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Spurs Are a Mid-table Team This Season

When you look to what Spurs have stood for in the last decade, it is that their rise and now their ultimate fall will lie at the source of what many have come to think "makes" a football team...

Written by David James about 4 months ago 25 reads 1 comments
The Year Of The Footballer: The Tevez Story

Most of us know that Tevez is yet to be owned by a Football Club. There is this thing is Brazil where companies purchase a player, akin to a transfer from club-to-club, where they own the value of that player...

Written by David James about 5 months ago 252 reads 1 comments
Is This the Year of the Owner?

Unless you have been out of the country for the past year, you will have realised the change that is looming over the football landscape. No longer are we being managed by managers but by hierarchies put in place to do a traditional manager's job...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 199 reads 0 comments
Spurs Intimate Open-Ticket Selling, but We All Remember Sevilla

Anyone who was at White Hart Lane on Thursday night will understand what I am about to discuss. Wisla Krakow were not only the dominant force on the pitch, but in the stadium too...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 239 reads 1 comments
Crumbling At The Crust - Is It Time for the Tottenham Eruption?

The problem with Tottenham was summed up by Teddy Sheringham this week when he said that Spurs fans want to win games and get entertained...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 105 reads 0 comments
I'm Negative - but I'm British, so it doesn't matter

I want to stress one point, which few around the England camp like to talk about, Croatia have never lost a World Cup or European qualifying encounter since there emergence and recognition as a nation in 1994...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 89 reads 0 comments
Euro 2008: The "Shop Window" Culture of Major International Tournaments

Under the warm climate, Euro 2008 has begun in earnest. An enthralling top-seeded clash between Holland and Italy suggested that Europe is flourishing on the international stage, with talents ...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 528 reads 1 comments
Tottenham Hotspur: The Transfer Window Soap Opera

It's that time of year again folks: televisions are tuned off of football and, arguably, on to other less entertaining sports, but fans' news feeds are lit up by the latest Peruvian stars looking ...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 1,134 reads 2 comments
Why changing the EPL to FIFA on the Bleacher Report is not good...

I am appalled that the EPL title heading has changed to "FIFA." Firstly this is a clear indication of this sites bias towards American-based leagues...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 544 reads 6 comments
Premiere League: Tottenham Hotspur and Next Season

Spurs are arguably the most media-friendly club in the Premier League. The amount of written space dedicated to Spurs would probably fill the Amazon rainforest three times over...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 870 reads 5 comments
Chelsea-Tottenham Preview: A Season On The Line

I remember as a Spurs fan only a few years ago hoping for a European place on the back of the UEFA fair play league. For those of you, who are unaware of this scenario, it means that the team who has played the fairest throughout the season (e...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 594 reads 1 comments
Soccer Just Isn't An American Thing

Can soccer ever be big in the United States? It’s the aged old question that has encouraged the likes of David Beckham and Pele to peruse the dream that soccer can be classed as one of the USA's top sports...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 635 reads 4 comments
Superbowl Central: Joke Central

Q: What's the difference between the Green bay Packers and Frosties? A: Frosties belong in a bowl.It's that time of year Sportsfan Superbowl 2008...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 370 reads 0 comments
EPL Picks of the Week: Chelsea, Blackburn, Arsenal to Cruise

Now I know this may be unconventional, even by my standards, but I'm going to give you all a little insight into this weekends activities in and around the Premiership. Birmingham Vs. ChelseaThe inevitable result must be a win for Chelsea...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 609 reads 1 comments
Didier Deschamps: Newcastle's Third Choice?

Business has gone from bad to worse for Newcastle United.Gerrard Houllier recently rebuffed an approach from Mike Ashley—the second managerial offer turned down in a matter of days, following Harry Redknapp's decision to stay on the south coast.

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 571 reads 3 comments
G14: Power in the Hands of the Clubs

G14, the leading power in multi-club associations, anounced yesterday that it was to drop all legal actions pending or current against UEFA and FIFA, the respective football governing bodies...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 437 reads 1 comments
Where Do Liverpool Go From Here?

Following the sensational revelation that Anfield bosses Tom Hicks and George Gillett approached Jurgen Klinnsmann over the opportunity to take over at the illustrious Merseyside club, a week ...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 480 reads 2 comments
Tottenham Window Watch: Stewart Downing

The media love Tottenham during the transfer window. They devote pages of paper space just to speculation over whom Tottenham may sign.In this series of articles sizing up the candidates, I'll start with Stewart Downing...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 584 reads 4 comments
EPL: Al-Hassan Bangura Granted Amnesty

The Home Office yesterday brought an end to the furor over Watford’s Al-Hassan Bangura by granting him a work permit which allows Bangura to remain in the UK indefinitely...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 492 reads 1 comments
Havant & Waterloo: Still a Magical Competition

The FA Cup has always been a fulcrum for lower league teams to strut their stuff on the big stage. How much bigger can it get for a Havant & Waterlooville side that held a Swansea side who ...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 804 reads 1 comments
Bramble Unlikely Hero as Liverpool Drift Further From Summit

Wigan had never scored in a league game against Liverpool until the unlikely unimposing figure of Titus Bramble stepped up to leave Liverpool 12 points behind Arsenal, heading into what looks like a bleak mid-winter for Liverpool...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 484 reads 1 comments
Spurs 6, Reading 4: Spurs Win, But Berbatov's Future in Doubt

When I woke up this morning, I didn't believe that Spurs would end 2007 having scored 11 goals in two games.Nor did I believe that Dave Kitson would "go nuts", or that Steve McClaren would lead England to a European Championship...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 849 reads 6 comments
Worst of 2007: Steve McClaren, Wolly with a Brolly

Great leaders inspire men to victory. Steve McClaren will be remembered as a wolly with a brolly.England fans lost faith in McClaren when we only managed a 2-0 victory in Andorra...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 1,048 reads 4 comments
EPL Predictions: Weekend of December 15th

Although the latest EPL hype is centered on the aptly-named "Grand Slam Sunday," there are still very interesting battles to be found among the other 16 teams playing this weekend...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 799 reads 0 comments
Manchester City are the New Chelsea

At the beginning of 2007, Manchester City were starring down towards financial oblivion. With the sale of Shaun Wright-Phillips and Nicolas Anelka, City were doing everything but pushing forward...

Written by David James about about 1 year ago 1,522 reads 5 comments

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David James Article Archive

Spurs Are a Mid-table Team This Season

The Year Of The Footballer: The Tevez Story

Is This the Year of the Owner?

Spurs Intimate Open-Ticket Selling, but We All Remember Sevilla

Crumbling At The Crust - Is It Time for the Tottenham Eruption?

I'm Negative - but I'm British, so it doesn't matter

Euro 2008: The "Shop Window" Culture of Major International Tournaments

Tottenham Hotspur: The Transfer Window Soap Opera

Why changing the EPL to FIFA on the Bleacher Report is not good...

Premiere League: Tottenham Hotspur and Next Season

Chelsea-Tottenham Preview: A Season On The Line

Soccer Just Isn't An American Thing

Superbowl Central: Joke Central

EPL Picks of the Week: Chelsea, Blackburn, Arsenal to Cruise

Didier Deschamps: Newcastle's Third Choice?

G14: Power in the Hands of the Clubs

Where Do Liverpool Go From Here?

Tottenham Window Watch: Stewart Downing

EPL: Al-Hassan Bangura Granted Amnesty

Havant & Waterloo: Still a Magical Competition

Bramble Unlikely Hero as Liverpool Drift Further From Summit

Spurs 6, Reading 4: Spurs Win, But Berbatov's Future in Doubt

Worst of 2007: Steve McClaren, Wolly with a Brolly

EPL Predictions: Weekend of December 15th

Manchester City are the New Chelsea

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