Ever wondered about superstitions in our beautiful game? Here are a few

Now, I think everyone has noticed that they did something before a football match and you scored a goal or played a blinder and in your head there is nothing else logical to suggest why it happened, except something you did pre-game and so you keep it up. Does this change when you’re a professional, though?

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Gary Lineker: so much more than a bag of crisps (Video)

Gary Lineker's post football career has been so successful that it is sometimes easy to forget that he once was the most prolific striker on the planet.

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A slice of Motd - A recap of this weekend's action

Sweat begins to drip from your brow, nerves are almost overcoming you, your legs start to get heavy....it can mean only one thing: time for A slice of Motd!

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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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A slice of Motd

It's the moment you have all been eargerly anticipating, yes, that's right, it's the return of A slice of Motd!

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A slice of MotD

Hear ye, hear ye, another edition of Motd rolls this way. Yes, it certainly does as it is time for Lionel Richie's physical abuser Gary Lineker to lead us through Saturday's football action.

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A slice of MotD

A quick apology for the late arrival of this week's Slice of Motd. This writer was not in England over the weekend and therefore could not weigh in with his verdict on this past weekend's Match of the Day.

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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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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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The Top 10 England goalscorers

With England preparing to take on San Marino as they continue their road to Brazil 2014, Roy Hodgson’s strikers will be licking their lips at the prospect of adding to their tallies against according to the Fifa World Rankings, the worst team in the world.

So with the likes of Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe and Danny Welbeck sure to have ample goalscoring opportunities, we look back at the Top 10 England scorers.

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Match of the Day: what's happened?

We all know the opening music, the famous trumpets and the catchy melody. Even those who don't watch Match of the Day are familiar with the music which speaks to how long the show has been around for and its status as something of a national institution.

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