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Fantasy Football Blog week 12 – in search of a keeper
Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here. The Week 1 review is here, Week 2 transfers & preview here, Week 3 preview here, Week 4 preview here, Week 5 preview here, Week 6 preview here, Week 7 preview here, Week 8 preview here, Week 9 preview here, Week 10 preview here, Week 11 preview here. Thank God the international break is over. Thank him (or her?) for the tedium is at an end. Two trips to Wembley...
If you think Mike Ashley wants to sell Newcastle United – think again
Mike Ashley's public plans to sell Newcastle United are nothing but a means to stave off spending in the January transfer window, sources close to the club have revealed. The Sports Direct owner says he wants the club off his hands by Christmas, according to the Newcastle Chronicle. But it could simply be a case of history repeating itself, with ownership speculation meaning the chairman won't have to put his hands in his pocket when the transfer window opens again on...
Weight loss, drugs, and the mad world of MMA – Exclusive interview with The Ultimate Fighter’s Eddie ‘Truck’ Gordon
Middleweight MMA fighter and The Ultimate Fighter Season 19 winner Eddie “Truck” Gordon was one of the memorable mixed martial artists on Fox TV's The Ultimate Fighter series. TLE caught up with him for an exclusive interview as he publishes his no holds barred memoir Forever Truckin and prepares to enter the ring again next Spring. As we found out, Eddie Gordon pulls no punches... @KonnichiwaJack interviews @TruckMMA_UFC for @LondonEconomic TLE: How did you get into fighting? Eddie Gordon: I got into this sport...
Must-know F1 betting facts for all interested punters
It’s no news that Formula One racing is loud, fast and full of glamour and excitement! It can get even more exciting if you’ve placed a bet on the race. Whether you indulge in Formula One betting for increasing the sport’s fun quotient, or to make some serious money, we have the entire low-down for you on the F1 bets. While at one level F1 is considered the simplest of all sports, as it’s just about cars driving in circles...
SFA have appointed new manager to take Scotland to international tournament…of computer game Football Manager
The SFA have appointed a new manager who will take Scotland to an international tournament -- of the computer game Football Manager. Findlay Mair, 25, claims he will be the first manager to represent the Scotland men's team at an international tournament since 1998. He will pit his gaming skills against participants from 15 other European countries at the management simulation competition this weekend. Findlay scored the top job as part of an online competition ran by the SFA and...
Mystery Liverpool fan declares love for his beloved team by carving out ‘LFC’ in field with 100 metre long letters
A mystery Liverpool fan has gone to great lengths to declare his love for his favourite team - by carving their initials into a hillside with letters measuring 100 metres long. The intricate etchings - spelling out LFC - were spotted on the north side of Titterstone Clee Hill in a field on the Shropshire Hills on Tuesday (7/11). Images taken from the Ordnance Survey's flying unit captured the massive 328ft letters -each the same length as the famous Anfield...
Campaign launched to save Dulwich Hamlet as club faces closure
A campaign to save Dulwich Hamlet has been launched after the development firm that has been bankrolling them in recent seasons withdrew their support. The Hamlet have become one of non-league's most prolific clubs in recent seasons with their left-wing ultra fanbase pulling attendances that far exceed other clubs in the league. But it will be "forced to close in the near future" after they found themselves in the middle of a complicated dispute between Meadow Residential and Southwark Council. Meadow...
What makes F1 cars so well designed for racetracks?
Do you own a late model family saloon? Almost every aspect of it, from the body’s material, to shape, style, safety features, engine design and management system, first saw the light of day on a race track. More often than not on an F1 race car, but what is it that makes a formula one car so well designed for the race track? Aerodynamics is what: The short answer is because it’s designed to race. Just as your family saloon...
Two conmen who almost bankrupted Hartlepool United in elaborate scam are jailed
Two crooked businessmen who pocketed football fan's money by stripping a professional club of its gate receipts during an elaborate scam have been jailed. Stephen Murrall, 49, and Peter Harris, 47, were trying to convince the Football League that they were 'fit and proper persons' to take over struggling Hartlepool United. But a court heard how £42,453 in gate receipts from two home games went into the pair's company but quickly disappeared. When the league made enquiries the entrepreneurs did...