Soccerblog 04 November @ 10:34 PM EST
The Zapatero government is proposing a tax rate hike from 24% to 43% for overseas players who
earn more than 600,000 euros ($884,600) a year. Spain is reeling from the recession with 20%
unemployment.
This will effectively end the "Beckham Law", named when the tax rates were amended in 2002 for
the English midfielder to make it attractive for him and and other highly sought talent to come to
the Liga.
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I have found the perfect solution for Gordon Brown's lack of votes problem.
SCRAP INTERNATIONAL BREAKS!
Just think how many votes that would get you? More or less every single football fan would think
its the best idea since... well...
It would probably be the best decision to ever be made.
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So, the international break is taking hold and its all rather painful isnt it?
The closest I can find to some Arsenal news is a bit about Theo Walcott, he has been called up
to the under 21's again. The boss has apparently agreed to it but after both the seniors and the
under 21's use of Theo over the summer you wouldn't be surprised if he was backed into a corner and
forced to agree to Theo playing on Friday.
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Cesc Fabregas had a hand in five of Arsenal's six goals as the Gunners came from behind twice to
dismantle Blackburn.
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Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce was compared to Prime Minister Gordon Brown before the game and
his beleaguered backline very much resembled the Labour party's backbench.
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The H List 27 August @ 12:45 PM EST
1. The HeadlinesGood morning, and welcome to a special edition of the widely derided H List.
In the news this week, Senator Edward Kennedy has died of cancer at the age of 77, bringing to an
end the largest political dynasty in American history, and British Prime Minister Gordon Brown came
under increasing pressure over the early release of convicted Lockerbie bomber, Abdelbaset Ali
al-Megrahi.
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You can blame Princess Diana. You can blame the general dismantling of the British stiff upper lip.
Whatever you blame it's hard to argue that we are beginning to devalue death by continually leaping
into orgies of grief.How can the great lives be properly marked when the Prime Minister mourns the
death of racist reality TV stars?
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You can blame Princess Diana. You can blame the general dismantling of the British stiff upper lip.
Whatever you blame it's hard to argue that we are beginning to devalue death by continually leaping
into orgies of grief.How can the great lives be properly marked when the Prime Minister mourns the
death of racist reality TV stars?
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Switzerland is a country that is so immaculately clean that it is hard to imagine it having any
flies. But if there are, then the place for them to be yesterday would have been on the wall of
Rafa Benitez's temporary office in Badra Gaz.
Whatever was said between the Liverpool manager and the recently returned Javier Mascherano will
rightly remain private but one can only imagine the tone of the conversation that took place.
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Bernie Ecclestone criticou os actuais políticos pela sua fraqueza e
elogiou as virtudes das lideranças 'fortes'
Hitler "era eficaz, conseguiu que as coisas funcionassem"; A
democracia "não fez muito bem a alguns países"; "Eliminar o Sadam Hussein foi uma má ideia".
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Even footballers have turned on the government. Xabi Alonso believes Gordon Brown's economic
policies have weakened English football and that the Premier League's star players could be forced
to the Continent to escape the weak pound and the incoming 50% tax rate.
Alonso is refusing to commit himself to Liverpool next season, with Real Madrid eager to to take
him to the Bernabeu, and with Alonso estimating he is losing a third of his earnings he is edging
closer to a return to Spain.
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Martin Samuel has written an article for The Daily Mail which basically sees nothing but doom
for the future of Manchester United if Cristiano Ronaldo is to leave.
The idea that United are better off without him, or that he can be easily replaced, is too
far-fetched.
Are United better off without a player who wants to be in Madrid?
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QPR Report 11 June @ 01:39 AM EST
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Visit the combination messageboard and quasi-blog: The QPR Report Messageboard. QPR and other
football news; nostalgia; and posters' views: No focus on politics, films, music, etc. No
ad-hominem attacks on fellow posters. Just an (usually) intelligent focus on QPR and
Football- Year Flashback: What Vice Chairman Bhatia Was Saying a Year Ago
- On This Day: Jim Smith Appointed QPR Manager 24 Years Ago
- Nostalgic QPR Photos (Updated)-
- The Magilton Diaries (Satire)
- 2009-2010 Schedule: Important Dates
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SoccerLens 10 June @ 02:40 AM EST
England's World Cup bid for 2018/2022 certainly looks impressive on the surface - but is it
impressive enough? The other countries in the running also have a good pedigree, with England's
bid, in the opinion of some experts, destined to lose out.
The bid itself probably cannot be faulted - the launch saw international superstar and former
national team skipper David Beckham pledging his support, with Wayne Rooney, who is tipped as an
England captain of the future, not too far behind.
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Soccerblog 25 May @ 11:59 PM EST
Wade Elliott will be remembered: A red letter day in Burnley history
Burnley made its top flight entry after 33 years of steadily falling through the cracks to the
second, third, fourth divisions and in 1987, flirting with non-league extinction. They dodged that
one by beating Leyton Orient.
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The Footie 19 May @ 12:21 PM EST
For everything David Beckham has been doing for England you'd think he was the Prime Minister.
Beckham teamed up with Prime Minister Gordon Brown yesterday at the Wembley Stadium to help
establish a bid for the 2018 FIFA World Cup Games in London.
Is there nothing he can't do? David was also influential in bringing the Summer Olympic games to
London and was even asked to show up in Beijing to accept the Olympic torch on behalf of
England.
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Andy Anson, the chief executive behind England's bid to host the World Cup in 2018 or 2022, has
said lessons must be learned from the failure of the bid in 2006.
Anson said other nations pointed to the arrogance of England in their presentation for the bid,
as the reason why they were unsuccessful.
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What is intelligence?
Well, let us start with what intelligence is not.
It is not reading Chaucer at an early age.
It is not advancing your career via the fruits of psychopathy.
It is not remaining static or moving backwards professionally despite the competitive advantage of
public schools, Oxbridge and freemasonry.
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Thanks to the millions being shelled out by Premiership teams like Manchester City, Tottenham
and the big four this season, it is easy to forget that English football is currently seized by its
very own credit crunch. Today Luton Town dropped out of the football league for the first time in
89 years in football's equivalent to the collapse of Lehman Brothers last year.
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Influential, engaging, vastly intellectual, charismatic; and then there's Gordon Brown. On a trip
to Brazil in March 2009, UK Prime Minister Brown takes a momentary breather from saving the world
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Influential, engaging, vastly intellectual, charismatic; and then there's Gordon Brown. On a trip
to Brazil in March 2009, UK Prime Minister Brown takes a momentary breather from saving the world
in order to meet up with football legend Socrates. The former Corinthians star is one of the most
graceful playmakers ever to play for Brazil, and arguably the most intelligent.
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Influential, engaging, vastly intellectual, charismatic; and then there's Gordon Brown. On a trip
to Brazil in March 2009, UK Prime Minister Brown takes a momentary breather from saving the
world... ...
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I didn't read this at the time but it did raise a smile. There are few things worse than giving
someone a gift only to find out the person returns a much, much better present in return.br /br
/Apparently Gordon Brown present President Obama with a pretty splendid historic gift :br /br
/blockquoteMr Brown's gifts included an ornamental desk pen holder made from the oak timbers of
Victorian anti-slaver HMS Gannet, once named HMS President.
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...By having a non-embarrassing ringtone. That could have been pretty bad if he had the bidie song
or something like that :
Gordon Brown was interrupted by his own mobile phone while addressing political and business
leaders in Davos.
The prime minister's mobile rang twice during his speech at the World Economic Forum, leading Mr
Brown to note that the caller was "persistent".
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Como ya saben ustedes, la FIFA dio el visto bueno para que la selección británica de
fútbol compitiera en los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012, cosa que no sucedía desde
Múnich '72. Es decir, que, si todo sale según lo previsto, las combinados de Inglaterra,
Gales, Escocia e Irlanda del Norte defenderán la misma bandera [.
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So.
Where is he hiding this morning?
And, more to the point, when will be tendering his resignation speech?
No, we are not talking about Gordon Brown, the man who created the financial template for the
British Depression, but Richard Scudamore, the man who is in the process of destructing the game of
football.
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Soccerblog 07 September @ 11:41 AM EST
At last.Not a very elevating or inspiring title - but a title nonetheless.They have won the
title "Biggest waste of Space" in a poll carried out by a storage products firm called
BiGDUG.Other lesser winners include the mayor of London Boris Johnson and prime minister Gordon
Brown.
The complete list.
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Prime Minister Gordon Brown has stated that Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson has been
informally approached to lead an all-Britain squad in 2012 when the games come to London. The
Prime Minister is hoping to see both a men's and women's team fielded in the Olympic
tournament. In the past, Britain has not entered [.
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If Sir Alex Ferguson sticks to his plan, he should be retiring as Manchester United manager in
2010/2011, and presumably taking up another role within the club. However, Fergie might be
convinced to take on another job. PM Gordon Brown, who originates from Fergie's home town, has
confirmed that Seb Coe, the chairman of the London [.
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Portsmouth boss ‘Arry Redknapp confirmed his interest in leading a Great Britain soccer tean
in the 2012 Summer Olympics, which will be held in London.
Redknapp is from London and spent a combined 15 years playing for and managing West Ham, a club
based in the eastern section of England's capital.
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Goal.com - Debate: Is David Beckham Truly Great?
"There are three things everyone has heard of: Jesus Christ, Coca Cola and
Pele." That was the cliché in the 1990s. Although the trio still remains top of the
charts, it would be naïve and even downright criminal not to add the name David Beckham to the
list.
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Yesterday, we reported that Manchester United were responsible for mending Harrison Ford's back
during the filming of Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. However, Premier League rivals Arsenal
can now claim that they helped improve Anglo-French relations after Gordon Brown and Nicolas
Sarkozy headed to the Emirates Stadium for a kickabout and a chinwag [.
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British PM Gordon Brown might not be a football expert but he is certainly a fan of the sport. And
that is why he is siding with the fans as the English Premier League tries to move forward on a
proposal to play an extra round of matches in the Premiership every season from 2010/11 [...]
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This is some news. David Beckham attended a private meeting with British PM Gordon Brown on Tuesday
and the reason for that is for you to guess. ESPN Soccernet has reported that the Los Angeles
Galaxy midfielder was in deep conversation with Mr. Brown for about an hour at the PM's 10, Downing
Street home.
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- British writer Will Hutton has written a great piece about the dire state of English football and
how foreign ownership is endangering the sport there. Here's an excerpt:
"(Gordon) Brown will give Platini short shrift. When a draft EU report on football (commissioned by
Britain!) dared to float similar ideas, a Brown spokesman said he would not allow England's
national game to be run by Brussels, a line deemed to play well in the Eurosceptic tabloids.
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