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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. We grabbed a few places back in Week 6, moving from 2,467,160th 2,352,723rd. Slow progress, but progress nonetheless. Captain Kane repaid another show of faith in his abilities with a couple of goals to...

Golf has beaten off competition from cricket, snooker and BRIDGE to be crowned the world's most BORING game. The snoozeworthy sport was invented in Scotland in 1497 and has been putting spectators to sleep ever since. However, it hasn't stopped it becoming one of the world's most popular games, with the US Open offering a prize of over $2 million to the winner. And there are 118 countries in the International Golf Federation, making it one of the most globally...

The transfer business conducted by Everton this summer gave fans and pundits alike were betting that The Toffees could go on to better their 7th placed league finish of last season. Ronald Koeman and Everton showed flexed their financial muscle spending over £140 million on new recruits in an attempt to make up ground on those expected to finish above them. It’s not been a good start to the campaign though and already it seems Koeman is under pressure. Everton...

British golf is currently enjoying something of a significant resurgence amongst up and coming golfers.  2017 has not been a bad year at all for the sport and the successes of professional players such as Rory McIlroy have inspired an ever-growing pool of home-grown talent, young cool players who are certainly worth keeping an eye on as they take to the greens and ruffle a few feathers amongst both the amateur and pro ranks. Tommy Fleetwood The 26-year-old who hails...

Following League cup action midweek, the Premier League is back for another entertaining weekend of football action. Struggling Palace face a huge task in travelling to high flying Man City, while fellow title challengers Man Utd travel down to Southampton for a difficult away game. Chelsea will look to bounce back from the Arsenal draw with a tough game at Stoke, while Liverpool face a pressure game away to Leicester. Meanwhile a London derby awaits at the Olympic stadium, while...

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. Just when it looked like everything was going so well, FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit took a tumble down the league table in game week 5. From the dizzying heights of breaking into the top 1,800,000 teams...

For professional athletes retirement can be a funny thing. One day sport is there, in its all-encompassing, life-consuming self, and the next it's gone, and there ain't much there to bridge the gap. News this week that Rio Ferdinand is launching a new career as a professional boxer two years after he retired from football has come as a shock to many people. The former Manchester United defender has paired up with Betfair for the switch leading to speculation that "defender to...

Tottenham Hotspur has released a Lion King-inspired parody video today that has sent the internet into a storm. The cringeworthy re-make has already been dubbed as the video that will "put you off football for life", with the Circle of Life song been appropriately dubbed the Circle of Sh*te for Spurs supporters. Lion King songs have traditionally been paired with Tottenham's north London rivals Arsenal, whose manager Arsene Wenger's name has similar pronunciation to "Nants Ingonyama". But the Lilywhites have changed...

Twenty-to-one outsiders Doncaster Rovers descend on the Emirates this evening for a third round clash with Arsenal. As far as the pundits are concerned it's a no-brainer, a much-needed whitewash for the Gunners amid sustained pressures at the top and a brief respite for under-the-cosh Wenger before a Monday night clash with West Brom. But before you get too comfortable it's worth remembering the last time the two teams clashed on a chilly December evening in 2005. The Situation was...