La Liga strike suspended by Spanish High Court

MADRID — A Spanish court has suspended a strike called by the Players’ Union (AFE), allowing the final two rounds of La Liga’s season to go forward. Spain’s National Court announced its decision on Thursday, ruling in favor of the league’s request to temporarily suspend the strike. The court’s ruling …

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A few things we learned from last night

So after Juventus drew 1-1 with Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu last night to progress to the Champions League Final and face Barcelona on June 6th, here are a few things we have learned from last night’s game. Carlo Ancelotti will be shown the Bernabeu exit door in a …

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Footballers with Top Knots #10

The signings keep coming for F.C. Top Knot and I can announce that we have completed the Centre Back partnership and what a signing it is. Again one of my scouting network has come up trumps, so a big shout to @knoxy_mufc (give him a follow) who suggested this one, …

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Developments at Crawley Town

There have been some developments since my last blog post on Crawley Town on Monday (which you can read here) http://realfootballman.com/2015/05/11/what-now-for-crawley-town/ and in my opinion it’s good news as Dean Saunders will not be returning to Crawley Town next season as he has taken the recently vacant managerial post at …

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Barcelona to win the league without playing

Barcelona could be crowned Spanish league champions without kicking a ball this weekend if a planned players’ strike goes ahead, according to La Liga chief Javier Tebas. Spain’s players union, AFE, has called the strike due to its issues with new legislation mandating how TV revenues are collected and shared …

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1 thing we’re looking forward to Tonight

After Barcelona progressed to the Champions League Final last night, it’s now time to find out who will be joining them. Will it be their arch rivals Real Madrid or Italian champions Juventus. Juventus take a slender 2-1 lead into the Santiago Bernabeu after their win against Los Blancos last …

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A few things we learned from last night

Barcelona progressed to the Champions League Final last night after a 5-3 aggregate win over Bayern Munich. Although it wasn’t total domination for the Catalan side as Pep Guardiola managed to exact some revenge as his Bayern side won 3-2 last night albeit it was not enough to overturn their …

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