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Big Sam is beginning to get his West Ham side firing after the Hammers gave Blackpool a lesson in muscle and finishing at Upton Park – have they got the ingredients to go straight back up?
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Martin Tyler took some time out from preparation for Sunday’s Community Shield and his role as coach at Kingstonian FC to speak to Footy Matters about his career, how the game he loves has developed and his move into the virtual world
moreLike Santa Claus, the FA knows if you’ve been bad or good and they are rewarding those who uphold the virtues of the game with this weekend’s FA Respect and Fair Play Awards
moreCardiff City fans may not agree, but the FA got QPR’s punishment for the Alejandro Faurlin deal just about right
moreIt’s as you were at the top with Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs all winning but the relegation battle is heating up with a host of six-pointers in this week’s Premier League schedule
moreTottenham’s 1-0 win over AC Milan at San Siro was one of the biggest European results in their history. Harry Redknapp will be only too aware that defeat in Wednesday’s return leg would be catastrophic. Can his side hang on?
morePlenty of goals in Serie A this week as Roma continued life without Claudio Ranieri by getting pegged back at home, Juventus succumbed to a brace from an Old Lady alumnus, Marco Di Vaio, and Palermo were on the end of a 7-0 shellacking at the hands of Udinese
moreDavid Beckham has never been seen as a sage or intellectual individual. Despite that, the wisdom he could impart on the Spurs dressing room by example would have effects lasting beyond the two months of his stay
moreAs Roy Hodgson has found out, football isn’t about winning and losing, it’s about identity. To fans, their club is part of who they are. They’ve built up an understanding of what the club is about, of how it relates to them as a person, what their support of said club says about them
moreIt is not in Chelsea’s interests to give their rivals the chance of a nine-point lead, but with the transfer window approaching, their match on Sunday, and the following one against Arsenal, could determine whether they strengthen their squad for what could be a tricky pursuit
moreIf there was any doubt that England never learn from their mistakes it will have been washed away by an uninspired display which has unfortunately become the national team’s default mode
moreAndew Fitchett rounds up all the action from an eventful weekend of football courtesy of the Premier League.
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