5,000 views and counting…

Yes it’s time for some more unashamed self congratulatory back slapping as the site has now reached 5,000 page views in just 3 months. To be perfectly honest this is far more than I ever expected to get at this early stage of the site and am pretty blown away …

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No need to Pjanic

After showing a clip of Raheem Sterling’s “debut” goal for Manchester City (not a competitive debut) after only 3 minutes, I think it’s fair to say that Miralem Pjanic has stolen the limelight. Actually to be fair I think Joe Hart’s penalty taking skills have stolen both their limelights. Anyway …

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Absolute dream for Raheem

So it only took 3 minutes for Raheem Sterling to pay back some of that £49m transfer fee – admittedly it’s only a friendly but a goal is a goal and here is that goal. I have used the word goal far too many times in that sentence.

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F.C. Top Knot – 2016/17 Season Preview

So after back to back promotions and also double silverware in each season, the promised land of the Football League awaits F.C. Top Knot. Can the footballing juggernaut be stopped? – well it could possibly well be. Firstly just to recap at the time of press the manager and player …

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Chelsea set to Luis, Felipe

The left back arrived at Stamford Bridge one year ago from Atletico for £15.8m and is returning to the Spanish capital for around £800,000 less. Luis made 26 appearances for Chelsea and scored his only goal for the club in a 3-1 League Cup victory at Derby in December. The …

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Stambouli swaps one Capital for another

Tottenham midfielder Benjamin Stambouli has joined French champions Paris St-Germain on a five-year deal for a fee reported to be about £6m. The former France Under-21 player made just 12 appearances for Spurs after joining from Montpellier in September. Stambouli, 24, was in the Montpellier squad that won the 2012 …

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Adebayor to hopefully be shown the door

Aston Villa have opened talks with Tottenham over the proposed transfer of Emmanuel Adebayor. Manager Tim Sherwood has earmarked the 31-year-old as a replacement for Liverpool-bound Christian Benteke. Tottenham want around £4million for Adebayor but the stumbling block is his wages of £100,000-a-week. Villa hope to arrange a deal where …

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North Korea to host 2026 World Cup

Well not quite but if you were to believe Simon Brodkin’s antics earlier today than that could certainly be the case. Fifa president Sepp Blatter was forced to halt a news conference when UK prankster Simon Brodkin – whose stage name is Lee Nelson – threw a pile of banknotes …

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F.C. Top Knot – A 2015/16 Season Review

So another completed season in the life of F.C. Top Knot and more silverware has been added to the trophy room. A prestigious double of winning the Vanarama Conference National and also retaining the F.A. Trophy means there were plenty of celebrations at The Top Knot Arena and now the …

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Weekend Activity

Spent far too much money and lost too many brain cells at a festival in London yesterday. I’m sure some stuff has happened in the Footballing world but I really don’t have the brain capacity to talk about it today. Hopefully normal service will be resumed tomorrow, maybe check the …

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