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Domestic Cup Finals: Chelsea And Bayern Munich Win Cups

Portsmouth made Chelsea work for it, but Chelsea won the double by defeating Portsmouth 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to capture the FA Cup. In the first half Chelsea hit the woodwork 5 times and it seemed that perhaps it was

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Weekend Watch List: Spain And Italy Finish And Cup Finals in Germany And England

This will be my final Weekend Watch List until the European leagues return in the fall. This week should be good with the English and German Cups as well as the end of the Italian and Spanish Leagues. Here are

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Premier League Season Recap, Part III

Here is the third part of my season recaps of the teams in the Premier League. In this part, I will look at Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, and Stoke City. Liverpool (7th, 63 pts) Looking Back: Liverpool may

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A Look At The Premier League From Bottom To Top

The Premier League season is entering the final stretch run with only 7 weeks of games left. The table has been divided into a couple of races at the top and bottom. I decided it would be a good time

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The FA Cup: Quarterfinal Preview And Predictions

With United doing so poorly in this tournament this season, I don’t think I have gotten into the FA Cup as much as I usually do which is a real shame because it is these cup competitions that I feel

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The FA Cup Quarterfinal Draw

The FA Cup had some good matches in the round of 16 and the match-ups are set up for the quarterfinals following the draw today. The glamor match-up would be Chelsea at home against Manchester City if Manchester City can

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Weekend Watch List: Test For The German Leaders And Barcelona Faces Its Bogey Team

With the FA Cup going on this weekend, England is not producing a whole lot of great match-ups but the rest of Europe have some good games. Germany especially has some good matches at the top of the table. So

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REPORT: Manchester United 5, Portsmouth 0

There is not much to say about this game other than Portsmouth were extremely poor. They were slow and bickered amongst each other the entire game and on a performance like this it is hard to see how they can

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Money Struggles In the Premier League and Gameweek 22 I Know The Score

This week has been filled with gloom and doom for the two biggest clubs in English football Manchester United and Liverpool. The week started with reports of Manchester United’s money issues. The Glazers announced a plan to raise 500m pounds

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Premier League Naughty and Nice List and Holiday I Know The Score

It’s the holiday season and while most leagues go on break, the teams in Britain rev up the schedule. Every year I always look forward to Boxing Day, which is a bit of a downer this year since it falls

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