Friday 03 October 2008, 15:00
It’s been a hectic old week here at FourFourTwo.com towers. Still reeling from Arsenal messing up our Footy15 coupon, we were further antagonised to learn that the website of a national newspaper had half-inched a large portion of our exclusive interview...
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Friday 26 September 2008, 13:30
Phew, what a week! Arsenal ’s youngsters murder Sheffield United (in a footballing sense, no need for ASBOs here), Brighton , who had days earlier lost to nine-man Walsall, beat the billionaires of Manchester City on penalties and Newcastle United slumped...
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Friday 19 September 2008, 13:30
Curse these European midweeks! No sooner have we returned from an annoyingly scheduled international break than we have a Premier League Saturday with just three 3pm kickoffs, thanks in no small part to the league having five participants in the UEFA...
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Thursday 18 September 2008, 16:00
It's not every day you get an e-mail from the widow of arguably England's greatest ever footballer saying she's looking forward to doing some digging with you. The lady in question was Stephanie Moore, as in Mrs Bobby, and she got in touch...
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Wednesday 17 September 2008, 16:00
In 2008, a hapless Kent football club was sent to League Two for football crimes they actually did commit. These men then promptly travelled to deepest, darkest Shropshire on Saturday afternoon. Today, still smarting from a 7-0 walloping from Shrewsbury...
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Monday 15 September 2008, 16:00
When Robinho’s delicately weighted free-kick hit the back of Petr Cech’s net on Saturday, albeit via the side of Mikel John Obi’s head, Man City’s fans must really have felt their much heralded new era was well underway. Sadly they were subsequently brought...
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Friday 12 September 2008, 12:00
Well, we didn’t see that one coming. No less than 12 days after we claimed that there was still an element of surprise left in the English game, the national team romp to a unexpected if not unwelcome victory in Zagreb. However all eyes have now quickly...
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Tuesday 09 September 2008, 17:00
Preston chairman Derek Shaw has confirmed the club are ready to enter negotiations to sell a share of the club to David Beckham. The statement was a reaction to comments made by Beckham in this month’s FourFourTwo (you just knew we had something to do...
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Monday 08 September 2008, 17:00
If European football’s elite are good for anything, it’s ensuring those at the pinnacle of the game get adequate recognition for their achievements. Bearing that in mind, it’s time to warmly welcome another inductee onto the ‘Goldenfoot Award Walk of...
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Friday 05 September 2008, 17:42
Bonkers old week in FFT world, what with the transfer deadline and Keegan leaving and Keegan coming back and Keegan leaving and Curbishley leaving and some blokes from Abu Dhabi arriving. We’ve barely had time to speak. But we have had time to listen...
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Friday 05 September 2008, 13:00
Earlier in the week FourFourTwo.com was able to exclusively reveal the deciding factor in Fabio Capello’s decision to include Jimmy Bullard in his squad for Saturday’s game with Andorra and Wednesday night’s crucial clash in Croatia. However, on further...
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Tuesday 02 September 2008, 20:00
Everton and Spurs have long been touted as the two teams most likely to eventually break up the quartopoly (if this isn’t a real word it should be) of Man United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, but have Man City overtaken them as the team most likely...
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Tuesday 02 September 2008, 16:00
If a week is a long time in politics, a day’s an eternity in football. On Monday morning Manchester City were a club without a rudder and Newcastle were signing exotic foreigners; by Tuesday lunchtime City were as rich as Midas and the Toon were once...
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Tuesday 02 September 2008, 10:00
What better way to spend a Monday than eagerly watching the likes of lovable Scottish ‘cheeky chappie’ Jim White and his fellow sports news presenters aimlessly stumble their way through a whole raft of tedious transfer rumours and tittle-tattle in? Cutting...
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Monday 01 September 2008, 13:00
Tucked away tightly between a high-scoring weekend of Premier League action and an almost certainly equally frantic transfer deadline day, Fabio Capello last night named his first competitive England squad. While the omission of Michael Owen has been...
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