football

England Euro 2012 Squad

by Jon on May 16, 2012

England squad for Euro 2012: Goalkeepers: Joe Hart (Man City) Rob Green (West Ham) John Ruddy (Norwich) Defenders: Glen Johnson (Liverpool) Phil Jones (Man United) John Terry (Chelsea) Joleon Lescott (Man City) Gary Cahill (Chelsea) Ashley Cole (Chelsea) Leighton Baines (Everton) Midfielders: Theo Walcott (Arsenal) Stewart Downing (Liverpool) Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain (Arsenal) Steven Gerrard (Liverpool) CAPTAIN [...]

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Premier League XI

by Jon on April 22, 2012

So it’s been 20 years since the inception of the Premier League, which is a scary thought.  On a personal level, that means it’s been 19 years since my family returned to England after a 7 year stint in the Southern Hemisphere.  It also makes me feel incredibly old, especially going through the names of [...]

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Football – Should Wenger stay or should he go?

by Jon on September 5, 2011

Why Wenger should stay He is one of Arsenal’s most successful managers of all time.  Under his reign he has won the double with Arsenal and created the ‘Untouchables’ of 2004, with Arsenal going through an entire season undefeated.  3 Premier Leagues, 4 FA Cups and the club’s first Champions League final.  This is a [...]

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Football: The best things in life are free?

by Jon on August 28, 2011

In yet another season of crazy transfer fees that could feed entire countries, and a certain Samuel Eto’o earning somewhere between £170,000 – £300,000 a week in Russia, what happened to all of those free transfers over the summer?  There were several notable names, including quite a few that were England internationals only a couple [...]

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Life 2.0 coming soon

by Jon on August 25, 2011

This site has not been as updated as frequently as I would like recently but this is for several reasons, which ironically make up a blog posting of sorts. One, I am still busy looking for work.  It has been over 3 months now and I estimate I have made around 300 applications in at [...]

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The Big Four

by Jon on August 14, 2011

The new English Premier League season has kicked off and once again the focus is on ‘The Big Four’.  These are the 4 teams that usually finishing in the Top 4 of the Premiership; Manchester United (19 times, and the only Premiership team to have never finished outside of the Top 4), Arsenal (16 times), [...]

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Team Bastard

by Jon on July 7, 2011

A while ago I wrote a blog about the state of football which I shall post on here soon, partially humorous and partially cynical.  It mainly focused on the unfortunate expansion of greed and idolisation of terrible role models within the game, and people sometimes irrationally treating it with too much seriousness in the grand [...]

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Selling out

by Jon on June 23, 2011

Something I wrote in September 2010 with the purpose of publishing, but haven’t done until now.  A little outdated but still relevant.   THE ART OF SELLING OUT Every now and then you come across the phrase ‘selling out’, This is usually applied to someone who has gone against their self-imposed philosophy (i.e. an anti-capitalist [...]

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