Transfer Talk

Puyol to Man United, Yaya Toure to Arsenal, Alan Smith explained!

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If you’re planning to go to Glasgow tonight, don’t, it would be a silly silly move. Should Rangers win, Celtic supporters go bonkers, should Rangers lose, everyone goes bonkers. And, of course, “bonkers” is street slang for face punchy and eye scratchy. You would be far wiser to read [...]

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Disappointing XI

The Premier League’s Most Disappointing XI (2007/08)

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Oh look, it’s almost the end of the season, and that’s when everyone starts applauding each other and shouting “good game, good game”, full of the joys of spring. Well, not over here at The Spoiler. Oh no. We’re still livid with some of the Premier League’s so-called “players”. [...]

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Newcastle

Mike Ashley falls out of love with Alan Smith

Was it the incident in a toilet that tore them apart?

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Regardless of the upturned noses of the executives sitting around him, Mike Ashley has always insisted on wearing a Newcastle club strip to games (and in true Geordie fashion, he doesn’t even think about [...]

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WAG of the Day

No. 11: Sophie Bovington-Kerr

She sounds posh, but her public steamrollering habits say otherwise

The night before England’s crucial qualifying match with Croatia at Wembley, the England squad stayed at the Grove Hotel in Watford, whose decor is more akin to a knocking shop than a top-class hotel. The same day, a group of [...]

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WAG of the Day

No. 9: Gemma Atkinson

The footballer lovin’ model is about to assault the music charts

Having been romantically affiliated with Marcus Bent, Alan Smith and Cristiano Ronaldo, glamour model Gemma Atkinson is a fully fledged member of the WAG circuit. The 23-year-old Manchester lass made her name on teen soap Hollyoaks, and has since bolstered a [...]

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Buy a Rooney Russian Doll!

United striker immortalised in cheap wooden form

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Like so many things in life, it’s the simple stuff that brings the purest joy. A child’s laughter, Lennie Bennett on the radio, Russian dolls. Especially Russian dolls. Like, in particular, this one from Latvia (pictured)

Hand carved by a [...]

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