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All Summer 2008 Serie A Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jun 7 2010

All Italian Serie A transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…

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France 0-2 Italy – Azzurri Step Out of the Grave and into the Quarter-Finals

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 12 2021

France 0-2 Italy. Ladies & gentlemen, this is how you mix a “Blue Lagoon”: 1 oz Vodka (Pirlo), 1 oz Blue Curaçao (De Rossi), cherry (Buffon’s save on Benzema), 1…

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Dutch are red-hot for Euros

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 16 2012

The Euro 2008 group stages are at an end with a few surprises thrown out, but on the whole my initial predictions have been largely spot on with dark horses…

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All Summer 2008 English Championship Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jun 7 2010

All English Championship transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…

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All Summer 2008 Ligue 1 Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Feb 23 2012

All French Ligue 1 transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer news column, see our transfer rumours section. This page is updated…

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All Summer 2008 La Liga Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jun 7 2010

All Spanish La Liga transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated…

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All Summer 2008 Bundesliga Transfers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jun 7 2010

All German Bundesliga transfers going through in the summer of 2008 are on this page. For our transfer rumours column, see our transfer news section. This page is updated frequently,…

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Talking points – Scolari, Italy and that Austrian penalty. What do you think?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 4 2022

We all like a bit of a discussion and debate at the start of the week so I thought I’d take a look at some the talking points from the…

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Scolari Watch – Chelsea finally have a top manager

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 10 2023

From the outside Chelsea’s efforts to find a new manager over the last few weeks appear to have been conducted in their usual clumsy fashion — with Peter Kenyon running…

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Ian Blanchard, Head of National Referee Development at the FA, Discusses Law 11 and the Goal by Ruud Van Nistelrooy

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 11 2023

Images courtesy of Ian Blanchard and the English Football Association. In February 2008, I had the pleasure and privilege to interview Mr. Ian Blanchard, who became the Head of National…

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Euro 2008 Fixtures & Results

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Jan 9 2022

This article refers to a previous European Championship. Click here for EURO 2012 FIXTURES. Euro 2008 fixtures and results, all in one place. Bookmark and share away:

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Netherlands 3-0 Italy: O Cannavaro Where Art Thou?

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Apr 8 2023

Netherlands 3-0 Italy. The Azzurri’s adventure at Euro 2008 could not have started worse. 3 goals like the 3 words which can be used to describe today’s match: offside, counter-attack,…

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Goalkeepers and Technology in Football

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 15 2008

With professional goalkeepers complaining about the new EURO 2008 ball, I feel like, as a member of the greatest union in football, I need to shed some light on this…

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Euro 2008 Statistics

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Dec 21 2021

More Euro 2008 statistics and data to feast on before and during the summer tournament. What’s included: players with the most games / goals at the Euros, the oldest and…

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Euro 2008 free-kick and penalty takers

Author image Charlie Rhodes  •  Aug 16 2012

“Set Pieces: for and against – ignore them at your peril”, so said former England manager Graham Taylor in a quote immortalised in the 1994 documentary – Do I Not…

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