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In these dull days, these times of strife, when the line between sleep and workwear has blurred to nothing as hours become weeks and weeks become months, we cling to moments of joy: a particularly well-brewed cup of tea; a break in the clouds at walk o’clock; Taskmaster on a Thursday; your dog doing something daft; […]
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Featuring a couple of Man Utd starlets, eight academy graduates, a £10million recruit, and a record signing… 1) Antwoine Hackford – Sheffield United 16 years, 9 months, 13 days Crystal Palace 2-0 Sheffield United The centre-forward was given his Premier League debut at the start of January, perhaps in part for Chris Wilder to […]
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With the season approaching business time, it’s decision time for clubs over the players they have allowed to leave temporarily. Keep, sell, release or loan again… Arsenal – William Saliba Most of the players dispatched on loan by the Gunners this season need to take the hint. Lucas Torriera and Matteo Guendouzi have their […]
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Ollie Watkins scored on his England debut against San Marino, becoming the 13th player to bag in his first appearance for the Three Lions since 2000. He joins some illustrious company. Plus Steven Caulker, Kieran Richardson and Dave Nugent. Here are the previous dozen debutant scorers… Darius Vassell The then-Aston Villa striker made his […]
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James Ward-Prowse and Ollie Watkins realised England dreams. They should have celebrated that ‘extraordinary waste of time’ with a handshake. Grump it up What makes you grumpy? Is it a lack of sleep? A poor diet, perhaps? Or maybe it’s being sent to Wembley to watch England win comfortably and convincingly as part of […]
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England have an unbelievable crop of young talent. Some players are good enough to conquer any obstacles but they all deserve better coaching. With plenty of talent, a wealth of top-flight experience and world-class coaching at club level, surely the FA can find a more inspiring figurehead of youth than Aidy Boothroyd? England have […]
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The international break tends to be accompanied by another random transfer rumour of Luis Suarez or Philippe Coutinho returning to Liverpool. Don’t do it. Jamie Carragher described it as a “rare error” from Jurgen Klopp, the German having reacted to the 2019 Champions League semi-final draw that pitted Liverpool against Barcelona by describing Luis […]
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Newcastle fans have no right to criticise Mike Ashley unless they themselves buy the club off him. Rio Ferdinand knows that’s a load of balls and that really does matter. “It’s his club.” Rio Ferdinand’s preposterous attack on Newcastle fans in his latest YouTube show has a lot of problems, and we’ll get to […]
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England beat San Marino in an inevitably low-key opening to the World Cup qualifying bid It was… fine, I guess. NICK POPE First touch of the ball came after 16 minutes. Apparently, according to WhoScored he had four more but jiggered if we can remember them. Was there a late goal-kick? Think there was […]
England head into their penultimate international break before the European Championships with a lot of questions that still need answering… Poor form against top opposition Since 2019, England have rarely faced A-list opposition. Out of their last 18 games, only five have come against nations who are in the top 15 of FIFA’s world […]
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