Manchester City 3-1 Southampton – Premier League – 28th November 2015 Manchester City bounced back from last weekend’s 4-1 hammering at the hands of Liverpool, with the Citizens running out deserved 3-1 winners against Southampton. Kevin De Bruyne was the star man for the host
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The Best Bits: Man City 3-1 Southampton (Photos)

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In the interest of strengthening their ties with the local RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force) base, A-League side Newcastle Jets have unveiled an apt new limited edition kit. With the Williamtown RAAF base just down the road from their stadium, the Jets have paid homage with a
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A-League: Newcastle Jets Pay Tribute To Local Air Force Base With Stunning New ‘Fighter Jet’ Kit (Photos)

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Imagine Gary Lineker’s surprise when, upon nipping out for poppy seed batch to dip in his carrot and coriander soup, he spots a familiar face skulking around in the back of his local bakery… Popped out for a loaf and spotted Diego Costa doing a bit of moonlighting. #loo
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Gary Lineker Pops Out For Loaf, Spots Familiar Face Working In Local Bakery (Photo)

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Spare a thought for poor old Brora Rangers striker Steven McKay, who has seen his spectacularly botched spot-kick against Deveronvale at the weekend go global as the latest in a long precession of “WORST PENALTY EVER??!!” videos. With Rangers 2-0 up over Vale in the Scottish H
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FAIL: Scottish Highland League Striker Files Incredibly Strong ‘Worst Penalty Ever’ Contender (Video)

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Many thanks to Pies fan Greg Kincaird for nudging us toward a lovely little morsel of retro footballing goodness this morning, with a glimpse into Sir Alex Ferguson’s early managerial career. An official club document written by Ferguson while in charge of Aberdeen has bub
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Retro Football: Alex Ferguson Writes Poem To His Aberdeen Players To Let Them Know They’ve All Been Fined (Photo)

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By Chris Wright View image | gettyimages.com With Euro 2016 qualifiers taking place all over the continent tonight, Sweden sauntered to a 0-2 away victory against Group G whipping boys Moldova to shore up second place in the table, tucked in neatly behind leaders Austria.
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Euro 2016: Zlatan Ibrahimovic Scores By Accident After Moldova ‘Keeper Hoofs Ball At His Head (Video)

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Photo: Dave Cannon/Allsport Here’s a cracking little curio from the archives concerning Dave ‘Harry’ Bassett (a Proper Football Man™ if ever there were) and the “monstrous” tactics he employed to get results while in charge at Sheffield United in the mid-1990s. The yarn starts
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Retro Football: Sheffield United Boss Dave Bassett Defends ‘Monstrous’ Tactics In Letter To Local Journalist, 1995 (Photo)

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Already something of a hero in most people’s minds, Romanian legend Gheorghe Hagi did his credentials no harm over the weekend when he forcibly stopped one of his Viitorul Constanta players from time-wasting. During the first half of Saturday’s 2-1 home defeat against league l
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FC Viitorul Coach Gheorghe Hagi Stops His Own Player From Time-Wasting (Video)

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After happening across a story in the Turkish press linking them with a move for Radamel Falcao, Fenerbahce devised a novel way to call out the newspaper responsible on their spurious bullhonky. The report first appeared in the Fotomaç daily sports newspaper earlier in the
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Fenerbahce Respond To Bogus Tabloid Report By Authorising Turkish Newspaper To Buy Radamel Falcao On Their Behalf

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The draw for the fourth round of the Capital One Cup hasn’t really thrown up any overly juicy clashes, although holders Chelsea face a potentially tricky away tie at Stoke. Elsewhere Premier League leaders host fellow high-flyers Crystal Palace, Arsenal travel to N
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Capital One Cup: Chelsea Face Stoke Away, Man City Host Crystal Palace In Uninspiring Fourth Round Draw

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Being the philanthropic sort of chap he is, Cristiano Ronaldo is offering one lucky fan the chance to sit beside him in hushed awe as the Real Madrid man receives his pre-Clasico haircut. In conjunction with the Artists for Peace and Justice campaign group, Ronaldo is
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Cristiano Ronaldo Offers One Lucky Fan The Chance To Witness His Pre-Clasico Hair Cut

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Image: Italia1910.com We all know that a lack of goals doesn’t necessarily mean a lack of excitement, but still 21st October 1984 proved to be quite possibly the dullest game in Serie A history. On that day, Napoli-Milan; Ascoli-Atalanta and Roma-Verona all produced barren 0-0
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On This Day In 1984: Goals Prove Scarce On Quite Possibly The Dullest Day In Serie A History

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Jurgen Klopp oversaw his second draw in a row since taking over at Liverpool, as the Reds failed to beat 10-man Rubin Kazan at Anfield. The hosts started well, with Emre Can firing just wide. View image | gettyimages.com However, it was the visitors who took the lead after
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Europa League – The Best Bits: Liverpool 1-1 Rubin Kazan (Photos & Highlights)

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Hatem Ben Arfa’s natural talent has never been questioned, however, the French playmaker’s lack of consistency and lack of discipline has stalled what should be a dazzling, high-achieving career. Back in France with Nice after an unfulfilled period in the Premier League with Ne
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Former Newcastle Wideman Hatem Ben Arfa Bags Beautiful Brace For Nice vs St. Etienne (Video)

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As well as revelations about his lack of rapport with Rafa Benitez, being “suicidal” after the slip against Chelsea and having the brass to turn down the starring role in that Nivea For Men advert, Steven Gerrard’s new autobiography contains a delightful tale of the time he re
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‘S**t, That Doesn’t Feel Right!’ – Steven Gerrard Once Cut His Penis Open During An FA Cup Game Against Bournemouth

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“They’ve re-badged it you fool!” Rather than reduce tickets prices or anything drastic like that, the Football League have announced that they are revamping their corporate image and therefore wish to be known as the “English Football League” from the end of the 2015/16 season.
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Football League To Be Renamed ‘English Football League’ In Utterly Pointless Rebrand

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While we’re not presenting this as an official On This Day… post, Pies would like to thank Emil Navarro for giving us a nudge via email that it was on this very day in 1993 that England suffered the humiliation of conceding against part-time perma-minnows San Marino after just
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Retro Football: San Marino Take Just 8.3 Seconds To Score Fastest Ever World Cup Qualification Goal Against England, 1993 (Video)

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This coming Sunday sees the first North London derby of this Premier League season and so, to fuel the build-up, Pies will be running a piece on great derby moments (from a distinctly Tottenham-specific perspective, such is Martin’s prerogative!) every day this week, together
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North London Derby Delights: Tottenham Come From 2-0 Down To Beat Arsenal At Home For First Time In 17 Years, 2010 (Video)

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Leicester City 1-1 Manchester United – Premier League – 28th November 2015 Man of the moment and lover of all things Japanese Jamie Vardy set a new Premier League record, courtesy of yet another scoring performance (his 11th in a row), this time in a 1-1 draw with Manchester Un
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The Best Bits: Leicester 1-1 Man Utd (Photos)

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Late goals from Olivier Giroud and Mesut Ozil secured a precious home win for Arsenal against Bayern Munich on Tuesday night, a result which revitalises the Gunners’ Champions League campaign. Petr Cech was back in goal for the hosts and the former Chelsea man was superb t
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Champions League – The Best Bits: Arsenal 2-0 Bayern Munich (Photos & Highlights)

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Jose Mourinho saw his side pick up a welcome victory against Dynamo Kiev at Stamford Bridge on Wednesday evening, although it took a late Willian winner to give the home fans something to cheer about. The Chelsea boss was given a warm reception by the Blues’ faithful before t
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Champions League – The Best Bits: Chelsea 2-1 Dynamo Kiev (Photos & Highlights)

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Photo: Getty Apologies for being slightly slow on the uptake here, but Charlton have launched what they believe to be the first ever set of 360-degree football highlights having captured Jordan Cousins’ dramatic injury-time equaliser against Fulham ‘in the round’, so to speak.
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Charlton Launch World’s First 360-Degree Football Highlights With Jordan Cousins’ Goal (Video)

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By Chris Wright With the new Premier League season now just hours from beginning, we’re giving one Pies reader the chance to get the campaign off to a flyer by winning a pair of Warrior’s brand new, second generation Skreamer boots as seen above. All you have to do to be in wi
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Competition: WIN! A Pair Warrior Skreamer Football Boots In Brand New Colourway

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Cesc Fabregas needed just one word – one solitary syllable, in fact – to forensically deconstruct Chelsea’s naff start to the 2015/16 season. Currently wallowing just three points above the relegation zone having lost seven of their opening 12 league matches, Fabregas’ dilapid
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‘F**ked’ – Cesc Fabregas Describes Chelsea’s Naff Season In One Word

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Monday night saw the annual Guldbollen (i.e, the Swedish Player of the Year) award gala take place in Stockholm, with Zlatan Ibrahimovic taking home the gong for the ninth consecutive year and the tenth time overall. While the award itself was little more than a foregone c
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic Reunited With Starstruck Mascots At Swedish Player Of The Year Award Event (Video)

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Once touted as the ‘new Pele’ back in the  mid-2000s, Ghanian-born US international Freddy Adu never quite lived up to all the hype. Indeed, his career is a harsh lesson in just how difficult it is for a feted young footballer to deal with the pressure and make it to the very t
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Suck It Up, Haters: Former Footballing Wunderkind Freddy Adu Promotes Hoover On Twitter (Photo)

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Fresh from their 4-0 El Clasico victory at the Bernabeu, the Barcelona goal-machine produced another magnificent attacking performance on Tuesday night, with Luis Enrique’s men putting six past Roma at the Nou Camp, as they secured qualification for the knockout stages. View
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Champions League: Luis Suarez Scores Sweet, Sweet Volley As Barcelona Batter Roma 6-1 (Video)

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With a fair bit of disposable income to rinse through, Gareth Bale has reportedly commissioned replicas of three of the most famous golf holes in all of Christendom to be built in his back garden in Wales. While we don’t know for certain, we’re guessing that Bale’s garden at h
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Gareth Bale Commissions Replicas Of Three Famous Golf Holes To Be Built In His Back Garden

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Wrexham’s Dominic Vose produced a moment of magic on Saturday in his side’s 4-0 National League home win against Gateshead. The visitors were already a man and three goals down when the 21-year-old Vose, a former Fulham and West Ham youth player, netted his second of the game w
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Wrexham’s Dominic Vose Slaloms His Way To Incredible Solo Goal vs Gateshead (Video)

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View image | gettyimages.com “Oi oi you bunch of face-aches, I’ve only gone and joined the Twittah ‘aven’t I?” Even for experienced Harry Redknapp watchers, 8th June 2015 was a vintage day. First, yer actual Redknapp – for it was he as it was written in the prophecy – went a
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Harry Redknapp (Finally) Comes To Twitter And Immediately Backs Himself For Director Of Football Role

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By Chris Wright So sorry Christine… Sinclair is the Canadian women’s football team’s leading light. Busey is a batchy actor who makes Nick Nolte look like he has his shit together. Got a Shit Lookalike for Pies? Email it to us at waatpies@gmail.com or Tweet the blighter over t
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Shit Lookalikes: Christine Sinclair & Gary Busey

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EA Sports may be able to individually render each one of Lee Cattermole’s eyelashes these days, but there was a time, not so very long ago, when the FIFA games were truly entrenched in the pursuit of flawless realism. We’re harking back to the turn of the millennium here, when
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Retro Football: In Praise Of FIFA 2000 And Its Flawless Footballing Realism (Video)

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THE OLBG Sports Betting Tips App is here. OLBG has released a pioneering upgrade to their unique sports betting tips app that brings together tips and in-app betting coinciding with the 2014 World Cup and available to download free in iTunes. This free app for iPhone and
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OLBG Sports Betting Tips App Could Make You A Winner

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Reading FC’s co-chairwoman Khunying Sasima Svrikorn has done the Championship side the great service of writing them a brand new club anthem. Entitled ‘We Are The Royals’, the song encompasses a rap verse, a chant and an acapella section and will be played over the stadium lou
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‘They Call Us The Royals’ – Reading FC Chairwoman Writes New Club Song That Includes A Rap Verse

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Gird yourselves for this one  Pies fans, as it truly is a Horror Hair offering for the ages. This man is Bastien Héry, otherwise known as the bloke whose fluffed penalty against Liverpool sent Carlisle toppling out of the Capital One Cup last night… Appalling. Just…appalling.
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Horror Hair: All Hail Carlisle Winger Bastien Héry And His Abysmal Candy Floss Puffball Dye-Job (Photo)

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The Muscles from Brussels….and Jean-Claude Van Damme (Photo: MCFC/PA Images) In town for a black-tie dinner in his honour, Jean-Claude Van Damme took some time out from his hectic schedule to visit Manchester City’s training complex and mingle with a few of the players. As wel
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Hard Target Practice: Jean-Claude Van Damme Drops In On Manchester City Training Session (Photos)

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Rock the Gaspar! Despite some admirable huff and puff from England in the face of an acute class deficit, Spain cantered to a 2-0 friendly victory over Roy Hodgson’s mob in Alicante on Friday night. The opening goal took 72 minutes to arrive but bloody hell fire was it worth th
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Spain’s Mario Gaspar Tucks Away Audacious Volley To Open Scoring Against England (Video)

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Arsenal have beaten Newcastle United 0-1. The scorer was Own Goal – also the scorer when they won at Crystal Palace. Thierry Henry hears the news that of three Premier League goals for Arsenal this season to date, Own Goal has scored two: When Thierry Henry hears ‘own goa
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Watch: When Thierry Henry Hears ‘Own Goal’ Is Arsenal’s Top Scorer This Season

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By Chris Wright The world was rocked – rocked, we tell you – this morning when The Sun ran with a spectacularly bland ‘kiss and tell’ farticle (typo, but it stays) about “Man United’s £30,000-a-week wonder boy” Adnan Januzaj escorting Melissa (above) to Nando’s on a date, spen
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Nando’s Provide Adnan Januzaj With £50 Gift Voucher After ‘Stingy’ Kiss-And-Tell Tabloid Revelations

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After enjoying yet another year of roaring success and indisputable accuracy with our bold and brassy predictions for 2014/15, the time has come once again for Pies to hit you with another hot, heavy blast of our clairvoyant prowess. Without further ado, let’s delve in and get
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10 Great Big, Dirty, Heaving Predictions For The 2015/16 Premier League Season

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While the Chelsea men’s team might be experiencing a dismal run of form, the clubs’s ladies’ side have enjoyed a superb 2015 Women’s Super League campaign, culminating in the west Londoners lifting the title on Sunday after hammering Sunderland Ladies 4-0. Ahead of the final W
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Snapshot: Chelsea Ladies Win WSL Title For First Time After 4-0 Win Against Sunderland…

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Seeing as today is the 10th anniversary of his death, we thought we’d pay timely homage to the great George Best by bringing you this impeccable solo effort scored for the San Jose Earthquakes against the Fort Lauderdale Strikers in June of 1981. The goal is almost u
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Retro Football: George Best Scores ‘Best NASL Goal Ever’ As Superb American Commentary Steals The Show, 1981 (Video)

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Re-watching The Warriors for the Nth time over the weekend, Pies couldn’t help but notice that gang member Vermin bore a striking resemblance to none other than Santi Cazorla… Having kept his acting past quiet all these years, Santi’s not aged badly considering he was proba
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Shit Lookalike: Santi Cazorla & Vermin (From ‘The Warriors’)

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With typical unassuming humility, Zlatan Ibrahimovic has honked that he single-handedly sent Denmark “into retirement” after scoring two goals in Sweden’s Euro 2016 play-off second leg in Copenhagen last night. The quip comes after the Danes had their pre-match merriment with
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‘I Sent Their Whole Nation Into Retirement’ – Zlatan Ibrahimovic Typically Humble After Sweden Knock Denmark Out Of Euro 2016 Contention

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FIFA’s Ethics Committee have announced today that the dodgy watches gifted to FIFA representatives by the Brazilian football federation as a sweetener before the 2014 World Cup will be donated to charity. The Parmigiani watches were ordered to be returned by the Ethics Com
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FIFA Ethics Committee Donate ‘Dodgy’ Brazilian World Cup Watches To Street Football Charity

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Real Sociedad have emitted a comunicado oficial this evening to confirm that the club have parted company with manager David Moyes, almost a year to the day they first hired him. Real Sociedad have decided to terminate the contract of first team coach David Moyes. His a
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Official: David Moyes Sacked By Real Sociedad After Almost Exactly One Year In Charge

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The East Terrace at Charlton’s The Valley stadium, circa early 1970s On May 18th, 1974, Lou Reed played a gig at Charlton Athletic’s The Valley ground in front of 75,000 people (well, that was the number of tickets sold, but add in the fakes and the people who jumped the tur
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Retro Football: The Who, Lou Reed And Friends Play To 75,000 Fans At Charlton Athletic, 1974 (Photos & Video)

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With wins/half-way convincing performances hard to come by and FA fines stacking up, we think it’s fair to say that things really aren’t going Jose Mourinho’s way at the moment. Things started really boiling over during Chelsea’s tetchy 2-1 defeat at West Ham last Saturday, wi
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‘If We Win, I’ll Take Your Shirt’ – Chelsea Boss Jose Mourinho Loses Bet With Young West Ham Mascot

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“I know Raheem, it makes no sense to me either” Ahead of the friendly against England on Tuesday evening, French magazine L’Equipe whetted their whistle by concocting a “dream” Great Britain XI – a composite team made up of their pick of the collective nations’ finest talent. T
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L’Equipe See Fit To Include Alan Hutton In Their ‘Great Britain XI’ Dream Team

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Camp Nou stadium, Barcelona, circa 1920 In which the Football Daily pore over the Top 10 Moments that made Barcelona Football club…

Premier League (England) football videos, highlights, news, results and statistics. Follow your fa
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Football Daily: Top 10 Moments That Made…Barcelona FC (Video)

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