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The race for Championship promotion

The Championship is probably one of the most competitive leagues in the world, with it being virtually impossible to predict who’ll get promoted to the promised land of the Premier League come the end of the season. Here

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The struggle to attend regular Premier League football at Chelsea

‘Take a look around you next time: how many pensioners do you see? There are also fewer children than at our rivals. Lack of youth development does not only apply to the playing side. Add to these groups the fans

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Who will benefit from break?

International breaks are met with loathing from Premier League fans, with the prospect of a weekend without top level domestic football leaving many supporters feeling empty and devoid of purpose. Most can, and will, wat

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What is vanishing spray?

First came the whistle in 1878, followed by goal line technology in 2013. Now, in 2014, we have witnessed the introduction of the third, and possibly final, piece of football refereeing technology: vanishing spray. A

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Transfer watch: how have some of the bigger Premier League clubs fared?

The summer transfer window is in full swing as clubs across the Premier League look to bring in new faces to aid their challenge of winning the league, qualifying for European competition, stabilising or avoiding the releg

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Premier League relegation candidates

The start of the new Premier League season brings optimism and excitement to the majority of fans across the country. Prospects of a top half finish, European qualification, or even a title challenge makes the long summer

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Who could be first to get the dreaded sack this Premier League campaign?

As the 2014/15 football season looms upon us it becomes clear that no one in their right mind should want to be a Premier League manager. Increased player power, financial pressure, media speculation and a rich Arabian

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Retired referee Howard Webb signs off in style with cheeky Panenka penalty

After announcing his retirement today, opinions on former Premier League referee Howard Webb seem to be doing the rounds, with views amongst the football community divided. Many saw him as the best referee in the cou

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Five players Spurs could sell ahead of the new campaign

While the majority of Premier League sides have been spending big in the current transfer window, it’s been an unusually quiet summer at White Hart Lane. Spurs are traditionally active at this time of year and it’s hard to b

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Stability in the Championship – is it really the key?

The word stability in football is a deeply ambiguous term. It can be used to describe any number of teams (apart from Blackpool) in myriad different ways. Stability is a term barked by chairmen, managers and players alike,

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Arsenal gunning for glory

They say the best things come to those who wait. Well Arsenal fans must have been getting pretty tired of waiting before their FA Cup triumph last May. Since Arsene Wenger took charge in 1996 his team boasts 3 Premier

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Why I support League 3

The League 3 debate is perhaps the most one-sided in the history of English football. Almost everyone is against its creation – it seems that only the sport’s financial elite and the bean-counters in the Premier League’s headqua

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James Milner: criminally underrated

The latest rumour in the ever-rotating transfer mill has seen Manchester City’s 28 year-old winger, James Milner, linked with moves to Liverpool and Arsenal, as the Englishman has found first team opportunities limit

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Is it all doom and gloom for English football?

Greg Dyke shared his findings last week from his England Commission and the way forward for the national side if they wish to succeed. The main criticism the Football Association has been faced with (and rightly s

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Hughton’s sacking: a Norwich fan’s view

It would be an understatement to say that, as a Norwich City supporter, this past weekend has seen me experience a plethora of emotions. From the abject disappointment of Saturday’s loss at home to West Brom, to the ne