The Fear Factor

The last two seasons have given us every reason to love the top flight game at its best. Cast your mind back a few years ago to this point in the season in 2008 or 2009 and the Premier League table would already be depicting the slow suffocation of those teams in the bottom half of the table. The top four were dominant and getting stronger, and the rest were left to lash it out amongst themselves.

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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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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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Diary of a Sky Sports Reporter

Sometimes, just sometimes, things don't go to plan. This weekend was definitely one of those occasions for me. Firstly, I was given the Championship relegation clash between Preston and Sheffield United, then I was switched to another Championship game Coventry versus Millwall, and then after watching the game I was told not to do any interviews. And the reason why... there wasn't a cameraman there for me!

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A Treble Treble Could Be Trouble

 In football, just like any other walk of life, certain things go in and out of fashion. Bands, clothes, artists, styles all rise and fall as trends dictate. Some are mourned when they pass, others like the mullet are so earth-shatteringly awful they remain reviled to this day.

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Manchester City v Manchester United

Manchester City v Manchester United FA Cup Semi Final Saturday 16^th April  ko 5:30pm

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FA Cup Semi Final Weekend …

The wait is finally over for the clash that every neutral wanted but most Manchester City fans had hoped to avoid especially as they will be without their talisman Carlos Tevez.

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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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Owen back to Merseyside

Kenny Dalglish is lining up a shock return for former front man Michael Owen.

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United and Spurs target Ajax star

According to reports in the Dutch media, Tottenham and Manchester United have set their sights on the versatile Ajax defender Vurnon Anita.

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The importance of being...Rio Ferdinand

The return of defender Rio Ferdinand to the United set up could not have come at a more important time.  It is true that there has been one figure that stands tall amongst the rest of some defenders in the league, and that is Nemanja Vidic. But one man cannot do it all alone, With Ferdinand out, United have been shaky at the back this season.

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player of the year

It’s that time of the year again, when it id decided who has been the best player of the year. The nominees for this year’s award are Bale, Vidic, Parker, Adam, Tevez and Nasri.

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Barcelona v United. And the winner is...

Barcelona V United. And the winner is…

I am of course assuming that the champions league final will be contested between these two giants of world football, but then why not, I can’t see either teams progression to the final being halted by anyone. It would make for a fitting final, the best team in Spain against the best team in England.

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The Alternative Team of the Year

So here’s the Alternative Team of Year; a team of the underperforming, the overpaid, the disliked, the overpriced, and the overrated.

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United set for Spanish goalie

With Manchester United’s No1 retiring at the end of the season, United have been linked with a host of top goalies across Europe. It finally looks like United have found their man.

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