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It’s that time of year again
With the new football season now just a week away, and the Premier League a fortnight away, it’s that time of the year where you need to finalise those all...
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Carling Cup Predictor Challenge
To celebrate the new 2009/10 Carling Cup tournament and new official competition website www.carlingcup.com, Carling is inviting football fans to take part in the Carling Cup Predictor Challenge, which lets...
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Toulouse Diary: Day Four
Monday 27th July. Hometime. The last day of any sort of holiday is always depressing, regardless of whether you want to come home (as in this case) or not. Mainly...
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Toulouse Diary: Day Three
Sunday 26th July. Well today pretty much confirmed that Toulouse is not a tourist destination. Surely there are better places for a future Super League franchise?! A late start saw...
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Toulouse Diary: Day Two
Saturday 25th July. Matchday. Many Widnes fans over for the weekend were probably looking to have a good time and a nice break away from their hectic lifestyles. But to...
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Toulouse Diary: Day One
At 3.30am on Friday July 24th I set off on the longest trip I’ve ever made for an away game, some 39 hours before Widnes kick off their league match...
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The injury jinx
What is it that makes English sport stars synonymous with injury? Go back to 1998. Young English striker Michael Owen announced himself on the world stage with that goal against...
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A cricketing tradition
I see England somehow salvaged a draw in the first Ashes test against Australia. I say see, I didn’t, thanks to the fact that Sky Sports has the rights to...
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Widnes win Northern Rail Cup
I’ve finally broke my duck. I finally have a sporting memory worthy of being my best. Sunday 12th July 2009, Widnes Vikings 34 Barrow Raiders 18. Before the game, I...
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It started on work placement…
If someone says to you work placements are pointless, tell them they’re wrong. Essentially, three days work experience has shaped my life. I was an ambitious 17-year-old A-level student when...
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