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Hull City’s ace striker tells Leeds United that he’s not for sale: He’d rather play Premier League football!

by offsidetrap on July 22nd, 2008 | 222 words | 6 comments

After hearing his name linked with the words “Leeds” and “League One,” Hull striker Dean Windass figured it was time to make it clear to everyone that he’s more than happy playing in the Premier League next year. So stop trying to sell him off!

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Liverpool sack off Kewell and make Riise available

by stresster on May 9th, 2008 | 285 words | 24 comments

It will come as no great surprise to hear that Harry Kewell is leaving Liverpool after five seasons at the club. When the Australian arrived from Leeds United in 2003, he was regarded as one of the hottest players in the Premier League but perpetual injuries have seen him play just a minor role for […]

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Leeds United Go To Elland Back Over 15 Points

by jakepjohnson on April 16th, 2008 | 241 words | 21 comments

Just as you thought their fall from grace was complete and they were focusing on climbing back up the football league, Leeds United are still refusing to let things lie.
Seemingly taking a leaf from the Sheffield United book of ‘How To Fight A Court Case You Won’t Win And Tarnish Your Reputation At The Same […]

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Thursday’s Transfer Rumours

by Dexter on February 14th, 2008 | 296 words | 4 comments

Barcelona striker Samuel Eto’o has added to the garrulous Nou Camp gossip layer cake that Didier Drogba will no doubt leap out of in the summer by claiming that the Ivorian would be welcomed with open arms at the Catalan club. (Daily Star)
…Meanwhile, Barca defender Lilian Thuram may leave the Catalan giants and waltz over […]

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Alan Smith pleads for more leniency from the referees

by sub on February 7th, 2008 | 167 words | 3 comments

Newcastle United midfielder Alan Smith has have to miss a number of games this season because of suspensions and the former Leeds United and Manchester United whinger is not ready to admit that all this is down to his fault. On the contrary, he is quoted by NUFC as saying that referees need to more […]

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Will Wise appointment stifle Keegan at Newcastle

by Dexter on January 29th, 2008 | 210 words | 4 comments

The Daily Mail reports that Dennis Wise sauntered out of Elland road after he was offered a ‘directorial role’ at St James’ and it isn’t hard to see why Wise leapt at the chance to take on this £1.5million a year position.
Mail journo Colin Young writes:
“While Newcastle’s new boss Kevin Keegan was made aware of […]

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Wise could be about to team up with the ‘messiah’ at St James’ Park!

by stresster on January 28th, 2008 | 150 words | no comments

Surely nobody saw this one coming? Kevin Keegan has only just reported that Alan Shearer doesn’t see himself as a Newcastle number two (look how long it took Gordon Brown to get the top job), although the Yorkshire Evening Post have just broken the news that Dennis Wise could be about to team up with […]

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Is David Bentley the best January acquisition ever?

by Dexter on January 23rd, 2008 | 130 words | 16 comments

The Times has lovingly compiled the Top 25 January signings, and in at number one is David Bentley’s transfer from Arsenal to Blackburn. Times journo Tom Dart writes:
“Already on loan, Blackburn made the deal permanent two years ago. Whatever the undisclosed fee was, it was a bargain – Bentley blossomed and was in the England […]

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Leeds are about a million times bigger than small club Derby!

by Dexter on January 14th, 2008 | 163 words | 60 comments

…So says Leeds manager Dennis Wise who has declared that any rumours linking top scorer Jermaine Beckford with a move to Pride Park are a load of rhubarb as Leeds are a considerable bigger club than Derby County. When talking of any potential Beckford move Wise harrumphed to the Telegraph:
“Derby haven’t put in any enquiries. […]

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Are these the 10 hardest men in football history?

by Dexter on January 8th, 2008 | 134 words | 125 comments

The Sun reckons that the ten ultra-violent hard men below are the 10 hardest men in footballing history, what do you think?
Top 10 Hardmen
No10: John Terry
No9: Ron “Chopper” Harris
No8: Vinnie Jones
No7: Norman Hunter
No6: Roy Keane
No5: Stuart Pearce
No4: Romeo Benetti
No3: Dave Mackay
No2: Andoni Goicoechea
No1: Graeme Souness
Picking through this top ten The Sun have attempted to cover […]

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