Top 5: Best Strike Partnerships In Premier League History - Includes Lethal Arsenal Pairing

It is every team's wish to have a world class striker in their side. It is a dream come true when you get two come along at once, forming a deadly duo that takes the Premiership by storm. Lets have at look at five of the best.

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Top 5: Best Strikers In Premier League History - Includes Arsenal Duo

Strikers are the players who create the headlines, the ones who win games by scoring goals and ones who invariably become the most famous, but who are the Premier League best?

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3 reasons why England fans should not get their hopes up this summer

The England national team has a chequered history in major tournaments like no other. If, like myself, you are someone in their twenties, or perhaps older, you will have fond memories of the England team in terrible kits and a genuine heart breaking pain at their completely unexpected departure from whatever tournament it was.

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Top Ten Premier League Goals Of All Time

Over the years we have all seen some wonder goals in the premiership but what ones were the best? Here's my favourite ten:

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Goalkeepers that keep scoring goals (video)

Goalkeepers, for the sake of their manager’s heart-rate, should stay inside their own penalty box at all times, occasionally rushing out to close down an on-rushing striker, but only in an emergency. There are exceptions to this rule, but they must possess the finishing ability of an Alan Shearer, or the set-piece brilliance of a David Beckham. Such creatures do exist, and mainly in the footballing utopia that is South America.

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Carragher joining Sky's line-up of legends (Video)

In a fortnight that has seen Gareth Bale awarded the double wammy of PFA player of the year and young player of the year, it's fair to say that Gary Neville would feature pretty highly in any punditary equivalent. Having struck gold with Neville's brand of no-nonsense yet intelligent Mancunian analysis, Sky Sports are staying in the north with their appointment of Liverpool's soon-to-be-retired Jamie Carragher.

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Time to dance - Top 5 Goal Celebrations (Video)

Everyone loves a good celebration. Some become symbolic of the player, such as Alan Shearer’s raised hand whilst other players, such as Obafemi Martins becoming better known for their celebrations than their ability as a player.

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A look back to Euro 96 - Mixed emotions for England (Video)

Euro 96 was a tournament that almost went the way that every England fan had dreamed of. Instead they ended up living the nightmare that  was the Germans and those dreaded penalties once again. 
En route to that eventful semi-final, Terry Venables team participated in two fabulous matches that rightly had the press declaring that Baddiel & Skinner's prediction of 30 years of hurt coming to an end perhaps had some truth to it.

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Do you remember…? Faustino Asprilla (Video)

A cartwheel followed by several fist pumps; this was the customary way that Faustino Asprilla used to celebrate after scoring a goal. The rubbery-legged Colombian enjoyed a successful career in both Italy and England and although never a prolific scorer, he was, and still is, a fan favourite.

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A slice of Motd - A look back at the weekend's action

It's that time that you have all been eagerly anticipating; yes, that's right, get ready to go one more round with A slice of Motd.

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The changing role of the striker

I remember a far simpler time when all teams would play two out and out goal scorers up front.

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A slice of MotD

The weekend has arrived and it is time for another slice of our favourite football highlights show; Match of the Day. Last week, Gary Linekar displayed his phenomenal and extensive vocabulary as he took the crown of best presenter. Who will it be this week? Let's find out.

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Andy Carroll to score again at St James' Park (Video)

On Sunday, Andy Carroll will face his hometown club Newcastle United whilst wearing the claret and blue of West Ham.

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A slice of MotD

This is the start of a weekly blog which will carefully dissect all facets of our own footballing national treasure: Match of the Day.

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Blackburn Rovers: Premier League champions (Video)

I still maintain that Blackburn Rovers winning the Premier League in 1995 is one of the single most incredible achievements in English football. They even added the extra drama of losing on the final day to Liverpool just to make it even more spectacular. You can count how many teams have won the Premier League on one hand and the fact that Blackburn are one of those is astounding.

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