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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.  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...

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...

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Frank De Boer has been replaced by Roy Hodgson after just four matches as manager of Crystal Palace.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...

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...

Every football fan across the country will be relieved to hear that the Premier League returns this weekend after the international break. A mouth-watering clash takes place at the Etihad with City hosting a confident Liverpool after their 4-0 win over Arsenal. Leicester welcome back a few of their former star players as they host Antonio Conte’s Chelsea - the champions looking to make it three wins in a row. Everton face off against Tottenham, while Mourinho’s Man Utd look...

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 3 review here. I received a rather unexpected call on Thursday 31 August. The international break was well under way and I was kicking about at FC Fakin’ Run Aboutabit HQ with not a great deal to do. I’d poured over hours of DVD...

London is awash with football stadia with several of England's leading football clubs plying their trade in the capital along with a host of league and non-league outfits. As well as being home to the home of football - Wembley - and several other big stadiums from the Emirates in Holloway to Queen Elizabeth Stadium in Stratford the city also has some of the best league stadiums the country has to offer and a healthy smattering of non-league grounds to boot. To...

Ever since Michael O’Neill took charge of Northern Ireland’s international side in 2011 the fortunes of the nation have been vastly improving. Ranked 129th in the World 2012 Northern Ireland notched-up an all time high of 22nd in June this year, showcasing the enormous impact the manager has had. Their improvement has been highlighted with success at Euro 2016, while they are currently sat comfortably in second place in Group C of qualifying for the 2018 Fifa World Cup. It’s...