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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The top 10 dives in football history

Manchester United’s Ashley Young and Chelsea’s Didier Drogba have caused controversy over the past fortnight by diving to win penalties and going down quicker than your average High Street hooker. Ashley Young started it all off by winning a cheap penalty against QPR’s Shaun Derry, when the tough m...

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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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Who Will Take Africa's Biggest Prize?

The semi-finals of Africas Champions League areunder wayand there will be new champions of the Continent this year after the sensational disqualification of holders TP Mazembe. The DR Congo club lifted the trophy in 2009 and 2010; more significantly, they became the first African side to reach the ...

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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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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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Football in 3D - A new risk to average attendances?

The world has evolved and developed a lot since the 1950s with the invention, evolution and development of everything from bladeless fans to electric cars and high definition broadcasts and beyond, but what have the boffins responsible for 3D been doing for 60 years since its inception? 3D today i...

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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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5242 African Nations Cup Group D: T

by : Alex Wolstenholme Roger Lemerre takes charge of Tunisia for a third time in the African Nations Cup but with serious doubts over the Frenchman's future after his side failed to capitalise on their 2004 triumph in either the 2006 tournament or the World Cup of that same year. Lemerre's curren...

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3252: World Cup History:Tunisia

by : Sam Cullen Tunisia's world cup debut came back in 1978 in Argentina, where they were the only African side in the competition, which was still only comprised of 16 teams. Their first game was on June 2nd 1978 where they comprehensively beat the 1970 quarter finalists Mexico 3-1. They were the...

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3249: World Cup Preview - Group H;

by : Stephen Orford Champions of Africa in 2004, Tunisia will be competing in its third consecutive World Cup finals tournament in Germany 2006. Recent form on the world stage cannot match that shown against their continental rivals, with no wins in either the 1998 World Cup in France or in Korea ...

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