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Premier League: Relegation Battle Heats Up

There are only two rounds of games left and the battle at the bottom is heating up. Here is a look at the teams still in the fight. Aston Villa (42 pts) (at Arsenal, vs. Liverpool) Villa only need a

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Carling Cup: Late Arsenal Mistake Gives Birmingham The Title

I couldn’t help but laugh at the end of the game as Birmingham celebrated their Carling Cup victory. It is sort of cruel for Arsenal, but somehow it seemed like classic Liverpool. Birmingham played better than people expected, but the

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Carling Cup Final Preview

The first silverware of the season are being handed out as Arsenal square off with Birmingham at Wembley in London. These are two teams that are on different ends of the Premier League table. Arsenal have won the two meeting

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Observations From Premier League Gameweek 21

The top sides took care of business as Manchester United, City, and Arsenal all earned victories. Tottenham kept up their good run as well winning a London derby. Here is a complete rundown of the games from today as well

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Premier League Season Recap, Part I

As promised, I would have a recap of the Premier League season which just finished this past weekend. I’ll be taking a look at each team’s seasons as well as their objectives (i.e. transfer targets) for the season in the

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End Of Season Awards And Gameweek 38 I Know The Score

Heading into the final weekend of the Premier League season, it is time to take a look back at the season as a whole and hand out my own awards. It has been an exciting season as the title race

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Weekend Watch List: Big Premier League Games And More

With all of the title races in Europe coming down to the wire, there are good games, but the top games are in England and Italy. This is also the final weekend of the Mexican Primera which should lead to

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Premier League: Chelsea Stop Villa, Arsenal Slip At Birmingham, Manchester United Cruise

The order at the top stayed the same this weekend, but there were some huge victories by the top two while Arsenal slipped up in third place which puts their title chase in the balance given how few games that

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Weekly Watch List: Tough Test For Barcelona And Donovan’s Last Everton Game

Another weekend of quality football and while this could be the final game for Landon Donovan in the Premier League for now, it also might mark the return of Clint Dempsey who returned for Fulham in the Europa League on

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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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