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Will Batchelor

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The outsiders club of England gets 'another Australian' in Brydan Klein

May 16, 2013

Klein, the UK's latest sporting spoil, snatched from a raid on our former colonies.Read article "The outsiders club of England gets 'another Australian' in Brydan Klein"

Time will never be the same without Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United

May 9, 2013

His furious temper, his legendary tantrums, his elephantine memory for personal grudges, his viper's tongue combined to make him the perfect leading man.Read article "Time will never be the same without Sir Alex Ferguson at Manchester United"

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MLS may be a minority league in America but has sizeable ambitions

May 21, 2013

Major League Soccer has grown at a steady pace in America, backed by rising crowds, increased interest and a flow of star names, writes Andy Mitten.Read article

Premier League Best & Worst: Of rewards, retirements and replies

May 21, 2013

No arguing Roberto Martinez polite, Luis Suarez has an unusual palate or Rafa Benitez leaves as a winner. Paul Radley reflects on some highs and lows.Read article

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Premier League: There are echoes of Thatcherism all through the game

Apr 12 , 2013 | 02:54PM GST

albruce

Interesting article. The author uses the terms "us" and "we" while discussing UK football in the era pre-Thatcher and post-Thatcher. This means if the author attended the games as an adult he is over 60. Does he remember the terraces, the fear, the shoving, the fights, the total lack of sportsmanship in the crowds? The UK is now very different from the bankrupt nation of IMF bailout time. Go to ManCity today and while enjoying your seat in a quality stadium try to recall what it really was like in the terraces in pre-Thatcher times. Thatcher truly changed the country and must be worth 1 minute of respect. Eventually history will treat her well. And yes I was at Maine Road in Moss Side in the early 1970s.

The biggest team in English football? Why that would be Coventry City

Jan 15 , 2013 | 07:23PM GST

paulmcf

And Sturridge should have known this anyway, having been at the Sky Blues' academy before joining Man City!!

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