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The Tale of Bert Trautmann: The Footballer Who Played on with a Broken Neck

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Tale of AFCON 2025: The Winners That Had Their Trophy Taken Away

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The Tale of Alexandre Villaplane: The France Captain Shot for Treason

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The Tale of Bert Trautmann: The Footballer Who Played on with a Broken Neck
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The Tale of Bert Trautmann: The Footballer Who Played on with a Broken Neck
The Tale of Leicester’s Title Win: When a 5,000/1 Shot Came In
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The Tale of Leicester’s Title Win: When a 5,000/1 Shot Came In
Tale of AFCON 2025: The Winners That Had Their Trophy Taken Away
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Tale of AFCON 2025: The Winners That Had Their Trophy Taken Away
The Tale of Alexandre Villaplane: The France Captain Shot for Treason
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The Tale of Alexandre Villaplane: The France Captain Shot for Treason
Murray’s morals make mockery of Murdoch
Murray’s morals make mockery of Murdoch
It’s plane to see where Depay fits in at United…
It’s plane to see where Depay fits in at United…
Finally! Finally!
Finally! Finally!
Pep will move for Moses and the Pope next…
Pep will move for Moses and the Pope next…
The Tale of Bert Trautmann: The Footballer Who Played on with a Broken Neck
Tales
The Tale of Bert Trautmann: The Footballer Who Played on with a Broken Neck
The Tale of Leicester’s Title Win: When a 5,000/1 Shot Came In
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The Tale of Leicester’s Title Win: When a 5,000/1 Shot Came In
Tale of AFCON 2025: The Winners That Had Their Trophy Taken Away
Tales
Tale of AFCON 2025: The Winners That Had Their Trophy Taken Away
The Tale of Alexandre Villaplane: The France Captain Shot for Treason
Tales
The Tale of Alexandre Villaplane: The France Captain Shot for Treason

Pep will move for Moses and the Pope next…

Aug 4, 2016 Chris Darwen 2 Comments

Gabriel and Jesus became the next two signings for Manchester City, for a combined £27m from Palmerias. What do you mean he is the same player?  The Brazilian international will…

Finally! Finally!

Aug 3, 2016 Chris Darwen 2 Comments

It’s happened.  It’s finally happened.  He is finally in Manchester.  The fans can stop worrying and I can finally find something else to write about. Leroy Sane is finally a…

Pogba eyeing up Schweiny’s peg…

Aug 2, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

Do you know the person seemingly least bothered about the Paul Pogba to United saga?  Paul Pogba himself. The French midfielder has not let the long drawn affair stop him…

If Evans is the answer, what question is Arsene even asking?!

Aug 1, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

Arsenal fans worried that Arsene has completed his transfer business for the summer, fear not.  Word on the street is that he is making a £15m move for West Brom’s…

Very precious Stones valued at £50m in Merseyside

Jul 29, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

Pep likes defenders who aren’t really like defenders at all.  He likes them to pass, move, take risks, tease the opposition by dangling clever passes just centimetres way from an…

Manchester City pay man £50m a year to remove Italian food from Joe Hart’s diet

Jul 28, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

Pep has been in place for a few weeks now and City’s head honcho has managed to work out exactly why the team under achieved last season. Pizza. Yes, you…

An FA face for the radio….

Jul 27, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

Martin Glenn has suddenly become “a face” hasn’t he? I’m all for not having a clue who the FA’s Chief Exec is, personally. He normally only gets reeled out when…

It’s plane to see where Depay fits in at United…

Jul 26, 2016 Chris Darwen 2 Comments

TFTTF doesn’t really take any notice of pre-season fixtures.  They rarely tell us anything of interest.  According to one manager friend of mine, that means I need a reality check.…

Grinning like a Cockney cat…

Jul 22, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

One of the rules of Soccernomics is never to buy a player off the back of a good international tournament. More fool you Everton and Juventus.  If Steve Walsh’s first…

This season’s novel idea is….

Jul 21, 2016 Chris Darwen 0 Comments

Credit to the FA, they are fantastic at multi-tasking. Not content with just hanging around, trying to find someone English that might be up to the job of revolutionising the…

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