Can Manchester United win the title?

Sport News 24/7 By Noy Shani  @NoyShani  @TLE_Sport A Robin Van Persie double gave Manchester United a tight 2-1 victory over an unlucky Southampton side on Monday at St Mary’s.  This was United’s fifth consecutive win and doomed Southampton to a third consecutive defeat.  United are now third in the league ‘just’ eight points behind leaders Chelsea. Despite the impressive run of victories, United again looked poor in defence and gifted the home side numerous chances, which they unfortunately spurned....

West Ham United- The Team of Tomorrow, Performing Today

Sport News 24/7 By Robert McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Don't say it too loudly, but there is a revolution going on in East London, which is vociferously supported by Russell Brand.  No, I'm not talking about overthrowing the capitalist elite and not voting, I'm talking about the footballing revolution going on at Upton Park. West Ham United now sit third in the Barclays Premier League, and are well placed for qualification to the Europa League, if not the Champions League (unlikely I...

FI, FA, FO, FUM… I smell the blood of Leodensian

Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic There’s nothing quite like the wrath of a disgruntled Leeds United fan.  Involuntarily tied to a club that has been perpetually targeted by the media, the rozzers and by any other fan in the country that doesn’t carry the burden of the white rose on their chest, they are the oppressed, persecuted and maltreated victims of a game that has seldom been fair to them.  There’s not enough Tetley’s...

Cellino is an imperfect owner in an imperfect world

Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport It is well known that the Football League's fit and proper person's test is unfit for purpose.  As many Leeds fans have pointed out following Massimo Cellino's disqualification by the Football League; Birmingham City are owned by a man who is in prison, the Oyston family's past is more chequered than a chess board and Peter Ridsdale has continually found employment in football despite taking Leeds, Barnsley and Plymouth to the brink...

Here’s Johnny…Coming Soon?

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport Brian Hoyer has been given what could be his last chance as starting QB this Sunday as he tries to guide the Cleveland Browns to the play-offs.  His opposite number in Sunday's game will Andrew Luck for the Indianapolis Colts.  The Browns who are currently 7-5 knows a loss could end their push for a play-off spot this year.  The repercussions for  Hoyer could be more damaging.  The Johnny Manziel (Browns' youthful QB prodigy)...

Tour de Yorkshire set for 2015

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport The UCI has announced that a major new international race held in the UK is joining the world cycling calendar.  Provisionally entitled the ‘Tour de Yorkshire,’ the race will be held on the 1st-3rd of May 2015.  The format will include a three stage elite event with the possibility of holding a women’s race and also a mass participation event too. This is a great coup for Yorkshire,...

Cellino ‘Sacking’ Again Raises Questions About Football Ownership

Sport News 24/7 By Matthew Biggin  @MatthewBiggin  @TLE_Sport I had to smirk when I awoke on Monday morning to news that Massimo Cellino, the eccentric (I’m being polite) owner of Leeds United A.F.C. had been disqualified from the Yorkshire club and asked to resign by the Football League.  I guess that’s the owner equivalent of ‘left by mutual consent’. So who exactly is Cellino? Well he’s the former owner of Italian outfit Cagliari, where he earned the nickname Il Mangia-Allenatori,...

Will you be my mate, Jimmy Bullard?

Sport News 24/7 By Lars Thomesen  @LarsHT  @TLE_Sport Footballers today get their fair share of bad press.  Tabloids feast on their tiniest mistakes and as soon as something is a little bit edgy, it will be on the back pages the next morning. Innocent stories such as Raheem Sterling’s alleged five kids at the age of 19 (he really just has one kid) and a track-suited-up Adnan Januzaj taking a WAG wannabe to Nando’s on their first date both created...

Autumn Internationals Review

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter The curtain has come down on a very entertaining month of Autumn Internationals and the Northern hemisphere nations acquitted themselves surprisingly well against their southern counterparts.  Now admittedly there were a lot of tired bodies amongst the SANZAR nations who were coming off the end of a long season whilst the home nations are bang in the middle of theirs, but nevertheless, victories against these giants of rugby...

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