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Wed Feb 10 09:05AM
Arsenal's season reaches a potentially defining moment this evening when they host Liverpool. The Reds travel to the, er, Reds threatening to usurp them following an unbeaten run of seven league games, just as Arsene Wenger has replaced Rafael Benitez as the media's designated figure of fun.A win tonight will…More
Tue Feb 09 11:06AM
Al-Ahli Jeddah captain Mohammad Massad scored from 100 yards out during a Saudi League match recently, which is more than sufficient excuse to take a look at some other blinding strikes from distance. In case you haven't seen Massad's long-range goal yet, here it is: The most recent example in the Premier...More
Tue Feb 09 08:54AM
As if feeling his first serious bout of pressure as Manchester City manager wasn't enough, Roberto Mancini is still living the life of Alan Partridge. The Italian boss is so unsure of his future at the club that he is yet to buy a permanent residence and move his family...More
Mon Feb 08 08:54AM
From the moment in the first half when the ball sailed through Marques Colston's hands and clanged off his helmet, Early Doors realised its bet on the New Orleans Saints was not going to end well.Then something odd happened. The 'Aints' started to put points on the board while the Indianapolis...More
Fri Feb 05 09:00AM
So it turns out Chelsea's inducement of Gael Kakuta to breach his contract was just a big misunderstanding after all.The Court of Arbitration for Sport has lifted the 18-month transfer ban against the Blues after an amicable settlement was agreed with Kakuta's former club Lens. Chelsea, Lens and Kakuta reached...More
Thu Feb 04 09:00AM
Early Doors was heartened to see a piece in this morning's Times by Mike Atherton asking 'What exactly does a football captain do?'.ED has been wondering the same thing for ages. This is not cricket, rugby, or indeed France, where the skipper is heavily involved in selection and tactical decisions.Former...More
Wed Feb 03 08:52AM
Having undergone something of an identity crisis, and recently withstood a ferocious Mancunia-fuelled assault from the Carling Cup, the FA Cup has found its calling at last. The oldest knockout cup competition in the world now exists purely to provide financial succour to stricken teams who came unstuck chasing the dream...More
Tue Feb 02 08:38AM
Some people are calling it: 'The deal that saved deadline day', while others might settle for: 'Spurs fringe player goes out on loan'.Either way, Robbie Keane's loan move from Tottenham to Celtic provided the sole moment of mild surprise on an afternoon when not even Sky Sports News's Jim White...More
Mon Feb 01 08:53AM
Early Doors isn't one to moralise when it comes to the weekend's revelations about John Terry, chiefly because it lacks both a moral code and a retainer with a team of expensive lawyers. Proof of its amorality comes in the form of agreement with Rod Liddle, a journalist who makes...More
Fri Jan 29 08:59AM
Tony Blair will make a return to the limelight later today when he faces a six-hour grilling from the Chilcott Inquiry over his decision to take Britain to war. If the former PM makes the same laboured comparison between his situation and Rio Ferdinand's that Early Doors is, he may...More