Finding Motivation – Running for Beginners

Running is a great form of exercise, something you can do anytime, anywhere and best of all it’s free. As an aid to weight loss and fitness it is unsurpassed and according to the NHS regular running can help to reduce the risk of illnesses such as stroke, heart disease and type 2 diabetes. So there are plenty of good reasons why you would want to take up running, not least among them is the fact that it is a...

Liverpool star Jordan Henderson digs in to help save park where he honed his skills as a youngster

Footie ace Jordan Henderson is digging in to help save a park where he spent countless hours honing his skills as a youngster. The England skipper said it would be an 'absolute tragedy' if the green space near his childhood home in Herrington, Tyne and Wear., was lost. West Park has been earmarked by the council as one of 15 potential sites for developers to build on to meet Sunderland's housing shortfall. Campaigners have staged a series of protests against...

Ex-Tottenham Hotspur star Ledley King thrashed 3-1 by a tiny blonde…in EATING CHALLENGE 

Fearsome former-Premiership defender Ledley King met his match this week when he was thrashed '3-1' by a tiny blonde - in an EATING CHALLENGE. Despite earning 21 caps for England and notching up an astonishing 268 top flight appearances for Tottenham Hotspur, the feared defender was no match for super-eater Kate Ovens. Kate, 23, was crowned 'Burger King' over the beloved footballer after she smashed the Spurs legend in an impressive eating challenge - taking on a triple, one-and-a-half pound...

Premier League Predictions

An exciting weekend of Premier League lies ahead this weekend – after a week of Champions League and Europa League action. We’ve had our first manager to be sacked this season in Frank De Boer, who has been replaced by former England manager Roy Hodgson, who will be looking for a win, as Palace host Southampton in the early kick off on Saturday. Sunday is set to be a fascinating day of football, as top London clubs Chelsea and Arsenal...

FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit break into the top 2,000,000!

Miles Reucroft is undertaking a different way of playing the ever popular Fantasy Football this season. To understand his methodology, read part one here.  Well, what a week it has been. The lads came back from international duty firing on all cylinders, I welcomed the birth of my first child and FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit stormed into the top 2,000,000 in the Fantasy Football rankings with a 65 point game week spearheaded by captain Kane and his 26 point haul. I...

Why is no one talking about Chris Froome?

The achievements of Chris Froome, who completed a stunning Tour de France/Vuelta a Espana double in the same year on Sunday, almost needs shaking into the British sporting consciousness. It is a feat that has been achieved only twice previously and in discussing it, we’re talking about the crème de la crème of a sport steeped in history: Jacques Anquetil (1963) and Bernard Hinault (1978). To mitigate further, Anquetil completed it when the Vuelta was a two week event, it...

Leeds United: And why we all secretly want a return of the old guard

Last night in front of a crowd over over 30,000 people goals from Samuel Saiz and Stuart Dallas helped guide Leeds United to the top of the Championship for the first time ever. The performance, although by no means spectacular, demonstrated the steely and resilient characteristics required to escape the grasps of the lower divisions which have had their claws wrapped around the Yorkshire outfit since 2004. It's early days, of course, but we've all started thinking; does this mark a...

Frank De Boer replaced at Crystal Palace after just 4 matches – here’s a ‘shortlist’ of the shortest managerial careers

Frank De Boer has been replaced by Roy Hodgson after just four matches as manager of Crystal Palace. The Eagles lost all four games. And they didn't score any goals. But De Boer's managerial spell isn't the shortest in football history. Not by a long shot. In fact to cheer him up today as he ponders his footie future, here are our top ten managers with shorter reigns. - A sack race of the shortest spells as manager in English...

3 reasons Liverpool were right to keep Coutinho

It was one of the transfer sagas that defined this summer. Barcelona, having been browbeaten by Qatari petrodollars into selling Neymar, pursued Liverpool’s Phillipe Coutinho with offers that reportedly went over £120 million. Despite the usual smorgasbord of press stories, causal Catalan tapping-up and a transfer request from the player, Liverpool’s obstinacy won the day. Was this the right decision by Liverpool? I think so; these are three reasons why: The Player Eyebrows were arched in the manner of the...

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