Category: Articles
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Futsal
Origins of the Modern Game. If we speak of the nurturing nature of Mother Soccer who first springs to mind other than the wonderous delights of Brasil? Famed for the canary yellow jerseys of the “Selecao” and known for their flamboyance and conveyable ability to churn out elaborated and genius modern day footballers, its hard…
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Coutinho
The year is 2022 and a magician is back in town…well, the Premier League. Do you remember him bounding around Anfield and curling 35 yard screamers into the onion sack week-in, week-out? I do, but that was 2015 and this is 2022. Switching the Camp Nou for Villa Park and leaping boundlessly into the arms…
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Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon…The Man, The Myth, The Legend. Paul Pogba once quoted ‘Gigi is simply number one’ and who would argue. It’s hard to escape the colossal magnitude that emanates from the mere mention of the Italian shot stoppers name, let alone the sheer dominance that he has held over the Azzuri’s number one spot for…
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Where there’s a Willock…
If I can start by taking you back briefly to the 24th May 2014 Championship Playoff Final which is not a hardship for any Queens Park Rangers supporter. We had a team of fringe premiership football players who had all grantededly played far too much football in what was a notoriously gruelling championship season. However,…
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Cassano
“Il Gioiello di Bari Vecchia” This story as the title suggests begins in the Southern Italian city of Bari and in particular the San Nicola district of Bari Vecchia. This is where the subject of this article was born and raised, playing football amongst the cobbled streets and gaining that ever so present ability to…
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Three Lions in the Dirt
Euro 2020…Football is back, Euphoria at a cost? Where do we begin? I’ll start by drowning in the glory of what was a fantastic football tournament, needless to say we all needed this particular competition more than we actually knew… Yes, Football had re-emerged from a quite frankly obscure moment in time as we were…
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V.A.R.
What do we want? More Goals, more Hoops or more Touchdowns? Questions that burn in the memory of American Vs European sports. I haven’t watched much American sports, but I’ve been a firm spectator for many many years. More embracing of the colourful jerseys and the ad hoc synergy of the commentators. From afar it…
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2021 Cycling Season Predictions:
So, who’s going to win the brightly coloured jerseys? Well, it’s been a huge shake-up across teams, and whilst Ineos Grendiers have the lion’s share of Grand Tour winners, it’s still a very open season. Predictions and speculations; Geraint Thomas (Ineos): Focusing on Le Tour, but a return to form has been a long-time coming,…
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Contra Le Monde
This article shouldn’t take you more than four minutes to read. In those four minutes, Contra Le Monde can catch you up on everything that’s been happening in World Cycling. To blow your mind immediately…DISC BRAKES ARE ALLOWED NOW…I know, right? Whilst it feels like the cycling calendars are closely synced with primary school term-times…
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“Le Zebre”
“Le Zebre”. He walks tall in Black and White, cutting through the planes and then onto the riverside. The air and grace of Le Zebre. Paul Pogba for me is one of the greatest Football Players alive and playing the game. My first vison of seeing this ability was him wearing the Black and White…
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