Aidan Russell

2010/11 Premier League Table: Five Club Battling Relegation

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2010/11 Premier League Champions: Manchester United Runners-up: Chelsea Champions League places: Manchester United, Chelsea, Manchester City, Arsenal Europa League places: Tottenham Hotspur, Birmingham City, Stoke City Promoted (from 2009/10): Newcastle United, West Bromwich Albion, Blackpool Relegated: West Ham United, Blackpool, Birmingham City Leading scorers: Dimitar Berbatov (Manchester United) & Carlos Tevez (Manchester City) 20 goals … Read more

Alfredo Di Stefano: Regarded As One Of The Best Of All Time

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On 4th July 1926, Alfredo Stefano di Stéfano Laulhé was born to a first-generation Italian-Argentine father and an Argentine mother of French-Irish descent. Alfredo’s early years in Buenos Aires, Argentina, were spent working on his parents’ farm and helping other Italian immigrants, Being the eldest son, he had the heaviest workload. Life during the 1020s … Read more

László Kubala: From Hungarian Refugee To FC Barcelona Genius

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László Kubala (also known as Ladislao Kubala) was an iconic footballer who graced stadiums during the 1950s and 1960s. His life was colored with indescribable struggles, survival, heroics, and glorious triumphs. He was Kubala…footballer, manager, and as he himself once said, ‘citizen of the world’. Serenity In A Time Of Chaos László Kubala Stecz was … Read more

Luis Suarez Miramontes: Barcelona’s Enchanting Playmaker

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Luis Suarez Miramontes is regarded as one of the greatest Spanish playmakers in the history of the beautiful game, having graced European football during the 1950s and 1960s. He was responsible for revolutionizing the midfielder’s role into something quite spectacular and mesmerizing for the eye to behold. He was regarded as one of Spain’s greatest … Read more

British Football: And Its Battles With FIFA Over The Years

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By the late 1930s, it was no longer enough to be the game’s pioneers. Instead, British football had to continually prove itself on the soccer field as ‘the masters of the game’ against an ever-wider range of former pupils, given the continued growth in football’s popularity worldwide. Nevertheless, British football, like the people and the … Read more