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Category Archives: European
How should Newcastle United approach the Europa League?
Today sees the eagerly awaiting return of Newcastle United to European competition after a five-year absence. For fans used to watching their club in continental competition it has been a long time, but is the Europa League a welcome return … Continue reading
Posted in European, NUFC
Tagged Atromitos, Ba, Coloccini, Europa League, Newcastle United, NUFC, Pardew, Tiote
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Club v Country
With the European Championships fast approaching, many football fans are looking forward to the forthcoming championships. Whilst some of these fans are keen followers of their country, others see it as something to fill the gap until the new season … Continue reading
Posted in European, North East
Tagged Club v Country, England, Euro 2012, Newcastle, Sunderland
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DDR Oberliga – The Crazy Footballing League of East Germany
Following the Autumn of Nations in 1989, many of the football leagues in Central and Eastern Europe went through revolutions of their own. The main leagues of Czechoslovakia split to form two new leagues in the newly independent Czech Republic … Continue reading
Posted in European
Tagged Andreas Thom, Berlin Wall, Celtic, Communism, DDR, Dynamo Berliner, Dynamo Dresden, East Germany, Erich Mielke, Matthias Sammer, Oberliga, Stasi, Thomas Doll
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The Football Revolution – The Bloggers are Coming
In the same week that the BBC announced 2,000 job losses as part of a drive to save the best part of £670m, Jeff Livingstone from the cult football blog In Bed With Maradona made his debut appearance on Five … Continue reading
Posted in European, Media
Tagged Alan Hansen, Alan Shearer, Bolton Wanderers, Gabriele Marcoti, Gary Lineker, Ground Hoppers, Hatem Ben Arfa, In Bed With Maradona, Mark Lawrenson, Match of the Day, Michael Cox, MOTD, Owen Coyle, The Ball is Round, The Football Ramble, The Swiss Ramble, Zonal Marking
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Will the Old Lady sing again? Juventus summer spending spree
It has been five years since Juventus were relegated to Serie B as a result of their involvement in the Calciopoli scandal, where General Director Luciano Moggi was found to have influence the selection of referees for Juventus games. Juve … Continue reading
An Iceland Paradise?
An unfortunate facet of football is that the vast majority of players signed by clubs as youngsters will not progress to the promised land of the first team. Premiership clubs have such large squads at all levels and a sad … Continue reading
Posted in European, North East
Tagged BÍ/Bolungarvík, Clark Keltie, Darlington, David McCreery, Denmark, FC Hjørring, FC Thor, Football League, fotbolti, Gary Martin, IA Akranes, Iceland, Lincoln City, Mark Doninger, Middlesbrough, Newcastle United, Nick McCreery, Nicky Deverdics, NUFC, Rochdale, Tomi Ameobi
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The Home Nations and the Collapse of Communism
On the 27th of May 2011 Wales and Northern Ireland played out the wooden spoon match of the new Carling Nations Cup tournament at the revamped Aviva Stadium in Dublin. The game itself was of little consequence (similar to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan McInally, Berlin Wall, Communism, FIFA, Gary Speed, Graeme Souness, James Lawrie, Mark Hughes, Neville Southall, Nigel Worthington, Northern Ireland, Paul Bodin, Pele, Romania, Ryan Giggs, Scotland, Steve Archibald, UEFA, Wales, World Cup
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Second Team, Third Team…
Prior to the other post on this blog, my last football writing was way back in 2001 when as a student with too much time and a sparse CV I helped out a flatmate who had been roped in to … Continue reading
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Tagged AGF, Ajax, Artmedia, Borussia Dortmund, FC Sion, FK Haugesund, IFK Goteborg, KV Mechelen, Lazio, Legia Warsaw, Paris, Sparta Prague, Sporting Lisbon, Ujpest Dozsa, Valencia
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