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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 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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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 17, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Well the season finally got underway, dishing up some exciting, if unexpected, opening day results. None more so than Everton's uncharacteristic collapse against an inspired Arsenal side: whom might I add, looked, every inch, genuine contenders, despite offloading both Tour...
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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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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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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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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 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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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 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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January 10, 2009 by Tim Killeen
Rafa Benitez's premeditated rant against Man Utd and Ferguson yesterday had more than a hint of Kevin Keegan about it; but was Rafa right to take the bait from Fergie, and has he subsequently handed the spin-master Scot the upper hand in the run-in to the race for the Premi...
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November 20, 2007 by Tim Killeen
I awoke this morning overwhelmed by a familiar feeling of impending doom, thus igniting painful memories of a childhood flooded with extinguished dreams. For if England lose to Croatia – who have already qualified –tomorrow & subsequently fail to reach Euro 08, it...
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September 28, 2007 by Tim Killeen
And so the moment had arrived. The last time, in a long time at least, I would experience watching my team Liverpool in a Manchester ale house. The last time I’d be forced to switch allegiances on grounds of personal safety; and hopefully, yet highly unlikely, the...
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August 18, 2007 by Tim Killeen
The Midlands is a region steeped in history; yet one still struggling to redefine itself after the carnage left by a decline in industry;Â & a region recuperating from a footballing depression.Â
Fans of Wolves, Forest & Villa are still scratching their heads in ...
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Myself, Tim Killeen, started The EFP back in 2007. I am, of course, a soccer enthusiast, who not only loves to vent my passionate opinions about the game, but one who also loves to write; and I’m predominantly interested in developing better skills in this area. Creating ...Read More
You know it never has been easy
Whether you do or not resign
Whether you travel the breadth of extremities
Or stick to some straighter line
- Joni Mitchell, ‘Hejira'.
It has been an utterly spellbinding 12 months for us Stoke City supporters, culminating...Read More
Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.
- George Orwell, ‘Such, Such were the joys'
On a wet and windy evening, two old adversaries went at ea...Read More
If like me, you sufferer from a paranoid disposition, think the majority of newspapers have it in for Liverpool (emanating from growing up in a time when the Reds dominated), or echo thoughts of conspiracy theorists and wonder whether that whole missing piece of the jigsaw t...Read More
The season is in its early stages, yet already there seems to be a familiar pattern emerging. But with Manchester Utd off to a slow start, neighbours Manchester City rivalling Chelsea in the annoyingly ‘we’re richer than you’ claims, and Euro-beaters Arsenal slipping t...Read More
A few months ago I wrote an article (croatia article) expressing my concerns about the direction of English International football & fears I had going into that game against Croatia. I also mentioned that prior to the defeat by Bilic’s chequered men, I was met by ...Read More
Sometimes, it is only when you move away that you find out most about the place you left behind. After years of scrutinizing, it is this very wonderful paradox which has allowed me to become closer to understanding the nature of English football & the fundamental reas...Read More
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