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editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
The path from the cusp of destruction to redemption has been a long one for Liverpool FC fans.
Bad apple Americans owners. The departure of Rafael Benitez. The exodus of star players like Xabi
Alonso.
::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Mark Patterson :::
Ireland striker Robbie Keane intends to fulfil the last major ambition of his career by making a
January switch to a club for which he feels absolutely nothing.
Keane, 31, has played for nine different clubs since he left Crumlin United as a bright-eyed
youngster for the bright lights and orange shirts of Wolves, but told Fisted Away that he had set
his heart on a new challenge.
::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Elliott,
editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
As the year comes to an end, awards circulate. Everybody speculates as to who will win the
Ballon d'Or. Some say Messi. Others say Xavi. A few say Ronaldo. However, the most shocking award
involves none other than Ricardo Kaka.
::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Elliott,
editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
Dimitar Berbatov playing in consecutive games shocked several United fans, but also raised red
flags in other quarters. Where? Well, the DWP, that's where. Why? It seems that after a brief
investigation, the Bulgarian played a pivotal role in a welfare abuse scheme.
::: FistedAway welcomes a guest post from Elliott,
editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
Any time a major signing doesn't score a bucket of goals, excuses twirl about like the trade
winds of the Pacific. "The league is different," some say. "The player has a niggling injury,"
others cry.
::: FistedAway today welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
Save your St. Crispin's Day speech for another tournament. Rather than roll into the semifinals
of the U21 Championships, Stuart Pearce's side won the hearts, admiration, and plaudits of its home
nation for a scintillating run all the way to the end of the group stage.
::: FistedAway today welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
For the past decade, two midfielders have owned the centre of the park for the Three Lions:
Steven Gerrard of Liverpool and Frank Lampard of Chelsea. For years, fans have watched these two
players make the same run, step on one another's toes, lazily expect the other to tackle, fail to
beat up men and pass to the other team.
::: Today we welcome a guestpost from Russell Berrisford, who you may remember from such gaily
flickering difference engine lanterns as theVancouver Sun and Soccer Report Extra :::
Through the years many football managers have been known to put the fear of God into their
players, but there has been only one who has terrified them by killing off God completely.
::: FistedAway today welcomes a guest post from Elliott, editor of the rather lovely
Futfanatico :::
Sir Alex has a long-held reputation for suffering no fools and making his voice heard. However,
this time his tongue has gotten him into serious trouble, invoking a lifetime "no-touch-line" ban
for all gentlemen clubs forming part of the Foxy-entertainment Association (FA).
::: Today we welcome a guestpost from Russell Berrisford, who you may remember from such gaily
flickering difference engine lanterns as theVancouver Sun and Soccer Report Extra :::
Anybody who saw the 1983 football biopic "Being is Believing" will almost certainly have left
the cinema with a somewhat romanticised view of the period that Jean-Paul Sartre spent as manager
of Paris based side Stade Saint-Germain in the early 1960s.
::: Today we welcome a guestpost from Russell Berrisford, who you may remember from such gaily
flickering difference engine lanterns as the Vancouver Sun and Soccer Report Extra :::
It is a sadly neglected aspect of Immanuel Kant's life that, during what scholars have come to
refer to as his 'silent decade', he was controversially made head coach of Prussian Premier League
side FC Königsberg.
