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Cloughie's Ten Best Quotes
Forget the quotes from present day managers such as Lord Fergie and Mourinho,
we've done a quick update of the real stuff -
Brian Clough's best lines...
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Fancy That ! The 3pm Boys (NEW!)
Larry and Kenny are back with more gossip from the
world of football including the latest on Ashley Cole
and Iva Longoria.
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Famous Shirt Numbers (Updated)
A certain sulky French striker is the latest addition to
our list of famous shirt numbers.
Click here
to see it, and dont forget to email in any others that you know of.
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Copa Libertadores
Corinthians victory over Boca Juniors was their first Copa Libertadores triumph,
and it made it 3 in a row for Brazilian teams following Santos in 2011 and Internacional in 2010.
Click here
for all the details.
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The Most Bizarre Transfers Ever
Transfer embargo's, winding-up orders, refusing to deal with Champions League rivals... all part
of the story behind another of football's
most bizarre transfers,
and this time it's Craig Bellamy's move to Cardiff City from Man City
that's in the MD headlights.
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The Best 'If Only' Transfers (Updated)
He went onto to become one of the world's greatest and most flamboyant footballers, but back in 2001
he nearly ended up at Paisley's finest, St Mirren. To read about how close Ronaldinho came to moving
to Love Street
click here.
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The Best Club Names (Updated)
More new additions to our list of the
strangest and funniest club names
in the world of football.
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Cult Classics
You know the stuff - the cult clubs, the cult players, the haircuts, the ugliest players.
We're a cult football site, so we've put them all one one luvverley page for you to enjoy.
More...
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Euro-Championship Curiosities
Tales from Europe's premier tournament, with some snippets from previous tournaments to kick the section off.
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Top Euro Champs Final Goals (NEW!)
To whet the appetite for Poland/Ukraine 2012 we've compiled our list of the best goals from the
previous finals. To re-live some great moments
click here
to see the list.
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European Championships (NEW!)
With the big kick off in Poland and Ukraine only days away, we've updated
our European Championships section to help celebrate. Over the next couple of weks we'll be
looking back at the top players, matches and goals from previous tournaments and having a
ponder on what we can expect from this year's competition.
Click here
to go to the section.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals
With a very workmanlike (and quite frankly, rather dull) Chelsea facing a
Bayern Munich side that are very much "up for the cup", being on their home ground and all that,
this years Champions League final has the makings of an interesting final.
But will it be one of the classics ?
Get yourself in the mood with our list of
the ten greatest European Cup finals.
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The 10 Greatest League Endings
Ok, we're at the business end of the season now in the European leagues.
The events in the Premiership at the weekend mean that we'll be updating our list
soon, but have a look at the previous ten best ever league endings and
see if anything over the coming weeks in the other European leagues can compete with these classics...
Our list of
the 10 Greatest League Endings.
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Cult Clubs Profiles
It's time for another annual dose of cult-ness, with our updated section on the profiles
of some of world's most interesting clubs.
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English Football Leagues...
It's 120 years old. It's been interrupted by World Wars, tainted by scandals, rocked by
hooliganism and almost bankrupted by crooks, charlatans, the Premiership and ITV Digital.
And yet still it stands - The Football League. What other countries league structure can see
former European Cup finalists slugging it out in the third tier ? Here's our section on
this mighty edifice.
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Top Quotes
Quite a few new footballing quotes added to our quotes section recently, so check out who's joined
the legends in this field, such as Bill Shankly, Cloughie and Big Ron, with some top lines
about the beautiful game.
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Top 10 FA Cup Final Goals
Some good goals at the Chelsea v Liverpool cup final,
so it's a good time to re-visit some of the all-time great
goals that have graced the occasion, as we look at our
top 10 FA Cup final goals.
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Top Fan Chants (Updated)
We've got updated entries for
Stoke City.
Dundee Utd,
and err...
Sittingbourne.
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Celebrity Footy Fans (Updated)
David Icke, Engelbert Humperdinck, Gary Newbon, Roy Cropper, Nicholas Parsons and er, Rusty Lee.
No, it's not the next list of desperate contestants on Celebrity Big Brother but some of football's top
celebrity fans. This month we look at the list of
celebrity Celtic fans.
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FIFA Ballon d'Or Award
Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Xavi were the 3 highest nominations for Europe's most
prestigious individual award. To see which one of them took the trophy home, and
to see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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South American Player of the Award
Brazilian sensation Neymar
is not-so-surprising winner of the South American Player
of the Year award, joining the likes of Pele, Figueroa, Zico, Maradona, Socrates and Francescoli
as winner of the competition.
Surprisingly, he becomes the first Brazilian since Romario back in 2000, to win the award.
To see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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The Best Player Names (Updated)
Tranmere legend Bunny Bell
is our latest entry into the growing list
of the best and strangest names in the world of football.
Click here
for the full list.
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Top 10 FA Cup 3rd Round Shocks
2 years ago Dave Kitson famously declared that he "didn't give a sh*t" about the FA Cup, but the romantic
fools amongst
us at MD Towers definitely do. And if you're talking about the FA Cup and looking
for romance then where better to sniff around than the 3rd round,
traditional cup graveyard of many a fine team to lesser opposition.
Click here
to celebrate some of the best shocks that the 3rd round has thrown up.
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FIFA Club World Cup
Barcelona become the first club to win the new format of
this much maligned competition.
For details, plus details of the previous winners
click here.
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The Best 'If Only' Transfers (Updated)
As they continue to shed players left, right and centre, poor old Arsene Wenger will
wish that he'd got in a cab back in the summer of 2005 and taken a certain Ivorian down to the passport office to
resolve a few issues.
To read about how Arsenal missed out on the brother of one of their star players,
click here.
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Top 10 Copa America Heroes
This year's Copa America has been full of surprises but as yet no-one player has stood out
from the rest and made the tournament their own.
Not like the 10 players in our list of heroes from previous tournaments, all of
whom had absolutely stormers !
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Copa America History
Often overlooked and under-rated,
the Copa America is the South American equivalent of the European Championships.
But with some of the world's toip talent on show it's worth knowing more
about this great tournament.
More...
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DVD Review - United
Starring David Tennant as Jimmy Murphy and Dougray Scott as Sir Matt Busby, read our review of the
soon to be released "United" DVD.
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Ash Cloud Affects Manchester
All flights have been grounded at Manchester Airport due to the dust cloud.
Manchester City FC have apologised and said they had to open the trophy cabinet at some point.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals
Only a few days to go until the much anticipated Barca-Man Utd Champions League final
at Wembley.
With both teams preferring to attack, rather than defend, it's got all the makings of a classic.
Get yourself in the mood with our list of
the ten greatest European Cup finals.
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Chesterfield FC Charity Cancer Match
Chesterfield's new B2Net Stadium will host a charity match in a few weeks.
Please click here
for more details.
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Top 10 FA Cup Finals
Whilst we're on the subject of great FA Cup moments,
here's MD's list of the
top 10 greatest FA Cup finals.
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Top 10 FA Cup Final Goals
Just a few days now until the Man City and Stoke clash at Wembley,
and it's time to re-visit some of the great
goals that have graced the occasion, as we look at our
top 10 FA Cup final goals.
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The 10 Greatest League Endings
There are some great season finales coming up, not just at the top and bottom of the
Premiership and the Championship but around Europe too. See how these compare
with our list of
the 10 Greatest League Endings.
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English Young Player of the Year Award
No surprise to see Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere being named the English league's young
player of the year, succeeding James Milner from 2010.
To see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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Players Player of the Year Award
Gareth Bale becomes the 1st Spurs player since David Ginola to be named player of the year
by his fellow pros.
To see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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Cult Club - Borussia Dortmund
New addition to our list of
cult clubs,
with the profile of a fallen German giant from the 90's, that's starting to show signs of a recovery.
More...
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Champions League Top Over-Achievers
The underdog, the minnow, the lightweight, the long shot.
Whatever you wish to call them, they exist, and year after year they set the
Champions League alight with audacious displays, fearlessness, and unpredictability.
Here's a
top 5 of the biggest over-achievers in the Champions League.
And if Schalke keep getting the results expect them to be included next year...
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Top 10 FA Cup Semi-Finals
The FA Cup is still a great competition in MD's view despite the best efforts of
many clubs to prioritise the Champions League / 4th place / avoiding relegation / getting
promotion / staying in mid table etc etc.
Anyhow with a massive FA Cup semi final brewing to really whet the appetite
(as well as the Manchester derby) we thought we'd pick
10 classic semis
for your amusement.
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South American Player of the Award (Updated)
Former Portsmouth loanee Andres D'Alessandro
is the surprising winner of the South American Player
of the Year award, joining the likes of Pele, Figueroa, Zico, Maradona, Socrates and Francescoli
as winner of the competition.
To see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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The Best Club Names (Updated)
More new additions to our list of the
strangest and funniest club names
in the world of football.
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The 10 Greatest League Endings
There are some great season finales coming up, not just at the top and bottom of the Premiership
and the Championship but around Europe too. See how these compare
with our list of
the 10 Greatest League Endings.
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Raul Profile
Often overlooked by the media in favour of the current crop of Spanish stars,
Raul remains one of the finest talents Europe has seen in recent years.
Click here
for the profile of this under-rated attacker.
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