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Ireland manager Martin O’Neill. (Getty Images)

Martin O’Neill Is in the Managerial Elite Even If a Top Job Eludes him

by Daniel Taylor | Oct 17, 2017 | Sports

London – Blink, and you might have missed the part Shepshed Charterhouse, in the puddles and potholes of the Northern Premier League, played in the professional life of Martin O’Neill, back in the days when aspiring managers were prepared to start at the bottom...

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Chelsea manager Antonio Conte. (AFP)

Chelsea Handed Major Chance to Make up Lost Ground in Gentler October

by Paul Wilson | Oct 14, 2017 | Sports

London – Most of the Premier League attention will be on Anfield and the north-west derby on Saturday, even if Liverpool’s stuttering start to the season means Jürgen Klopp’s side already have seven points to make up on Manchester United. For different reasons...

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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger. (Getty Images)

Premier League Clubs Missed their Chance to Keep Christmas Eve Special

by Barry Glendenning | Oct 11, 2017 | Sports

London – The almost total lack of regard in which broadcasters hold football fans is no secret, so it should have come as no surprise to learn Sky Sports is proposing to reschedule Arsenal’s home match against Liverpool for Christmas Eve in what the Football...

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From left to right: Roy Hodgson, Ronald Koeman, Antonio Conte, Chris Hughton , Jamie Vardy, Jürgen Klopp, Mauricio Pellegrino and Aaron Mooy. Composite: Getty Images, PA, Reuters

Premier League: 10 Talking Points from the Weekend’s Action

by Guardian Sport | Oct 5, 2017 | Sports

London – 1) Hughton hankers after firepower Chris Hughton, the Brighton & Hove Albion manager, said it all when he highlighted how his team had not been “out of sight” against Arsenal, just as they had not been against Manchester City on the opening weekend...

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Michael Essien is watched by thousands of fans during practice for Persib Bandung, where he reportedly earns an annual salary of $750,000, around £10,000 a week. Photograph: Antara Foto Agency/Reuters

From Essien to Cole: the Story of Five Former Premier League Players in Indonesia

by John Duerden | Sep 25, 2017 | Sports

Five former Premier League stars went to Indonesia this season and their adventures have been as varied and colorful as the vast archipelago itself, with lashings of cash, recriminations, culture shock and endings as predictable as most Enid Blyton Famous Five tales....