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Rob Rensenbrink Profile (NEW!)
Often overlooked by the media in favour of his esteemed team-mates Cruyff and Neeskens,
Robbie Rensenbrink was nevertheless a key member of the legendary Dutch team of the 1970's.
Click here
for our profile of this under-rated attacker.
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England Boss Opening Games (Updated)
We've done the opening games of the managers from the 1960's to the 1990's, now it's time to look at the debuts of
Sven, Macca and Don Fabio.
Click here
to remind yourself of how they got on before it all started to go so horribly wrong.
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Top 10 European Cup Finals (New)
Ok, so it's had it's fair share of duff one's, but having been graced by some of the finest footballing
talent on the planet, the European Cup Final has also conjured up some classic matches.
We start with
number 10
in our list.
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Top Fan Chants (Updated)
Updated entries for
Newcastle Utd ,
Crystal Palace and
Swindon Town
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Celebrity Footy Fans (Updated)
What links Eddie Izzard, Harry Enfield, Jo Brand, Kevin Day, Rob Newman, Sean Hughes, Ronnie Corbett,
Roger de Courcey and Nookie Bear ? Well, apart from obviously being amongst the most creative comic talent this
country has ever produced, they're all Palace fans.
For the rest of the list,
click here.
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Steve Sherwood's Soccer Slang (Updated)
Steve Sherwood has gone hat-trick slang-tastic this month, with definitions for a whole variety of 3 goal salvo's, including
perfect,
classic,
golden,
flawless and
German varieties all making his
latest selection.
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World Cup Curiosities (Updated)
More tales from the World's premier tournament, with oddities from the
1950,
1974,
and
1978
tournaments added.
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Footballers Nicknames (Updated)
Jinky, Belfast Boy, the Fifth Beatle, the Gypsy and the Small Prince are the latest to be added to the list.
Click here
to see who they belong to.
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The Best Player Names (Updated)
Tunji Banjo and
Darren Deadman
are our latest entries to the list of the best and strangest names in the world of football.
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Onze Mondial Award (Updated)
Kaka is the latest winner of the Onze d'Or award.
To see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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Foreign Player of Year Award (Italy)
An update of the list of award winners, with Kaka the latest recipient of the trophy.
To see the full list of previous winners,
click here.
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The Best Transfers Ever (Updated)
It was a world record transfer fee at the time, but the 5 million quid that Napoli shoved Barcelona's
way back in 1984 was worth every penny. For details on this and the other's in our list
click here.
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The Best Club Names (Updated)
Only one winner this month, and what a belter it is too - a crack Norwegian outfit with a name that will appeal to
all those who still like a bit of classic British toilet humour.
Click here for the details.
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Pundit-o-meter (Updated)
It's back, and at popular request, more pundits, from the good, to the bad, to Paul Merson,
have been added.
Click here
to see who's hot and who's not on the md pundit-o-meter.
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Steve Sherwood's Soccer Slang (NEW!)
A Watford legend back in the Graham Taylor heydays, Steve went onto even greater things in the 1990's when he
became Professor of Footballing Vernacularisms at the University of Basingstoke. Now
he brings you his favourite
selection of soccer slang...
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The Ugliest Footballers (Updated)
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the midfield dynamo player's section, we bring you the
another 10 of your nominations for the ugliest footballers ever...
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England Boss Opening Games (Updated)
At the start of the month (to celebrate the appointment of Fab Capello) we brought you the England's gaffers
opening games from the 1960's and 70's. Well it's the turn of the 80's and 90's next, from Sir Bobby through to
King Kev...
Click here
for the details.
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Footballers Nicknames (Updated)
Vindaloo, le Prince, the Little Donkey, the Blond Arrow and er... Dave are amongst the new player nicknames
that have been added.
Click here
for the full list.
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20 Questions (NEW!)
Photographer Brian Sweeney, who has spent many years snapping football images around the world, as well as
following Celtic and Icelandic club FH, answers our 20 questions this month...
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The Best Player Names (Updated)
Two of our Swiss favourites make the list this week, with defenders
Bernt Haas and
Mr Eggimann
making the list. Thanks to Tony D for his contribution. To see all the other names
click here .
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South American Player of the Award (Updated)
Paraguay striker Salvador Cabanas 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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Footballers Nicknames (Updated)
Pele, Malcolm McDonald, and The Header-Beast are amongst the latest footballing nicknames
to be added to our list.
Click here
for more.
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Celebrity Footy Fans (Updated)
Forget Goodies star Tim Brooke-Taylor, Wolfie from Citzen Smith, Timothy 'the rather dull 007' Dalton and
er... Maxine from Coro. Yes, there's only one name worth knowing about in our list of
celebrity Derby County fans...
legendary Blue Peter farmer boy Simon Groom, and that dog of his.
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Top 10 Pele's (NEW!)
So you thought Pele was good eh ? Well meet the other ones who, ..er, aren't quite as good., as we list
the
top 10 footballing Pele's....
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England's Highest and Lowest Stadiums (Updated)
Hmmm... what's that smell ? It's the monthly smell of stats.
Previously we just had a top 10, now we've grabbed ourselves a whole load
of Ordnance Survey maps and worked out the height of the rest of the
chuffers.
Click here
to find out where your team figures in the list.
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England Boss Opening Games (NEW!)
It's the poisoned chalice that everyone's after (providing the money's right). Yes, it's the England manager's job.
To celebrate the latest incumbent here's a cut out and keep guide to those happy opening games, where even
Steve McClaren looked as though he knew what he was doing.
The day when an England manager could emerge from the Wembley tunnel with a smile on his face.
Safe in the knowledge that he wasn't going to be humiliated the next day by the tabloids or
Spitting Image or some bird on the make at the FA.
First up we look at the
bosses from the 1960's and 70's.
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The Most Bizarre Transfers Ever (Updated)
8 goals in nearly 50 games in the 4th tier of English football was enough to persuade Italian club
Verona to successfully bid for Oxford Utd's Craig Davies back in 2006. For this and
more, go to our list of football's
most bizarre transfers.
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World Record Transfer Fees (NEW!)
Ok, so the transfer window has just been slammed shut, and whilst there was a fair bit of
activity on a manic last day, nothing claim close to breaking into
this list.
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