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Monday
May282012

Big summer for: Liverpool

A Carling Cup win did little to mask over the poor Premier League performance last season, where Liverpool, having spent heavily over the summer, could only muster an eighth place finish.

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Monday
May282012

Barry's injury may upset 'nice guy' squad balance

With the domestic season officially coming to a close yesterday in the wake of Crewe’s League Two play-off victory, all footballing attention turns to England’s bi-annual, summer humiliation on the world stage Euro 2012.

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Monday
May282012

Liverpool fans have a cause for concern

Liverpool fans have become disillusioned at the recent events that have occurred at their football club. So much so that fans union Spirit of Shankly (SOS) have written to owners Fenway Sports Group calling on them to provide “clear leadership and direction” to dispel fears that the club is in “disarray”.

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Sunday
May272012

City Can Learn From Chelsea's Long Path To Glory

It’s taken Roman Abramovich nine years to finally achieve his dream. It was 2003 when the Russian billionaire burst through the doors of Stamford Bridge swinging a wad of cash and demanding near perfection from every element of the club, but three league titles and a handful of domestic trophies later, Roman was still left waiting and wishing for Europe’s ultimate prize.

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Saturday
May262012

The Drogba Years: Ten Memorable Occasions

The news has been confirmed, Didier Drobga will leave Chelsea at the end of the season. The Ivorian’s future at Stamford Bridge had been subject to much speculation since the club’s refusal to offer him the two year contract he required to stay.

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Saturday
May262012

Confusion at the FA

In the latest undercover research carried out by the AFFL for the benefit of our readers, we have through our contacts at the FA managed to obtain the transcript from a meeting held at FA Headquarters just before the interview with Roy Hodgson.

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Friday
May252012

Didier Drogba’s swansong proves to be the greatest of them all (Video)

Under AVB, few would disagree that Drogba looked like a player who was already playing for Shanghai Shenui, but his recent exploits notably in Munich, has surely given him legendary status at SW6.

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Friday
May252012

French football season review (2011/12)

Fairytales do exist after all. A bit less than a year after Paris Saint-Germain were bought by Qatar Sports Investments, Montpellier and its loveable young and bold side piped them to the title courtesy of one win. And it certainly is deserved.

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Thursday
May242012

Top 10 Trophies Decided by Penalties

So Chelsea have done it. Roman Abramovich’s millions finally bought him the trophy he so desired, the Champions League. The Blues did it the hard way though, scrapping through extra time before Didier Drogba sealed the victory in the shootout with his calm and collected effort

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Thursday
May242012

Big summer for: Athletic Bilbao

The second half of the season has seen one team in particular rise to real prominence; Athletic Bilbao. Every Spanish expert around the world knew all about the Basque outfit and the quality they possessed.

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Wednesday
May232012

Problems for Euro 2020

Forever in football the view on the horizon has as much attention paid to it as the event currently occurring; “sure Manchester City won the Premier League this season, but what are they doing to consolidate their position at the top of the tree?”  commentators ask.

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Wednesday
May232012

Big summer for: Bayern Munich

It’s hard to think that a club of Bayern Munich’s stature could end up empty handed come the end of the season. But after losing out to Borussia Dortmund in both the Bundesliga and the German Cup and Chelsea in the Champions League; that is exactly what happened to the Bavarian based giants.

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Wednesday
May232012

Old Lady goes unbeaten and says goodbye to her greatest son (Video)

As The Premier League brought us all to an electrifying climax this year, Manchester City showed the world that a new European force had arrived on the world stage as Vincent Kompany lifted the title for the first time in 44-years. But as the curtain was lifted in England, There was a curtain call in Italy The Old Lady paid homage to her greatest ever goalscorer.

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