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Despite being a football purist, Mark is a long suffering Britol City fan, and goes to a number of games home and away. Footie-online is the first website Mark has written for.

Ghastly ‘Gingham’ strip courts mixed feelings from Man Utd fans

May 12, 2012 No Comment

Manchester United fans have reacted with horror to the club’s new ‘Gingham’ home strip to be worn by Sir Alex Ferguson’s team from next season. The chequered pattern on United’s famous red shirts is meant to be aligned to Manchester’s cotton industry at the time the club was formed back in 1878. The kit, designed [...]

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Arsenal confident of Van Persie stay

May 10, 2012 4 Comments

Arsenal chairman Peter Hill-Wood remains confident that Robin van Persie will commit his future to the club and sign a new contract. This year’s Professional Footballers’ Association and Football Writers’ player of the year, has just 12 months left on his current deal and with the likes of Manchester City and Barcelona sniffing around, the [...]

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Ben Arfa named in France’s provisional Euro squad

May 10, 2012 No Comment

Newcastle’s Hatem Ben Arfa has been included in the first part of French coach Laurent Blanc’s preliminary squad for Euro 2012, in which he has named all foreign-based players to be involved. Blanc will name the second part of his preliminary squad next week which will feature domestic-based players from Ligue 1. Ben Arfa has [...]

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Arsenal line up Vorm to provide competition for Szczesny

May 9, 2012 No Comment

Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is lining up Swansea’s Michel Vorm as a replacement for the outgoing Manuel Almunia according to the Daily Mail. Vorm has had a spectacular first season at the Liberty Stadium and has quickly established himself as one of the best goalkeepers in the Premier League. With Wenger looking for an experienced [...]

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Bould to replace Rice as Wenger’s assistant

May 8, 2012 1 Comment

Former Gunners defender Steve Bould has pipped Tony Adams to become Arsenal’s new number two according to the Daily Mirror. Arsene Wenger will undertake  the biggest shake-up to his coaching set-up in his 16-year reign, and with current assistant manager Pat Rice stepping down after Saturday’s final league match of the season, Bould who has [...]

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Arsenal step up interest in Hoilett and M’Vila

May 8, 2012 3 Comments

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is planning on getting his transfer dealings underway sooner rather than later as he his preparations for the new campaign continue in earnest. Wenger left things late last summer with Gervinho the first major signing to wet Arsenal fans appetite when he joined from French Champios Lille on 11th July. A [...]

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