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Manchester United 3, Celtic 1: My First Look At United

The start of the Premier League season is coming soon and Manchester United had their first friendly yesterday where they defeated Celtic 3-1 in Toronto. United got goals from Dimitar Berbatov, Danny Welbeck, and Tom Cleverley. The last two goals

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Domestic Cup Finals: Chelsea And Bayern Munich Win Cups

Portsmouth made Chelsea work for it, but Chelsea won the double by defeating Portsmouth 1-0 at Wembley Stadium to capture the FA Cup. In the first half Chelsea hit the woodwork 5 times and it seemed that perhaps it was

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Weekend Watch List: Spain And Italy Finish And Cup Finals in Germany And England

This will be my final Weekend Watch List until the European leagues return in the fall. This week should be good with the English and German Cups as well as the end of the Italian and Spanish Leagues. Here are

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Looking Back At My Pre-Season Predictions, Part I

With both Germany and England finishing off their leagues, it is time to look at those pre-season predictions I made back in August. If you are interested (here they are for Germany and England). For the most part the predictions

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Premier League Season Recap, Part IV

Here is the final part of my Premier League season recap. In this part, I will look at Sunderland, Tottenham, West Ham, Wigan, and Wolverhampton. Sunderland (13th, 44 pts) Looking Back: Sunderland would have hoped for a better finish based

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Premier League Season Recap, Part III

Here is the third part of my season recaps of the teams in the Premier League. In this part, I will look at Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Portsmouth, and Stoke City. Liverpool (7th, 63 pts) Looking Back: Liverpool may

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Premier League Season Recap, Part II

Here is the second part of my season recaps for the Premier League where I will take a look at Burnley, Chelsea, Everton, Fulham, and Hull City. Burnley (18th, 30 pts) Looking Back: The team did not enter the Premier

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Premier League Season Recap, Part I

As promised, I would have a recap of the Premier League season which just finished this past weekend. I’ll be taking a look at each team’s seasons as well as their objectives (i.e. transfer targets) for the season in the

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English Premier League: Chelsea Wallop Wigan To Capture Title

There was little drama in the title race as Chelsea demolished Wigan 8-0. Nicolas Anelka scored in the sixth minute, although the set up for the goal looked offside, but the game was put to rest in the 32nd minute

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Another Look At EPL Offensive and Defensive Efficiencies

Earlier in the season, I took a look at the offensive and defensive efficiencies of the Premier League teams. On the eve of the final day of the season, I figured now was a good time to take another look

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