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Luis Figo and some other stuff

Details: Created: Thursday, 21 May 2009 23:51; Written by Ian Shine

If I said the words “Luis Figo”, “non-alcoholic beer”, “street” and “drinkers”, how would you pin the four together?

Has the former world player of the year got himself into a sticky street fight after a gaggle of English hoodlums mocked him for drinking alcohol-free booze? Has he started a campaign to push the zero percent stuff onto trampy bastards out on the piss all night?

No, he’s actually decided to gang together with a group of non-alcoholic beer drinkers to take on a team of “football stars” headed by Rui Costa in a game of street football.

What is the pull of football?

Details: Created: Wednesday, 20 May 2009 13:37; Written by Ian Shine

I have to say that in my twenty odd years as a football fan I’ve never enjoyed a season as little as I’ve enjoyed this one.

I fully blame it on the Portuguese league, which is, to put it bluntly, a shower of shite at the best of times.

There’s so little flair, so few clinical passes, so few great goals, and most noticeably so little pace.

Spot the footballer

Details: Created: Tuesday, 19 May 2009 10:00; Written by Ian Shine

After a couple of weeks off everyone’s seventh favourite competition is back.

Back like a bitter local rival with vengeance on its mind, back like a journeyman striker putting in a final stint before hanging up his boots, or back like the rear part of your body with a spine running down the middle of it? You decide.

Europe: Heartache for McClaren, but great prizes beckon for Wolfsburg and Bordeaux

Details: Created: Monday, 18 May 2009 20:20; Written by Darren Douglas

This past weekend certainly had a lot of storylines across the major European leagues, and so I thought it would be most appropriate to give a general review of how things are panning out for some of our continental neighbours. In Germany and France there has been no absolutely dominant force, meaning that the excitement has built as their domestic leagues are taken to the wire.

Netherlands
Firstly a look at Steve McClaren and his team FC Twente for the final time this season. After what has been a very positive and successful first year in the Netherlands. Unfortunately for McClaren his first season in the Eredivisie came agonisingly short of a fully triumphant riposte to his critics. On Sunday night FC Twente eventually lost the KNVB Beker (Dutch Cup) 5-4 on penalties, after a 2-2 draw with Heerenveen.