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Young Lions in review: John Stones
NB: Special thanks to Chris Smith for his valuable contributions to this article. “I want to set a mark and be a mixture of Rio Ferdinand and John Terry.” John Stones immediately set the bar of expectation high when he spoke to FourFourTwo’s Jonathon Fadugba in June 2015. Setting his sights on becoming the embodiment […]
Young Lions in review: Raheem Sterling
June 10, 2015
NB: Special thanks to James Dutton for his valuable contributions to this article. Just over a year ago, Raheem Sterling was billed as the potential MVP for England at the World Cup in Brazil. The then 19-year-old had played without fear at the cutting edge of Liverpool’s attack; an integral part of a three-pronged assault of the opposition where […]
The big, yellow monster and 4 significant January transfers
February 3, 2015
Transfer deadline day, it’s a biannual event in the football calendar. ‘Event’ being the keyword in that sentence, it now happens as routinely as the FA Cup or the Champions League final. Football fans find themselves submerged in a sea of yellow ‘BREAKING NEWS’, rumours and media hyperbole for 24 hours on deadline day.
Too much, too young?
July 1, 2013
England made another embarrassing exit from an international tournament this summer. This time at the European Under 21 Championships in Israel without gaining a single point. Thus fresh questions were raised about England’s youth development policies. The structure of the youth system has come under intense scrutiny in recent years, especially after the slow demise […]
Chelsea ‘regret’ handling of Clattenburg case
November 29, 2012
On Tuesday 27th November, Chelsea Football Club released a statement which detailed their ‘regret’ over the handling of their accusations against referee, Mark Clattenburg. Whom Chelsea claimed had racially abused John Obi Mikel. The clubs statement came on the back of the Football Association announcing that Clattenburg had no case to answer and was officially […]
July 23, 2015
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