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Tag Archives: Premier League
Sportsthoughts (161). Premier League 2017-18 predictions – half time report
So, the mad Christmas/ New Year fixture pile up is over, managers have had their moan about the strains it puts on the players (they have a point) and attention turns, briefly, to the FA Cup, where most Premier League … Continue reading
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Tagged football, Manchester City, Premier League, Premier League predictions, sports, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (116) – Premier League predictions!
So, little more than a month since we were watching Germany dismantle Brazil in one of the most astonishing games in World Cup history, the Premier League is back. Time to forget about England’s mediocrity, the collapse of Spain, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League, Liverpool, Man City, Man Utd, Premier League, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (99) – The rise of Liverpool; the fall of Arsenal
And so the Premier League reaches a climax. The big showdown yesterday between Liverpool and Manchester City ended 3-2 to Liverpool. A superb game of football, with Liverpool going 2-0 up, City clawing their way back to 2-2 and looking … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, football, Gerrard, Liverpool, Premier League, Soccer, sports
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Sportsthoughts (81) – Premier League predictions 2013-14
So tomorrow it’s back. The sports monster that sweeps everything else aside once it gets going. More money sloshing around than ever, now BT Sport has arrived on the scene. It has been a great summer of sport again, after … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, Chelsea, English Premier League, football, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Norwich, Premier League, Soccer, sports, Tottenham, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (39) – The Return of the Premier League
So soon after those feelgood Olympics, all those supremely talented athletes, at once successful and humble, in tune with the crowds who roared them on. After all the smiles, the friendliness, people of all nations happily mixing, celebrating, drinking in … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, English Premier League, football, Premier League, Soccer, West Ham
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Sportsthoughts (9) – a big weekend
It was a big weekend for the football and the rugby, this weekend. In the rugger it was the last round of group games in the Heineken Cup – who would qualify for the quarter finals? In the footie, Sky … Continue reading
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Tagged Arsenal, football, Harlequins, Heineken Cup, Premier League, rugby, Soccer, sports, West Ham
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