Three things to look out for during this weekend's FA Cup ties

Merry Christmas! Happy New Year! Welcome to 2014 and I hope you all enjoyed the festive period, but it is now time to dust the tinsel off as you digest the turkey and tuck into some FA Cup third round action.

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Liverpool Hopeful Of Landing Starlet, But Who Is He And Where Would He Fit In?

What Brendan Rodgers is doing at Liverpool is commendable to say the least. The way he has built a muscular backline to guard Simon Mignolet, how he has moulded an intricate, agile forward line and most importantly how he has linked them altogether. Now, with his preference towards youth, the Daily Mail are reporting that the Irishman is hopeful of landing Derby starlet Will Hughes in the new year. But who is he, and where would he fit in at Anfield?

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McClaren in last chance saloon at familiar surroundings

It has been a turbulent couple of days at Pride Park – long standing manager Nigel Clough was surprisingly relieved of his duties following a defeat to arch rivals Nottingham Forest on Saturday, before perhaps even more eyebrow raising Steve McClaren was handed the job just under 48 hours later.

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Where are they now? A look back at the original Football League

Back in 1888-89, the Football League was born, and so was the obsession that has fills many of our lives up to the present day. So in 2013, how are the 12 original member clubs doing?

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Midlands derby: Derby County vs Nottingham Forest

The hotly anticipated East Midlands derby has been selected for Saturday's early kickoff - weather permitting - as Nottingham Forest travel to Pride Park to tackle fierce rivals Derby County.

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Huddlestone on the move (Video)

If reports in today’s newspapers are to believed it looks like Tom Huddlestone is no longer part of the plans at Tottenham Hotspur.

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The thrill of the derby

This past weekend saw a number of derby's across the Leagues : Arsenal vs Chelsea, Villa vs West Brom, QPR vs West Ham and the battle of Brian Clough, Notts Forest vs Derby County. 

So what is it about the derby that pulls us in? The history? The bragging rights? The pride that you get when you stroll around your workplace knowing that your team defeated theirs? 

It's all of these things and more and that's why we love them.

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Moneybags Bournemouth to continue the spending?

Like an over-enthusiastic female on Oxford Street ready to jump from shop to shop and splash the cash, it is AFC Bournemouth who are currently jumping from club to club not to buy clothes, but players with their Russian-funded money.

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Trotta interests a few Championship clubs

Free-scoring striker Marcello Trotta could be on his way to a Championship club near you as an assortment of clubs are rumoured to be quietly interested, the kind of shyness which occurs in teenage love ah bless them, in taking the Fulham youngster on loan.

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Derby add to strike-force with a Noble addition

In a good bout of de ja vu, Reserve Sunderland striker Ryan Noble could be going back to Derby as Nigel Clough hopes to execute his loan-trick a little better than last time

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Derek McInnes & Bristol City

Being a Bristol City fan has always had its highs and lows through out my 19 year life span, but in the past few years the club seems to have lost its passion, fight and most of all stature. We used to be a club that teams feared playing against, especially at Ashton Gate.

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Promoted sides off to a flyer

In its relatively short and prosperous lifespan, the premier league never ceases to throw up a few surprises, and this season is no different, as we have seen a terrific start to the season from the 3 promoted sides. Norwich City, QPR and Swansea City. 

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There’s no such thing as a sleeping giant

The 'big' teams submerged in their golden era, and can't relinquish their past in the lower tiers.

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The unforgettable William “Fatty” Foulke

Neville Southall, Razor Ruddock, Ronaldo... while these modern day superstars shared their hunger for trophies with a hunger for burgers, William "Fatty" Foulke was arguably the instigator of their infamous athletic/nutritional habits. This is his story.

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Les McDowall - A Forgotten Manager, Remembered

When talking about the influx of foreigners into the Premier League it may surprise you that City actually had an Indian in their team in 1937! Ok so he was only 'technically' an Indian as he was born in Gunga Pur, India he was raised in Scotland as a Scot. I am, of course, talking about Les McDowall.

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