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October | 2014 | James Fenton
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The Last Man Back. Monthly Archives: October 2014. Steve Ogrizovic – “A Bent-Nosed Hero to Millions”. October 7, 2014. An object of fascination among schoolyard sticker enthusiasts throughout the 90′s (mostly because he looked like everybody’s uncle’s best mate), Steve Ogrizovic is a true Premier League hero. Displaying all the characteristics of what was known at the time as ‘one tough mudder’, Oggenstein worked as a police constable before signing professional football terms at Chesterfield...The young...
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40 Days And 40 Nights | James Fenton
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The Last Man Back. 40 Days And 40 Nights. May 2, 2014. That’s all that ‘s left. It’s actually 36 days but this fact wouldn’t have lent itself to as catchy a title. Sunday marked six weeks before I gather up my belongings here in Daegu and embark on my 36 hour journey to Salvador, Brazil. I will then fly to Sao Paulo and on to Salvador where I will be basing myself throughout the tournament. Gary used his computer to communicate with the owner of the villa via email and Bob was his uncle. There are pi...
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August | 2014 | James Fenton
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The Last Man Back. Monthly Archives: August 2014. Or a Cheap Blow-In? August 29, 2014. Farkin’ ‘ell, I can’t Adam and Eve it. One of the East End’s toppest geezers has only gone and picked up the dog and bone and declared he wants to play for Ireland now that he’s realised his England career is right Lady Mucked. While it would be unfair to speculate about the reasons as to why Noble has suddenly come over all ‘Oirish’, one will clearly stand out. A consistent performer in midfield for hi...Manager Roy H...
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A Noble Cause? Or a Cheap Blow-In? | James Fenton
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The Last Man Back. Or a Cheap Blow-In? August 29, 2014. Farkin’ ‘ell, I can’t Adam and Eve it. One of the East End’s toppest geezers has only gone and picked up the dog and bone and declared he wants to play for Ireland now that he’s realised his England career is right Lady Mucked. While it would be unfair to speculate about the reasons as to why Noble has suddenly come over all ‘Oirish’, one will clearly stand out. A consistent performer in midfield for his boyhood club West Ham United ...Manager Roy H...
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The Last Man Back. The Moment When Robbie Brady Shook The World. June 25, 2016. It spread throughout Leinster and across the Central Plain, down towards Munster, and Roy Keane’s hometown of Mayfield in Co. Cork and up north towards Kilrea in Co. Derry, the birthplace of Martin O’Neill. It traveled west across the Atlantic Ocean to the late afternoon of the Irish communities in New York and Boston, those perhaps taking half days from work, before reaching the lunching expats of California and Vancouver.
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July | 2014 | James Fenton
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The Last Man Back. Monthly Archives: July 2014. Brazil – Why Did It End Like This? July 9, 2014. Where did it all go wrong? It’s July 16th 1950 and Brazil have just lost the World Cup Final on home soil to Uruguay by a scoreline of 2-1. It was not supposed to end like this. The hosts, utilising a wonderfully attack-minded style of play, had cruised through the tournament and it was just a matter of putting Uruguay to the sword in order to become world champions for the first time. Fast-forward 64 years t...
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Green, White and Gold – The Irish Girl Taking on the World | James Fenton
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The Last Man Back. Green, White and Gold – The Irish Girl Taking on the World. December 3, 2014. Stephanie Roche will soon be rubbing shoulders with Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi in Zurich. Hi Stephanie, first of all, massive congratulations! Before being named on the ten-goal shortlist, had you any idea that your effort was even being considered? To be honest the goal had completely gone out of my head! So what was going on when you found out you’d made the top ten? I was sitting in my apartment in...
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The Last Man Back. All posts by James Fenton. Éder steps forward to crown King Ronaldo. July 13, 2016. They say that animals can sense disaster first. As the whole of France prepared to celebrate EURO 2016 success on Sunday night, there was a strange feeling around the Stade de France that something ominous was in the air. A scene that could have been set within the minds of Edgar Allen Poe or Alfred Hitchcock. The alternative was that Portugal’s star player, captain and go-to guy Cristiano Ronaldo...
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The Last Man Back. European Championship Moments – No.1. February 5, 2016. This article was original written for Pundit Arena. As the build-up to this year’s European Championship in France continues, we look back on the greatest moments in the history of the tournament. What better place to start then with Marco Van Basten’s wonder goal for Netherlands in the 1988 final? The Dutch went on to lift the trophy and if this strike is anything to go by, they will certainly be notable by their absence this sum...
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