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Posted on Feb 29, 2008 under American Football, Disability sport, Football, Golf, Rugby Union, Scores & Fixtures, Sport Relief, Squash, Table Tennis, Winter Sports, World Results |
This weekend Manchester United put themselves into pole position to retain their Premier League title after beating Liverpool 3-0. They are now five points ahead of Chelsea and six ahead of Arsenal, after Chelsea came back to defeat the Gunners.
What can we expect of the run-in? What is the psychology involved? Well, as anyone credible will tell you, we're not in the business of mind reading, and the only way to know is to ask those involved, but here are my thoughts as an external observer.
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Shay Given has seen his season hampered by injuries, and as he battles back from his most recent lay-off Kevin Keegan has hinted that when he is fit he will not automatically dislodge Steve Harper: 'There's no doubt about it, Shay's absolutely top notch, and Stevie is right there with him, and he's proved it in these games.
'We have protected him well, but whenever he has had to do anything, he's done it well.
'That's not a surprise - he has done it before. It's well known around the leagues that, in the Premier, we have probably got the two best keepers.
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New research from the Institute de Fromage et Sport, in Saint Nectare, France suggest that an all cheese diet can boost performance in sport by up to 60%.
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Posted on Feb 03, 2008 under American Football, Football, Golf |
Swindon Town fail to win their fourth away game of the season after losing 2-0 to promotion chasing Doncaster Rovers at the Keepmoat Stadium this evening.
Sean McDaid put the home side ahead just before half time after converting a Gareth Taylor pass.
Town would come out to the second half knowing that a single goal would put the visitors back within touching distance of ensuring League One football for next season.
On the 68th minute Town captain Hasney Aljofree was sent off for bringing down former Town loanee Mark McCammon in the box.
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It was a matter of all or nothing for Arsenal at Old Trafford - win and their fading title hopes were back on track whilst defeat meant they were out of it, all bar mathematically, with the top two in such fine form.
Arsene Wenger's criticism of officials has been well documented this week - the Gunners boss insisted in his post-match interview at Old Trafford that his side 'are not stupid' after being handed documents regarding referees back in March.
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Fans favourite Craig Liddle has returned to Darlington as Youth team coach it has been revealed today.
Liddle has worked in Middlesborough`s and Sunderland`s Youth Academy in recent years, opened a sports shop in Chester-le-Street as well as undertaking a role as football development manager at Darlington College. He replaces Mick Tait who left this post earlier in the year.
Craig was a huge favourite amongst fans for his never say die performances in the heart of the Darlo defence and for staying with the club through hard times when many other players choose to leave the club for higher wages and to further their careers. For me Liddle had never really been adequately replaced until this year and when Dave Penney brought Steve Foster to the club.
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So the defeat at Southend pretty much signals the end for Brighton's season.
It's been one that hasn't been straight forward at all. We've had plenty of moaning along the way including many debates over our management (more earlier on in the year), the saga of selling our captain Dean Hammond, our early January blip in which we lost to Mansfield in the cup, unusually low home attendances, the high profile departures of Bas Savage and George O'Callaghan along with plenty of other issues that have arisen.
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THE FAIRWAY TO UEFA?
The Holy Grail of MCFC European qualification still amazingly could be found, so long as our players don't get stuck in any more these next five games...The UEFA website reports on our final straw clutching Euro option: 'Norway top the current UEFA Fair Play rankings, and would automatically receive one of the UEFA Cup berths if they are still there when the final rankings are released at the start of May. England, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Finland, Spain and Estonia are the other seven countries currently in the frame for one of the two places awarded via the Fair Play draw, which will be held at the City of Manchester Stadium on 13 May at 14.30 (15.30GMT), between the pre-match press conferences before the UEFA Cup final.' - So the draw would be made at Eastlands? You certainly couldn't make that one up!
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