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Sonny Side Up: Lyon’s Brazilian Revolution
WORDS: MATTHEW RICHARDS When Lyon splashed the cash to bring Sonny Anderson in from Barcelona in 1999, a few questions were asked about the striker’s form. By the time he left in 2003, the club were in...
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Magic Wondo
WORDS: GARRY HAYES Chris Wondolowski has set the MLS alight this season, scoring a record-equalling 27 regular season goals for the high-flying San Jose Earthquakes. He spoke exclusively to...
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Sid Lowe: SOS Real Oviedo
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS You may have seen #SOSRealOviedo trending on Twitter recently and wondered what it was all about. We spoke to the man behind the hashtag, Sid Lowe, about the fight to save one...
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My Five: Palace Youth Products
WORDS: BRYAN DAVIES Wilfried Zaha’s England call-up has once again turned the spotlight on the thriving academy at Crystal Palace, a youth set-up that has given debuts to 57 graduates since the...
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Bundesliga: The Sixties
WORDS: CHRISTOPH WAGNER Kicking off in 1963, the Bundesliga was something of a late starter, but it didn’t take much time to catch up with the big boys. Now, with the league celebrating its 50th season...
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Retroselective: Non-Clasico Team Of The Nineties
WORDS: TOM VICTOR La Liga may have been dominated by Barcelona and Real Madrid in recent years, but as recently as the Nineties, there were several other sides in the running for the Spanish...
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My Five: Serie A Fratelli
WORDS: EMANUELE GIULIANELLI The Italian national anthem is also known as “Fratelli d’Italia”, or Brothers of Italy, and Serie A has seen its fair share of talented siblings down the years. For this...
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A Russian Revelation
WORDS: ROBERT DILLON Russia is still the Churchillian enigma of old, still barely fathomable to the Western mind, but for this Englishman, there is a certain appeal to the diverse cultures and cities...
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Super Hooper In Sunny Scunny
WORDS: MAX BELL He may be making waves in Europe with Celtic this season but, to those in the know, Gary Hooper has long been a hot prospect. In the first of a two-part feature examining the emergence...
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Hoops And Dreams
WORDS: JOHN CLARKE If there’s the tiniest space to wriggle into, he’ll find it, and if there’s a line of sight to the goal anywhere, he’ll home in on it like a seagull on a bag of chips. In Part 2 of...
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Celtic Connections
WORDS: VINCENT FORRESTER There’s a lot more to Celtic than a sectarian rivalry with Rangers. One fan reflects on two decades spent getting to grips with his club’s place in the Glasgow bubble and the...
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Bundesliga: The Seventies
WORDS: CHRISTOPH WAGNER Part 2 of the “Bundesliga 50” anniversary series takes a look at the Seventies, arguably Germany’s most successful decade. Never before or since has Germany dominated the...
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The Unusual Travels Of Stuart Duff
WORDS: ROBERT DILLON Former Dundee United, Aberdeen and Inverness Caledonian Thistle star Stuart Duff made history by becoming the first Scotsman to play in Kazakhstan. He tells us all about life with...
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Palermo: That Bittersweet Rosanero Charm
WORDS: LORENZO VICINI With their shirts of pink and black, representing the sweet and the bitter sides of life, US Citta di Palermo are a club with a unique identity. While they represent the biggest...
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My Five: Ligue 1 Youngsters at AFCON 2013
WORDS: MATTHEW RICHARDS Ligue 1 has long been known for unearthing some of the best emerging African players in the game. With the Africa Cup of Nations 2013 set to kick off this Saturday, we asked...
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Africa Cup of Nations: Blunt Beginnings
WORDS: DOMINIC BLISS The Africa Cup of Nations is feted as a stage for artistry, creativity and improvisation but the opening game of the 2013 tournament turned out to be a dull and predictable affair,...
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Wonder Wall: Emerson Thome In Japan
WORDS: RICHARD GODDEN Emerson Thome had the character and footballing traits that earned him a place in the hearts of fans wherever he played and, during two seasons in Japan, with Vissel Kobe, the man...
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Blackburn Rovers: From Champions To Chickens
WORDS: SIMON HARRISON Born during the season that Blackburn Rovers won the Premier League, this young supporter has seen Ewood Park turn from the hopeful den of ambitious overachievers into a grumbling...
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Over There: Yanks Abroad XI
WORDS: MATT BENSON Some fine players have made their way across the Atlantic to show us Europeans that Americans can also play the beautiful game. Today, the man behind socceroverthere.com picks his...
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Are Irish Expectations Too High?
WORDS: JOHN HYNES Despite the poor results at Euro 2012, Irish fans had a great time in Poland. Now, as the Polish side come to Ireland to cement the relationships built between the nations, there are...
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