A Grudging Respect: Admiring Manchester United By A Liverpool Fan - Sabotage Times


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A Grudging Respect: Admiring Manchester United By A Liverpool Fan
Sabotage Times
This is the first in a series of articles on the subject of having a grudging respect for your clubs bitterest rival, so I'm sticking my head above the parapet. For me, Everton are Liverpool's bitterest rival, but I have no grudging respect for them.

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Michel Platini: why do the English hate me? I'm French - Telegraph.co.uk


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Michel Platini: why do the English hate me? I'm French
Telegraph.co.uk
By Paul Kelso It is not his support for Financial Fair Play, which will curb the excesses of the Premier League's biggest spenders, nor his distaste for foreign owners and players flooding England's clubs. And it is not his controversial support for ...

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Mark Cavendish wins Qatar stage - BBC Sport (blog)

Mark Cavendish wins Qatar stage
BBC Sport (blog)
"But nothing's change, this is a country where we concenrtrate on club football, but an England manager will get lucky one day soon." Former England manager Graham Taylor on 5 live: "If you're picking an international squad and if you haven't got four ...

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Egypt soccer riot: Why don't Americans kill over sports? - CBS News

Egypt soccer riot: Why don't Americans kill over sports?
CBS News
Still, the US has never seen the kind of lethal free-for-all witnessed in Port Said yesterday that followed an Egyptian league match between home team Al-Masry and Cairo's Al-Ahly. Nor, as this list of major soccer stadium disasters shows, ...

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On Soccer: Tony Meola, Claudio Reyna should boost New Jersey presence in Hall ... - The Star-Ledger - NJ.com


The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
On Soccer: Tony Meola, Claudio Reyna should boost New Jersey presence in Hall ...
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Forward Kris Boyd, the Scottish Premier League's all-time leading scorer with 164 goals in 296 appearances, signed with the Portland Timbers as a designated player. Boyd, 28, is a four-time winner of the SPL scoring title. The Timbers also acquired ...

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Football's best managers - Financial Times


Financial Times
Football's best managers
Financial Times
One half are managers of giant clubs: icons such as Ferguson, Arsène Wenger and the number one on the list, the late Bob Paisley, who won six league titles and three European Cups with Liverpool from 1974 to 1983. These men are good, and football knows ...

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Live - Scotland's Transfer Deadline Day - BBC News


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Live - Scotland's Transfer Deadline Day
BBC News
2027: Quote from Coventry City's chief executive on Hibs' new signing: "It's an opportunity for Roy O'Donovan to go out and get first-team football and we wish him well." Rooney_Kev on Motherwell's transfer window: "Motherwell will guarantee a Europa ...

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