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		<title>Olympic Football &#8211; My Millennium Stadium Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2012 16:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday, 26th July, I had the pleasure of having some part in the Olympic excitement that has gripped the nation, by making the short trip to the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff to watch Brazil take on Egypt. After an unsuccessful application attempt at the first time of asking, a process which baffled and bamboozled [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=358&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Olympic Dream</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/28/the-olympic-dream/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jul 2012 19:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[British Olympic Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Craig Bellamy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Danny Boyle]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Micah Richards]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ryan Giggs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senegal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read last night that nearly 1.2 billion people worldwide tuned into the opening ceremony in Stratford &#8211; and what an event it was. To say Danny Boyle captured the imagination of the public is an understatement. Everyone who witnessed the spectacle had hairs standing on the back of their necks. And any early scepticism [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=354&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Geordie Homecoming?</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/17/the-geordie-homecoming/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 19:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Andy Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anfield]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brendan Rodgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demba Ba]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Brendan Rodgers joined Liverpool last month, everyone knew that their footballing style will change to the more possession-dominated style he had emulated at Swansea. The truth is, the current crop of Liverpool players probably aren’t the complete article with respect to ‘tika-taka’ football, but it’s a work in progress. However one man sticks out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=342&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rangers To Newco</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/10/336/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a sad, sad day for any set of fans to witness their beloved club to be dragged through the footballing oblivion of administration. And that is exactly what Glasgow Rangers fans are experiencing. Rangers, a household name both domestically and internationally, look to have been forced into starting their footballing life afresh in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=336&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Olympic Issues</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/09/olympic-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2012 19:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Beckham]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is only a few more weeks until the most celebrated sporting event in history begins in London, and for the first time ever, there is a British representation in the Olympics football competition (or soccer for readers on the other side of the pond). With the Scottish and the Irish opting not to allow [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=332&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Van Persie&#8217;s Final Goodbye</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/07/van-persies-final-goodbye/</link>
		<comments>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/07/van-persies-final-goodbye/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 19:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Arsenal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emmanuel Adebayor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Robin Van Persie]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cast your mind back to 10th December 2011. The scene was a chilly winter&#8217;s night at the Emirates Stadium, North London. Despite the sub-zero temperatures, a furnace brew commemorating Arsenal&#8217;s 125th year of existence. A raking cross-field pass from Alex Song found Robin Van Persie skirting the 18-yard line and the result being almost predictable. With [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=328&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apologies</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/07/apologies/</link>
		<comments>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/07/07/apologies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My sincere apologies for the hiatus of the last month or so. Exam revision took its toll such that writing took a back-seat. However, with all examinations now concluded, this blog activity should pick up again. Many thanks, RS &#160;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=326&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Twitter Twits</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/05/31/twitter-twits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 May 2012 20:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alan Shearer]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Joey Barton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the concept of networking grows, so does social media. Global brands such as Twitter and Facebook have grown in such large proportions such that Facebook floated on the stock exchange lastweekend at a valuation larger than Walt Disney and Amazon. With social networking ever-growing, so has its accessibility &#8211; even reaching out to the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=298&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Future of Football</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/05/21/the-future-of-football/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Manchester City winning the league in an enthralling game at the end of the season, and Chelsea&#8217;s &#8216;backs-to-the-wall&#8217; job at the Allianz Arena this weekend, it goes to prove an aged footballing belief. Money does bring success. Chelsea have had relative success domestically in the Abramovich era, yielding three League Titles and three FA Cup [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=288&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why The Next Appointment Is Crucial</title>
		<link>http://the-beautiful-game.org/2012/05/16/why-the-next-appointment-is-crucial/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 21:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RS</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we know, Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish was sacked last night along with members of his back room team &#8211; just a short 18 months since his arrival. Fenway Sports Group, headed by J. Henry in Boston, felt that a meagre 8th place finish, albeit a Carling Cup victory, was unsatisfactory and decisions had to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=the-beautiful-game.org&#038;blog=34188398&#038;post=277&#038;subd=thebeautifulgamedotorg&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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