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Tag: Ukraine

Denmark…

Unsporting Life

21 Nov 201225 Nov 2012
I've grown bored of hearing the footballing press belittling FC Nordsjælland this season before each Champions League Group Stage game. Lazy journalism, tired clichés and over use of Wikipedia have…
Olympics

Seven and the rampant tiger

11 Sep 201214 Sep 2012
I wasn't the only person who threw myself head first into the Olympics and Paralympics, searching out daily availability for tickets and willing to see everything and anything.  Brian Parish,…
England…

A Euro odyssey

18 Jul 201215 Aug 2012
For months prior to the European Championships we kidded ourselves we weren't interested in going. The relentless bad mouthing of social issues in Poland and Ukraine by the English media…
European Football…

Devaluing the Euros

3 Jul 20128 Jul 2012
After just over three weeks of football, the world’s second biggest football tournament has played out in front of our eyes in Poland and Ukraine. Sixteen of Europe’s best teams…
European Football

Don’t fix what’s not broken

25 May 201228 May 2012
In ten weeks time our pain will be over.  Thanks to an invite from Supporters Direct, we will be taking part in the inaugural Supporters Direct Shield when we face…
England…

Euro 2012 here we come

26 Apr 201229 Apr 2012
The Euro tournament is always a highlight in the footballing calendar. It is the World Cup without Argentina and Brazil, and in theory every game is a tough one, with…
England

Style, Taste and Class…

11 Jun 200913 Jun 2009
Ladies and gentlemen....May I introduce you to our newest columnist, NorthernJess. A self confessed football agnostic who is intrigued with the constant media fawning of these over paid pre-madonnas she…
England…

England all week….

2 Apr 20092 Apr 2009
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England…

Turning left for First Class…

2 Apr 2009
This would mark the halfway point in our qualification campaign for South Africa and also mean that we had played every team.  The maths so far had been really simple…

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