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• Five Things about…..Spain 1 Netherlands 5

  

  Timing is everything and so as soon as the referee halted proceedings in Natal I was hot-footing it up Borough High Street with a San Miguel in one hand and a... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Five Things from…..Mexico 1 Cameroon 0

  

  Day two of the World Cup and after our view of events last night we were forced to watch this one at our desks, which of course meant NO BEER….so the score in... Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Five Things from….Brazil 3 Croatia 1

  

  Match reports will be ten a penny for every game of the FIFA World Cup so this isn’t another one. This is about some of the things you may have missed whilst yo... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• 888poker’s Football Festival

  Sweaty palms, rapid heartbeat and a desire to polish your TV screen? Hmm, that sounds like a serious case of football fever. But don’t worry – if you can’t... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Stickernomics

  

  For the past five weeks I have been carrying out some I depth research. Racking my brain to know what to fill the pages of TBIR until the start of the World... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Just the (fake) Ticket

  2014 promises to be another great year of global sport.  This summer we have the FIFA World Cup in Brazil to look forward to as well as the Commonwealth Games... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Landon Who?

  

  Remember the media outcry back in the run up to the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa when Fabio Capello made it very clear that David Beckham wasn’t in his... Read more

  Posted on 04 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• What Are the Odds on That? The World Cup Betting Game – Part 1

  

  The domestic season is now over and football fans now look to the World Cup this week for their football fix. The odds to win the World Cup make interesting... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Show Your True Colours

  

  In May 2013, the Football Association unveiled a new five year kit deal for the England national team with US sports giant Nike. Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• New Brighton Tower FC

  

  Name four teams that have played League football on Merseyside? Liverpool, Everton, Tranmere Rovers and who else? Well go back to the 1898 and Tranmere Rovers... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Burton Wanderers FC

  

  As this article goes to press, Burton Albion are sitting pretty near the top of the fourth tier of English football. The club, who play at the modern Pirelli... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Just a Mild Mannered Janitor – Football Hong Kong Style

  

  This week’s tour of duty took me further east than I have ever been before.  Hong Kong is a small place in terms of geography, but a massive one in terms of... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Real Politik FC

  

  : are politics finding their way back into football? Across the world, from White Hart Lane to the smallest islands in the South Pacific, football is a game... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• England Fans to Go Tee-total in the Summer

  

  While Roy Hodgson recently announced the 23-man squad that will be on the plane to Brazil for this summer’s World Cup hoping to upset the World Cup odds, a larg... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Looking for Value Among the World Cup Long Shots

  The 2014 World Cup will begin in Brazil in mid June and the excitement is starting to ramp up among not only soccer fans but betting enthusiasts as well. Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• A Local Club for Local People

  

  Support your local team, the notices around the ground said and for someone who lives just 2.7 miles away, as my cyclometer thing on my bike told me, it is... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• No Fairytale Ending for the Bromley Boys

  

  “It’s a marathon not a sprint”.The favourite line of football commentators, players and managers when they lose a game during the season.  The season isn’t won... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• What Are the Odds on That?

  

  England World Cup Betting Usually, before a World Cup, the England hype machine goes into overdrive, with pundits claiming that this could finally be the year... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Changing Places

  

  In a week’s time, step three of the Non-League pyramid will be concluded with the final promotion places decided by the play-offs. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Bury the Bad News

  

  The end of a football season is a day of mixed emotions.  For some fans there will be the euphoria of promotion, the nervousness of not wanting to be totally... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 SOCCER, SPORTS