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St. Totteringham’s Day Comes Early

While the weekend’s football may have been dominated by FA Cup upsets, for the red corner of North London, Sunday March 9th was memorable for a more unusual reason. St.Totteringham’s Day is one of those arcane bits of football rivalry that makes the game so …

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Getting to Know Football’s Outcasts

Richard Scudamore of the Premier League has not been the most popular footballing figure of the last few weeks. The executives overseeing football in favoured destinations for his plan of playing Premier League matches abroad, such as China, Thailand and the USA, have lined up …

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Football Final: Arsenal Ladies v Everton

Last year Arsenal won everything in sight, a clean sweep of domestic and European trophies. Manager Vic Akers was delighted to secure four triumphs from four competitions. We are, of course, talking about the Ladies team who tonight take on Everton at Leyton Orient’s Matchroom …

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Tottenham: For Juande Only?

The world of English football wobbled a few degrees off its axis yesterday when a club not called Chelsea, Arsenal, Manchester United or Liverpool won a major trophy. This hadn’t happened for four years, since Middlesbrough were victorious in the Football League Cup final against …

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Football: QPR Suffer Disorientation In The Rain

QPR 1 Leyton Orient 2 Loftus Road Tuesday 14th August, 2007 It seems every time Londonist attends Loftus Road, the visitors score two. On Tuesday night John Gregory, manager of Championship side Queens Park Rangers, was left to rue the injuries, loan arrangements and appendix …

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The All-Conquering Ladies of Arsenal

Although largely un-reported by the mainstream press, Arsenal Ladies Football Club have this week have put the cherry on top of a feat which is a minor miracle in football terms. This accomplishment has never been bettered or equalled by their English counterparts, male or …

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Arsenal: The Boys to Entertain You

West Bromwich Albion 0 Arsenal 2 The Hawthorns League Cup Third Round Tuesday 24th October 2006 Last week the reserves, this week the “A” team. Still not quite the real thing, but with noticeably more experience on show than the official second string, Arsenal’s League …

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Keep Your Eyes Peeled For Bullard

We were delighted to see Jimmy Bullard fire his new club, Fulham, to their first league win of the season at the weekend with a cracking free-kick. We’re putting his great start at Craven Cottage down to his people skills, demonstrated on a pre-season trip …

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Football Update

While the Football League and Premiership big boys continue their high profile campaigns the Londonist spotlight falls this weekend on two battles for non-league cup glory. Boreham Wood’s Meadow Park ground hosts Woking in the first leg of their FA Trophy semi-final on Saturday at …

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Friday Premiership Preview

In last week’s edition of the FPP, John Hirst excelled himself with a score of 4 out of 5, only missing out on the full 100% through a flippant proclamation that Wigan would overturn Man U in the League Cup Final. So close to perfection! …

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Friday Premiership Preview

Last week , our American visitor Barry Petchesky crashed and burned with a half-hearted 2 out of 5 correct predictions. It was painful stuff, especially after ‘guaranteeing’ a score of at least 4 and we hope that Barry has been able to spend the last …