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Premiership Fantasy Football Player Advice – Part 2

Yesterday we began giving you our thoughts on value-for-money selections for your Premiership fantasy football teams as you take the plunge entering Londonist’s league (code number: 319926-64249) or one of the countless others on offer with the 2007/8 season getting underway this weekend. In the …

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World Cup Fantasy Update

We thought we’d like to test out the fantasy advice we’ve been giving in our recent preview articles. We also thought you might like to help us. So we’ve set up a group on the official FIFA website fantasy football competition for Londonist readers where …

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World Cup Fantasy Analysis – Group G

The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history. After dominating the continent and the wider world from their power base in Western Europe the French got a bit over-confident on a visit to the distant East and, despite …

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World Cup Fantasy Analysis – Group B

Ahh, now we get it. Sven has become so Anglicised, so steeped in English sporting tradition that he’s modelled his world cup challenge on the nation’s highly successful rugby team. The idea is to dominate the opposition physically, then get the ball into kicking range …

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They Think It’s All Over

On Saturday afternoon the whole nation, while not wishing injury on anyone, might have breathed a sigh of relief that the most goal-shy, undisciplined striker of England’s world cup qualifying campaign was unlikely to play more than a cameo role in this summer’s finals tournament. …

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Well, Obviousleeee, It’s One O’ Them Finals…

At the weekend London maintained its record of having got at least one team to every FA Cup final played since the venue moved from Wembley to the Welsh capital when the ‘Appy Ammers reached the May 13th showdown much to the delight of West …

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Eat Properly Or The Kid Gets It

We all know that you don’t put diesel in your tank if your car takes four star unleaded. But we’re still more than happy to fill our bodies full of shit, happily ignoring the damage we’re doing to our own internal engines. Obesity levels in …

Famous People Don’t Like London Anymore

A few months ago you couldn’t move for ‘A List’ celebrities clamouring to get a house in London, what with the likes of Dustin Hoffman and Christian Slater eyeing up our overpriced real estate. But now the tide seems to have turned, indeed there’s a …

How To Win Friends And Influence People

José Mourinho won his first tournament as Chelsea boss yesterday, but lost a few friends and supporters in the process. After his petulant outbursts before the Barça game, followed by the silly accusations after that game, he was sent off during the Carling Cup Final …