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Forget the 9 million big ones that old Sven has just wasted on untested Italian
Rolando Bianchi, back in 1986 Graham Turner thought he was gambling when he handed
65 grand in used fivers to arch rivals West Brom for an unknown local lad
called Steve Bull. 300 goals later it had become one of the greatest transfers ever.
Click here
for the details.
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Think you know it all about Kevin Keegan ? Think again.
Click here
for our
11 surprising facts about Kevin Keegan.
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New item added: PFA Young Player of the Year award winners.
Click here
for the list.
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Barcelona have just arrived in Scotland for a couple of glamour friendlies against
Dundee United and Hearts, so celebrate this joyous moment by reading our review of
Jimmy Burns history of the club,
'Barca - A Peoples Passion',
as one of our
Books to read Before You Die.
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VfB Stuttgart's dramatic victory in the 2006-07 Bundesliga means that they've now won 3
Bundesliga titles and can display a gold star with the club crest. To see the full list of
German clubs who have the the honour of
"Verdiente Meistervereine", click here.
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He just missed out on a European Golden Boot to Francesco Totti , but Afonso Alves grabbed
himself a Dutch Golden Shoe as he was named the
Player of the Year in Holland.
To see all the previous winners of the 'Gouden Schoen'
click here.
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He was controversial. He was outspoken. He was one hell of a player. And he's just been
appointed the new gaffer at Real Madrid.
Check out our
player profile of Bernd Schuster.
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Obituary - Hugh Johns (1922-2007)
Hugh Johns died recently aged 84. Johns, for those of us brought up in the ATV region, was the
voice of ITV football in the pre-live era. His voice was his main strength. A smooth, mellow
flow could always make the drabbest of encounters seem better than it actually was. Johns was
the voice of ITV's football commentary for the 1966 and 1970 World Cups, but his comments on
Hurst's third goal ("Here's Hurst. He might make it three. He has! He has! So that's it!"),
were largely forgotten when compared with Wolstenholme's famous words on BBC. As the 70s wore
on he increasingly lost out on the premium games to his friend Brian Moore and left ATV's
flagship Star Soccer programme to semi-retirement with occasional work for HTV Wales in 1982.
His occasional gaffes, "The crowd urges the referee to look at his whistle and blow his watch",
were memorable. So was the nearest thing he had to a catchphrase, which he would gleefully
announce after the opening scorers name ("Ian Wallace! One Nothing!). Hugh Johns always
seemed a true gentleman on the occasional TV appearances he made in later life and sadly for us
nostalgic, another small part of our football heritage is no more.
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Eric Cantona to Sheffield Wednesday. It's one of the finest "If Only" transfers of all time.
And thanks to the power of the old interweb video sites we can now bring you the proof.
Click here
for the details.
Thanks to one of the lads at owlsonline.com for the link.
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Not to be confused with the Belgian Golden Shoe (as if you would), here's a full winners list
of the
Belgian Player of the Year award
, as voted for by the players. Before you dismiss this out of hand and run like a girl to
youtube for some serious action, check out some of those classic names from the 80's and 90's.
Click here
for the list.
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Following on nicely from last weeks bizarre tale of the Claudio Cannigia to Dundee transfer,
find out how another Argentinian legend nearly followed him to Dens Park...
Click here
for the details.
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He was one of the most widely recognised footballers back in the 1990's, he played in World Cups,
in Copa Americas, and turned out for clubs like River Plate, Roma, Benfica and Boca Juniors, so how come
Argentinian legend Claudio Cannigia ended up on the east coast of Scotland in October 2000 ? Find out
in the latest of our
bizarre football transfers.
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4:1, 6:1, 6:0, 4:0. They may not have been exactly close games, but some of the
football played in the quarter finals of the Copa America was electric, and some of the goals
were absolutely mint.
Click here
for our quarter final reports.
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New Top 10 added: One of our Dutch friends has sent in his list of
the top 10 people's clubs of Holland.
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New item: Your Say added to the Copa America section.
Click here
to add your comments.
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New article: Frank Clark ? Stephane Guivarc'h ? Richard Keys ? Jamie Oliver ?
It's highly unlikely, but see if
any of them make our list of
the top 10 most influential men in the English Premiership.
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| The Pigeon Detectives: I'm Not Sorry (Single) |
Listen to it by
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Great stuff, the classic old method of winding up hapless members
of the public is always good for a laugh, and fonejackers is no
exception. Particularly enjoyed the car salesman wind-up, which
you can watch by
clicking here
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| From the International Leagues |
| Name: | Rudy Dawson |
| Country: | Costa Rica |
| Club: | LD Alajuelense |
| Age: | 19 (08-05-1988) |
| Position: | Defender |
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Captain of a talented Costa Rican team that's currently playing in FIFA's Under 20 World Cup in
Canada,
Dawson has been tipped for great things along with Celso Borges and club team-mate
Jean Solorzano. A solid defender who commands his defence and reads the game well, he's
been tipped for a move abroad despite not yet figuring regularly with his club side.
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| From the British Leagues |
| Name: | Michael Mancienne |
| Country: | England |
| Club: | Chelsea |
| Age: | 19 (08-01-1988) |
| Position: | Defender |
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Pacy defender who has previously captained the England Under-18 team, and has also played for the
Under-19s. Unlike many other defenders who, by the look of fear on their faces, appear to be
bringing a ball of stinking Dutch cheese out of defence, Mancienne has that invaluable asset of
looking composed and assured when he approaches the halfway line. He spent mosy of last season
on loan at QPR, where his displays at right back made him popular with the Loftus Road faithful.
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