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Power-crazed lunatics: Football’s top 5 maverick chairmen
It takes a certain type of person to want to be the chairman of a football club. The potential of intense public loathing means the requirements for wanting the job go beyond basic financial greed....
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5 things we learned in the Premier League this week
1. Phil Jagielka can shoot Phil Jagielka managed to redeem some of the shame he brought on himself after his embarrassing performances at the World Cup with a belting last minute equaliser in the...
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David Brent’s big screen debut: Don’t look back in anger
Ricky Gervais is finally doing what he always said he never would. David Brent is back and this time he’s on the big screen. In August, Gervais announced that the character that shot him to fame – ‘The...
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The Office: Bridging the gulf between the UK and US series
I began watching the US version of ‘The Office’ on the recommendation of several friends. One told me not to bother with the first episode – and probably the entire first season – as it was too much...
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Why Sleaford Mods are truly a band of the moment
“Sexy people and shiny things… processed cheese… shit pieces of art… one hundred per cent cod… you fucking tit rifle.” On a background of cheap processed beats, Jason Williamson of Nottingham’s...
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5 things we learned in the Premier League this week
Chelsea can’t stop grinding It’s not hard to see why Chelsea are most people’s tip for the title this year. Cesc Fabregas and Eden Hazard have been rightly praised for a series of wonderful...
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Silva and Mata: Forgotten MVPs of the Premier League
In the summer of 2010, Manchester City splashed somewhere around £25 million of their new Arabian cash on a David Silva. The 24-year-old had already established himself as the link man in Spain’s...
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5 things we learned in the Darts World Grand Prix
1. James Wade deserves a place amongst Britain’s sporting elite A cynical reading of professional darts is that it’s not really a sport at all, but a glorified pub game. This completely misses the...
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Everybody hates the international break: England round-up
With the European Championships too far away to get excited about, the international break acts as little more than an interruption to the usual excitement we are treated to in the Premier League week...
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Football’s 5 biggest falls from grace
All walks of life give us men who have risen and fallen. Men who have sacrificed family, friends and everything in between to reach the tremendous, dizzying peaks of their profession; only to come...
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5 things we learned in the Premier League this week
1. Sam Allardyce has some friends in high places In an intriguing turn up for the books, West Ham managed to dent Manchester City’s title hopes significantly by beating the reigning champions 2-1 at...
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5 things we learned in the Premier League this week
1. Scoring brilliant goals is easy (At least, Oscar certainly makes it look that way.) There are times in football when fans berate their side’s players for failing to...
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Gone Girl and Nightcrawler: Two hollow-hearted blockbusters
Warning: May contain spoilers In the late 1980’s and early 1990’s, America went through a brief period of producing thrillers featuring psychotic female antagonists. I call this mini sub-genre...
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Cycling in London has turned me into an arsehole
Over the summer, inspired by a close colleague, I decided to brave the streets of London on a bicycle and start commuting to work by two wheels. Guided by my colleague and pseudo-cycling enthusiast...
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5 reasons to watch the snooker UK Championship
1. It’s definitely not boring It’s a common misconception that snooker is dull. This is only the case if you assume that ‘slow’ and ‘dull’ are the same thing. Snooker is undoubtedly slow, but those...
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Lord Sugar’s wideboy protection society: Pop culture fiver
Warning: Definitely contains spoilers. 1. Wideboy Dan clings on for another week in ‘The Apprentice’ Episode 9 Self-confessed “lover of banter” Daniel Lassman continued his reign of terror in this...
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5 things we learned in the Premier League this week
1. Diving is OK now Diving seems to be all the rage in the Premier League this season. By far and away the stars of this noble new trend are Chelsea, whose return to winning ways was something of a...
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5 reasons to watch the World Darts Championship
1. There will be drama Aside from the exhilaration of watching two athletes at the absolute peak of their sporting prowess going toe-to-toe at the oche, the World Darts Championship always breeds...
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The Newsroom: Not quite another Sorkin success story
As critically acclaimed American TV series go, three seasons is not typically representative of success – especially when one of those was just a measly six episodes long. Yet, Aaron Sorkin’s ‘The...
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Dreaming of a black Christmas: Pop culture fiver
1. ‘Black Mirror: White Christmas’ kicks off the Christmas special season ‘Black Mirror’ began with two men (one of which was Jon Hamm) in a dilapidated old house in the middle of a freezing, barren...
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