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On the outside looking in, Day 31: Daniel Jarque, Antonio Puerta and the champions of the world.

A fitting tribute and a fitting end

Evening everyone, a recap of the World Cup final for you to digest. It’s probably the least punctual of all the recaps you’ll read, but the intention was to hold tight for a few days to see if anything of great note cropped up as was the case four years ago. In the mistaken absence that anything of interest would happen though, here’s your final piece.

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On the outside looking in, Day 30: Wereldkampioenen…Campeones del Mundo?

July 10th, 2010 | By: Eugene | Comments Comments(2)

As Harry Redknapp may...no, will say over the next few days, T'rific.
Evening all, a brief recap of today’s third/fourth place play-off and then a quick look at the final tomorrow night, something for you lot to have a read of in any case
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On the outside looking in, Day 26 and 27: The changing of the guard

July 8th, 2010 | By: Eugene | Comments Comments(0)

The New World Order, yesterday and the day before
Evening all. The final computer gremlins have been sorted and the wallet has been consequently emptied, so no more excuses. For the purposes of actually having something to read, I’m going to amalgamate the two semi-finals days into one post for you lot, as ... [read more]

On the outside looking in, Day 23: Europe 3, South America 0

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Rest In Peace THE suit, 12th June 2010-3rd July 2010 :(
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On the outside looking in, Day 22: Total shock

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I'll journeyman you lot...
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On the outside looking in, Day 19: Thin line between heaven and hell…

July 7th, 2010 | By: Eugene | Comments Comments(2)

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On the outside looking in, Day 18: SAMBA! TOTAALVOETBAL! No wait, hang on…

On the outside looking in, Day 17: When it hits you feel the pain

On the outside looking in, Day 16: It’s a rain-drenched, extra-time, poor defending, worse goalkeeping, South American and African knockout.

On the outside looking in, Day 15: Showtime

On the outside looking in, Day 14: A frankly impressive failure

On the outside looking in, Day 13: 91′ and ‘66

On the outside looking in, Day 12: Liberation

On the outside looking in, Day 11: The Empire strikes back

On the outside looking in, Day 10: It’s just not cricket…or rugby…

On the outside looking in, Day 9: The beginning of the long goodbye


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Daily Dose: September 3rd, 2010.

The Guziki Champions League, coming to a piece of felt near you. This man's a hero. (European Football Weekends) 'Arry ignores his true self. (The DA) The week in headlines. (Three Match Ban) Bundesliga's Asian & North American imports. (The Best Eleven) Iberia joins in the race. (World Football Insider) Stjarnan is causing countless Google search ...

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Louis Saha Uses Leeches to Heal His Knees

Everton striker Louis Saha is not a man blessed with good knees. In fact I'd go as far as saying he's a top class striker cursed with horrible knees, and as a result has never been able to hit the heights his talents deserve. He's the French Ledley King. After years ...

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Is a Throw-In to The Face Worth a Red Card?

Be prepared to flinch when you watch the above video from the Women's Bundesliga in Germany. The thrower is Taoba Kemmy of FFC Turbine Potsdam, the woman in the way is Kerstin Garefreke of FFC Frankfurt. Kemmy felt Garefreke was getting in her face while trying to a throw, so ...

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Name To Remember: Noah Shawn

[Spotted at The Original Winger] Hype can be a terrible thing. It can fail to account for the fact that natural growth may or may not occur or the butterfly effect which takes hold of everyone's life - and this before considering what hype does itself, something taking hold of its ...

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Rafa v Jose: The Next Chapter

Given it's the football season, the war of words between Jose Mourinho and everybody else will run through the end of the year, when he's only shut up by a cool beach breeze. Atop his list is Rafa Benitez, once nemesis and now replacement, who combined forces with Italian television, ...

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Daily Dose: September 2nd, 2010.

Whether or not this is actually the Ghana national team playing in a Chicago park is debatable (two years old), but it's no less beautiful. Ruud's joyous comeback. (Netherlands WCB) Russia play down racism with stupidity. (Match Fit USA) Jack Wilshere well on his way to being a proper Prem footballer. (The Spoiler) The ...

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The Physics Of Roberto Carlos

As evidenced by the aerodynamic qualities of his glistening dome and breaking land-speed records with every third free kick, Roberto Carlos is a very, very scientific man. He's also inspired scientists, particularly that free kick back in 97 - you don't need to hit play to know the one I'm ...

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Soundoff: Who's Your Local Non-League Team?

Due to the international break and Euro 2012 qualifiers on Friday, there'll be no Premier League or Championship football in England this weekend. Football fan James Doe saw an opportunity, and declared Saturday, September 4th Non-League Day. So all football fans who usually support big teams are encouraged to go ...

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