Serie A

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  David Beckham hangs up his Cleats

  One of the best, and most controversial, players of the last 20 years retires from professional football today, as David Beckham will be hanging up his cleats for the last time...

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  Diabolical Refereeing and the Renewed Case for Technology in Football

  So once again the screaming from the rooftops around the footballing world for more technology has resumed.  And who could blame them, considering some diabiocal decisions by so-called professional referees and...

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  Completely Random yet Amazing Football Facts: Part 3

  It was about a month ago now that I posted 40 Amazing Football Facts.  If you haven’t read that yet, it’s worth a few minutes of your time, so go have...

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  Completely Random Yet Amazing Football Facts: Part 2

  It was about a month ago now that I posted 40 Amazing Football Facts.  If you haven’t read that yet, it’s worth a few minutes of your time, so go have...

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  Relegation, Bale Diving, AVB’s “Smart” Move, a Suarez Comparison, and Barca’s Hole

  Welcome to Two Left Cleats. You and I both know footy is filled with fantastical storylines, embellished headlines and completely fabricated news.  Football is at a pivotal point in many ways...

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  Two Left Cleats: Seeing Red, Drunk Danes, Obese Fans and a Stern Irishman

  You and I both know footy is filled with fantastical storylines, embellished headlines and completely fabricated news.  Football is at a pivotal point in many ways – scandals, match-fixing, rampant racism,...

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  What Would a European Super League Look Like?

  Imagine for a second a 20 team league made up of the best teams in Europe.  Not a tournament like the former European Cup now better known as Champions League, but...

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  AC Milan’s Rise From the Ashes

  As an AC Milan supporter, I was very disappointed to see how the Rossoneri started the season this year. First of all, the sale of Coach Allegri’s ace in his attack,...

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  Best Club side in History? AC Milan-1989 or Barcelona-2011?

  Ever since I can remember, I always loved watching football from all around the world, appreciating the skills and different qualities each country’s league brings to the table.  From the tight-marking defenses...

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  40 Completely Random Yet Amazing Football Facts

  For a little change of pace from my latest diatribe, I thought I’d mix things up and spew some of the odd facts I have stored away in the footballing portion...

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  What Makes Football “Beautiful”?

    Football is affectionately  known as “The Beautiful Game” because quite simply to millions worldwide, it is just that. At 90minutes it’s like an epic film with the ability to make...

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  The Top 10 Young World Footballers

  Naming the world’s best players is easy.  Start with Messi, Ronaldo, add much of Barcelona’s squad with a sprinkling of others from around European club football and “voila”!  But let’s take...

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  Predicting the 2012-13 Champions League Winner

  The UEFA Champions League.  By all accounts the most important club tournament in all of football, has now reached its knockout stage.  We are left with 16 teams vying for the...

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  My Pint Runneth Dry on Busy EPL Schedules

  It’s no secret that many Premier League sides have gruelling schedules, especially top teams who seem to be continuously competing for trophies.  While sometimes it feels like a great ride, there...

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  My Pint Runneth Dry on Diving Culture

  There is not a shortage of blokes highly critical of “diving” as being nothing short of an epidemic.  I am one.  While you can Google “diving in football” and be directed...

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  My Pint Runneth Dry on Transfer Chatter

  We’ve all fallen for it.  Some of us love it, and others cringe yet still fall for its sex appeal.  You’ve Googled or Bing’d it whether you’d admit to it or...

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  Euro Football Weekend Rundown, December 11

  We have historic events in this week’s edition of Euro Football Rundown. Bayern Munich continues to extend lead; while Falcao does not stop scoring goals; Conte emerges from the darkness; Inter...

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  Euro Football Weekend Rundown

  Welcome back for another Euro Football roundup. This week features Bayern Munich who took on Borussia Dortmund in a battle between first and third in the Bundesliga. PSG continues to lose...

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  Euro Football Weekend Rundown

  The three most notable events of the weekend are… 3) Rafa Benitez’s debut a disaster as Chelsea stalls against Man City It was not an easy first game for the Spaniard on...

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  Jack’d Off: The Neymar-Falcao Query

  We all know the 20-year old Brazilian footballer, Neymar (Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior).  This kid was in the Top 10 in voting for Ballon D’or last season and won the Feranc Puskas...