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“My grandad would always tell me I must wear black boots. I remember there was a time where you could customise your own boots and my grandparents bought me this pair of customised plain black boots and even the logos were blacked out.” We’re definitely part of the black boots brigade here at Planet Football, but […]
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Chelsea, Manchester United and Arsenal are among the clubs to have been haunted by some of their former players. As football fans, it’s nice to think that when a player leaves your club there is absolutely no way they are moving on to bigger and better things. Sadly, however, sometimes you just have to admit otherwise, as these 10 […]
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Grassroots football is back and we could not be happier. So happy, in fact, that we’ve come up with 21 reasons why we love it. March 29 in England was a good day for lots of reasons, but none more than it being the day we were allowed to play footy again. We’ve missed it […]
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There are a few delights in football which put a smile on people’s faces purely because of how rarely they occur. When you hear a cheer at the sight of the ball hitting the corner flag, it’s for the novelty factor rather than the event having any meaningful impact on the game. The same logic […]
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Bruno Fernandes has been a revelation at Manchester United, establishing himself as one of the most creative players in Europe. Fernandes joined United from Sporting Lisbon in a £47million deal in January 2020, makings his league debut against Wolves on February 1. We’ve taken a closer look at the five players with the most Premier League assists since that […]
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Lockdown football is the strangest of beasts. One minute, you think: what would we have done without it? The next, you find yourself wondering: what can we do with it? All of it, all of the time, to paraphrase Mitchell and Webb. More games stuffed into an already over-packed schedule, all of it televised, all of it soundtracked […]
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After a long international break, club football returned with a bang over the weekend as West Brom produced one of the upsets of the season with a stunning 5-2 win at Chelsea. Elsewhere, Tottenham’s Harry Kane maintained his incredible form and former Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla showed his class for Al Sadd. We’ve rounded up the best of the action on and […]
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Danny Welbeck had a penalty appeal turned down against his former club as Manchester United beat Brighton 2-1 at Old Trafford. Welbeck had an impressive game, scoring the opening goal that gave Brighton a deserved half-time lead The ex-England striker was proving a handful for United centre-backs Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelof to contain. For the rest […]
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Liverpool target Donyell Malen showcased his potential with a powerful solo goal for PSV. Malen, who used to be on Arsenal’s books, has made quite the impression in Dutch football. He’s scored 23 goals in 39 appearances this season, which has attracted the attention of Liverpool. For the rest of the article, please click here. The post […]
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The entire Valencia team walked off the pitch against Cadiz after an alleged racial slur against Mouctar Diakhaby. The La Liga match was stopped after 29 minutes as, following conversations with the referee, Valencia captain Jose Luis Gaya led his team off, but it restarted again around 20 minutes later with Diakhaby watching from the stands […]
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