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Player Profiles
Men of the Match – REPUBLIC OF IRELAND vs Ecuador – 23rd May, 2007.
Giovanni Trapattoni may have chosen the week prior to the Republic of Ireland’s first major tournament in a decade as the moment to deliver a belated slither of unpredictability to the proceedings of his team’s approach. Capriciousness is far from a characteristic that defines Trapattoni and his stringency in formation and team selection, on the … Continue reading
Carl no longer Cort in the ‘£7m club’
We’ve all been there, sat in a pub quiz, when a football question comes up and everyone looks to you for the answer. There are simple questions about stadia or club nicknames, but then there are those that are more difficult – those asking about players that satisfy criteria, playing in five derbies, scoring for … Continue reading
Men of the Match – PLYMOUTH ARGYLE v Norwich City – 10th November, 2007
How things have changed since this encounter between Plymouth Argyle and Norwich City. This match was a Championship fixture only four years ago, but now three divisions separate the teams – Norwich City riding high in the Premiership while Plymouth Argyle find themselves in the middle of a battle to avoid relegation from League 2. … Continue reading
Hernan Crespo: An Iconic Career
On Wednesday evening Hernan Crespo finally brought his adventure in European football to an emotional end. The player’s career in Europe is bookended by spells at provincial club, Parma, and is in fact almost a palindrome: Parma, Lazio, Inter, Chelsea, Milan, Chelsea, Inter, Genoa and Parma. Things didn’t start off that well, though, for the … Continue reading
Men of the Match – Fulham v MIDDLESBROUGH – 7th May, 2006
On the 7th May 2006, Middlesbrough, sat in 13th place in the Premier League, visited Craven Cottage to play a Fulham side who hadn’t beaten their opponents in the last four attempts. Nothing could separate these two teams throughout the whole of the league season, both sat on 45 points prior to this game, but … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Men in Black Special
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
The January Transfer Window 2012: The Winter of Discontent
Compared to last year, the 2012 January transfer window was a much calmer affair. Players moved clubs for much more sensible transfer fees given the current financial climate and there were no real knee-jerk, blockbuster moves to speak of. However, a few strange transfers happened which left us baffled. Indeed, if you were a gambler, … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – Week Eleven
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia – African Cup of Nations Special
Welcome to Bob Wilson’s Wikipedia Wikipedia has changed the educational landscape as we know it. Gone are the days when knowledge was gained through dusty encyclopedias and local wisdom, hearsay and rumourmongering. Nowadays, people simply need to access Wikipedia in order to pass off facts as their own, plagiarise beyond all means in academia, sully … Continue reading
David Beckham: An Iconic Career (so far…)
The was mounting speculation that he was going to call it a day, or that he would join the Carlo Ancelotti’s Qatari-funded revolution at Paris Saint-Germain. Maybe it was because of the dream of pulling on the GB shirt at the Olympics, or maybe even the thought of playing a shirt other that red or … Continue reading
John Charles: An Iconic Career
John Charles, The Gentle Giant, is widely believed to be the greatest Welsh football player to have ever lived. Starting his career in Leeds, scoring 155 goals in 316 games, he was transferred to Juventus in Italy, for a then record fee of £65,000. His time in Italy was a successful one, winning three Scudetti … Continue reading
