Mostly Football Insights, Analysis & Memorabilia
The creativity and zeal which typify the beautiful game of football would make it an art form if not for the physical context which the sport is played. What sets football apart from most other sports is the freedom of expression which is granted to the players. While baseball players and cricketers are limited to particular movements, footballers may shoot, pass, tackle or dribble the ball in any quantity of ways, which allows the most talented players to reach the peak of the game.
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Professional football is filled with many colourful nicknames that include the curious name for the football itself. For decades, players and fans have called the ball a “pigskin,” despite the fact that the ball is most definitely not made from the skin of a pig.
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Football is the most popular sport in the world with global hordes of fanatical followers. And it’s also a niche regional game with only small groups of devotees.
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The American Football Conference – National Football Conference Pro Bowl, as it’s officially called, is the National Football League’s annual all-star game. First staged in 1938, the event had a few false starts but has now been held every year since 1951.
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In the world of elite football, club managers cannot rest on their laurels or depend on their past wins and high-profile status alone. The security of their job is based on the successes and performance of their team and football managers are often the first to bear the brunt of the blame and ridicule when their team loses. Management style and tactical strategies are placed under immense scrutiny when a team produces poor results. It’s certainly not uncommon for even the most well-respected and high profile football managers to have the jobs taken away from them in a blink of […]
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Things are moving in the world of top-level football. It’s time to take a look at who’s going where, and why! Manchester City Coming in for the Kill Manchester City looks set to make the most of the uncertainty surrounding Chelsea Football Club by setting a £100m raid for Eden Hazard into motion. Hazard has been offered a new contract to stay on at Stamford Bridge, at £300,000-a-week, but he has indicated that he intends to wait to see who the Blues are going to bring in during the summer before signing on the dotted line. Antonio Conte is apparently […]
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When getting started with football betting it’s important to remember that even the experts get it wrong sometimes. Don’t be too hard on yourself at first when you make a mistake, rather turn it into chance to learn something so you don’t make the same mistake twice. As such, we’ve consulted the experts regarding their top tips for football betting beginners and here’s what they had to say…
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When choosing which team to place their bets on, punters tend to play it safe and bet on the big European leagues. Probably because those are the teams they are familiar with, or because that’s who they started their gambling career with and things haven’t changed. But, there is a big wide world of betting out there with many smaller leagues to choose from. So, broaden your horizons, do some homework and win some big money. They Have Higher Value Smaller leagues offer better odds. There are no football giants in the lower leagues and the teams are usually quite […]
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Everyone has heard of David Beckham. Affectionately nicknamed “Golden Balls”, he is not the most talented nor the most iconic player to grace the pitch in the nineties and noughties, so how on earth did he become the global brand that he is today? He Played For One Of the Bes Teams Of All Time Let’s face it, if Becks had played for some unknown backwater, he would definitely not have experienced his rise to stardom quite as he did. He career really began when he signed on to the mega team Manchester United, and began to attract the attention […]
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There can be no doubt that Football, or Soccer as it is called in North America, is the most popular sports game in the world to play, watch and bet on. Everyone can agree on that, and will cite several reasons as to why this is the case. The main ideas have been brought together here. Football Has International Appeal Almost every country in the world has its own Football team, and FIFA is responsible for several major contests throughout the year as well as the World Cup every 4 years. Not many other sports can boast that kind of […]
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