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Category Archives: FEATURE

Why Raheem Sterling should stay at Liverpool…

June 4, 2015by Will Burns

Twenty-year-old Raheem Sterling has reiterated his desire to leave Liverpool Football Club after rejecting a £100,000 a week deal. Sterling, who still has two years of his current deal remaining clearly […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, ENGLAND, FEATURE

Manchester United and the Reputation vs Performance Enigma

May 27, 2015by Will Burns 1 Comment

Football is complicated, intricate sport. There are multiple variables which go into winning a match. Mentality, tactics, physique, and technical ability are all vital to winning at the highest level […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, ENGLAND, FEATURE

Being a Liverpool supporter isn’t always fun

May 4, 2015by Will Burns

Being a Liverpool supporter isn’t always fun. Try being a supporter of a club that a vast majority of the supporters don’t remember or weren’t born during, and have to […]

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FEATURE

A read for all Man City fans… ‘Pride In Travel’

January 5, 2015by Will Burns

Darryl Webster’s debut as a writer, is a great read for anyone who is a Manchester City fan, fan of travel, or just hijinks. He’s a Toronto based musician, sport […]

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FEATURE

The success of individual English clubs at Academy level

October 10, 2014by Will Burns

With the advent of the Premier League Elite Player Performance Plan (EPPP) in 2011, ‘productivity’ has become a key word in Academy offices and club boardrooms alike. Are Academies providing […]

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ENGLAND, FEATURE

Barcelona’s Legendary La Masia

October 6, 2014by Will Burns

“Barcelona represent my philosophy, not only for the game, but also for the training of athletes” Michel Platini   Barcelona FC is the main football club of the state of […]

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FEATURE, SPAIN

Can Real Madrid Retain Their Champions League Crown?

September 30, 2014by Will Burns

With the Champions League group stages getting underway for the 2014/15 season, fans and punters alike will be eyeing up this season’s potential winners. After reaching last season’s final and […]

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FEATURE

The media’s obsession of Manchester United

September 17, 2014by Will Burns

This is a call to the media in both sides of the rain drop, the United Kingdom and the American football journo’s. When people begin to figure out that not […]

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FEATURE

What To Do Until FIFA 15 Gets Here

September 3, 2014by Will Burns

3 Ways to Bide Your Time Whether or not you consider yourself a gamer, you’re reading this site so one thing is for sure: You love (or at least moderately […]

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FEATURE

The emergence of Australian football

August 17, 2014by Will Burns 1 Comment

Australian football history could well be re-written soon. Melbourne Heart have changed their name to Melbourne City. As insignificant a factor to the changes that will be wrought with the […]

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A-LEAGUE, AUSTRALIA, BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, FEATURE

Premier League 2014/15 Season Preview

August 8, 2014by Will Burns

In just over a weeks’ time the excitement and anticipation will be over when the 23rd season of the Premier League kicks off and here’s Jake Sanders with a full […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, ENGLAND, FEATURE

SERIE A 2014/15 Season Preview

August 8, 2014by Will Burns

The Serie A season gets under way on the 31st August 2014 with two of the fixtures of the weekend, Milan v Lazio and Roma v Fiorentina, stand out games. […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

Football Journalism: How to Succeed

August 8, 2014by Will Burns 1 Comment

To the vast majority, football journalism is easy. It’s the question of getting an ‘A’ in English, and BANG! The Guardian has just offered you become their football editor. Unfortunately, […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, FEATURE

Football in the Falklands

June 9, 2014by Will Burns

Following Argentina football team’s brandishing of a banner stating that the Falklands, or Las Malvinas, are Argentine, Tomos Knox goes on the trail of football, exploring the Beautiful Games’ influence on […]

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ARGENTINA, FEATURE, FIFA

The Miracle of Sassuolo – Serie A’s Minnows Miracle Season

June 4, 2014by Will Burns

In 1998, I read a fascinating book by the author Joe McGinnis entitled “The Miracle of Castel Di Sangro”. In it the American author followed the fortunes of a tiny […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

Can Anybody Close The Gap On Juventus Next Season?

April 22, 2014by Will Burns

Once again, Juventus look odds on certainties to claim their third title in a row even despite suffering their second defeat of the season last weekend away at Napoli. La […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

What is Strangling Serie A? Part 5 – The Calciopoli Effect and a Brighter Future?

April 9, 2014by Will Burns

Over the last few weeks we have looked at several different factors that have led to the decline of Serie A from the foremost football league in the world. Yet […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

Challenges lie ahead for triumphant Celtic

March 28, 2014by Will Burns

The modern history of Scottish football is littered with thrilling climaxes to the Premier League championship. Many times over the last decade, Celtic and Rangers fans approached the last day […]

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FEATURE, SCOTLAND, SCOTTISH PREMIERSHIP

Serie A: Soccer Stadia And Those That Fill It

March 28, 2014by Will Burns

There is no doubt that one of the biggest reasons for the decline of Serie A in recent years is tied to the economic climate in Italy. With unemployment rife […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

Which strikers will make England’s World Cup squad?

March 24, 2014by Will Burns

With 3 months to go until the start of the World Cup, one of the most spoken about things at a time like this is always the announcement of the […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, ENGLAND, FEATURE, WORLD CUP, WORLD CUP 2014

A steady Middlesbrough future under Karanka

March 23, 2014by Will Burns

It was with a sense of excitement and intrigue that Middlesbrough fans welcomed former Real Madrid defender Aitor Karanka to the club as manager almost five months ago. Under club […]

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FEATURE

Tottenham Hotspur: Life after Bale

March 22, 2014by Will Burns

Another summer filled with anxiety and huge speculation surrounding Tottenham’s star man Gareth Bale’s future. The predictable occurred and he left a couple of days before the close of the […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, FEATURE

The Decline of Serie A teams in Europe

March 20, 2014by Will Burns

In the ten years from 1988-89, when AC Milan defeated Steaua Bucharest 4-0, through to the 1997-1998 final when Real Madrid defeated Juventus 1-0, Serie A had at least one […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

How Brendan Rodgers tactically outclassed David Moyes

March 17, 2014by Will Burns

It was only as recently as last season that Manchester United were lifting the Premier League trophy and a sense of euphoria surrounded Old Trafford. However now, if results are […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, ENGLAND, FEATURE, ITALY, SERIE A

Moyes’ problems at Manchester United

March 11, 2014by Will Burns

Ever since things started to go wrong for David Moyes at United there has been numerous discussions all trying to depict the main issues of why this season has been […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, FEATURE

The Perceived “Quality” of Italian Football and The Player Drain

March 11, 2014by Will Burns

The Perceived “Quality” of Italian Football and The Player Drain Following on from last week’s opening article in our detailed look at the issues facing Serie A, this week we turn […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

Atletico’s title miss

March 2, 2014by Will Burns

LAST week in the Spanish Liga, a crowd of little more than 15,000 fans gathered in Pamplona to see one of the most surprising results of the season so far. […]

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FEATURE, LA LIGA

What is Strangling Serie A?

February 26, 2014by Will Burns 1 Comment

A look at the causes of the current decline of Italian Football – Part One by Ben Holmes. From the mid 70s until the early 1990s, there was only one […]

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FEATURE, ITALY, PREMIER LEAGUE, SERIE A

Paul Pogba – Fergie’s Final Fatal Manchester United Mistake

February 20, 2014by Will Burns 2 Comments

Currently playing for Turin based club Juventus, 20 year old Paul Pogba is making footballing headlines for all the right reasons. The French international was a Manchester United youth star […]

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BARCLAYS PREMIER LEAGUE, ENGLAND, FEATURE, ITALY, SERIE A

NETHERLANDS: PSV Youth reaping the rewards

October 22, 2013by Will Burns

The article brought to you by   The international break can be a frustrating time for football fans. When Europe’s top leagues shut down for a week as players turn-out […]

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FEATURE, NETHERLANDS

FEATURE: The greats of PSV’s forward line

September 13, 2013by Will Burns 1 Comment

The article brought to you by   At PSV’s Philips Stadion, two prominent statues guard the main entrance. In glorious bronze, the contributions made by two Eindhoven greats is preserved […]

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FEATURE, NETHERLANDS

FEATURE: A very different Lionel Messi story…

August 29, 2013by Will Burns

Now then, run through your mind and think of all the Lionel Messi stories you’ve heard. Heard the one about him joining Barcelona? Heard the one about his Napkin contract? […]

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FEATURE, SPAIN

FEATURE: The Next Big Things for 2013/14 Season

August 20, 2013by Will Burns

Every year in football someone is branded the ‘next best thing’ and more often than not they don’t live up to expectation but here I have 4 players who are […]

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FEATURE

GERMANY: Borussia Dortmund’s new blood

August 10, 2013by Will Burns

When Mario Götze handed in a transfer request to force through a move to rivals Bayern Munich, subsequently ending a largely prosperous twelve year relationship with Borussia Dortmund, many feared […]

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FEATURE, GERMANY, TRANSFERS

FEATURE: The New Breed of Centre-Backs

July 15, 2013by Will Burns

Throughout the history of football, fans have gotten used to centre-backs being sluggish and seemingly un-athletic, while being strong, rugged, intimidating and tough tackling, but is that era of center […]

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FEATURE

FEATURE: Scoring the deliberate own goals!?!

April 8, 2013by Will Burns

THE WORLDS STRANGEST MATCH There are many candidates for the most bizarre football match ever played. Tennis results, or other strange and unexpected incidents is littered all over the history […]

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FEATURE, THAILAND

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