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Socrates Fooball Bloggers Meetup in London

Terry Duffelen — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:17:52 GMT

Tomorrow sees the first Football Bloggers meet up in London called Socrates. This is a chance for football bloggers who leave within easy distance of the London area to meet and discuss football and b
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Bayern's loss

Terry Duffelen — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 11:13:37 GMT

I've not sen any highlights of the Mainz v Bayern game and am wondering how it happened. Are Mainz that good? Should we be reassessing their expectations after this result? Or were Bayern poor. When
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Bundesliga Week 1 - Questions questions

Terry Duffelen — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 19:54:15 GMT

In my ever growing quest to understand the Bundesliga I have four questions about the last weekend's round that I would like to ask. Is Thomas Schaaf a man under pressure even at this stage of the se
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Bundesliga Week 1 - German Club Fans Group

Terry Duffelen — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 11:13:31 GMT

Thanks to the good people of ESPN UK I will be watching Wolfsburg v Stuttgart tonight and the Hoff v Bayern. Both games promise to be full of thrills and spills, particularly the first encounter. It
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Bundesliga Preview

Terry Duffelen — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:31:47 GMT

I have been writing a Bundesliga blog for a couple of season now. It's called the Bundesbag and is part of Some People Are On The Pitch. The blog written from a English novices point of view so it may
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Is this the end for Fergie?

Terry Duffelen — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:40:48 GMT

Few who witnessed last night's Champions League final will disagree that United were not just outplayed but out-thought by the magnificent Barcelona. Puyol's shenanigans at the back belied his years a
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Shearer's grandstanding may be his downfall

Terry Duffelen — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 16:08:51 GMT

A manager is taking a big risk when he publicly declares a fixture as must win. If you do win, then youve built a psychological platform to launch a successful survival bid. However, if you dont, you
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Why do we care about player awards?

Terry Duffelen — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 15:35:16 GMT

Firstly, let me make one thing clear. Ryan Giggs is a fantastic player. Hes a credit to his club and to the game. If anyone deserves a player of the year award, its the Welshman. You could definitel
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A-League of their own: Australia could teach us a thing or two about play-offs

Terry Duffelen — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 00:41:56 GMT

I've recently published a blog post on the Australian A-League which is about to reach its climax with the Grand Final this Saturday. The League, while undoubtedly good for the long term future of th
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Gioco del giorno

Terry Duffelen — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:52:08 GMT

This post orignally appeared in Some People Are On The Pitch and was written by me. The ratings are in and the Milan Derby, screened on BBC3, attracted roughly 700,000 viewers, which is not bad at al
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Nikegate

Terry Duffelen — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:30:10 GMT

Back in the day, Palaces former manager Steve Coppell referred to his boss and club chairman Ron Noades as an enlightened despot. One could easily say the same about the current chairman and owner, Si
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Plymouth 1 Palace 3

Terry Duffelen — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 02:04:03 GMT

My jaw is still firmly on the floor after Palaces staggering away win at Plymouth tonight. I can't say that Plymouth is a club that I have a special affinity with. I seem to recall passing throu
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Crikey it's Nike

Terry Duffelen — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:05:37 GMT

To the best of my knowledge, Crystal Palace have never had a Nike strip.I stand to be corrected but I reckon they remain one of the few kit manufacturers yet to give their own interpretation of the 'f
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