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Can Southampton maintain their top four position?
Of the two Dutch managers in the Barclays Premier League, few would have said from the beginning of the season that Southampton’s Ronald Koeman would be looking down on his more experienced counterpart, Loui

Where has it all gone wrong at Manchester City?
Manuel Pellegrini has one of the most lucrative and sought after managerial jobs in world football at Manchester City, and after winning two trophies in his first year, he looked the real deal. However, this season he’s findin

Chelsea’s Petr Cech covers ‘Walk’ by Foo Fighters on the drums
Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech is a keen musician and seems to have a pretty decent setup in his London home. Jamming on his drums probably helps ease some of the stress surrounding his Chelsea career at the mo

Arsenal, Arsene Wenger and his tactics
There’s been a slight tactical shift in the way Arsenal have been set up this season, and it may go some way to explain the difficulties Arsenal have experienced. The shift has been from the attacking 4-2-3-1 formation to the m

Everton’s Leon Osman raps ‘Fresh Prince’ at testimonial dinner
In order to mark 14 years’ faithful service to Everton, the club laid on a special dinner for their talismanic midfielder Leon Osman at the Titanic Hotel in Liverpool on Saturday night, in addition to the testimonial match he had …

Ex-Manchester United goalkeeper Van der Sar chants with Ajax ultras
As a player, Edwin Van der Sar was always considered one of the nicer guys in football. He’s a calm, intelligent man who won many friends during his playing days. Now at Ajax as their marketing director, the Dutch giant …

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 …

Harry the Parrot loves singing Manchester City songs
Ahead of the Manchester derby on Sunday, Sky Sports News have been running stories on it throughout the week. Despite their occasionally tiresome overhyping of such games, Sky have produced the goods on this l

Beautiful: New York Red Bulls help fulfil dreams of ill five-year old
Five-year-old Irelyn Maloney was born with a rare genetic disorder called Familial Mediterranean fever, which has necessitated 40 hospital stays and six surgeries in her brief life to date. It also prevents the football mad you

Arsenal’s Mertesacker and Koscielny combine for hilarious commentary on Gunners clash
Arsenal’s central defensive partnership of Per Mertesacker and Laurent Koscielny has come under some scrutiny of late, but if doesn’t seem to be ruining their spirits after a video of the Gunners duo commentating o

Oops: player misses an open goal from three yards out
Adelaide United striker Awer Mabil is responsible for easily one of the worst misses you’ll see all season. The Kenyan-born attacking midfielder who can also play upfront missed from three yards out after teammate Sergio

There’s still problems at QPR
Despite beating an out of sorts Aston Villa 2-0 last night, QPR are once again struggling in the Premier League despite some big name signings, an experienced manager in Harry Redknapp and the supposed learnt l

Former Chelsea star Ashley Cole comes out on top vs football freestyler
Former Chelsea left-back Ashley Cole has established himself as one of the best left-backs the world has seen in recent years. Well, the now AS Roma defender proved those superb performances up against trickster C

This attempted scissor kick from Fernando Torres is absolutely awful
Yes, it’s another comical Fernando Torres moment. The Chelsea man on-loan at Italian giants AC Milan has actually been in decent form, helping the Rosonerri get off to a good start this season. It seems to have gone to his h