As football remembered the fallen over the weekend, one of the most poignant acts of remembrance came at Tynecastle.13 Hearts players volunteered to fight in 1914. The McCrae's Battalion website takes up the story:In August 1914 Great Britain went to war with Germany. As eager young men flocked to join Lord Kitchener's volunteer army, professional football became the target of a vitriolic Click to continue reading...

Caught playing with their balls
10 People That Participated In The FA Cup Draws Of The 2006/07 Season
1. Neil Back (former England rugby union player)
2. Roger Black (former Great Britain athlete)
3. Darren Campbell (former Great Britain athlete)
4. Mike Gatting (former England cricketer)
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This training ground ain't big enough for two miserable Scots We already knew Andy Murray had decent footy skills, but he called in to Everton's training ground yesterday to emphasise the point. Murray is in Liverpool for Great Britain's Davis Cup tie against Poland. He was given a bit of tour by David Moyes before joining the [. Click to continue reading...

Now I am never one to blow my own trumpet but I wrote the following blog BEFORE Roy Hodgson was touted as the Great Britain manager at the Olympics and was seen as a future England manager.
As ever PMP is on the pulse of the footballing world.
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The year is 1986....and I am ten years old. Cable television has landed in Great Britain for the first time, swelling the tv channel choice from our paltry 4 to about 50..albeit that 20 of these are in French, Italian or Spanish. Not much use to a young English lad from a council estate. What it did [. Click to continue reading...

9. Danielle Lloyd

The former Miss Great Britain and a serial WAG whose exes include Jermain Defoe, Marcus Bent and Teddy Sheringham.

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It is testament to his achievements in his career that sadness at the death of Bobby Robson will reach far beyond the boundaries of his beloved North-East or even the shores of Great Britain. Robson's skills as a player and manager as well as his gentle and welcoming manner, meant he was respected and much loved across the footballing world. Click to continue reading...

David Villa

It's so difficult being me. ... People don't understand. ... Soul patches are still cool, right? ... Being so good at football that all the big clubs in Europe want you just isn't fair. They're pulling me in every direction and making it all so complicated and all I want to do is play for Real Madrid and never have anything even remotely negative or stressing ever happen to me or anyone I know.

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Breaking news. Setanta UK has gone into administration this morning after failing to make payments to the Premier League and losing the Premier League TV rights in the UK for the 2009-2013 seasons.

The administrator Deloitte said that it would shortly cease broadcasting to customers in Great Britain but would continue to operate elsewhere.

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Much like learning how to swim or riding a bike for the first time, football is a pursuit that should be undertaken at least once in ones life. It brings so many people together whether it to be playing or watching. It is known as a universal language, a bond that unites us all.

Which brings me to the event that could shape our futures; change lives, or simply provides an excuse to watch the TV for a couple of weeks, perking up every so often whenever the women gymnastics kicks off!

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Goal.com's Matthew Braine continues his season review for the Yanks plying their trade in Great Britain with the second and last installment. Click to continue reading...

World football's governing body FIFA has now given the green light for Great Britain to put out an all English line up for their football team in the London 2012 Olympic games. The decision to allow the host nation for the games to include a British football team in world sport's centrepiece had previously courted a great deal of controversy amongst the home nations, as the governing bodies of Nothern Ireland, Scotland and Wales had all voiced understandable concerns that the move would compromise their independent status for other international football competitions - a sentiment seemingly put forward by FIFA president Sepp Blatter. Click to continue reading...

WAG down, WAG down! Danielle Lloyd, ex-Miss Great Britain and outed racist, had to have emergency plastic surgery on her leg, after allegedly being attacked last night by two women inside London's Crystal nightclub -Â according to reports, the WAG was...

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The Last 'Team GB'
The 11 Players That Made Up The Last Great Britain Team Ever To Take To A Field
1. John Swannell (Hendon)
2. Paul Fuschillo (Wycombe)
3. Bill Currie (Albion)
4. Ted Powell (Wycombe) (captain)
5. Derek Gamblin (Leatherhead)
6. John Payne (Enfield)
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A Playboy model who bedded a string of football stars is telling all in an explosive new book. According to the ‘ Daily Star ', former 'Miss Great Britain' Danielle Lloyd (25) will reveal raunchy secrets of her famous ex-lovers, including football stars Teddy Sheringham (42), Jermaine Defoe (26) and Marcus Bent (30), in the X-rated autobiography. Click to continue reading...

A Playboy model who bedded a string of football stars is telling all in an explosive new book. According to the ‘ Daily Star ', former 'Miss Great Britain' Danielle Lloyd (25) will reveal raunchy secrets of her famous ex-lovers, including football stars Teddy Sheringham (42), Jermaine Defoe (26) and Marcus Bent (30), in the X-rated autobiography. Click to continue reading...

First, if you haven't yet done our Weekend Quiz, stop by this post to see if you can identify our players. So who were the international legends in my quiz? Every one of them was guessed by someone among our readership, but all of them were not guessed by any one person. [...] Click to continue reading...

The Munich air disaster in 1958 devastated the soccer world after a plane carrying the Manchester United team crashed killing 23 of the 44 passengers on board, many of them United players and personnel. While the crash sent shockwaves through Great Britain and the soccer community, the news was also covered in the United States. Click to continue reading...

For us Brits there's nothing quite like getting on over on the Aussies when it comes to sport. They are just too good at it all so when the occasion comes round that we do end up looking down on them it's good to milk it for all it's worth. The 2005 Ashes may have been eclipsed by the debacle in Australia that followed but that doesn't change the fact that for those fleeting 12 months we had the one up on them. Click to continue reading...

Reports in some of today's papers claim that Sir Alex Ferguson has accepted the job of managing the Great Britain football team in London's 2012 Olympic Games. FIFA president Sepp Blatter has urged Great Britain to organise a football team, but the fear that Scotland, England and Wales would have to enter all competitions as a [. Click to continue reading...

...England, a thousand miles apart? The Olympics have provided us with a wonderful two weeks of entertainment and Team GB (why do they call it this? What happened to Great Britain?) exceeded all expectations and finished in a lofty fourth position in the medals table. Padraig Harrington won his second Open in succession and lifted the fourth major of the year, the US PGA to enter golfing folklore. Click to continue reading...

I'll tell you who wants it. Former Sounder icon Harry Redknapp.
Of course, he was also quick to criticize Capello's national side. And Portsmouth is about to go 0-2 after a merciless Chelsea-United one-two punch to start the Premiership season.

"I'm absolutely flattered that my name is being mentioned about managing the Great Britain team," gushed Redknapp before adding, "I've had some great managerial jobs during my career but there is no doubt this would be the icing on the cake.

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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. Click to continue reading...

Beckham backs Bolt to gloat - Yahoo! Eurosport UK

David Beckham believes sprinting superstar Usain Bolt should carry on showboating, saying: "If you're that good, you deserve to gloat."Beckham arrived in Beijing on Saturday ahead of the Olympics closing ceremony, in which he is playing a leading role in London 2012's set, and admitted he has been awed by the Jamaican.

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Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Old-new England captain John Terry looks like he has got a chance of competing in the Olympics even if a Great Britain side do not enter the football tournament. The Chelsea man's post-Moscow penalty shootout trauma does make him look uncannily like a synchronised diver. For all his flaws on the field, we never thought JT could be accused of being a diver. Click to continue reading...

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has today admitted he is shocked by Great Britain's gold rush at the Olympic Games. "I didn't know the English were good at swimming," claimed the Frenchman. "I have been in this country for 12 years and I haven't seen a swimming pool." (The Times) Click to continue reading...

Yes folks, as sure as night follows day and Great Britain follows Swaziland in the Olympic medals table, it's now time for Part 3 of our look at the new shirts being worn in the Premier League this season. Before we start, a quick 'hello' to all of you joining us from Fifastadt.de who, like us, enjoy finding out about the latest garments being worn in the world of football. Click to continue reading...

Politics and sports seldom mix, especially when sport is seen as a tool to gain political leverage (either by those using it or those protesting against it). And when the sport is as widespread and as passionate as football, with the politics as acrimonious and divisive as those of Great Britain, mixing the two is a [. Click to continue reading...

Scottish and Irish FAs have every right to pour scorn on the idea on the prospect on a Team GB squad for the Olympics; it is an unfortunate setup in sport that when we have a kickabout, we're our own independent country, but when we're scooping whatever medals are going at the Games, we have link arms and be all happy-clappy under the Great Britain banner. Click to continue reading...

By: The Keeper
Soccer City FC
Last winter, the Premier League looked at the possibility of a 39th-game to be played abroad. The proposal was rejected by the FA at a meeting in February. Soccer City FC's newest contributor, The Keeper, adds another idea to the table.
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I'd like to wish everyone here in the States a happy, and most importantly, safe, Independence Day.
Even though Congress voted to declare independence from Great Britain on July 2, 1776, it wasn't until two days later that Thomas Jefferson's wording in the document itself was approved. It also wasn't actually signed by most delegates until August 2, but for some reason, we've chosen to commemorate American independence on the 4th of July. Click to continue reading...

Whether you knew it or not, yesterday was a notable date in the sporting calendar. Why? Because exactly five years on from July 27th 2007, the 2012 Olympic Games will begin in London.
Those of us living in London are by now aware of the plans which are well underway to build or upgrade the venues for each event, to say nothing of encouraging ordinary people to take up a sport which, five years down the line, they might even represent Great Britain in. Click to continue reading...

Whether you knew it or not, yesterday was a notable date in the sporting calendar. Why? Because exactly five years on from July 27th 2007, the 2012 Olympic Games will begin in London.
Those of us living in London are by now aware of the plans which are well underway to build or upgrade the venues for each event, to say nothing of encouraging ordinary people to take up a sport which, five years down the line, they might even represent Great Britain in. Click to continue reading...