2008/09 Season

Prem Fixtures announced: New Year games noticeably absent

It’s time to start looking forward to football again On what the BBC are dubbing ‘one of the the most eagerly awaited days on the domestic calendar’, the FA have announced the next season’s fixtures. Aside from King Kev’s visit to Old Trafford, there’s not much happening on the opening weekend:

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Wrong side of the law

Pictures of Joey Barton in prison

Wondering how the Premier League’s most obnoxious individual is getting on?

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That little scamp Joey Barton has been ringing in the New Year at Her Majesty’s pleasure, but how has he been getting on without his eye-burning cigars and his best fighting jumper? Has he been CS gassed yet? [...]

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