Nov

3

Drogba 4 Chelsea 4 ever 2gether (reprise)

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I was disgusted. I realised that signing for Chelsea was disgusting. It’s hard to explain.
It’s hard to understand because most of all, people see the financial side, or even the sporting side. But I simply wasn’t happy.
I even did some things that were almost absurd, in order not to go to Chelsea, such as during [...]

Mar

20

The best Canadian export since Dan Ackroyd

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Tim Rich at The Telegraph has a nice fluff profile on England midfielder Owen Hargreaves, who will be back in action Saturday for the Euro 2008 qualifier against Israel.  The Bayern player chats about winning over the fans after a sterling World Cup performance, his comeback from a broken leg, and his not-so-secret desire to play for [...]

Nov

1

Ian Harte - His left foot (interview)

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Ian Harte was ten days into pre-season training with Leeds when the call came. It was his agent. How did he fancy a move to Spain?
It wasn’t Barcelona, Madrid, Deportivo or Valencia. It wasn’t even Bilbao, Sevilla or Betis. It was Levante UD, the second team in the city of Valencia and they’d just returned [...]