Exclusive pictures from Champions League final

Well, someone was always going to do it. Some wags have mocked up how they see the 2012 Champions League final panning out. I’m sure Chelsea and Bayern fans will have something to say about it – but it’s still a laugh and worth sharing. Also, anyone to stingy to pay for picture rights may find this picture comes in [...]

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Water bad decision – Non League grounds get hosepipe ban whilst League clubs don’t

As millions of people in the south and east of England work out how to handle the hosepipe ban which comes into effect today, the double standards of the water companies and the law have created a two-tier system for football. For whilst Football League and Premier League grounds are exempt from the ban, it seems Non League sides are [...]

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Why footballers need social media

If you had said to me two years ago would I go on Twitter, I would have said absolutely no chance. But I got to the point where I thought this thing is not going to go away. And if you can’t beat it, you have to join it because everybody will be on it.

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Bournemouth Echo – Price: £840,000

There must be something in the water down on the south coast which makes football clubs and media organisations fall out. Portsmouth once banned the BBC, Southampton had a dispute with the local press and now AFC Bournemouth has banned the Bournemouth Echo from attending home games. It’s probably been coming for a while. The relationship between the two has [...]

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What Links….

Question: What links Paul Clark, Trevor Birch, Bob Young and Harvey Madden?

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B.O.G.O.F to your local Non League ground this weekend
Jumpers for goalposts not necessary, but great deals await on Non League Day

For those that normally hang around at the tea bars of Premier League or Football League grounds on a Saturday, this weekend offers a refreshing change and a chance to see grassroots football without it burning an extra hole in your already stretched matchday pocket. In a shining example of how truly innovative the grassroot level of this sport can [...]

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Bloomin' great idea. Swansea Councillors allow Vetch to be turned into allotments

It’s straight out of a scene from the Good Life. Part of Swansea City’s legendary old ground, the Vetch Field, is set to be turned into an allotment to encourage urban gardening. Unable to find a buyer for the former stadium during the economic crisis, Green Party councillors have persuaded Swansea Council (the current land owners) to open up a [...]

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Keep DataCo or lose 10 Scottish League football clubs – the decision is yours
How the newspapers overcame a recent photo ban at Southampton. Could we be seeing more of this soon? PIC: courtesy Plymouth Herald

Yet again, the press are at war with Football DataCo – but losing this controversial licensing body could cause the closure of some UK soccer clubs

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To Tweet or not to Tweet?
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Not one to shy away from expressing his feelings, Joey Barton’s Twitter outburst following Newcastle United’s defeat by Leeds at the weekend has ultimately cost him his job.

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Why Blackpool and PNE are Premier League
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In the weeks where we’ve heard of bomb threats against Neil Lennon and fans jumping hoardings to confront him, you can absolutely be concerned that the heat in local derbies has just got out of hand. That example of local hatred can also be backed up with other – less violent but equally damaging – confrontations in the recent past [...]

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