans Chile, many would have written off the Aussies and labelled them the groups whipping boys. But Australian captain Mile Jedinak will have heard that all before with Crystal Palace last season. Jedinak […]

Posted on June 11th, 2014 by scott
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