Stories By Harry De Cosemo

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  Newcastle fans right to be annoyed by Sherwood comments

  Intermittently during the football season, Newcastle United supporters will log onto social media and let out a defeated sigh of exasperation. What are they seeing is usually the latest unchallenged comments purporting to understand how they feel and what they expect from their football club, isolated and shared widely across various platforms.

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  The fall and rise of AC Milan

  AC Milan waved goodbye to elite level European competition six years ago as a spent force. The Rossoneri were knocked out of the Champions League in the last 16 stage by eventual finalists Atletico Madrid.

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  Are football fans the lifeblood of the game? No chance.

  It has long been said that football is a great reflector of society. In some ways that has seldom been more true than now. Back in March, as the Covid-19 pandemic first began to take hold and the United Kingdom went into lockdown, the sport did its bit.

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  Allan Saint-Maximin form a mixed blessing for Toon Army

  Phil Bardsley was having flashbacks. Newcastle United were beating Burnley 1-0 on Saturday and the veteran defender had just kicked Allan Saint-Maximin to the ground from behind. Quite how he avoided a booking is anybody’s guess.

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  Leicester City start proving that they’re here to stay

  Nothing quite sums up the football hype train like the clamour to back Leicester City last season. Brendan Rodgers, having shaken off a bitter end to life at Liverpool and redeemed his reputation as one of Europe’s top coaches, had made some very interesting signings and the Foxes were expected to crash the ‘big six’ party.

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  Is Ole Gunnar Solskjær deserving of more credit at United?

  Society teaches us that under-appreciation is a common evil that must simply be lived alongside. Many people do great things for humanity’s evolution without ever gaining the respect they deserve, or at least not until they are long gone.

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  Leeds United could be the story of the season

  Sky Sports’ Kelly Cates summed up the Leeds United game at Anfield perfectly with one seemingly flippant comment. Turning to Graeme Souness, one of two pundits on the coverage, she remarked that their story was even bigger than Liverpool’s.

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  Newcastle United transfer news leaves fans in uncharted water

  Every summer at Newcastle United, the world caves in. Without fail, at the end of each season and before the start of the next, something always goes wrong. The bells of the crisis alarm sound like clockwork in June and July.

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  No going back for Messi and Barca

  On June 27th, 2016, just three days after his 29th birthday, a different Lionel Messi announced himself to the world. After missing in the penalty shootout during Argentina’s loss to Chile in the Copa America final, La Albiceleste’s talisman publicly claimed to be at the end of his tether.

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  Bayern Munich win places football at dark crossroads

  Manuel Neuer lifted the Champions League trophy high above his head and let out a celebratory scream. It was a sixth European crown for Bayern Munich, moving them above Barcelona and level with Liverpool in the all time winners’ standings.

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  Could a bad week for Guardiola lead to a Messi reunion?

  Pep Guardiola sank to the floor, utterly crestfallen. Lyon striker Moussa Dembele had just condemned his Manchester City side to another season without the Champions League glory they crave. Four years into his time at the Etihad Stadium, the man known as football’s greatest innovator is facing the biggest questions since his arrival.

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