Weekend Match Guide: Handshakes in Madrid edition
The matches to watch after you realize that Carvalho and Forlan might be shaking hands before the Madrid derby, but they’re certainly not blinking. Saturday Bolton v Spurs at Reebok Stadium — Spurs are still riding a high off a mix of beating Inter Milan and having Gareth Bale confirmed as the best player of all-time ever, but Bolton have only lost one match at home so far this season. Beating …
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AFC Wimbledon and Ebbsfleet have different reasons for FA Cup hope | David Conn
The FA Cup first-round tie between a south London team on the up and their ‘web-community’ owned opponents should be an intriguing one The story-telling machine which is the FA Cup draw has produced an intriguing contest in the first round proper tomorrow afternoon, between the flourishing, supporter-owned AFC Wimbledon, and Ebbsfleet United, the club still forced to bill itself as “owned by a …
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Alan Smith: Liverpool’s best bet against Chelsea is to let Steven Gerrard run free
Jon Obi Mikel’s anticipation and positional sense key to Chelsea snuffing out Anfield danger man.
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