Back Then:

It was a horror show against the mancs. So let's have a minutes silence in memory of that black day.

Since That:

Ah! The FA cup. There is nothing better to raise your spirits than to be supporting the ‘defending champions' of the tournament; and we march on that path with a 2-0 win over Stoke.

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Believing just got a little harder...

Rio Ferdinand is the new Captain of the English National club that will duke it out at the World Cup this summer. Good for him. He found he was the new captain by seeing the news on TV. Bad for England.

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I'm not a scandal guy, generally. For some reason, one I'm not too intent on examining, the sordid personal lives of others has never intrigued me, no matter if the people in question are...

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OK, so the last time I had premonitions and make prognostications, you only had to wait a few days to see how I did. After today's post, we'll have to check in 10 years! Bummer man!

Any way, I've tried to avoid the temptation to do any end-of-the-decade lists, but to no avail, I'm going to look ahead instead.

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Aston Villa, football blogs, Chinese scandals and weakened Wolves all feature in this week's the good, the bad and the ugly section of the podcast. Vocabulary support can be found for the words in bold at the foot of the post.

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For years, the tabloid newspapers in England have been renowned for overhyping the expectations of England's chances in the World Cup. Those wheels have already been set in motion and now The Sun newspaper, which has a daily readership of 7.9 million, have declared that England's group which includes the United States will be easy.

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(Yes, it's an ad at the beginning. Power through it. What follows is interesting.) So let's say you are a Brazilian club looking for a promotion to your state's first division. It's the 80th minute and you're up by only two. Promotion will require more. So what do you do? If you're the [...] Click to continue reading...

The rumblings are starting. Â The city of Manchester is all aflitter about the dramatic ending of the derby between Man City and Man Utd. Â With in-town rivalries like this someone is bound to cry foul no matter the score, and it appears this weekend's derby is no exception.

Officials take alot of heat during games when there are sensitive calls, but these seem odd and troubling.

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The Premier League have introduced a home-grown player rule and a limit on squad sizes – both of which will come into effect from next season.

The 20 Premier League clubs have voted to introduce the measures which will see all teams limited to a squad of 25 of which eight players must be ‘home-grown'.

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Southampton police have contacted the FA regarding the Matt Le Tissier betting scandal.
The former Southampton captain and England international admitted gambling on a Premier League game in which he was playing.
Le Tissier admitted in his autobiography, Taking Le Tiss, that he gambled on the time of the first throw in the Saints' 2-0 win at Wimbledon in April 1995. Click to continue reading...

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The languagecaster team have often been asked why we chose to focus on language learning through football. Well, apart from being two language teachers with a love for the game, we thought it might be interesting to offer teachers some alternative content for their language classes.

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Check out this profile on USF Senior Zak Boggs. He is set to play his final season with the Bulls this fall, has already graduated with a 4.0 GPA, and is currently in graduate school. In this day and age of collegiate sports scandals, it is nice to see a true student athlete. Click to continue reading...

Remember not so long ago when Fat Ronaldo was down and out? Busted knees, a ring of donut crumbs and butter caked around his mouth, scales breaking under his feet...transvestite prostitute scandals. Well, it was none other than Brazilian mega club Flamengo who took him under their wing, gave him a fitness regiment, a place to call home, and a pitch to refer to in interviews when talking about possibly training in the future.

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I'm not talking about Venus and Serena although, come to think of it, that would be fun as they prepare to meet in the Wimbledon Women's Final.

But no I'm talking about Michelle and Sarah ... two women who couldn't possibly be more different.

Unless you've been off hiking the Appalachian Trail, you're well aware of Sarah's big announcement.

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With this article, I realize that I risk angering some staunch Inter Milan supporters. But since I have waited three long years to express my views on this issue, I feel obliged to let them out. The truth is, I simply can't fathom why no one can stop Inter Milan in the Italian Serie A.

Perhaps it is the lackluster attitude of their guilty rivals ever since the notorious match-fixing scandals of 2006.

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It's been a long but very exciting Premier League season. In some ways, the season has flown by. The close title race between Manchester United and Liverpool has been incredible to watch. There have been so many scandals off the field. On it, we've seen some wonderful goals and brilliant play. We've seen Hull City rise and fall.

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When it rains, it pours, and as soon as we get a bit of sunshine, we get doused again: that's the life of an Arsenal supporter.

You've no doubt seen the reports that Our Fair Captain, Cesc Fabregas, has been formally charged on two counts of improper conduct by the Football Association.

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If you haven't taken our second Bad Boys quiz, stop by here and make your guesses, then come back to this post for the answers. Boy, this one was a lot harder than I expected! As I said in the comments of the previous post, I made the photo cuts kind of difficult [...] Click to continue reading...

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Controversies and scandals and shame! Oh my! You guys did a great job of naming our bad boys of the week. Not a one went unguessed. And you even came up with some new scandals I didn't know/hadn't thought about! Congrats once again to "Eros, juve," this week doing business as "eros [...] Click to continue reading...

This week's quiz is all about the Bad Boys the guys who have at some point made a name for themselves for something other than stellar performance on the pitch. These scandals/controversies could be recent or long ago. They could be on-pitch or off-. There may be one or many. They [...] Click to continue reading...