2009 in English Football: Good Year, Bad Year - Bleacherreport.com

2009 has been a turbulent year for many football teams in England. Insolvency, administration worries, points deductions, 'sheiky takovers', revolving doors and other various high-profile scandals have dominated column space in the media. So, who has
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Benitez denies pressuring Liverpool players  - ONE News
Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez denies he has put extra pressure on his struggling players by predicting they will make the top four. After having Christmas Day off, a full round of fixtures will be played in English football's Premier League on
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Premiership doesn't stop for holidays - CBC News
English soccer rolls on While the rest of the football world takes a well-deserved break at the end of the year, the English inventors What do people in Germany do during three weeks without football?", people routinely ask me, with genuine
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Should Lee Hughes be allowed to return to English football? - Soccerlens
When Lee Hughes left a Coventry pub in November 2003, having allegedly consumed large quantities of alcohol and cocaine â€" he got behind the wheel of his £100,000 Mercedes, he made a decision akin to pulling a trigger. The West Bromwich Albion and
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"In the queer mess of human destiny the determining factor is luck. For every important place in life there are many men of fairly equal capacities. Among them luck decides who shall accomplish the great work, who shall be crowned with laurel, and who shall fall back into silence and obscurity." - William E. Woodward