The World The EPL Has Become
Every now and then an EPL club will overachieve, beyond even the ludicrous expectations that we supporters have of our squad of journeymen.
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The Dave Bowler archives
A fascinating collection of Dave Bowler’s best work for First Touch. Dave is the author of many great biographies including Alf Ramsey and Bill Shankly.
FA Cup Replays On The Chopping Block?
The Football Association and the Premier League are looking at the idea of doing away with FA Cup replays and, worse yet, moving the competition to midweek.
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A Tale Of Two City Managers
And so the inevitable happened and Pep Guardiola was finally unveiled as the manager of Manchester City from 2016/17 onwards.
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Can Leicester City Win The Premier League?
Cech might well be collecting another Premier League medal. But he’s going to have to keep Vardy out in the game against Leicester first.
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David Bowie Inspires Aston Villa To Victory
As Aston Villa walked out to face Crystal Palace at Villa Park on Tuesday night to the strains of “Heroes” by David Bowie, it sounded pretty startling.
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The FA Cup: The Cup That Cheers
The FA Cup has got the lot, like Woody Allen at his peak or The Beatles’ “White Album”, a hotchpotch of perfection confection.
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The Heyday Of The Football Annual
Written by veterans of ‘When Saturday Comes’, ‘The Heyday of the Football Annual’ will descend upon you like the Ghost of Christmas Past.
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West Ham United Leave Their Spiritual Home
As the season wears on, so pass the landmarks for the Boleyn Ground, ancestral home of West Ham United who move to the Olympic Stadium.
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We Are All Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Ahead of Sweden’s winner takes all derby play-off with Denmark, the Danes were full of stories threatening to retire Zlatan
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Is The International Break Productive?
isn’t it time that we took internationals out of the domestic campaign altogether and restricted them to the summer?
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