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LATEST ARTICLES ( 1142 )

• The Pain of Spain Fails to Referee the Game

  

  It had been quite a good few weeks for the Rooks. Results on the pitch had been poor – in fact we were bottom of the current form table – six defeats from the... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Fleetwood Macintosh

  

  Fancy a 250 mile each way trip to the North West? On a day when temperatures barely touch zero? Nope – neither did I. But the Daggers Diary team set off on the... Read more

  Posted on 23 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• On the Verge of Greatness

  

  With England about to take on the 2nd worst international team on the globe, I thought I would take a trip down memory lane on one of my first overseas trips... Read more

  Posted on 22 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Every Rain Cloud Has a Silver Lining

  

  When a complete stranger addresses you for the first time with “Are you a copper?” you immediately think that you are definitely in the wrong place. Welcome to... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Secret to Getting Yourself a Premier League Trial

  Daniel Carr, a non-league striker for Dulwich Hamlet, is the living proof that if you work hard, enjoy your game and score plenty of goals then even the top... Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Write Barca off at Your Peril

  

  History? You want history? What about the mighty Barca crashing out of the Champions League after a humiliating lesson in football in Milan? Read more

  Posted on 15 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• West Ham United – Champions of North America

  

  I like to think I know the history of West Ham quite well.  When I was younger I poured over statistics, history books and programmes to learn the managers,... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Better the Devil You Know

  

  An addict will do the craziest things just to get their fix, so I am told.  I’m not an addict to sport at all, I can hear myself say, as I walk towards the... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• All Change Please at Victoria Road

  

  No club likes losing a popular manager, but in the sign of the times, Dagenham have just lost their long serving boss to the Non Leagues. Was anyone bothered? W... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Taking the Time Machine Back to the Future

  

  I have absolutely no interest in my heritage.  Family Trees bore me stupid.  The past is the past and we should all look to the future, is my motto.  That was... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Kampf Der Titanen

  

  Real Madrid v Barcelona? Old skool. PSG v OM? Past its best even with the added “pzzazz of Monsieur Beckham. Celtic v Rangers? Had its day. Lewes v Eastbourne... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• The Silent H

  

  Looking around for a game to go to on Saturday morning I took inspiration from my daughter, who was happily playing with her Moshi Monsters (21st century versio... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Football, Futbol , Futebol

  

  : Travels Around a few Football stadia in Buenos Aires , Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro. February 2009. By Paul Whitaker.“Two English football supporters,... Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Well and Truly Stoned

  

  Twenty five years is a lifetime in football.  Back in 1987/88 Liverpool were being crowned First Division Champions (this was pre-Sky of course), Luton Town wer... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• DangeReus

  

  Despite having the biggest average home league attendance in the world, Borussia Dortmund surprisingly only generate around £25 million from matchday income eac... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Herman the German Munster

  

  I love Germany. After all I am of that age where good value football, good value beer and accessibility to good value hardcor…ah ok, sorry Mum…. Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Long Live the European Football Weekend

  Whilst Danny Last’s famous site closed its doors just over a year ago, the EFW is still as big as ever. This weekend Danny himself, Big Deaksy, Kenny Legg, Hudd... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Beach Boys Enjoy a Day out in Sussex by the Sea

  

  “Essex has the sunshine And the girls all get so (fake)tanned I dig a French bikini on Canvey Island dolls By a palm tree in the sand”What relevance is current... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Knees up Beats the Brazilian Samba Beat

  

  The win against Brazil on Wednesday night had the country falling back into the Olympic spirit but was everyone happy? Our resident Daggers Diary team headed... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS

• Away Win-gate

  

  Richard Nixon’s lasting legacy was the suffix “gate” being added to any event or scandalAfter two defeats on the road to teams at the top end of the table, Lewe... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 SOCCER, SPORTS