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FA Cup changes favour elite clubs over lower leagues again
Over recent years, football’s divide between the elite and lower leagues has only grown. From the European Super League, to ‘Project Big Picture’, when the top club’s in England attempted to radically alter the power structure in the game during the COVID pandemic, there are far too many examples of the game losing what it was created with in the first place: a fierce community spirit.
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Newmarket Win 6 preview | 18th April
13.50 bet365 Handicap NORTH VIEW has displayed race-by-race progression and opened his account in good style at Bath last time out. He is interesting on his handicap debut. WOODHAY WONDER has won three of her last four starts and won on both the July and Rowley courses the last two times, so she cannot be discounted on her handicap debut.
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Newmarket Win 6 preview | 17th April
13.50 Weatherbys Global Stallions App Handicap This race is seriously competitive, so it’s wise to nominate multiple selections. SUMMERGHAND has a good record at this course and has fitness on his side, so he’s one to consider.
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Gvardiol is finally finding his feet as Man City’s next level defender
Nobody expected Josko Gvardiol to find the far corner of the net when he received a pass from Jack Grealish on the edge of the box against Real Madrid last week. Had it not been for a somewhat loose first touch, the Croatian might not have got his strike away, but Gvardiol’s finish was one of the standout moments of a thrilling Champions League quarter-final first leg.
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Newmarket Win 6 preview | 16th April
13.20 British Stallion Studs EBF Novice Stakes The potent combination of Charlie Appleby and William Buick is in seriously good form, so there’s every chance HALLASAN will prove capable of making a winning debut.
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Is Xavi right to depart the talented new generation at Barcelona?
Barcelona’s Champions League quarter-final win away to Paris Saint-Germain last week offered a microcosm of the Catalans’ season as a whole to date. Their defensive flaws were exposed at times by Kylian Mbappe and co.
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Joelinton signs new contract at Newcastle
Last season, when Newcastle United qualified for the Champions League, Brazilian midfielder Joelinton played 32 league games, missing just six. Hollywood might call his turnaround on Tyneside too idealistic.
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Aintree Win 6 preview | 12th April
13.45 Huyton Asphalt Franny Blennerhassett Memorial Mildmay Novices’ Chase The JP McManus pair are the two I like in the opener. Kim Muir winner INOTHEWAYURTHINKIN was ridden with extreme confidence last time out and must have a great chance with a similar performance.
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Xabi Alonso has shaped Leverkusen into the perfect modern team.
Xabi Alonso’s decision to stay at Bayer Leverkusen caught many by surprise. The Spaniard had been strongly linked with both Bayern Munich and Liverpool. Widely seen as the best young manager working in European football right now, most expected Alonso to take the next step in his career this summer.
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Aintree Place 6 preview | 11th April
13.45 Close Brothers Manifesto Novices’ Chase GREY DAWNING has won eight of his 12 starts under rules and was last seen winning the Grade 1 Turners Novices’ Chase at Cheltenham. He has already beaten Ginny’s Destiny twice and can confirm he’s the better horse here.
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