Articles By Russell Wall (42)

Kaka moves to Madrid ‘for life’ – which European superstar is next?

Author image Russell Wall  •  Jun 10 2009

09 June 2009: Kaká has signed a six-year contract and will earn €9,120,000 a year at the Santiago Bernabeu. As expected, he’ll wear the famous number “5” shirt previously worn…

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OmniFootball Review

Author image Russell Wall  •  Apr 8 2023

Trying to get information on your favourite club from one website is damn near impossible to do. First, there’s the difference in opinion. You may have one blog you go…

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Manchester City complete £12m deal for Gareth Barry

Author image Russell Wall  •  Jun 3 2009

A full year has passed since Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez first started chasing midfielder Gareth Barry for his signature and the chance to put on the red shirt of Liverpool…

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Liverpool’s Big Step Four-ward

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 23 2009

18, 30, 37, 9, 21, 11. No, these aren’t the winning numbers for tonight’s National Lottery — they’re actually the gap between Liverpool and the winner of the league dating…

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Inaugural Wembley Cup set to host Barca, Celtic, Tottenham and Al-Ahly

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 18 2009

Tournaments like Arsenal’s ‘Emirates Cup’ and AJAX’s ‘Amsterdam Tournament’ have become big draws for football fans looking for some quality football in the summer season. With high quality clubs and…

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Claudio Ranieri sacked by Juventus

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 19 2009

It’s been a while since Juventus fans have seen three points. You have to go back to a 24 March, 4-1 victory over AS Roma to find a match where…

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Xabi Alonso wonders if anyone has what it takes to be Liverpool’s 12th man

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 15 2009

Do you know what year Shankly started managing at Liverpool? How about the year Liverpool first raised the European Cup? If you know the answers to these questions and more,…

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The Guardian’s view on the seven deadly sins of football

Author image Russell Wall  •  Feb 21 2012

For most of us the Premier League is a golden idol that we come to worship every weekend. It doesn’t matter where we are, we find a way to make…

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Perez dreams of Galácticos return to the Bernabéu

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 14 2009

Former Real Madrid player Steve McManaman called it the “Disneyfication of Real Madrid”; others scoffed at the idea as a bad science experiment gone wrong. If there was ever a…

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Arsenal’s youth movement is still missing one critical piece

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 19 2009

The Emirates Stadium had a very cavernous feel to on Tuesday night as Arsenal trudged off the pitch — and it had nothing to do with the sheer size of…

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Premier League Predictions: Arsenal, Chelsea, United and City to draw, Everton to beat Tottenham, Newcastle to beat Middlesbrough and more

Author image Russell Wall  •  Feb 21 2012

We’ve come to that point in the Premier League campaign where teams go one of two ways: they either learn to rise above the the rest and make an indelible…

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Shrewd Sami: Liverpool’s Hyypia was the club’s best signing in the last 10 years

Author image Russell Wall  •  May 4 2009

£2.5million. That’s all it took to get Dutch outfit Willem II to part with Finnish centre back Sami Hyypia back in May 1999. Looking back on all of Hyypia’s accomplishments…

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Teamstats.net Review

Author image Russell Wall  •  Feb 21 2012

Picture this: You and a bunch of your mates are sitting around your flat on a Saturday night talking about your most recent team loss earlier that morning to a…

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Goalpostr Review

Author image Russell Wall  •  Apr 23 2009

If you take a moment to look at some of the bigger football club forums currently on the internet today you’ll notice one growing trend that has become somewhat of…

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Did Rafa’s mind games put Liverpool in a sticky situation?

Author image Russell Wall  •  Apr 20 2009

“Gerrard wants to play,” said Benítez, “We have to train and talk with him, but he’s had the problem before and was playing. We need people who are 100% fit…

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