Mostly Football Insights, Analysis & Memorabilia
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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Rugby League started in 1895 as the Northern Union. It was a time when this part of England broke away from the Rugby Football Union, founded in 1871, to start compensating working-class players for the time they were missing from work due to taking part in Tours and being injured during games.
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Trying to single out the top players in any sport is difficult, but Australian Football League has had such a long history and such enormously talented players that it seems particularly tough. It is one of the hardest games on the planet and has it all, freakishly good goals, particularly bone-jarring tackles, and all the high-flying marks players and bettors are looking for. Dick Reynolds, 1915 – 2002 Reynolds played in the ruck over or half-forward position for 321 games and scored 442 goals during his career. He was seen as an unshakably fair player on the pitch and came […]
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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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The Australian Football League has some of the highest paid athletes in the country. 2018 proved to be the first year that saw 6 players in total in the sport that earned more than a million dollars for a single year.
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The popularity of sports betting is showing no signs of slowing any time soon. Never have there been more options to choose from when it comes to online and mobile sportsbooks – but with this wide range of choices does come a few pros and cons as well.
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Many passionate sports bettors maintain that baseball is one of the easiest and most enjoyable sports to wager on. Surprisingly, however, it’s actually one of the least bet-on sports around!
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Sports betting is almost always seen in a negative light around the world due to the many problems that have risen from irresponsible betting. But most people that participate in the activity do it responsibly and safely, proving that it can be a fun and entertaining hobby that ultimately don’t cause harm to anyone if done correctly.
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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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