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LIVERPOOL SEASON REVIEW 2011/2012
The word cloud below was generated using all of Liverpool’s match reports from the BBC website from the 2011/2012 season. The more frequently a word is used, the larger it appears on screen. The image...
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PREMIER LEAGUE 2011/2012 WORD CLOUDS
Each of these word clouds represents the terms used within BBC match reports for each individual side during the 2011/2012 season. All twenty of the sides that competed in the Premier League during...
View ArticlePremier League 2011/2012 to 2012/2013 player changes
The close season is traditionally a time where clubs jettison their weak players, replacing them with footballers with the skill to take the club one step further, whether that be to qualify or...
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Cardiff City: What’s in a colour?
A few weeks ago I was flicking through the channels on my TV and came across Sky News. They were showing brief highlights of a game from earlier in the day and I didn’t initially recognise who the...
View ArticleLiverpool’s cluttered flat leaves Brendan Rodgers with problems
As price of players corkscrews upwards, the transfer of mediocre players for incredulous prices has become an epidemic in the English game. Liverpool are probably the main culprit of this practice,...
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Ligue 1 2012 review
For the latest in French football head over to French Football Weekly. As the calendar year 2012 comes to an end and with French football all wrapped up for another year, it’s unsurprising to see that...
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An unexpected Christmas gift
A month or two ago I innocently posted a tweet saying: ”All I want for Christmas is a Hearts of Oak kit”. For those who aren’t aware, Hearts of Oak sport one of the finest kits in African and world...
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Bundesliga table for the 2012 calendar year
With German football currently taking a winter break, Eintracht Frankfurt can look back on 2012 with a satisfaction that few other clubs can match. Since their promotion to the Bundesliga last May they...
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La Liga table for the 2012 calendar year
Unsurprisingly Barcelona and Real Madrid dominated Spanish football in 2012. Barca accumulated over 100 points, whilst Real Madrid were ten points behind their bitter rivals. Interestingly during 2012...
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Premier League table for the 2012 calendar year
Manchester United were the club who picked up the most Premier League points during 2012. They are followed by their city rivals Manchester City who despite losing the same number of games as United,...
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Welsh League Division Three: Llantwit Major 2 Risca United 2
On Saturday I travelled to south Wales. Whilst there I took a trip down memory lane to a place where I had played football many times in my youth, to the evocatively named Windmill Lane, home of Welsh...
View ArticleBeing a Football Manager in 2013
The subject of managerial changes has arisen a few times this season. Generally these changes have been presented in a negative light by the media and fans. Often as “good men” are fired from positions...
View ArticleAlliterative Footballers in the Premier League, Championship, League One and...
A list of footballers who have played in the Premier League, Championship, League One or League Two this season with their first name beginning with the same letter as their surname. Please let me know...
View ArticleLeague One 2012/2013: Players who started the first and last game of the...
The following list shows the players who started the first and last league games for their League clubs in the 2012/2013 season. Tranmere Rovers (8) – Liam Palmer, Jean-Louis Akpa Akpro, Andy Robinson,...
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Brentford vs Wigan Athletic: Freight Rover Trophy Final 1985
Brentford and Wigan Athletic will make trips to Wembley over the next few weeks for differing reasons. Brentford will be playing in the League One play-off final against Yeovil Town, whilst Wigan...
View ArticlePremier League: Doing the double over other clubs
If a club wins both the home fixture and the away fixture during a league season then they are said to have “done the double” over that side. In the Premier League during the 2012/2013 season 16 of the...
View ArticleGame 39: We’ve been here before haven’t we?
You might assume that the practice of two English clubs facing one another abroad was a recent invention, something adopted as part of the Premier League’s plan for global domination, however that...
View ArticleA medley of links
As you probably weren’t aware Spirit of Mirko took a bit of a break this summer. Watched some cricket, spent time outside and generally ignored the world of football. 1. A fantastic analysis of the...
View Article1987/1988: A review of the season as told by the Panini Football Yearbook
In the late 80s Panini set up a football yearbook to rival the traditional Rothmans Football juggernaut. The 88/89 Panini yearbook is a charming edition that pulls you in during the editorial where...
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Kenny Dalglish in a wheelbarrow, a book review of the SCOOP 1980 annual
In the days before boring football blogs, football fans would get their information from newspapers and magazines. Football annuals would then fill the void as Christmas presents for information hungry...
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