Lincoln City supporter Keith Duncombe stepped into the murky world of the football internet forum and, in spite of warnings from his doctor about the ill-effects that it is all having on his blood pressure, he is still there.

In 1997 I coined my first ever internet "handle", and I'm still using it today.

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As it's a quiet Arsenal week with the international break and I'm currently in transit from Asia to Africa in Dubai, I thought I might blog today on the prospects for England's World Cup bid for either 2018 or 2022.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">

The bid was recently launched at Wembley.

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As it's a quiet Arsenal week with the international break and I'm currently in transit from Asia to Africa in Dubai, I thought I might blog today on the prospects for England's World Cup bid for either 2018 or 2022.

The bid was recently launched at Wembley. It being Blighty, things couldn't go smoothly of course.

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Yesterday we looked briefly at the concerns about the Football Association's lack of reform expressed by Sports Minister Gary Sutcliffe. But how has the Labour government in its twelve years in power and with a long-proclaimed aim to modernise and promote the broader development of football fared itself in ensuring this happens?

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HMRC finally managed to swing the axe successfully against a football club today, and Hyde United were the victims. It's ironic, really. Hyde, as have so many small clubs for as long as any of us can remember, have been occasionally poorly run over the last few years, but they were by no means the worst offenders in the game.

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To all those who rode their first wave of U.S. soccer fandom into the hot Mexican dust, welcome! Brush that dirt off your coat. Hang it up. Stay awhile. And chin up for god sakes. It's not that bad. I'm here to help you through it. There are just a few things you should know so you don't make rookie blunders like buying an Eddie Johnson jersey or dislexifying Onyewu's name.

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Hey party people. Josh, naturally, has the US Open Cup liveblog tonight. In about fifteen minutes, actually. Whoops.
I stupidly picked both road teams to win, so the least I can do is defend that point of view.
So, why did I pick against the defending champs at home. Why, why, why. Click to continue reading...

Former Liverpool chairman David Moores resigned from his post on the board of directors at Anfield today.
Coming from one of the richest families in Britain owing to their creation of the Littlewoods franchise, Moores took over the role of Liverpool chairman in 1991.
However, with the Reds needing an increase in investment funds, Moores sold his 51% majority shares in the club to the current owners - American businessmen George Gillett and Tom Hicks - in February 2007. Click to continue reading...

According to a Russian proverb, the future belongs to those who know how to wait. And for some of those far beyond the long afternoon shadows of the Luzhniki, the waiting is over.

Late last year, gold was wrenched eastwards to Tatarstan, from whence the Golden Horde once poured west.

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Brighton & Hove Albion's move to Falmer has been beset by every problem imaginable over the last few years, but when BBC South showed construction work starting at the site of the proposed new stadium last year one might have been forgiven for thinking that things were finally starting to move in the right direction.

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Lessons learned from Elen Rives in the face of a breakup with your long term partner Frank Lampard:

1. Smiling blissfully comes easy when you're with a boy twelve years your junior;
2. Smiling blissfully also comes in knowing that the many photos of you publicly cuddling up to a new guy will make your ex's head explode;
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Lessons learned from Elen Rives in the face of a breakup with your long term partner Frank Lampard:

1. Smiling blissfully comes easy when you're with a boy twelve years your junior;
2. Smiling blissfully also comes in knowing that the many photos of you publicly cuddling up to a new guy will make your ex's head explode;
3.

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At the death of the calamitous Chelsea v Barcelona match last week, a perceptive cameraman from the ESPN network captured a young boy, about twelve years old, sobbing uncontrollably as Chelsea watched their imminent victory disappear into a deep fjord of last minute loss. It was a footballing death moment for the child.

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Few managers in the English Premier League can be mentioned in the same sentence as Sir Alex Ferguson. One such manager, though, is Arsene Wenger. While Wenger doesn't quite match Ferguson's trophy haul, the Frenchman has always exhibited excellent tactical awareness and transfer market prowess. Finally, after twelve years at the helm, Wenger's time at Arsenal could be coming to an end. Click to continue reading...