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5 Football League Players to Watch

5 Football League Players to Watch

As season’s kick-off approaches, all of the focus seems to be on the massive transfers and personalities that make up the Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, and the rest of Europe’s ...

Career longevity not high on the list of priorities in the Eastlands revolution

Career longevity not high on the list of priorities in the Eastlands revolution

To the surprise of few, Manchester City have once again been dominating the headlines in the transfer window, with last summer’s splurge seemingly set to be dwarfed by their current transfer dealings. ...

Can Blackpool compete in the Premier League?

Can Blackpool compete in the Premier League?

The 2009/2010 campaign will surely be one of the best remembered in the history of Blackpool FC, no matter the outcome of their first season in the Premier League. Ian Holloway led ...

Can Arsenal win the title this season?

Can Arsenal win the title this season?

Arsenal full back Gael Clichy has spoken publicly about the Gunners’ title prospects for the season ahead, and has rightly concluded that they can no longer hide behind the excuse of youth ...

The Football Blog Premier League prediction game

The Football Blog Premier League prediction game

Following on from the success of our World Cup prediction game (congratulations go to Dobbo for victory in that), here at The Football Blog we are now launching our very own Premier ...


The return of The Football Blog Fantasy League

With the World Cup over, the Fantasy Premier League has returned to draw our thoughts towards the new Premiership season. There can’t be many football fans who haven’t tried their hand at the game in the past few seasons, but if you haven’t now is the perfect time to get up and running. Get ready for nine months of stat checking, weekly injury news appraisal and an unhealthy procrastination over make believe transfers.
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The changing fortunes of football’s top players

As the sun sets in South Africa, this summer’s World Cup has answered many questions about the world’s top footballers whilst raising some about others.
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The highs and lows of the 2010 World Cup

The World Cup is over for another four years and football fans are now left with just the scraps of transfer gossip and pre-season friendlies to feed off until competitive football once again resumes in a month’s time. As the players and fans head home from South Africa and as millions around the world try to work out what to do with their evenings in the absence of live football, here are The Football Blog’s highs and lows of the 2010 World Cup.
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Spain emerge as worthy winners after combative final

Spain lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites by lifting the World Cup last night, but only after negotiating a game in which Howard Webb was forced to brandish fourteen yellow cards and one red. In the end, as with all their knock out games in this tournament, a single goal was all that was required to separate them from a Dutch side who were guilty of some brutal play as well as some missed opportunities. 
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The World Cup Final: your predictions

It probably won’t have escaped your attention that there is a World Cup final on this weekend. Everybody has been clamouring to have their say, with perhaps the most sought after opinion bizarrely being that of Paul the octopus. He has gone for Spain, but as we enter the final furlong of the tournament and therefore our prediction competition, what have the players of SportGuru predicted will happen on Sunday?
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