You won, you won! The Wilkinson Sword competition is now closed. The list of winners if after the jump... A shiny new razor is on its way to: M Osman Jo Bryan David Stewart John Hulse Daniel O'Connor Piers Harris Paul Hammond Neil Emery Martin James Andy Cadwallader Peter Caldwell Well done, gents.

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Continental's New ContiFan Competition Gives Fans Chance to Win Tickets to 2010 FIFA World Cup™
Continental Tyres, Official Sponsor of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™, is offering fans the chance to win a fantastic trip to South Africa complete with World Cup tickets in their new ContiFanContest
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Premiership Talk is pleased to announce that it is giving away two prizes to two lucky readers! Michael Sheen's new DVD You're the Boss hits stores on November 9th, and Premiership Talk is giving a copy away to one lucky reader! If that's not good enough, we'll also be giving away a free copy of Football Manager 2010, the latest and greatest football management simulation game on the market!

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'i told you id show you gaffer'..... (silence)(siren)

So it comes to air today that our potential complete striker, (in an attack full of specialists), is suffering from a crisis of confidence due to Harry's insistence on only giving him fringe chances in the squad. Whilst this is a disgustingly obvious piece of media work from Oleg Artemov who as an agent can only assumed to be looking for another healthy 10% to put the final down payment on his gold plated Lexus.

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Congratulations to drinkers at the Brewhouse in Atlanta who can be found cheering on the reds every week, who have won RoM's Cantona Mask competition. The prize is Andy Mitten's new United book which they can read and pass between them.

Mike Groom is the runner up after taking this picture at The Anfield B&B on Anfield Road, just a stone's throw from the ground.

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Go Heather!
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Get your hands on a Becks book We are a bit late to the party on this one after a bit of a postal disaster, but you may recall that Grant Wahl's excellent book The Beckham Experiment created quite a stir when it was released, not least because of some of Landon Donovan's comments about his [...]

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Ashley Williams won a No.1 Fan from RoM last month and here's a picture of his prize under his signed United shirt.

The latest RoM competition will be announced tomorrow.

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With the Ballon d'Or nominations finally releasing this weekend, the headlines have mostly been devoted to the fact that world champions Italy have no representation whatsoever. But why blame the press for paying excessive attention to an irrelevant detail? After all, the award itself is destined to be heading Lionel Messi's way, which means very little is there to be talked about in terms of debating the winner, right?

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Beyond the nation's borders, Italian football has certainly faded into the background in recent years. A devastating match-fixing scandal in 2006 bitterly overshadowed the country's World Cup triumph that year while the domestic league has clearly become a one-horse race ever since. Reigning champions Inter Milan have shown no signs of a slip up in the Serie A for the last three seasons and that trend continued with their strong start to the current season as well.

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In August we ran a competition with Philsophy Football to win a 'Gaffer Mug' by simply naming the year Sir Alex Ferguson was given the Manchester United job.

Emily, of YouTube fame, was given the mug by her dad, who was one of four winners.

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The title to this article might suggest that I am providing some late coverage on Arsenal striker Nicklas Bendtner's recent car accident while driving to practice in his Aston Martin. In reality, though, this article is written in vehement defense of the player, who has certainly had more than his fair share of critics, to put it bluntly.

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Given the title of this article, I could be about to tell you about how the strike duo of Darren Bent and Kenwyne Jones will be leading Sunderland to new heights in the Premier League this season, but we will save that for a later date. I'd rather make a bold statement and talk about the bottom of the table at the moment.

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With yet another exciting Premier League weekend in the books it's time to review this weekend's winners and losers.

Winners Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane emerges from this weekend as the biggest winner. The Tottenham striker has had a relatively quiet start to the season, oftentimes playing second fiddle to the red hot Jermain Defoe.

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They Think It's All Over... talks Carling Cup? Is it worth taking seriously? Click to continue reading...

When the Carling Cup Round 3 draw was first made, it was very difficult to imagine West Bromwich Albion providing much of a competition to Arsenal at The Emirates. Granted, Arsene Wenger uses the competition to provide some first-team action to his reserves, but even those teenagers usually prove to be a handful for the opponents.

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On Wednesday, RoM informed you of the competition for derby day tickets we were running in association with Betfair.

Joseph Brown-Pobee and Mark Dobson-Hill are the lucky winners of the City tickets for tomorrow's game, winning a couple of tickets each. Congrats and enjoy!

In other competition news, Ashley Williams was the winner of the No.

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There is absolutely no doubt that Fulham's gritty displays of late are deserving of their newfound reputation as the people's club in the Premier League. The masses can relate to their mid-sized squad and down-to-earth players while tourists from all over the world simply cannot resist the amazing atmosphere at the conveniently located Craven Cottage.

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In case you haven't been paying attention, United take on City� this Sunday and� RoM have� got two pairs of tickets to give away, courtesy of Betfair.

Betfair recently became the official betting partner of Manchester United and now we've teamed up with the world's leading betting exchange, to give you a chance of attending the big match.

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If you're interested in winning a No.1 fan yourself or to give to one of your kids, send your answer to the following question to: republik_of_mancunia_competition@hotmail.co.uk

Dwight Yorke recently retired from football after enjoying a 20-year-long career, 4 of which he spent with Manchester United.

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Jose Mourinho has continued his special ways as he announced his Inter Milan starting eleven an entire day before his side's crucial Champions League fixture against Barcelona. The former Chelsea manager was never afraid to pull this stunt during his time in the Premier League, and his latest display raises the question: is the special one arrogant or intelligent?

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Last week's biggest headline was the announcement that Chelsea have been handed a transfer ban. The Blues are accused of illegally tapping up former Lens youngster Gael Kakuta, and the ruling has sparked controversy all around the world of football. Manchester United appear to be the next club on the chopping block as French club Le Havre are accusing the Premiership champions of tapping up 16 year old Paul Pogba.

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Hello people, hopefully you will have a good Bank Holiday Monday and spend it wisely.

Not that much on transfer gossip this morning apart from what was said yesterday about Chamakh and Viera. One small bit about Blaise Matuidi and how St Etienne want £8 million and how Wenger will not pay that, but that's a very small story in the general scheme of things.

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. There were some interesting results in the play-off stage in the Champions League, and some teams progressed with pride into the biggest club competition in Europe, while for some other, it was a case of a slip between the cup and the lip. Cypriot First Division club APOEL FC overturned a 1-0 deficit with a 3-1 [. Click to continue reading...

I don't know about the rest of you, but when it comes to sports, I'm a numbers guy. I love statistics! It could be as simple as how many points Manchester United is away from winning their fourth Premier League title in a row (that number should be three points lower after Wednesday, but Burnley really messed with that stat) or as complex as what Everton's home record is when Yakubu scores with his right foot opposed to his left.

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WIN Sir Alex's Mug (small print: OK, so Fergie might not actually have one of these mugs, but he should do!)

Who wouldn't want their hot choc, cup of char, or steaming hot bovril served in one of these fine mugs. We're almost certain Sir Alex has one on his desk. Available as part of a set from PhilosophyFootball.

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Robin from Chester won one of our competitions from over the summer with his very amusing football joke.

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Pac Macmillan are running an Eric Cantona competition which offers you the chance to win a signed Cantona United shirt as well as five signed copies of "The Rebel Who Would Be King".

RoM don't have any signed goodies but we do have a copy of the new book, which hasn't been released yet, to give away.

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Philippe Auclair, one of France's most passionate and talented football journalists, has written a book on The King.

"I'd read a great deal about Eric before, and had always felt frustrated by how willing profile writers and biographers were to take his dark legend at face value.

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RoM ran yet another competition in the past week giving you the opportunity to win some goodies from the Audi Cup. Congratulations to Scott Bennett from Canada who was one of hundreds who correctly named Wayne Rooney as the Man of the Match in United's 2-1 win over Boca Juniors.

"Winner: Audi Cup Competition" was originally published at The Republik of Mancunia. Click to continue reading...

Question: Who was named Man of the Match in United's 2-1 win over Boca Juniors?
Prize: An Audi Cup goodie bag
How to enter: Send your full name, address and answer to republik_of_mancunia_competition@hotmail.co.uk

In June we ran an Eric Cantona Sardines T-shirt competition and here is one of the winners, Nikhil.

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The pre-season is in full flow and the build up to the new season is getting more exciting by the day. Therefore, let's take� pre-season preparation as a variable to preview this upcoming season in football rather than discussing the oft-repeated, boring variable known as the transfer market.

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Here are the two winning entries from July's Gooner Talk competition, with thanks to SoccerPro. The question was: Can you write 50 words on who your ideal Arsenal signing would be? Winner! Dan S My ideal Arsenal signing would be Daniele De Rossi: a strong, dominant, but technically gifted midfielder. Click to continue reading...

The World Cup is � fast approaching, and one of the tournament's main sponsors, Sony Ericsson, has offered Premiership Talk readers an exciting opportunity. Prem Talk has been given one� FIFA branded Sony Ericsson W995 to give out, and you could be the winner!

In addition, the winner of this £500 phone will have the chance to win an all expenses paid trip to South Africa to see your country play in the World Cup!

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