Player Power

When your star player signs a new contract nowadays, do you really care? Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo signed one at the back end of the 2006/07 season, swearing his allegiance to Old Trafford for another five years on mega-bucks that we mere mortals can only dream of. 

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Diving. We Stand

As you know, we at Football Friends abhor the diving culture that has seeped into out beautiful game – it is ungentlemanly, unsavoury, and it just isn’t English.

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Do you have to support your local club

Being a fan of your local side isn’t always a pleasant experience, especially when they are a club plying their trade outside of the football league. On a freezing January evening when the rain is streaming profusely from the sky, the free flowing football and sheltered seating at Old Trafford doesn’t seem so bad after all.

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£75 million Spent and Still No European Success

The glum expression on the face of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich at Old Trafford on Tuesday night pretty much summed up Chelsea’s season.

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Ray Wilkins: Most annoying commentator ever?

I have watched two games in less than a week and endured the most annoying man in the world. Ray “I’m an expert” Wilkins

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Stars of the Future

Yet there are so many players out there with immense potential that hopefully the Premier league will gobble up. This is a list of players who are certain to make a big mark on European football.

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What we’ve learnt this week

Wayne Rooney isn’t the stupidest England striker, hurrah.

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Spain As Champions Of America? Bad Idea

Spain have been invited to take part in this summer's Copa America after Japan withdrew. It would be a terrible idea for the competition and the Spanish team

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Arsenal and Chelsea duke it out for Belgian starlet

Lille finally look set to cash in on Eden Hazard. Arsenal and Chelsea are two of many admirers chasing the 20-year old winger, who is set for one of Europe's elite.

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CL Roundup: United and Barca in pole position

Manchester United and Barcelona secure one foot in the Champions League semi-finals. United defeated Chelsea 1 - 0 and Barca hammered Shakhtar 5 - 1

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From Balotelli’s bib to Rooney’s rant: A silly sulks XI

In recent weeks, we’ve seen the more petulant side of Premiership footballers. While such tantrums have seen more coverage in recent weeks, such hissy fits have been commonplace in Premiership football for many years. But what if such volatile characters all played together? Here’s a team made of some of the more annoyingly hilarious players to grace England’s top flight.

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Review of United, Chelsea and Arsenal Games

The past two days have been testament to how unpredictable and exciting the Barclays premier league is with the stand out match being Stoke vs Chelsea despite it ending in a stalemate. 

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Football And The Future Of Collective Bargaining

The final article in the Financial Fair Play series, looking at how the future of internet streaming will affect clubs

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A lesson from Mexico for Chelsea & Abramovich

A rather unpleasant and expensive disagreement continues to rumble on this week between the French and the Mexicans. Allow me to offer those of you who haven’t anywhere near the amount of free time I have to observe these delicate matters, a brief rundown of the story so far.

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Give him a chance...

Scott Parker stepped out for England last Saturday against Wales, as he left the field, he became subject to some rave reviews, and rightly so. Parker looked comfortable in an England shirt; he looked at home in the centre of the park, you’d be forgiven for thinking that he was a regular under Capello.

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