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Telegraph Fantasy Football Review

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 15 2009

“We started this” boast The Daily Telegraph of the Fantasy Football phenomenon. And they are right, sort of. The Telegraph was the first national daily newspaper to run a Fantasy…

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Times Fantasy Football Review

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 15 2009

The official blurb of the Times Fantasy Football game reads as following: “11 players to pick, £100 million to spend and £100,000 to win — are you ready to prove…

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FA Cup Holders Portsmouth Dumped Out at Home, Chelsea to Visit U.S. in July, Dimitar Berbatov Is Smarter Than You Think, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 21 2012

Nothing like an FA Cup upset or two to add a little spice to your Saturday. Well, unless you’re on the receiving end of said upset, at home nonetheless.

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UEFA Football Team of the Year 2008

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 6 2023

After 3.3 million votes cast by 256,000 online users (slightly less than last year), the uefa.com Team of the Year 2008 was revealed earlier this week. As can usually be…

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Transfer Rumors (24 Jan 09): Tottenham offer Bent plus cash for Sunderland’s Jones, Arsenal to rival Fulham for Leeds wonderkid Delph, Real Madrid fail in bid for Roma striker Vucinic, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 24 2009

With action on the pitch dominating the sports pages today, there’s not a lot of transfer news and rumors to report on, but we still have a few tidbits for…

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Guardian Fantasy Football Review

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Mar 15 2009

The Guardian has always fancied itself as a bit different from your usual rags when it comes to football. But in a sneaky way. It doesn’t so much avoid the…

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Transfer Rumors (23 Jan 09): Aston Villa beat Liverpool to sign Wigan’s Heskey, Hull win race for Fulham’s Bullard, West Ham to sign Brescia’s Nsereko in record deal, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 23 2009

A couple of noteworthy signings are coming through the newswire today, which makes me quite happy, and should make fans of certain clubs quite happy as well. Of course, if…

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Football giving less and less time to managers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 23 2009

“Alex Ferguson and Arsene Wenger are the longest-serving managers, and that’s no coincidence. When they had difficult times – and both did – they were given time to get it…

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Manchester United 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur – F.A. Cup – 24 January 2009 – Live Blog

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 1 2009

The article below refers to a previous United-Tottenham game. To watch the latest United-Tottenham game, click here. Manchester United (Scholes 35′, Berbatov 36′) 2-1 Tottenham Hotspur (Pavlyuchenko 5′) Stadium: Old…

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Transfer Rumors (22 Jan 09): Manchester City in for Chelsea’s Drogba, Newcastle up Given price to 14m, Juventus set aside 30m for Liverpool’s Kuyt, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 22 2009

It’s starting to get down to crunch time for sides looking to add the necessary reinforcements to their squads with races for titles, European places, and survival in mind. Of…

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City’s Kaka Hopes Go to Caca, A Lesson in Wikpedia Abuse Vol. 234378343, The Backup of All Backup Options, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

So I guess the nickname of the ‘Worthless Cup’ certainly doesn’t fit the Carling Cup anymore. Both semifinals were entertaining and goal-filled, and each underdog made a valiant effort at…

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Transfer Rumors (21 Jan 09): Arshavin to buy out contract to get Arsenal move, Tottenham to seal double deal for Wigan’s Palacios and Chelsea’s Cudicini, Manchester City and Blackburn at odds over Santa Cruz, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 21 2009

Finally, the transfer deals are starting to come through in bunches. Am I just getting my hopes up that I’ll have a lot more of these to talk about over…

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Dear football, we love each other so don’t make me divorce you

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 20 2009

Football, in recent years, has hardly been the sanest of sports but even by recent standards Manchester City’s £100m bid for Kaka has seen the sport reach new levels of…

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Transfer Rumors (20 Jan 09): Manchester City miss out on Kaka but sign Bellamy, Tottenham win race for Wigan’s Palacios, Chelsea to bid for Wigan star Valencia, and more

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 20 2009

In case you hadn’t heard or read already, Manchester City have failed in their bid to sign Kaka from AC Milan. However, the January transfer window has not come to…

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January Sales: A (transfer) window to the future?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 23 2009

For someone as pathetically devoted to football literature, rumour, analysis and comment as myself, I should be loving this time of year. The time when the merest whisper of a…

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