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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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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  A little outdated but still relevant.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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