Who will win the 2014 World Cup?

It may be feeling bitterly cold out there, but football fans around the world are already feeling warm inside ahead of next years World Cup in Brazil. The draw for the greatest competition in the world takes place in radiant Rio today about 5pm (GMT) and everyone is waiting to see who and where the...

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Best and worst case scenarios for England in today's World Cup draw

The first thing to think about with next summer’s World Cup is the geography of Brazil, this not a country, it’s like a continent. The distances that have to be travelled are not like London to Dublin to Glasgow; it’s going to be more like London to Warsaw to Rome. The second thing to remember is t...

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World Cup draw: Please can England get a crap group this time?

Im not a bitter Scot or anything, I would really love to see England win the World Cup - but as it is frankly not going to happen can we at least go into a group that we have no expectation of getting out of. Its not that I dont want Roy Hodgson to succeed; I think that he seems an honest and honou...

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The Strange World Of FIFA: England Ranked Fourth In The World

It will come as something of a surprise to most fans who watched Euro 2012 that England came out of the tournament going up in the FIFA world rankings - not bad for two wins in four matches, one of which came against a Ukraine team who lie at 46th in the table. Ranking tables are always an untrustw...

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Squarefootball's top 10 worst ever penalties

Real Madrids Sergio Ramos must have some English blood in him. The way he managed to hoof the ball out of the Bernabeu against Bayern Munich in the Champions League semi-final penalty shoot out last Wednesday made so many Englishman proud. The shocking miss was a huge hit on Twitter following the g...

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Penalty shoot outs: Why they are more than just a lottery

There was one slightly annoying comment which detracted from the all round fun on Wednesday night. A small blot on an otherwise wondrous couple of nights. A bit of a bollock twister or nipple pinch, which only evoked the widely anticipated rolling of the eyes.According to ITV, and many other broadc...

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Beckham, Best, Henry or Cantona: Who were the coolest footballers to ever live?

We would all like to be footballers, right? The money, the women, the cars. Oh, and the playing of football. That’s pretty good. But some are cooler than others. Too cool, even. So cool they make everyone else look like silly, awkward, emasculated chumps. So who were the 10 coolest footballers to e...

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Can any player, including Messi, be considered 'the greatest'?

Ah, the Champions League. Bringer of drama, stopper of dreamers, platform for Ray Wilkins to say ‘my word’ 50 hundred thousand times. And there are other things that are nearly always discussed, certainly when seeing the two dominant Spanish sides play. The great debate has moved from trying to ...

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Top 10 bizarre injuries to footballers

Swansea City’s vice-captain Alan Tate is set to miss most of the Swans’ debut season in Premier League after breaking his leg in a freak golfing accident. The versatile defender was a passenger in a golf buggy that lost control and Tate will have to watch the majority of the club’s rollercoaster adv...

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Squarefootball's Fantasy football invitation

There is less than two weeks to go until the start of the 2011/12 Premier League season and time is running out for you to enter the Squarefootball fantasy football competition. Last season more than 100 teams competed for the Squarefootball title, which was won by P Oxenby and his team FC Poxo. He...

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Manchester City: Tevez, Telephones and Tedium

Im not sure whats been worse over the last week or so, the phone hacking scandal or the Tevez transfer saga?Maybe if the News Of The World was still in existence it could report, with its tele-pathic powers, where Tevez will be moving to? If I were a Manchester City fan I would just like to see th...

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What five things would you do before the season starts?

Isn’t it normally New Years Eve when you get a top 100 favourite moments of the year or top 500 best movie credits or some other poor excuse for a programme? Well I thought I would also use it as a poor excuse for an article, but rather than boring you all with a list consisting of 100 or more items...

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Tevez, Modric, Nasri and co - Quit your moaning!

One of the lessons that I had drilled into me as a youngster is the old adage “asking never gets”. Maybe you too can recall a time when you asked your mum for a Penguin or something and she trotted out some half-cocked lecture about it being polite to wait to be offered blah, blah, blah. Well clearl...

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Would you like to write for Squarefootball?

Do you live, breathe and sleep football? Do you have a passion for writing and want your views to be read by a potential audience of millions? Then we at Squarefootball Towers would love to hear from you. Whether you follow Aberdeen or Accrington Stanley, West Ham United or Wolfsburg, we can offer ...

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4624: Copa America 2007 Preview – Gr

by : Cody Strunk ARGENTINA PARAGUAY COLOMBIA USA Argentina travel to Venezuela as favourites for the Copa America, based largely on the fact that while Brazil are missing key players, the Argentinean coach Alfio Basile has selected a strong looking squad. There is a wealth of experience throughou...

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3340: World Cup 2006: Will German gr

by : Chris Sherrard At the outset of the 2006 World Cup, doubts and conjecture circled over the projected fortunes of both Argentina and Germany. The hosts, we were told, were heading for an early and embarrassing exit in front of the eyes of the world. Not enough quality, not enough skill, not...

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3273: World Cup 2006 Prediction: Gro

by : Antony Melvin Group C - The inevitable group of death. Your guess is as good (if not better) than mine. And after another rash decision to predict the outcome of an event that were are clearly under qualified to judge (we do read the feedback you know) we have been locked in what we would li...

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3216: World Cup Preview - Group C;

by : Stephen Orford When the World Cup roadshow rolled into Korea and Japan in 2002 Argentina suffered one of its greatest ever humiliations. Almost mandatory qualifiers for the big event, Macelo Bielsa’s side crashed out in the opening group phase, a run which included a particularly painful 1-0...

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3195: Argentina; World Cup History

by : Stephen Orford Germany 2006 will be Argentina’s 14th World Cup finals tournament appearance from a possible 18. They have twice been winners, and have been beaten finalists on two further occasions. Of all the competing nations this summer, only Brazil, Italy and Germany can boast a more con...

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