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Welcome to “The Fan”. Find out 'what we are about'. The most recent news from "The Fan". Spain edge poor final. Spain 1 - Holland 0. Mon, July 12th 2010. A goal from Iniesta minutes from the end of extra time settled a poor World Cup final. Spain were lowest scoring winners. Mon, July 12th 2010. Spain’s 8 goals in 7 games is the lowest total by 3 goals - quite some distance. England in 66 and Brazil in 94 previously held the record with 11. World Cup Fact #1. Mon, July 12th 2010. World Cup Fact #1. Guus ...
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Spain were lowest scoring winners — The Fan — blogging football
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Mon, July 12th 2010. Spain’s 8 goals in 7 games is the lowest total by 3 goals - quite some distance. England in 66 and Brazil in 94 previously held the record with 11. New Zealand were the tournament’s only unbeaten team. Spain edge poor final. Spain 1 - Holland 0. A goal from Iniesta minutes from the end of extra time settled a poor World Cup final. Thu, July 8th 2010. A great description of the current Spain team. You know. Sun, July 4th 2010. From: " title="The Guardian" The Guardian. Fifa has confir...
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The Magic of the Cup — The Fan — blogging football
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Fri, January 18th 2008. The Magic of the Cup. Minnows prove that game is not all about money. Conference South side Havant and Waterlooville show the FA Cup is still alive. Wed, December 20th 2006. Bury have been thrown out of the FA Cup for fielding an ineligible player in their 3-1 second-round replay win over Chester City. Chester will take their place with a home tie against Championship side Ipswich. Tue, November 14th 2006. Mon, May 15th 2006. Fair play costs West Ham cup? Thu, February 23rd 2006.
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First manager sacked after 2 days — The Fan — blogging football
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Mon, August 13th 2007. Just two days into the new season, and the first managerial sacking has already taken place. Somebody needs to check with the bookies for any ‘irregular betting patterns’. Carlisle have parted company with their manager Neil McDonald, making him the first managerial casualty of the two-day old season. Thu, August 9th 2007. Following up: Take that, Ken Bates. Fri, August 3rd 2007. From: The Telegraph - Leeds United handed 15-point deduction. Fri, January 19th 2007. Claridge reached ...
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Arsereview: December 2013
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Monday, 23 December 2013. Five thoughts pre Arsenal-Chelsea. Jack Wilshere is an idiot. This lengthy preamble is intended to contextualise Wilshere's place at Arsenal. If you're performing brilliantly, you can get away with picking up a two-match ban for no reason whatsoever a lot more easily. Where once I thought of him as "a cunt but our. Defeat to Chelsea would not be a disaster. Given Chelsea's patchy form and dodgy defensive record, this is certainly a chance to get an important win in a big game th...
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Arsereview: Five thoughts on Stoke 3 Arsenal 2
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Sunday, 7 December 2014. Five thoughts on Stoke 3 Arsenal 2. Stoke 3 Arsenal 2. The question of the manager. And this links back to my original point: sure, blame the manager; but the players were at fault to a much greater extent, with individual errors being Arsenal’s biggest problem. Gibbs or Monreal and what it really means. Counter-intuitively, although it’s a position we have depth in, in terms of first choice, it’s probably the weakest in the squad. The problem with not rotating. Its irrefutable t...
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Spain were lowest scoring winners — The Fan — blogging football
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Mon, July 12th 2010. Spain’s 8 goals in 7 games is the lowest total by 3 goals - quite some distance. England in 66 and Brazil in 94 previously held the record with 11. New Zealand were the tournament’s only unbeaten team. Spain edge poor final. Spain 1 - Holland 0. A goal from Iniesta minutes from the end of extra time settled a poor World Cup final. Thu, July 8th 2010. A great description of the current Spain team. You know. Sun, July 4th 2010. From: " title="The Guardian" The Guardian. Fifa has confir...
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Who to support for Euro 2008 — The Fan — blogging football
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Thu, May 29th 2008. Who to support for Euro 2008. The Fan adopts a country for June. With England having failed to qualify, how to decide which country to adopt? Wed, August 15th 2007. Cardiff City’s main financial backers have initiated legal proceedings against the club over claims they have not repaid more than 30m in debts. 8220;The statements released… seem to be an ill-informed mixture of fiction and general confusion.”. See: BBC - Cardiff facing court over 30m. Fri, July 27th 2007. Ferguson said: ...
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Arsereview: December 2014
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Monday, 22 December 2014. Five thoughts on Liverpool 2 Arsenal 2. Liverpool 2 Arsenal 2. Liverpool were there for the taking in the second half. And then Arsenal sat back and started to invite pressure. Liverpool had been dominant but given they had already decided not to track an Olivier Giroud run to the near post, it was pretty evident even in this match they couldn’t defend. I understand that having blown several leads and conceded many goals on the counter-attack, it is intuitive that the team might...
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Arsereview: Five thoughts on Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0
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Monday, 6 October 2014. Five thoughts on Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0. Chelsea 2 Arsenal 0. This was not “same old, same old”. For sixty minutes, Arsenal were very good. Playing a better team away from home, Arsenal were reasonably in control. One moment of skill from Eden Hazard had cut Arsenal open but for the most part, Arsenal were defensively solid and producing quick counter attacks. To some extent, that changed with the substitutions. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is a very talented player but I’m not ...Inciden...
