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my name is Jamie and I am 17 years old. I want to be a sports journalist when i am older and when i found helium (getting paid for writing articles) i thought 'Wahey!' this is all good practise for my future career (hopefully) and a chance to earn a bit of

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Politics, News & Issues > Soccer Is the MyFootballClub scenario a good idea?: 1 of 6
From what I can gather, the situation works like this. Lots and lots of people sign up to this website, MyFootballClub.com and pay a fee of 35. When they have enough money they put in a bid for a club, buy it, then run it. Personally, I can only see positives from this.You don't have just one person responsible for making a d... More..
Sports & Recreation > Soccer Players Top soccer players in the world: 4 of 19
First of all we need to define what is meant by 'top' player. If we work it out on the basis of largest contract/largest amount of money earned, then it is far and away David Beckham, currently of Real Madrid, who has a contract with LA Galaxy worth 128 million over a period of five years. that is 500 times what his teammates... More..
Sports & Recreation > English Soccer Assessing the future of the UK national sides: 3 of 11
In assessing the future of all UK teams we shall start with England.The Premiership is the most watched league in the world, attracts the most investment and English clubs spend the most money on players. However, England have struggled (and at the time of writing have not yet) to qualify from their Euro 2008 qualifying group... More..
Sports & Recreation > English Soccer How to improve England's football team?: 10 of 32
If we wish to improve England's fortunes based purely on the team, we must work from the back forwards.Paul Robinson is an excellent young 'keeper and has the ability to pull off some stunning saves. However, the re-emergence of David James has given him some welcome competition and I believe that being replaced for a game or... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Soccer Reflections on soccer fan loyalties: 2 of 6
Ever since money became apparently no object in the world of sport, fans have become increasingly fickle.In the early days of organised football (the F.A. Cup and then the League system) people followed whichever team that they were close to. If you lived in Burnley, you supported Burnley, if you lived in Preston you supporte... More..
Sports & Recreation > English Soccer Premier League team profiles: Tottenham Hotspur: 2 of 4
Tottenham Hotspur are an English Premiership football team who play their home games at White Hart Lane (address: Bill Nicholson Way; opened: September 1899, capacity: 36,240).They have competed in the Premiership every year since its inception in 1992/3 finishing 8th, 15th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 14th, 11th, 10, 12th, 9th, 10th, 14... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Soccer Predicting the winner of this season's France League: 1 of 1
I think it will be a huge waste of money if anyone bets on anyone other than Olympique Lyonnais to win this year. They have 13 points more than the second placed team, Lens, and have a huge goal difference of 26, which is 15 more than Lens.Lyon have been dominant in their league for the past 5 years. They were runners up in 2... More..
Sports & Recreation > World Cup Soccer 1966 World Cup: 4 of 6
Basic information regarding the 1966 World Cup:Winners- EnglandRunner-up- West Germany3rd Place- Portugal4th Place- USSRBeaten quarter-finalists- Uruaguay, Argentina, Democratic People's Repliblic of Korea, HungaryRound 1- Mexico, France (Group 1) Spain, Switzerland (Group 2) Brazil, Bulgaria (Group 3) Italy, Chile (Group 4)F... More..
Sports & Recreation > Sports Celebrities Why can't multimillionaire athletes speak coherently or intelligently?: 10 of 14
There are several reasons why multimillionaire athletes are often unable to conduct an interview with any coherence or intelligence.Firstly, many of the top athletes in the world (football players, basketball players, baseball players etc.) are 'discovered' very young and work their way up from there. Therefore, with so much ... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Sports Archives Predicting the winner of the 2006-2007 English soccer Premier League: 7 of 8
Over the past two years Chelsea have dominated the F.A. Barclay's Premiership and have seemed invincible. However, this year they have definitely seemed beatable and not half the team they were over the past two seasons.Now for the comparison.Manchester United have been in absolutely fantastic form this season. They have won ... More..