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"The trouble with referees is that they know the rules, but they do not know the game." – Bill Shankly

Arsenal and Manchester United prepare to battle it out for £20 million World Cup sensation

Luis Suarez has, without doubt, been one of the player’s of the tournament at this summer’s World Cup in South Africa and there is now growing speculation that the Ajax striker could be on his way to the Premier League in the coming weeks. The Uruguayan international scored twice for his country this afternoon to [...]

World Cup Day 15 – Spain scrape through as Brazil and Portugal play out an absolute stinker

Day 15 of the World Cup saw Brazil, Portugal, Spain and Chile all book their places in the last 16 of the tournament. Brazil and Portugal played out one of the worst games of the tournament in Durban. Two sides who have real hopes of winning the World Cup this summer managed to play a [...]

World Cup Day 14 – The Champions are going home early

Haven’t got much time on my hands right now giving the fact it was my birthday on Thursday. So here is just a quick look at what happened in today’s 4 games. Italy were knocked out of the tournament as they were beaten 3-2 by Slovakia. Elsewhere in Group F, Paraguay progressed to the last [...]

England V Slovenia Odds + Best Bets

England v Slovenia Odds are saying England will beat Slovenia. The bookies believe it and the punters are showing their support by backing England all the way. Who knew that the England v Slovenia game would make or break England’s World Cup campaign. This game was supposed to be a walk over. But after England’s [...]

World Cup Day 11 – Spain win, Portugal win, Chile win

Ten goals in three games today. I blame the Jabulani! Switzerland famously crashed out of the last World Cup without conceding a single goal, and in their first group match against Spain, they managed once more to keep a clean sheet. Despite the flair of the Chile national team, there weren’t many goals expected in [...]

World Cup Day 10 – New Zealand aren’t just good at playing rugby as the Brazilians begin to play ball

Can I just say, apologies for yesterday’s awful daily round-up from the World Cup. I don’t know why but I could barely put three words together and I couldn’t even think of any daily conclusions. Anyway, apologies once again and I hope you enjoy today’s round-up and indeed every other daily round-up for the rest [...]

World Cup Day 9 – Holland through to the last 16 while Cameroon are going home

I don’t know about you, but I thoroughly enjoyed day 9 of the World Cup. In the three games played today, 6 goals were scored on a day which saw the best game of the tournament played out between Cameroon and Denmark. Holland and Japan got the day underway in the magnificent Moses Mabhida stadium [...]

World Cup Day 8 – Shocking refereeing decision costs the USA as England struggle again

A strange day at the World Cup. There was one awful game, one decent game and one absolute thriller. Germany and Serbia got day 8 of the World Cup underway, with the Serbs running out surprise 1-0 winners in Port Elizabeth. Nemanja Vidic and co took the lead with 38 minutes on the clock when [...]

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