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Football Banter has now moved… You can find the same great columns and even more football videos, funnies and general nonsense on the all new Mirrorfootball.co.uk website’s Football Banter blog… Read the rest of this entry »

It’s a UEFA Champions League final that the men in suits at Europe’s governing body wanted (allegedly, I might add) rather than an all-English repeat from last year’s but the countdown is nearly over. Players from both Manchester United and… Read the rest of this entry »

It’s never dull being a Sunderland fan. Days after the league season finished, a season in which we did our utmost to get ourselves relegated to the Championship, a new dawn beckons once again. Today Ellis Short has become… Read the rest of this entry »

I was at the City of Manchester Stadium on Sunday. I gave more a toss about the game than the players or the manager did, but to be honest even that wasn’t much. What I can tell you is that… Read the rest of this entry »

Well that was until Liverpool sent them down the next week, but the 3-1 win against Wigan offered them hope. False hope that may be but it certainly showed the weakness behind Wigan’s recent form. I’ll keep the review of… Read the rest of this entry »

Why? No matter what we do, we can’t get that elusive three or even one points against that lot from up The East Lancs or down the M1 rather. I wasn’t expecting anything from this game after the abject… Read the rest of this entry »

Yawn. And that’s it, done. The 2008/09 season passed us by completely. A season in which we got no points from the big boys, scored no penalties and had Jlloyd Samuel as an ever present all year. A year in… Read the rest of this entry »

As we tried to forget most of the season that just finished, wondered where the club is heading and where our best players will be heading, no-one saw this scale of takeover coming. News that a deal has been agreed… Read the rest of this entry »

It should be a FA Cup great final today. Both teams finishing their premiership campaigns well, both sides fit, both coaches tactically astute, both clubs wear blue. And Howard Webb is the ref. Chelsea come out as the favourites, but… Read the rest of this entry »

It was the worst kept secret in world football, really it was. Cristiano Ronaldo wanted to join Real Madrid and fulfull his “dream”. Well, he’s not too far away from achieving his personal ambition. There have been interviews, transfer rumours,… Read the rest of this entry »