Football Accumulators – The Path to Riches?

Sport News 24/7 By Chris Ogle In no other country in the world does the casual Saturday punter embrace the football accumulator like the UK does. In a straw poll of the nearest 15 people in my office, 14 of them had done at least one accumulator in the past four weeks. The promise of nailing thousands of pounds for a few quid tempts even the most infrequent of punters. We Brits love them and they are going nowhere in a...

High-flying Villa enjoy their time in the sun

Sport News 24/7 By Adam Clark @AdamClarkers Villa fans can be forgiven for a little bit of gloating as they see the Lions in 3rd place in the Premier League table. They spent all summer enduring the amusement caused by their summer signings Philippe Senderos, Kieran Richardson, Joe Cole and Aly Cissokho. It was a list of Premier League rejects, journeyman and the perennially crocked. News that chairman Randy Lerner was (and still is) looking to sell the club hardly...

Football Friday – Weekend Preview

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter Liverpool v Everton A Merseyside derby which takes on added significance thanks to the poor starts to the season made by both teams. Everton have the worst defence in the league so far whilst Liverpool have already lost three times and are yet to find the attacking fluency of last season. Neither team convinced during the week in the League Cup. It could be a cagey match as...

TLE Sports Podcast – 3

Sport News 24/7   Sports Editor David de Winter and Sports Columnist Richard de Winter discuss The Ryder Cup, The Rugby World Cup and The Premier League in their weekly sports podcast for The London Economic

Mersyside derby preview – from an Evertonian perspective

Sport News 24/7 By Mike Deverell  @mikedeverellEQ   This weekend’s Merseyside derby could be a make or break match for Everton’s season. After only two wins all season and just one in the league, conceding 17 goals in 7 games, this could be a match that defines Martinez era Everton.  If we win it could turn things around and set us up nicely for the season. Suffer a heavy defeat and a wobble fast becomes a crisis. Perhaps this is too...

Bolton gear up for a brief return to the big time

Sport News 24/7 By Rob Latham A clash between Chelsea and Bolton Wanderers was commonplace in the Premier League for over a decade, but in the seasons since Wanderers relegation, things have changed dramatically. The Blues have become European champions and favourites for this season’s title, while The Trotters have drifted into obscurity to linger in the lower reaches of the Championship table. Tonight’s trip to Stamford Bridge in the Capital One Cup third round is therefore now a huge...

Top 35 Brian Clough quotes

Sport News 24/7 This Wednesday Nottingham Forest Fans will pay homage to the football idol Brian Clough; 1,000 fans will be given green round neck jumpers, he was famous for wearing, as they travel to play Spurs. Forest supporters will be given the item of clothing at the ground on a first-come-first served basis in honour of one of English football's finest-ever managers. It is in honour of the tenth anniversary since he lost his battle with stomach cancer. Clough...

In Koeman we trust

Sport News 24/7 By James Mackney @JimMackney It has been a perfect weekend for Southampton football club. And before you slam an insult into the comment box below let me finish. Saints go into a tough but winnable Capital One Cup match against Arsenal second in the Premier League table and they are there on merit, and survived the agony of four games being played today, two of which could've knocked them off their nosebleed perch. Saints put in a steady and...

Doncaster are title contenders, they just don’t know it yet

Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat  Seven games into the season and Doncaster Rovers sit one point above the relegation zone, yet to win at home and already hit by injury woes; hardly the start dreams are made of, but it's not all doom and gloom for Donny. For the people on the terraces at Ashton Gate at the weekend - most of whom were calling for Dickov's head and lambasted the players at full time - forgiving our apathetic start may...

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