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Atletico still seeking first win

by Gareth Freeman on September 25, 2009 · 0 comments

Span­ish heavy­weights Atletico Madrid are still seek­ing their first La Liga vic­tory this sea­son.  In four games they’ve drawn two and lost two and they face the daunt­ing task of trav­el­ing to Valencia’s Mestalla Sta­dium on Sat­ur­day as they attempt to get it right at the fifth attempt. Over the last cou­ple of weeks my […]

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Young Gunners take aim

by Gareth Freeman on September 21, 2009 · 0 comments

Over recent years the Arse­nal youth acad­emy has intro­duced some fan­tas­tic play­ers into Eng­lish foot­ball.  On Tues­day night Arsene Wenger’s side take on Cham­pi­onship high-flyers West Brom in the Car­ling Cup in a game where we may see the next crop of Arse­nal young­sters make an appear­ance. Wenger likes to use the Car­ling Cup to […]

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The biggest Manchester derby ever?

by Gareth Freeman on September 18, 2009 · 0 comments

Fair enough, it isn’t the biggest Man­ches­ter derby ever but it is cer­tainly one of the most impor­tant for years, per­haps even decades.  For the first time in a very long time City see them­selves as gen­uine con­tenders to take the title from United and after a sum­mer of unprece­dented spend­ing they should go into […]

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Mega money City’s first big test

by Gareth Freeman on September 9, 2009 · 0 comments

The pick of this weekend’s Pre­mier League action is with­out a doubt Man­ches­ter City’s home tie with Arse­nal.  Both teams have some­thing to prove, City may have a 100% start but they’re yet to come up against a side who will also be com­pet­ing for hon­ours and the match against Arse­nal rep­re­sents a great chance […]

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Interested in Writing For Soccer On Dish?

by The Gaffer on August 29, 2009 · 0 comments

Soc­cer On Dish is look­ing to add remark­able writ­ers to its edi­to­r­ial staff. If you believe you have the tal­ent, sta­mina and you’re able to take the crit­i­cism as well as the praise, please con­tact thegaffer[at]epltalk[dot]com today and include a writ­ing sam­ple or two. Some of the ben­e­fits of writ­ing for Soc­cer On Dish include: Having […]

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England’s young lions ready to roar

by Gareth Freeman on June 29, 2009 · 0 comments

The Euro­pean under 21 Cham­pi­onship comes to a close tonight with Eng­land tak­ing on their old foot­balling nemi­sis Ger­many.  Make no mis­take, this may be an under 21s tour­na­ment but both sets of pay­ers involved will take it just as seri­ously as they would if it were at senior level. Eng­land go in to the […]

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Confederations Cup heating up nicely

by Gareth Freeman on June 22, 2009 · 0 comments

The Con­fed­er­a­tions Cup is in full swing now in South Africa and after a fairly slow start the tour­na­ment has got into full swing.  The group stages are now over and the two semi-finals fea­ture USA Vs Spain and Brazil Vs South Africa.  It is a bit of a weird tour­na­ment in all fair­ness, to […]

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