Alan Ball MBE was born 12 May 1945 and died 25 April 2007.
He started out in football playing for Ashton United, signed a youth contract with Wolverhampton, who then decided not to take him on, tried...
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By Tony Attwood If you keep a regular eye on the blog, TV, radio and newspaper headlines you may have noticed that there is a new game in town – although perhaps game is the wrong word, because ...
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by Walter Broeckx In our series to find out with which ref some teams perform better than average we have referee Lee Probert next. But first let me explain in short the average, under and over thing ...
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By Tony Attwood
On 11 May 1925 an advert for a new manager at Arsenal FC appeared in the leading sports journal of the day “Athletic News”.
Athletic News was based in Manchester (a reflect...
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By Tony Attwood Between 2004 and 2011 Sir Alex Ferguson refused to talk to the BBC, after the Corporation ran a story about his son Jason. It was just one of a series of spats that the man had during ...
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For the last few transfer windows, the AAA have stated that we need half a dozen players to turn the club around, and have criticised the club when, inevitably their expectations have not been met. As...
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Match Review: Phil Dowd – Arsenal Vs Manchester United (1 – 1) [28/04/2013] If you are new to this site and this is your first visit then please: Read this to fully understand our reviews....
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By Walter Broeckx In the past when the website of the PGMOL was still alive and whistling we found a few things over there that told us the criteria that are used to appoint referees. Lucky we did som...
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By Tony Attwood
What can one say about Dennis Bergkamp?
“He needs fewer touches to score. Sometimes just one, when others need two or three.”
That beautifully simple comment came from ...
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