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Lyon Go Chinese, the Ladies Crush Arsenal, and Toulalan Gets Promoted

The Offside - Olympique Lyonnais 15 October @ 02:32 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Remember how I said that China were becoming Lyon's new best friends? Well, it looks like Aulas takes this BFF business seriously because today Lyon launched a Chinese version of their official website, thanks to a partnership with TitanSport, a Chinese sports media giant.

Pretty soon OL will be signing token Chinese players a la Manchester United.

Shit Lookalikes - Petr Cech and Captain Yamato of Japanese anime Naruto: Shippuden

Who Ate All the Pies 18 February @ 01:05 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Thanks to Pies reader nahim1989 for this fine submission. I have never watched Naruto: Shippuden, but according to Nahim it is 'wildy popular'....

Gerrard expresses agony at Anfield events

Caught Offside 28 February @ 09:06 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has unwilling and unwittingly admitted that problems are rife in the club. He has expressed agony at letting the chance to compete for the English Premier League slip through their fingers once again and has also sounded weary about the ongoing power-tussle at Anfield.

Gerrard - England captain or crap-tain?

Caught Offside 02 February @ 08:52 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The Sun today brings us news of the latest poor lad dragooned into captaining the England side, journo Shaun Custis writes: "Steven Gerrard will be Fabio Capello's first captain. "But the position of permanent England skipper is still up for grabs. "Boss Capello has settled on the experienced Liverpool midfielder as leader for his [.

After penalty miss, will Chelsea captain ever be the same again?

Caught Offside 23 May @ 02:06 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Goodness me, there's having a little cry and there's letting it all hang out in front of roughly half the world's population. As REM sang 'everybody hurts sometimes' and John Terry must surely still be reliving the moment when he slipped on the Moscow turf, hit the post with his penalty and saw Chelsea's Champions [.

Gallas’ Rant Proves Costly; Autobiography Lessens The Blow.

The Offside 21 November @ 03:30 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Coming as a surprise to absolutely no one, William Gallas has been stripped of the Arsenal captaincy for his very uncaptain-like rant yesterday aimed at "Mr. X" (the good money's on RvP). It's also being speculated he will be dropped from the squad to face Man City this weekend, while the band will go to [.

Will Manchester United striker make a good England captain?

Caught Offside 16 April @ 10:13 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Rio Ferdinand captained England on their latest outing, a disappointing 1-0 defeat to France. However, the Daily Telegraph report that his Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney could be the national team's captain of the future, if Fabio Capello's comments are anything to go by. Much uncertainty surrounds the current England captaincy, with Steven Gerrard, Ferdinand and [.

Westley makes Albrighton Captain

FC Boro 06 July @ 02:57 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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One of Graham Westley's first big decisions in his return as Boro manager has been made today with new signing Mark Albrighton being named Stevenage Borough Captain. Albrighton succeeds Ashley Westwood who captained the side while Peter Taylor was in charge last season. Another former Boro Captain and a Westley signing in his last spell, Ronnie [.

The Captaincy

FC Boro 12 November @ 05:59 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Stevenage have had a number of skippers leading the team out this season and at the moment Steve Morison is the man that Graham Westley believes is best suited to that role. Mark Albrighton was appointed captain in the summer after his move from Cambridge United. He replaced Ashley Westwood who then manager Peter Taylor installed [.

The Offside Guide to Picking a Premier League Captain

The Offside 24 November @ 08:00 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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William Gallas was not a good captain. I think it's safe to say that now, right? The fact that he wanted to wear th #10 shirt while playing centre back was a clue, the centre circle sit down last season was proof and his moment of mental last week was the final straw. So Arsene Wenger [...]

Chelsea captain hopeful of weekend return

Caught Offside 11 February @ 11:51 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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When John Terry broke his foot against Arsenal in December, many were forecasting that Chelsea would struggle to last the pace in his absence. However, the Blues have done well without the likes of their captain, Frank Lampard and Didier Drogba. What's more, Sky Sports are reporting that 'JT' is hopeful of returning against Huddersfield [.

Replace the Arsenal captain and prove to Manchester United that you’re no pushover

Caught Offside 30 April @ 02:58 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Many Gooners will be calling on Arsene Wenger to follow the above mantra ahead of next season, especially with Arsenal finishing this season potless. It remains to be seen whether the North London club can match the likes of Manchester United and Chelsea over the whole of next season's campaign, although fans can imagine what [.

Cesc to Get the Armband at the Emirates?

English Football Banter 23 November @ 04:58 PM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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The latest football banter echoing around the terraces of England this weekend surrounds the apparent crisis setting in at the Emirates stadium. The well documented outburst by now former Gunners captain William Gallas is just the latest in a long line of public and non public showing of disharmony emanating from deep within the heart of the North London Giants.

Fabregas Named Captain, And Rightfully So

The ArseNole 24 November @ 11:28 AM EDT Blog Details : Related Items
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Morning all. I told you I was redesigning the site and everything, and that is still the case, but it is taking longer than expected so I'm going to continue posting on this one for a while. Today it was confirmed that Cesc Fabregas, one of the greatest people to ever live, is the new captain of Arsenal Football Club.