Author: Simon Toye
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FM24: Eachtra Gaelach – Part 1
The Brits are taking over Ireland! Well, one Brit, taking over a lowly League of Ireland club. In a computer game. Our man Si delves into the rabbit warren of FM24, Finn Harps on a shoestring budget. Welcome to a series like none other…
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Joey Barton…Are You Ok, Hun?
Joey Barton will scream his mysoginistic and racist bile to anyone who will listen. Sadly, many do – but how much of that is down to the dangerously powerful coercion of social media?
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Forge FC: Forging A Dynasty
For a completely new competition, the Canadian Premier League has already thrown up some original character – none more so than Forge FC from Hamilton.
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Blackburn Rovers & The 5000 Club.
English football history is littered with milestones. The creation of the Premier League; Treble winning seasons of both Manchester Clubs; England winning the World Cup; the creation of the football league itself. In 1888, Scotsman William McGregor founded the football league and 12 clubs began playing each other home and away. These clubs were Accrington,…
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Celebrations, Commiserations and Embarrassing Ignorance.
Colombia beat Germany There is just something about seeing Germany get beat. Being English, it is something of a rarity to see the Three Lions triumph over their historic rivals but it does occasionally happen and when it does it just feels good. Germany are obviously a heavyweight among footballing nations, regardless of gender. Although…
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The Greatest Penalty Shootout Ever?
Is there anything that epitomises tournament football more than withstanding 120 minutes of attack after attack from arguably the best team in the world and knocking them out on penalties in the most dramatic fashion? That is what Sweden have just delivered against USA. We’ve all seen some absolutely belting penalty shootouts over the years.…
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The Island Games
You may or may not be familiar with the Island Games; I wasn’t. I stumbled across them while researching another competition of the same name – the second season of the Canadian Premier League which was held in the isolated location of Prince Edward Island under the strict shackles of Covid restrictions. Once I had…
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What’s Happening In Canada?
Domestic & International Football & Atiba Hutchinson
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The Humble Caretaker
The caretaker manager deserves more respect, that much is clear. We as football fans should never underestimate their sacrifice to the sport we love and the clubs we hold dear, as Simon Toye argues.
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Should You Ever Go Back To The Future?
Show me a tribe of supporters calling for the manager’s head and I’ll show you the same tribe wishing they could turn the clock back and reappoint the coach they hounded out. Although, they’ll swear blind that they never slagged them off in the first place and it was all the other so-called fans. But…
Heart of Football 