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February 28, 2010 by Jonathan Greenbank
This week, Everton beat Manchester United, got knocked out of Europe, and announced their season ticket prices for next season.
And, the couple downstairs had another almighty, seemingly final row.
Meanwhile, a man refused to shake another’s hand and we had a celebri...
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January 28, 2010 by Jonathan Greenbank
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I’m sitting here, it’s half time between Algeria and Egypt during the Cup of African Nations semi-final.
Our esteemed editor wrote recently about Black stars and elephants and why it could be African football’s year. There are a few other reasons why I’ve go...
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January 8, 2010 by Tim Killeen
As Christmas for many meant hangovers, left-over turkey and the obligatory tweaking of fantasy football (ff) teams, over-indulgence must now resonate. Early 2010, a time synonymous with resolutions, however, has so far been hijacked by the worst winter snap in decad...
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December 10, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
(Apologies to N.Sedaka/H.Greenfield)
I love, I love, I love my calendar game (more...)...
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December 4, 2009 by Tim Killeen
With the 2010 World Cup draw just made, I thought there was no better time for some bold predictions. It was Pelé who once said - in that conceited manner of his - that an African nation would win the World Cup before Y2K. Then again he once infamously predicted Columbia wo...
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November 8, 2009 by Tim Killeen
After the success of previous writing competitions we have decided to run another for our readers, with the prize of your choice again being generously supplied by SoccerPro. This time SoccerPro have offered a Soccer Jacket or a Soccer Tee-Shirt of the winner's choice. T...
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November 6, 2009 by Ian Buckley
Wolves v Arsenal
Arsenal look like the best side in Europe when on their game, which at home, they have been all season. However they have been sloppy on the road this season, guilty of overplaying and taking their foot of the pedal. The recent games at AZ Alkmarr...
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October 17, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
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I was lost for ideas. I hadn’t written for efp for over a month, other things had got in the way, and as well as that, football had been rather underwhelming for me. Everton have improved in that time, Louis Saha has become one of the greatest players in the world (a...
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September 23, 2009 by Stix78
It has come to light that there's a new found confidence at Vale Park this season. Â Ok, a 1-0 loss at home to Bury on Saturday - that being the 1st home loss and only the 2nd loss of the season - is a massive improvement on last season already.
With the appointment of Mick...
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September 19, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
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This is another attempt at freewriting, and for the next ten minutes I will just be typing non-stop whilst listening to the Sky Sports Soccer Saturday post-match post-mortems. It's a really hard thing to explain, you just write whatever comes in to your head ...
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September 11, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Events have fortunately conspired since we last spoke, making the last fortnight as significant, as poignant, and as revealing as any that I care to remember.
Significant, because the powers that be have finally sought to be proactive in the fight against inequality; poig...
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August 25, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
(Or, a response to this website’s editor’s excellent earlier piece Game Getting Greedier)
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A week into the new season and my interest is, as predicted, beginning to wane.
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Not wholly due to Everton’s poor performances in their first two games, that's real...
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August 23, 2009 by Jordan Lister
The Premier League’s London based clubs have enjoyed a uniformly bright start to the season, having collectively won each of the eight games in which they have featured.
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This 100% record will come to an end later today, as the first of twenty London derbies takes ...
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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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August 14, 2009 by Jordan Lister
As ever, the excitement has been building and with the absence of a major international tournament to distract us during the summer months it is with relief that a new season is finally upon us.
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Drowning in pre-season predictions (three guesses where this blog is head...
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August 4, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
Sad news reached me this morning about a Tommy Leeffe from Newcastle. Within the last month he has lost the only two father figures he'd ever had - two father figures he never actually met - and now he is barred from his favourite place indefinitely.
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June 20, 2009 by TheWPAdmin
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How can the Confederations Cup help our FIFA World Cup Betting?
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That’s right the Confederation Cup. First held in Saudi Arabia, of all places, the Confederation Cup has now been taken over by FIFA. Held every four years and one year before t...
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June 11, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
Otherwise known as my obligatory season review, naturally featuring reference to reality TV ‘stars’, over-complicated narrative, and at times ridiculous bathos.
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Now that the somewhat anticlimactic summer internationals have passed, it feels somewhat appropria...
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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.
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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 27, 2009 by Tim Killeen
So here it is, the much anticipated match of the season: Manchester United v Barcelona; touted by many as the dream European final.
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Spanish against English, the Counts of Catalonia against the Mancs of Lancashire, effervescent exuberance versus tireless ind...
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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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May 13, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Vindication at last for Steven Gerrard; whose gargantuan performances this season have been rightfully rewarded, as he is named, Football Association Writers' Footballer of the Year for 2009.
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Gerrard has again been Liverpool's star player this term wit...
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May 11, 2009 by Tim Killeen
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Tonight's Premier League match between Newcastle United and Middlesbrough is possibly the biggest in both clubs' histories; it really is that crucial.
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A loss, at this stage of the campaign, will surely spell the end for either of these giants of North-East...
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May 7, 2009 by Tim Killeen
The last few days have been truly captivating viewing for the world of soccer.
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The two semi-finals have been top drawer entertainment and a credit to our game, especially last night's epic battle between the brawn of Chelsea and silky-skilled F.C. Barcelona.
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May 6, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Here are the Chelsea star players in some rare and exclusive shots, getting ready for the arrival of the mighty Barcelona. This one promises to be a screamer and possibly this group of Chelsea players' last chance of European glory.Â
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April 28, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
- It’s not you, it’s me.
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- Come on! That’s what they always say!
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- I… I just need a break from you for a while. I need some space. It’s just something I’ve got to do.
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- 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?
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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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April 15, 2009 by Jonathan Greenbank
My recommendation for this week is never to get gastroenteritis.
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Not only did this violent affliction completely obliterate my Easter weekend, and rid me of half a stone I can’t really afford to lose, but I’ve honestly never before felt some of the pains and dis...
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April 9, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Before last night, many of us had written off Chelsea as a dominant force in English and European football. Their performance against Liverpool however, means they are right back in football's psyche; and Hiddink seems to have rekindled what Mourinho started in those hea...
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March 11, 2009 by Tim Hill
If you missed it, you missed out.
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Towards the end of last year, Rio Ferdinand, in his semi-official role as Team England’s yoof ambassador, gave an interview to BBC Radio 1Extra, in which he was asked to select his all-time British Isles XI.
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Interesting...
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March 10, 2009 by TheWPAdmin
More Great News for EFP Members!
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All EFP members (Join up now) have the opportunity to enter The EFP Win a Shirt Competition by submitting the Best Rated Article or Post.
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This competition begins Friday March 6th and ends midnight Friday May 1st.
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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.
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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.
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When the fixture li...
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March 3, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Last Friday marked 10 years exactly when an English Premier League club (AstonVilla Vs Coventry 27/02/99) last fielded an all-English first eleven.
Now, I am not suggesting for one second that foreign coaches and players have damaged the English game, as unquestionably t...
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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 19, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Not having full control of ALL football matters at a club can hinder it, throwing money at it can also sabotage its chances (which is beginning to transpire at Chelsea, and Man City are inevitably soon to find out), and even sometimes; being too controlling, uber-stubbo...
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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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January 16, 2009 by Jordan Lister
In the last two hours it has been reported that Kaka has received formal clearance from AC Milan to talk to Manchester City about a possible move to Eastlands. Reading this, it is with a sense not unlike dread that I digest that this deal might actually go ahead. Part of...
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January 12, 2009 by Tim Killeen
In another fascinating chapter in the Premier League title race; United signalled their intentions with an authoratitive demolition of Chelsea, Liverpool's lacklustre performance at Stoke, hinting Rafa possibly should've held his tongue? Add a Comment below and  have ...
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