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Hunting in Pairs: Shevchenko and Rebrov, Dynamo Kyiv

If you’re thinking about strikers in the 90’s – and, why would you want to look at any other decade – you’d struggle to find a pair that better epitomise the best aspects of the front two than Dynamo Kyiv’s … Continue reading

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Hunting in pairs: Vialli and Mancini, Sampdoria.

So, I said I was going to look at some classic front two partnerships. This is the first one. Drink in the nostalgia. Gianluca Vialli was expected to be the main goal threat for Italy at the 1990 World Cup. … Continue reading

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Serie A: a more sensible approach to transfers?

George Orwell wrote that Italians are incapable of doing anything without making a deafening noise, and he kind of has a point. Italy is pretty mental, but it works in its own way. Take the transfer market in Italian football (tenuous … Continue reading

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Alessandro Del Piero

This article first appeared on The FCF The word legend is thrown around all too easily these days. You’ve heard the kind of talk, people referring to their mate as a legend because of some amusing or entertaining act. This … Continue reading

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The Evil That Men Do: the eternal debt of Marcus Gayle.

Marcus Gayle was a hard working footballer who never gave anyone reason to hate him, right? Wrong. Danny Slevin explains why he’s still counting his losses, and it’s all Gayle’s fault. If I was to pose the question of ‘where … Continue reading

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