Regardless of the fact that Chelsea are far from last season’s best, Liverpool’s 3-1 victory at Stamford Bridge was still impressive. After beginning with three draws, victory over the Premier League champions was Liverpool’s second win in a week following the win over Bournemouth in the League Cup. While it might appear that Klopp’s new side have […]

11 years ago

Staggering wages…

11 years ago

Cruel…but funny

11 years ago

Flow sparring

11 years ago

Inside out

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Good God almighty

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Can you do any better than this? With a packed football schedule this Halloween, we asked for the best/worst puns you can come up with – hoping for some to rival our own efforts ‘Louis van Ghoul’ and ‘Spectre Boollerin’. Which is the worst Halloween football pun? Let us know if you have any more… […]

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Gruesome stuff

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Millenium man…

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Jose Mourinho believes he will be given more time to turn things around at Chelsea despite the Blues suffering their sixth defeat of the season against Liverpool. Speculation is rife that Mourinho will be sacked following the 3-1 defeat at Stamford Bridge, but the manager remains defiant. “Do you believe that you’ll be given enough […]

11 years ago

Cool lesson…

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End times?

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Ouch

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Louis van Gaal has gone with an attacking line-up for Manchester United’s trip to Crystal Palace as the Red Devils look to bounce back from their midweek League Cup exit against Middlesbrough. Wayne Rooney leads the line once more, with Anthony Martial presumably taking up his place on the left. Fan favourites Juan Mata and […]

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Awful

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Hindsight is a wonderful thing

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No more sleeps

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There’s something very apt about Manchester United’s record in Halloween fixtures. The Red Devils have played 18 times on October 31st, resulting in 6 wins, 6 draws and 6 defeats. Spooky, right? Louis van Ghoul will be hoping the number of the devil is a lucky omen for his team at Crystal Palace… Manchester United's record […]

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Das ist gut

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Bayern Munich expertly took down Tottenham’s Twitter account on Friday evening after their 0-0 draw at Eintracht Frankfurt. The Bundesliga leaders were looking for their 11th consecutive win since the start of the season, which would have matched Spurs’ record set all the way back in the 1960/61 campaign. 11 wins to start the season […]

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No swapsies

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Jamie Carragher believes Chelsea would be wrong to sack Jose Mourinho, but says the manager has created many of his own problems this season. In his column for the Daily Mail, Carragher questions Mourinho’s wisdom in giving his players an extra week off over the summer – which saw Diego Costa return overweight – and […]

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Wilfried Zaha says he “doesn’t feel anything” towards Manchester United after he was ditched so soon into his Old Trafford career. Speaking to the Daily Mail, Zaha expressed his frustration at rumours he was seeing David Moyes’ daughter, and argues that he was never really given a fair chance by the Scot. “The thing that […]

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Special relationship

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How well did you do?

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Kids say the darndest things

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Martin on the move

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Rattling Read

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In an age where every (real-life) vacant manager’s position is applied for by at least a few Football Manager players, it’s safe to say that the game can completely take over some people’s lives. As the saying goes, ‘the first stage of dealing with an addiction is to accept that you have one’. With that […]

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With claims that Argentinian courts are set to have another look at the events from *that* Top Gear Falklands episode, Jeremy Clarkson may well be appearing in the news quite a bit in the weeks ahead. The launch of his new Amazon Prime show, also featuring former Top Gear colleagues Richard Hammond and James May, […]

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Just a few days ago, reports in Argentina suggested Manchester City players Sergio Aguero and Toni Duggan were dating. And while the internet was whipped up into a frenzy over Duguero, it appears that the speculation was just that. Replying to a friend on Twitter, Duggan poured cold water on the matter, commenting that it was ‘crazy’ […]

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Han Solo hath spoken. Harrison Ford has assured us the Star Wars: The Force Awakens is phenomenal. The actor, 71, is never going to slate it, but somehow we believe him when he told Jimmy Kimmel this week that, “J.J. Abrams has made an incredible movie, you will not be disappointed”. Despite Kimmel’s best efforts […]

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Louis van Gaal could have just ignored Paul Scholes’ comments about his Manchester United team, but thankfully he didn’t. The Red Devils boss has issued a perfect response after the Old Trafford legend said he wouldn’t enjoy playing in the current United setup. “You have an expression. I always use Dutch expression, but you have a […]

11 years ago

Fighting talk

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In a week where Paul Scholes has said that he wouldn’t enjoy playing in Louis van Gaal’s side, one of Manchester United’s current players has offered his opinion on the manager. Ander Herrera has been one of United’s better performers in the Van Gaal era, leaving many of the club’s supporters bemused at how frequently […]

11 years ago

Benedict Cumberbatch left a London audience stunned after performing Hamlet – reportedly saying “f**k the politicians”. The sweary comment came as the Sherlock actor expressed his frustration over the migration crisis and the government’s decision to only accept 20,000 refugees over five years. The remark got a few cheers from the audience, which contained Lib Dem peer […]

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Slammin’ the door

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Ander Herrera’s lung-busting running and all round dynamism has endeared him to many Manchester United supporters since the Spaniard made the move to Old Trafford from Athletic Bilbao before the start of last season. Having lived in the Northwest for nearly 18 months, it seems that Herrera is well-adjusted to his new home and, despite not […]

11 years ago

Brushed off

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He’s an experienced gymnastics commentator, but Mitch Fenner is in trouble after seemingly impersonating these Chinese fans. According to independent.ie, the incident occurred live on BBC during the World Gymnastics Championships men’s final in Glasgow. When the camera panned to a couple of cheering Chinese supporters, Fenner said this… https://twitter.com/Mickontoast/status/659467463260770304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Many viewers were understandably outraged, […]

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Rarely is it a good time to be a Leeds fan these days. The club have been struggling outside the Premier League for over a decade, are facing another relegation dogfight this season, and have an owner with an addiction to instability. You almost have to feel sorry for them. Almost. It’s no wonder, then, that […]

11 years ago

We’ve all been in this position – 40 yards from goal with the keeper stranded. You’ve got to hit it, right? But not many of us can claim to have matched the skill of Raith Rovers Ladies youngster Tiegan Clark, who superbly dispatched a wonder-lob high over the opposition defence and into the net. The 17-year-old’s goal […]

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Another day, another nightmare for Leeds United. After overseeing two draws so far, new boss Steve Evans has named an unchanged team for his third match in charge against Blackburn. But Leeds couldn’t have made a worse start at Elland Road, falling behind to Craig Conway’s strike after just 16 seconds. Things then when from bad […]

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Really?

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Russia says no to foreign coaches

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We’re ordering two

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The possibilities are endless

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Man United fans were chuffed to bits when David de Gea signed a new deal – but it seems he’s not even the best goalkeeper at Old Trafford this season. That’s according to the stats compiled by EA SPORTS Player Performance Index. They looked at the metric of saves per goals conceded to calculate who […]

11 years ago

Cesc, drugs and kicking balls…

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Poor Brendan. Even after his dismissal from the Anfield hotseat he can’t escape merciless mockery. That said, this is brilliant. If you weren’t already aware of his fine work, Darren Farley is famed for his spot on impressions of Liverpool legends. From Rafa Benitez to Steven Gerrard to…Brendan Rodgers. We’ll have to keep an ear out for his Jurgen Klopp, […]

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