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The country may well be in the middle of Olympic fever at the moment, but the football season is sure to bring plenty of excitement once again and the 2012 Community Shield is where it all begins.  Both teams have ambitions to secure the title of course and with winning a habit, there is no […]

Athletic Bilbao continued their fine European form, this season, by booking their place in the Europa League final, where they will face Atletico Madrid, in the competition’s first all-Spanish final since 2007.  The last time that two Spanish sides battled it out in a European final, Sevilla edged out Espanyol to win the tournament, much […]

According to reports the Gunners are looking at new plans to increase wage limits in order to attract new talent and hold onto existing players.  Until now Arsenal have capped their players’ weekly wages at £100,000 per week. But in the light of the recent crisis at the club, namely the 4-0 Champions League defeat […]

Arsenal have their sights set on leapfrogging rivals Tottenham Hotspur after coming from behind to beat Newcastle United 2-1 in dramatic fashion.  The Gunners were ten points behind Spurs going into their north London derby last month but there has been a shift in power since Arsene Wenger’s side registered an incredible 5-2 victory over […]

New Tottenham Hotspur coach, Andre Villas-Boas, has admitted that he is excited by the challenge that lies ahead of him at White Hart Lane, after his return to the Premier League.  The 34-year old returns to management just four months after being sacked by Chelsea, following a disastrous spell at Stamford Bridge, in which he […]

Defensive football can be an art-form that fans of the game enjoy watching, but only when it is applied in a manner that allows a team’s defense to absorb pressure from a more attacking side before releasing that pressure in the form of a devastating counter-attack that sucker punches the opposition. The way in which Alex […]

Juventus look set to offload a number of out-of-favour front-men as head coach Antonio Conte looks to build his own squad. The Serie A league leaders are overloaded with strikers – especially ones who are the wrong side of 30; the likes of Carvalho Amauri, Luca Toni and Vicenzo Iaquinta.  It looks as though Amauri […]

Bolton midfielder Fabrice Muamba collapsed on-pitch during the team’s FA Cup quarter-final at White Hart Lane this weekend. 23 year old Muamba, former England youth player and a refugee to England from the Republic of Congo at age 11, fell to the ground during Saturday’s game against Tottenham – to the shock of everyone present. […]

Scott McGleish says Bristol Rovers are determined to avoid an embarrassing FA Cup exit this weekend but they will take “any kind of result” against non-league minnows Corby Town in their first-round clash.  Rovers are hoping the FA Cup can provide a welcome distraction to their League Two campaign as they sit in 16th in […]