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/ 5839 days ago

Manchester City Looking To Bid On Buffon, And Why They Shouldn't

Juventus keeper, and Italian World Cup hero, Gianluigi Buffon is reportedly looking for a way out of Serie A and Manchester looks to be his destination. The only question is whether he'll end up in blue or red. Juventus is reportedly asking for around £30 million and both clubs seemed poised to make serious offers. […]

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/ 5839 days ago

Love Glazer, Hate United: Man City Fans Take The Mickey

Manchester City supporters took the mickey out on Manchester United fans at Eastlands this past Saturday (see above picture), but it was the United supporters who were having the last laugh after Paul Scholes's injury time winner. Still, you have to give credit to City supporters for being creative.

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/ 5841 days ago

Recap Of Saturday's Action In The EPL

Jermain Defoe puts Tottenham ahead With only three weeks to go until the final Saturday of competition the key races in the Premier League are heating up. Two key derbys, one in Manchester and the other in London, threw the races for first and fourth place back into uncertainty as Burnley and Hull City seem […]

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/ 5841 days ago

Manchester United 1-0 Manchester City – Matchday Observations and Late Drama

The highly anticipated Manchester Derby took place Saturday with frustrating and mixed results. Both teams seemed satisfied to sit back and not risk over-committing attacking players while each team was still able to enjoy decent spells of possession, but minimal quality attempts on goal. Not that a reason was needed, it being a local derby […]

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/ 5841 days ago

Manchester City v Manchester United: Open Thread

This is it. The match that means everything to both teams. Manchester City against Manchester United. If you remember, the league game between both sides at Old Trafford last autumn was one of the highlights of the season. The deciding goal by Michael Owen. Fergie time. There is simply too much riding on this game […]

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/ 5842 days ago

Manchester United v Manchester City: Classic 1982-83 Video

It's time to take any walk down memory lane. This time to 1982 for the Manchester derby. We have the first half of the match featured on The Big Match with Brian Moore and Jim Rosenthal. And what a derby it was. The last two times these teams played each other before the 1982 derby […]

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/ 5844 days ago

Manchester City Confirm U.S. Summer Tour

Manchester City will be touring the United States this July as part of their pre-season preparation for the 2010-11 Premier League season. "The summer tour of America is going to be tremendously exciting for Manchester City," said Manchester City chief executive Gary Cooke. "I am well aware of the support there is for us in […]

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/ 5850 days ago

ESPN2 to Televise Manchester and North London Derbies Next Week

ESPN has been patient throughout this entire 2009-2010 Premier League season in regards to which matches they've been able to televise live on ESPN2. For the vast majority of games, they were B- level or C-level Premier League matches. But finally after their recent record-breaking Manchester United against Chelsea broadcast, they finally got a massive […]

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/ 5854 days ago

U-S-A Chants At Premier League Matches Are Insulting

During Saturday's Manchester United against Chelsea match at Old Trafford, you may have heard the sarcastic chants from Chelsea supporters of "USA, USA, USA." The chants were directed at the Manchester United supporters. They were part tongue-in-cheek humor as well as a little bit of banter to wind up the Man United supporters and mock […]

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/ 5857 days ago

Top 4 Anti-Bias

When I first started watching English football as a Yank six years ago, I was drawn to the best clubs and star players, like anyone would be. But then I quickly realized that being a fan of one of the Big 4 clubs is no fun. Since the '02-'03 season, only once has an […]

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/ 5858 days ago

West Ham's Owners Expect Miracles From Mud

If there's one positive about David Sullivan's outburst last week, such was the reaction to it, he'll hopefully keep quiet until the end of the season. It's a tricky situation when you're a chairman of a club struggling at the wrong end of the table, but sometimes, you've got to keep quiet. In Sullivan's case, […]

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/ 5867 days ago

How an EPL Club Can Conquer America In 7 Easy Steps

There is talk that Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur could be playing friendlies in the United States this summer. It's music to my ears and I'm sure many other soccer fans in America. But while teams in the past such as Chelsea, Everton and others have tried to conquer the States, they all […]

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/ 5872 days ago

The England Outsiders#2 Full-Backs

With less than 3 months to go until England's first group game against the U.S.A on June 12th in the World Cup and one particular pair of positions are causing more problems than anyone envisaged. At full strength, the English full-backs picked themselves with Ashley Cole easily making a case for being the best left […]

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/ 5873 days ago

AJ for England?

With a little under three months left to the World Cup, the excitement is building up in the air over England's chances and who gets a plane ticket to South Africa. There are a few obvious 'shoe-ins' in the wide areas for the squad – barring fitness – including the likes of James Milner and […]

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/ 5875 days ago

What Was Your Highlight of the Premier League Weekend?

One of the advantages of Premier League clubs being more desperate for points at this stage of the season is that it means that we get to see more open matches. It also creates more end-to-end action. This past weekend was a perfect example of this. I had the chance to watch Spurs against Blackburn, […]