Great football defences of the last 25 years
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In a game utterly obsessed with the worship of attacking talent, here’s a celebration of some of the greatest defenders and defences of the past 25 years.
Friday, July 04, 2025
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In defence of defending
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- Written by Daniel Mehmet
Another window, another ridiculous splurge on forward-thinking players by Premier League clubs. Of course, one club in particular scaled new heights of ridiculousness.
Transfer Deadline Day: A Tale of Two Strikers
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- Written by James Palmer
Once again Jim White of Sky Sports News can pack away that yellow tie, for the next 5 months at least. Another Transfer Deadline day has passed. Sky’s on site reporters can live without the fear of unruly fans shouting <insert generic sexually explicit quote> at them or prodding them in the face with what looked like a large purple vibrating sausage to the more naive of us. As per usual the day didn’t quite live up to the hype that precedes it, not that it ever could. But there were still newsworthy transfer dealings aplenty. Focussing mainly on a tail of two strikers.
Champions League Disaster
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- Written by Donald Ramsey
In years to come, it will surely be a head-scratcher at pub quizzes across the land: Which team was knocked out of the Champions League twice in a month? Not that Celtic fans will have trouble coming up with the answer, given that events of recent weeks will linger in the memories of those associated with Celtic Park for some time to come.
Boring, Boring Man United
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- Written by James Palmer
I don’t wish to be late to the table by pointing out that Manchester United have problems. We all know they do. You don’t go from Premier League Champions to languishing in 7th place and outside of Europe in the space of a year without a few things going wrong. But, up until last night’s League Cup tie against MK Dons I was struggling to pinpoint exactly what my problem with them was. Why did I groan whenever they came on the TV?