With ten minutes to go at Stamford Bridge, Louis van Gaal calls over his final substitute. But instead of getting prolific goalscorer Robin van Persie to get stripped ready for action Van Gaal points to young defender Tyler Blackett and brings him on for the late push. The Manchester United manager’s Dutch compatriot must have […]
Posted on April 20th, 2015 by scott
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Sometimes it is easy to forget that Inverness Caledonian Thistle are actually still quite a young club, relatively speaking. Yet today this twenty year old club took on the mighty Celtic at Hampden and won the five goal epic to reach their very first Scottish Cup final. Now let’s get the controversy out of the […]
Posted on April 19th, 2015 by scott
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Some people just seem to openly defy age. German legend Miroslav Klose seems to be one of those. Last summer in Brazil was viewed as his swan song, he captured the World Cup with Germany and also cemented his place in the history books by breaking the all-time scoring record with his sixteenth World Cup […]
Posted on April 19th, 2015 by scott
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On Sunday evening, Chelsea and Manchester United will resume their rivalry at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea are charging towards the league title but United are the form team determined at securing a return to the Champions League. Neither team will want to drop any points at this crucial stage of the season. But there is added intrigue for this […]
Posted on April 18th, 2015 by scott
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Newcastle United seem ready to step up their chase of QPR’s Charlie Austin, with the view of bringing him in this summer. I honestly think a transfer to the ‘Toon’ could be the best thing for Austin. But only if QPR succumb to relegation at that end of this current season. Should that happen, then […]
Posted on April 17th, 2015 by scott
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Do you remember when Rangers went into liquidation and were sent down to the bottom tier of Scottish football? Well do you also remember the buzzword for that summer? That was SPORTING INTEGRITY. The clubs stood together as one and insisted that Rangers start a fresh in the old Third Division as the rest of […]
Posted on April 15th, 2015 by scott
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The breaking news from the Bundesliga is that Jurgen Klopp has asked to leave Borussia Dortmund at the end of season. To be honest, he would have probably been better served to have left at the end of the last campaign when things were still on a high at the Westfalenstadion. But even though ‘Die Borussen’ […]
Posted on April 15th, 2015 by scott
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Had Feyenoord offered John Guidetti a contract in January, many at Celtic would have been running about like headless chickens worrying about the Swede’s potential departure. Now though, as the Eredivisie side make their move, it seems that interest in keeping Guidetti at Celtic Park has now cooled. I don’t doubt Celts manager Ronny Deila […]
Posted on April 14th, 2015 by scott
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It seems like everyone and their auntie could be leaving Manchester City this summer. After falling from grace this season, the current Premier League champions need a squad overhaul during the next transfer window, if they stand any chance of regaining the crown that they are about to lose. One of the players that could […]
Posted on April 14th, 2015 by scott
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For Manchester United you don’t get games any bigger than against Liverpool or Manchester City. So you can understand why the English Premier Leagues’s most expensive purchase Angel Di Maria may have been extremely disappointed to be benched for both of these huge fixtures. So far, the Argentine hasn’t had the best of times in […]
Posted on April 13th, 2015 by scott
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