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Cleanpairofshorts Podcast – Episode 2 The Community/Charity Sheild

Holy Moly, If it isn’t episode 2 of the cleanpairofshorts podcast already. The gang discuss the Community Shield, plus the upcoming Premier League fixtures. Have a gander here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/cleanpairofshorts-premier/id693820640

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Total Disrespect

Luis Suarez’s “total disrespect” of Liverpool has now left his position at the club completely untenable. Shunned off to train alone, it seems the Uruguayan may have already played his last game for the club. What’s confusing is, does he … Continue reading

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The fairer sex and the beautiful game

Writing this entry will require me to walk a precarious metaphorical tightrope, one slip of the index finger could see me slip into the depths of being perceived as a sexist pig, rotten tomatoes will be hurled at me from … Continue reading

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Fantasy Football Logic

Being a bit of a veteran in the world that is Fantasy football, I thought that maybe there should be a blog on what goes on inside the mind of a would be manager who’s only real tilt at being … Continue reading

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Its not about the glory, its the story

I feel that your hand is drawn from the location your were born in terms of team you support. As a kid there wasn’t much glamour going down the Vetch Field supporting Swansea, sometimes you would see the odd washed … Continue reading

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Gerardo Martino

It came out of the blue but wasn’t really a surprise. Tito Vilanova’s departure from Barcelona had an air of inevitability after spending a large chunk of last season absent due to an unfortunate relapse in the cancer he suffered … Continue reading

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The Real Community

Most football fans will know the Real Oviedo story. Especially theTwitter aficionados, but the outcome of their fairy tale is an interesting one. They currently reside in the third tier of Spanish football but a few short months ago they … Continue reading

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The Rooney Conundrum

So Jose Mourinho’s kissy faces at Wayne Rooney has been made official following the Chelsea managers press conference during their preseason tour of Thailand. Rooney’s nine years at United have been for the most part successful and fruitful for both … Continue reading

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Men United

More and more often these days grown men are admitting to man crushes on footballers. I for an awful long time thought it was some kind of homosexuality, but to my reassurance it wasn’t just me who has got lost … Continue reading

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The Broken Transfer Market

Buying a football player in the PL at the moment, is very much comparable to buying a second hand car the the 90’s. No idiot wants to spend their hard earned cash on a second hand Rover, when for less … Continue reading

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