Friday, February 3, 2012

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• Bet’s be ‘avin you: Football betting tips for the 4-5 February
• John Terry stripped of the England captaincy (again)
• Video: Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp has still got it
• The world is watching. A huge weekend for…
• Arsenal fans plan bizarre bin-bag protest
• Glentoran’s Leon Knight receives three-match ban over Twitter comments
• Video: Inter Milan’s John Obi takes an impromptu ice bath during the match

Bet’s be ‘avin you: Football betting tips for the 4-5 February Posted: 03 Feb 2012 05:50 AM PST People talk about the magic of the FA Cup, but don't tell that to me or Hull fans who staked emotion or cold, hard cash on their team winning last Saturday. I knew I shouldn't have trusted Matt 'Tubbsy' Tubbs after he snuck an equaliser for Salisbury City against Forest a few years back. Still, [...]

John Terry stripped of the England captaincy (again) Posted: 03 Feb 2012 03:41 AM PST It’s like deja vu, all over again John Terry was ditched as England captain this morning. ‘Sources close to the Chelsea captain’ said he was stripped of the armband – metaphorically, alas – at 10am during a phone call from FA chairman David Bernstein. The decision was made because Terry is due to stand trial [...]

Video: Arsenal legend Dennis Bergkamp has still got it Posted: 03 Feb 2012 02:16 AM PST Trademark volley from the non-flying Dutchman Bergkamp still got it by soccermr Ajax’s coaching team like to roll back the years from time to time. Take this video, for instance. Frank De Boer play a lovely Hollywood pass, Dennis Bergkamp gets on the end of it and works his magic by firing in a glorious [...]

The world is watching. A huge weekend for… Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:57 AM PST A weekend for remembrance The Premier League and Football League are enthralling, wonderful spectacles, but sometimes a greater force overtakes our love for all things football. On Wednesday afternoon, 80 people went to a football match in Egypt to support their team. They could never know that they would never come home. Their loved ones [...]

Arsenal fans plan bizarre bin-bag protest Posted: 03 Feb 2012 01:02 AM PST What a load of rubbish! Arsenal supporters are planning to put black bin-bags over empty seats during Saturday’s match against Blackburn to highlight dwindling attendances at the Emirates. One point from their last four games has seen the Gunners drop to seventh in the table. A protest group is now aiming to draw attention to [...]

Glentoran’s Leon Knight receives three-match ban over Twitter comments Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:37 AM PST Tweet ban The Irish FA has handed a three-game ban to ex-Chelsea striker Leon Knight for comments he posted on Twitter. Knight’s often outspoken use of the social networking site has raised eyebrows in the past. In fact, nobody is quite sure which comments in particular have landed the Glentoran man in trouble. He moved [...]

Video: Inter Milan’s John Obi takes an impromptu ice bath during the match Posted: 03 Feb 2012 12:22 AM PST Snow joke Much of Europe is currently covered in snow, which is creating the usual blend of havoc and child-like entertainment. Inter Milan player John Obi experienced a bit of both when he went over a pitchside advertising hoarding during his side’s match against Palermo and landed straight in a big pile of snow that [...]

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