Alan Gernon

Articles by Alan Gernon

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Best And Worst Free-Kicks In History! The Germans have been known in the past to build a decent wall but last night’s match against Algeria showed they might be better at defending than ta...

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The Best Football Signing Mix-Ups! With news emerging yesterday that Manchester United once had an option to sign Colombia’s World Cup sensation James Rodriguez for £5 million, but plum...

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The Passport Premium - British Player Fees In a week of crazy on-field and off-pitch antics in Brazil, other extreme events were taking place back in Britain slightly under the radar.An 18...

Lifetime bans

Worst Football Lifetime Bans! With debate raging as to whether Luis Suarez’s FIFA ban is too harsh, too lenient or just about right, we look at some other long footballing sanction...

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Who Will Suarez Bite Next In The World Cup? He’s done it again! While many would argue that Gorgio Chiellini has always had a chip on his shoulder, it remains incredible that Luis Suarez is now ...

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World Cup Lookalikes With news that an English mug manufacturer have somehow confused Chris Smalling with US President Barack Obama, we look at some other World Cup lookal...

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Worst World Cup Signings With some eye-catching performances at this year's World Cup, some players have been unsurprisingly linked with moves to the Premier League.With M...

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Who Could Replace Roy Hodgson? After England's early elimination from the World Cup, many fans and some of the media are calling for the head of coach, Roy Hodgson. I take a look at...

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Best Five World Cup Goals Ever After Tim Cahill’s stupendous Van Basten-esque volley against Holland, it got us thinking about our favourite ever World Cup goals. Have we missed any...

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Four Reasons Spain Failed At The World Cup Geoffrey Chaucer penned the phrase “all good things must come to an end” which is rather fitting after Spain’s shock exit from this World Cup.Inde...

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The Craziest On Air Commentary Gaffes! Irish football fans have long-since insisted that their coverage of top-level football trumps the often anodyne punditry from its English counterparts...

Football england

Why England Won't Make It Out Of Group D It’s been an enthralling World Cup so far. No draws, double the amount of goals as at this stage in South Africa 2010 and Spain’s conversion from the ...