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The 2015/16 Premier League Preview

So here we go again, another Premier League season is about to begin. Usually this should induce a feeling of excitement as football’s one of the few things that manages to make the uncertain and uncertainty that is the future … Continue reading

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Relegation Day

When it comes to the last weekend of the Premier League season it would be better if the title was on the line, but a relegation scrap is a passable consolation prize. Its appeal is both engrossing and macabre, akin … Continue reading

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The 2014/15 Premier League Quarterly Report – The Final Furlong

So this time I set myself a challenge – to try and keep this column under a word count that could be deemed excessive. I aimed for a limit of five thousand words, which is rather a lot. But then … Continue reading

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The 2014-15 Premier League Half Way Report

First off, Happy New Year to one and all. Invariably it means we’ve reached the halfway point in this season’s Premier League. As per usual the first weekend of the New Year is reserved for the third round of the … Continue reading

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The 2014-15 Premier League Quarterly Report – The Quagmire Edition

Quagmire; noun 1. an area of miry or boggy ground whose surface yields under the tread; a bog. 2. a situation from which extrication is very difficult: a quagmire of financial indebtedness. 3. anything soft or flabby. As Jim Bowen would put it the English language is ‘super smashing great’ for variety, nuance, complexity and intrigue, but not so good when an enticing word doesn’t quite mean what you believe it … Continue reading

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