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The game of football, as they say, never ceases to amaze the spectators. No wonder, the game is most religiously followed and sincerely watched sport around the globe. The craze of the game is not only in those countries who are the top guns in the world football but also many more nations where the game is yet to grow its roots. The fan-following for many football players is as crazy as for the    .. more …

This time of year is notoriously busy for spread bettors, with the games coming thick and fast in the build up to Christmas. Those that like a spread bet have a number of midweek fixtures vying for attention, including Tottenham v Manchester City and Birmingham v Blackburn. Spread buyers of Tottenhams win index will be hoping Harry Redknapp can lead his side to their fifth win over City in as many    .. more …

So far, this season has been anything but predictable for spread bettors ” and last weekend was no different with a number of bizarre results. Spread punters will have their work cut out if they are to make Boxing Day a profitable one. The Premier League has thrown up some interesting post-Christmas games including Birmingham v Chelsea, Hull v Manchester United and Fulham v Tottenham. At the    .. more …

The interchange of the first and second position at the helm of EPL, as it had been the case much of last month, came to an end at the Stamford Bridge when Chelsea beat Man Utd with a solitary goal. Although the game wasn’t a title-deciding match, each team was eager to tilt the results in their favour at a point when the premiership takes a weekend off. The off will be to allow the world cup    .. more …

Teams like West Ham United who were reported to have placed all its players up for sale but giving manager Gianfranco Zola the option to keep players that he chooses and Portsmouth are said to be sufferring from dwindling resources forcing their respective managements to sell some of their best players to keep them afloat financially.I personally wonder about Manchester United’s shirt sponsorship    .. more …

Chelsea are three points behind the Reds while Manchester United are far back with seven but they have two games at hand. A win by Chelsea inures that the Blues shall increase their lead to seven points over the Red Devils as both teams try to overtake the Reds. The match could very well be the one that shall decide the title race for the three teams.Chelsea and Man U are out to upstage each other    .. more …

So, we’re three games old (for most teams) and I thought it may be time to take a look at the first couple of weeks of the new season and see if I have learned anything new…The 2008/09 top two look weaker…OK, so this is a given really but it as it stands Man Utd and Liverpool look a little light on match winners and both have notably weaker squads than at this time last year (I know, United    .. more …

Last year’s campaign was one of the most enthralling and competitive seasons for a few years. Man Utd eventually won the title by 6 points with Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal making up the top quartet. Will this year be as interesting? My guess is without a doubt, yes. Teams have strengthened again this year but with some real quality signings, not just cheap foreign imports but players with    .. more …

Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari must have sighed in relief when Frank Lampard scored the winning goal during stoppage time that had almost ran out. But it was the way he celebrated his goal scoring feat that caught my attention. He ran directly to his manager and hugged him, and later on it snowballed in this group hug of grown up men wearing blue kits which to me signified one assumption;    .. more …