Online Football Manager review: simple to learn but hard to master

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All football fans are likely to have seen many matches where they wondered just what the players were doing. Weak offence, sloppy teamwork, a general lack of motivation… you had…

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Serie A 2008-2009 Fixtures

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The Serie A fixture list was released last week, and the first match day of the campaign offers up the chance for an early look at how the races for…

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Robbie Keane and Claudine Palmer Land in Liverpool

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Before this summer, Robbie Keane and Ledley King were two players you never thought would leave Tottenham. Quality players capable of walking into the starting lineups of the Top 4…

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Twenty20 Football?

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With the success of Twenty20 cricket in raising the profile and popularity of the most benign of sports, radical FA plans to create a rival Twenty20 have been leaked to…

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Soccerlens 08/09 Championship Fantasy Football

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This is now closed. You can sign up for the latest Soccerlens Fantasy Football game here.

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Tonya Antonucci Interview: Women’s Professional Soccer CEO

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The Women’s Professional Soccer league kicks off its inaugural season in April 2009. WPS teams will be based in Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New Jersey/New York, St. Louis, and…

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Transfer Rumors (25 July 08): Liverpool to choose between Barry and Alonso, Arsenal after Moses and more

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While Texas and Mexico recover from storms during the week, please join me in hoping that Eddie is well and in discussing today’s latest transfer rumours (yesterday’s rumour roundup was…

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2008 Olympics Football Fixtures & Results

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Beijing 2008 Olympics – Men’s Football fixtures and results, all in one place! Bookmark this page and share away:

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World Sport Chicago International Cup

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For the past week, Chicago has been peppered with pint-sized footballers from around the globe here to compete in the World Sport Chicago International Cup tournament from July 24-27. The…

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Among the Hugs: Is Cuddly MLS Really Turning Violent?

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West Hammered: MLS Learns from the Pros While English cynicism used to be a cherished import in the all-too-earnest hinterland of soccer-loving North America, the bile has lost its caché…

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Can England qualify for the 2010 World Cup?

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Watch live World Cup matches here. Trevor Brooking thinks that the talent pool in England is so shallow that thinking about semi-finals is the stuff of fantasy – England players…

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What Coaches Want From Their Players

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As fans we see the game of football very differently from the coaches and managers. How many times have we watched a game and then heard the manager talk about…

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Soccerlens 08-09 Fantasy Football

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This is now closed. You can sign up for the latest Soccerlens Fantasy Football game here.

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Transfers – A Question of Loyalty and Honesty?

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With Frank Lampard’s demands at Chelsea firmly on the agenda right now, it’s had me thinking about how sad it is that the trust I once had in players at…

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Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist?

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For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from…

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Will Barca Miss Ronaldinho and Eto’o?

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When Ronaldinho finally left FC Barca it was a sad day. For a brief time he was the king of football and quite possibly the greatest player to have worn…

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Concave Boots – hit it longer, faster and on target

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Will these boots change the way football shoes are designed? In just a matter of weeks, the UK will see the eagerly awaited worldwide launch of Concave, a revolutionary new…

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History of Football Boots

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The history of the football boot 1526: The earliest football boot is recorded as belonging to King Henry VIII 1800’s: Players wore hard, leather work boots, which were long laced…

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Loyalty Means Nothing – and Lamps Is The Worst Of The Lot

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“I understand why Manchester United fans booed me,” Rio Ferdinand said after the last game of the 2004-2005 season. “I’ve heard I’m being greedy but some of the figures thrown…

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Are MLS and the Fans Overreacting Over Cuauhtemoc Blanco’s ‘Pitch Rage?’

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Within the last week, the roar around the Chicago Fire’s Cuauhtemoc Blanco and D.C. United’s Clyde Simms incident has swelled and is finally subsiding. For those who have yet to…

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Promoting Soccer in the USA

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Last week, Ahmed wrote a tongue-in-cheek piece on why Americans suck at soccer. I believe he enlisted seven points to back his claim — some based on truth whilst others…

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Slavery in Soccer? I Don’t Think So

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It’s amusing how the term “slavery” gets thrown around these days. In November of 2003, Rasheed Wallace compared the NBA’s Zero-Tolerance policy concerning arguing with referees to slavery. “That’s retarded,”…

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The Real Deal With FIFA, Club Football and ‘Slaves’

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He’s not worth it. As a public-attention whore and someone whose main concern is to make FIFA look good in the eyes of press and the national associations as well…

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Gato, the next Superstar?

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Every now and again a player appears on the horizon and you think ‘this could be the one’. A few years ago me and my colleague were in Brazil watching…

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What Are They Doing?

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Oliver Fowler takes a quick snapshot of what footballers are doing this summer. Take a look for yourself:

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10 Highlights From Manchester United’s Double-Winning 07/08 Season

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Watched Manchester United’s 07/08 Season Review over the weekend (grab the torrent here) and it was quite an entertaining 2 and half hours. It also gave me some perspective on…

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