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August 14, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Juststill when we were all enjoying a summer free from the fickle world of football, like low budget reality television, it’s back –once again, in our faces, and sucking us all in. And, though there is something so fundamentally sickening about the modern game, like good...
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June 8, 2009 by Keith Griffin
Carlos Alberto, the Brazilian World Cup winner of 1970, has slammed Manchester United for apparently "raping" Brazilian football.
Following reports that Manchester United have signed up and coming Brazilian star Dodo, 17, from Corinthians for a sum of £5.7 million,...
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May 25, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
The first FA Cup Final I can remember is the 1986 one. The day I started supporting Everton. Sometimes, I question that decision – at the final whistle that day, for example. Years later I bought a VHS recording of the game but never watched it, instead ‘lending’ it to...
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May 14, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
Given the news story that is currently on many people’s minds, especially when they blow their nose, look in their handkerchief and wonder, it is perhaps not a surprise that the following article should focus on a Central American country that is only known to many for its...
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April 28, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
- It’s not you, it’s me.
- Come on! That’s what they always say!
- I… I just need a break from you for a while. I need some space. It’s just something I’ve got to do.
- But… don’t I make you smile? Fill your heart with joy?
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April 21, 2009 by Tim Killeen
What is it about the underdog I admire so much?
When we started The English Football Post, Stoke City were an outside bet for the play-offs - in the Championship, and Everton had all but relinquished any hope of ever dislodging England's untouchable 'Big Four'.
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March 8, 2009 by Jordan Lister
After a dramatic point at Arsenal, two victories over Liverpool and an unbeaten start of five games, Spurs fans could be forgiven for entertaining notions of a top half finish as Harry Redknapp’s arrival galvanized the entire club and vanquished memories of its worst eve...
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March 8, 2009 by Tim Killeen
For Stoke City supporters, this season has been an extraordinary journey.
Stoke have come along way since that reality biting opener at Bolton and the harsh lessons dished out during two away trips to Manchester and another in Blackburn.
When the fixture li...
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February 25, 2009 by Jordan Lister
On Sunday, Manchester United stand in the way of Tottenham Hotspur retaining the Carling Cup. It looks a formidable task for a Spurs side flirting with relegation and stretched in the midst of a 6 game spell taking place within 17 days. Of course, Manchester United have ...
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February 23, 2009 by Jordan Lister
There is no escaping it. Tottenham Hotspur's transfer policy this January was confused. Time will tell if Redknapp's interesting choice of signings prove inspired or spectacularly lacking in imagination. For now, we must fidget (Spurs fans mostly) in the knowledge ...
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February 22, 2009 by Tim Killeen
It's round about now when many of us are feeling deflated.
I recall something I read over the festive period by the Tory Politician Anne Widdecombe who expressed her concern at the counter-productive nature of making over-ambitious resolutions on January 1st. Her pearls o...
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February 19, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
Greetings once again. Before I go on, please understand that this article is not just about the origins of this title (another attempt at a humorous play on words, before anyone comments) as the media over used it in Iain Dowie’s heyday a few years ago.
Rather, it concern...
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February 15, 2009 by Jordan Lister
Like many of my generation, I was brought into football fanhood on the coat tails of the launch of the Premier League. Through a selection process that I struggle to recall with great clarity, I was a Tottenham Hotspur fan. It was a sign of things to come that one of my...
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January 17, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
New Year greetings to you all.
Those of you who have read my articles in the past, and are fortunate enough to have already seen Danny Boyle’s new film Slumdog Millionaire will recognise why the movie will have moved me so much. The tears in my eyes were not just a resp...
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December 13, 2008 by Jordan Lister
A couple of weeks ago I read an interesting commentary piece in The Times, which looked at how former players are liable to be drawn into big jobs too quickly, only to be shown the door within months when a string of poor results betrays their lack of experience. Unsurp...
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December 11, 2008 by Jonathan Greenbank
Those of you who read my last article will realise the relevance of the title. The hens do refer to the ‘holy trinity' of the popular Christmas song, but are dedicated not to a dead princess or lizard ruler (Jane Badler, we salute you...) Rather, to a blonde singer from th...
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December 4, 2008 by Jonathan Greenbank
All my devoted readers will already know of my penchant for Indie music, particularly that borne out of Salford and Manchester in the early 80s. However, many will be surprised to learn that this is almost entirely at odds with my secret passion for X Factor, particularly th...
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November 15, 2008 by Jordan Lister
In my first contribution to this site, a fortnight ago now, I used Tottenham Hotspur’s John Bostock as a portal to explore some of the issues surrounding young English players in today’s game. And it would be fair to say that the overall tone of the piece was negative....
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October 11, 2008 by Jonathan Greenbank
The following is a letter I wrote but never sent, to a gentleman I sat with on the 10.22 Liverpool Lime Street - Scarborough train, one Saturday last month. If you think you might know him, please add a comment below or get in touch with efp direct...
October 9th 2008
De...
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