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Breaking the Offside Trap 04.08.09: Predicting the Future
(04.08.2009)
BREAKING NEWS! 411 EXCLUSIVE! Who will win the Premier League? Who will get into Europe? Who is doomed for the drop and will West Ham (as usual) finish in 10th? All the answers exclusively inside... |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 03.31.09: The Damned United
(03.31.2009)
With the release of the film ‘The Damned United’, the late great Brian Clough has once again been dominating the headlines. However, the achievements of the film's 'villains' Leeds United and their manager Don Revie should not be overlooked |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 03.18.09: Sleepless in Seattle
(03.18.2009)
With the start of the new MLS season just around the corner, the enthusiasm and passion on display at the league's newest club, the 'Seattle Sounders' could be just the tonic for everyone to get over the loss of one David Beckham... |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 03.10.09: The REAL Ronaldo
(03.10.2009)
If you google 'Ronaldo' almost 3 quarters of the links on the first page relate to Manchester United's Portuguese winger. Let us not forget however the legacy of Brazil's Ronaldo, the greatest striker of his generation. |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 03.04.09: Home Comforts
(03.04.2009)
Football is a global game, where players from all nations move all over the world. English players however rarely take this plunge into the unknown, a practice that really could be hurting the national team. |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 02.17.09: Serie F
(02.17.2009)
The presence of one David Beckham meant Italian football was fleetingly back on British TV at the weekend. How did we get to the point then that the world fell out of love with Serie A? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 02.11.08: Seventh Heaven
(02.11.2009)
Lyon have won seven consecutive titles in France and currently sit top this time around. Just how can the club's stranglehold on the league be broken when the structure of French football seems to protect their monopolisation? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 02.04.08: Window Shopping
(02.04.2009)
Now that the Transfer Window has firmly snapped shut, who were the winners and losers on the last day of frenzied activity and panic buys? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 01.21.08: Money for Nothing
(01.21.2009)
Money may not be able to buy you everything, as the many billions of Abu Dhabi have failed to bring Kaka to Manchester City. If they had however, would football have actually 'lost its soul'? Or was it just simply natural progression? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 01.14.08: Mediocrity Rules
(01.14.2009)
The battle at the top of the Premier League is one of the tightest in years, and is reawakening the historic battle of England's two most successful teams. But is this increased competition due to more mediocrity rather than brilliance? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 01.06.09: Stick or Twist
(01.06.2009)
With the transfer window now wide open, clubs at the top, and more importantly the bottom need to make the ultimate gamble - whether to spend money now or end up paying later |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 12.23.08: 2008 - Review of the Year
(12.23.2008)
Time to jump on the 'review of the year bandwagon' with a bumper, festive edition of footballing insight and opinion... |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 12.16.2008: Rise of the 'Boo Boys'
(12.16.2008)
Traditionally playing at home in sport is a huge advantage but in the modern world of football, abuse is more often than not coming from a team's own fans. |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 12.09.08: El Grand Classico
(12.09.2008)
We are just 1 week away from the biggest club game in the footballing world - Barcelona versus Real Madrid, a fixture that mixes the best players in the world with fierce political and regional identities |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 12.02.08: European Football Review Part #3
(12.02.2008)
Maradona is back, Real Madrid in crisis in Spain, Mourinho ‘doing a Britney’ in Italy and who’s been really, really rubbish in England? The month of November in European (and Argentinean) football |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 11.25.08: Champion of Champions
(11.26.2008)
Who are the best team in the world? Surely the ‘Club World Cup Champions’ no? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 11.18.08: Identity Crisis
(11.18.2008)
Will the real Arsenal please stand up? |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 11.11.08: Back to the Future
(11.11.2008)
With 2009 soon to be upon us, here are some new names to look out for that are set to take the footballing world by storm... |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 11.04.08: Here Come the Boys From the South
(11.04.2008)
Diego Maradona and Napoli will forever be linked. The news that the world's best ever player will take charge of Argentina comes at the time when his old club is rising once again |
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Breaking the Offside Trap 10.28.2008: European Football Review Part#2
(10.28.2008)
We are nearing the end of October, and it’s been another month filled with controversy and goals in equal measure. Here are your top stories from the month in the world of European football... |
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