Category: Articles
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Oh Yes Sir, We Can Boogie…
How SCOTLAND have gone from cult songs to serious contenders. I’m in the pub, beers lined up and decked out in my navy blue Scotland kit, the Saltire draped over my shoulders, I can’t help but pinch myself that it’s finally Euro 2024…and we no longer need to bother with the phrase No Scotland, No…
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EURO 2024: A MONDE SPORTIF PREVIEW
Its the EURO’s LASS UNS GEHEN! Alright everyone, gather round, grab your pints, and let’s talk about the one thing that’s going to make this summer absolutely brilliant: Euro 2024 is upon us, and it’s going to be an extraordinary journey. Willkommen to Germany, and welcome to the celebration of football! Now, I don’t know…
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…after Kylian
A Love letter to Paris. …how does a love letter start…and more poignantly how does it finish. Usually a fable of love will begin with fresh beginnings, new horizons and insurmountable achievements. Just like the river that kisses the banks of Paris, we find Kylian Mbappe engrained in the city’s recent tale of triumph, its…
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Story of the match: Inter 1 Atletico 0
Inter started the brightest, with a pattern of possessional dominance for the Italians quickly emerging, accentuated by a few turnovers occurring from their high press. A heavy touch from Marcus Thuram denied him the chance to make the most of a wicked ball across the goalface from Nicolo Barella. While a couple of lazy passes…
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Ruben Loftus-Cheek revitalised in Milan
Ruben Loftus-Cheek looks to be finally making good on his potential at AC Milan. He has scored 6 goals already in 2024 for the Rossoneri. He’s been given a regular spot in the team in a preferred central role and is repaying the faith of Stefano Pioli. Against Monza on Sunday, he had the pace…
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Around the grounds: the return of the Europa League and the Europa Conference League
There were 16 matches that took place on Thursday night across the Europe League and Europa Conference League. These were the first of two legs in the play-off fixtures, determining which sides will make it through to the round of 16, in both the respective competitions. 5 British sides will be interested observers of the play-offs, awaiting…
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Story of the match: Stoke 1 QPR 0
A well-worked routine from Rangers forced a save off Daniel Iversen from a Paul Smyth within the first 3 minutes of the game. The pendulum of play swung back in Stoke’s direction, as a tantalising ball in Asmir Begovic’s penalty area passed through without anyone in position, for what would have been a tap-in finish. There was plenty…
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One Night In Heaven.
91,553. Attendances occur each week in football. They are statistics that are recorded and filed into the almanacs of a football past, but what if a particular attendance meant that little bit more. The female game, Women’s Football, The Lioness’s are a few variation’s of what we’ve come to celebrate as just Football. We’ve seen…
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Will Kane outgun Alonso?
Harry Kane has set the Bundesliga alight, this season. 24 league goals in 20 games is an earth shattering level of consistency for a striker, these days. But it’s not been enough to propel his Bayern Munich side to the top of the table. Another former premier league icon has stood in his way. Former Liverpool midfield…
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Story of the match: Spurs 3 Brentford 2
Brentford were tenacious in the press early doors, pressurising Spurs’ high-line, while the distribution of Maddison welcomingly returned an ingenuity to Spurs’ offence. Kulusevski and Maupay both managed to infiltrate the respective boxes of Vicario and Flekken, but couldn’t make the most of the positions they found themselves in. In-roads on the left flank of…
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