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Wembley!

It has finally arrived – the day so many of our footballers have dreamt about since they were children, pulling on football boots for the first time. Soon they will be putting on their England shirts; tying up their pink laces on their new boots and running out onto the hallowed Wembley turf to the

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FA Cap Ticket Sales for Germany Game

To date 55,000 tickets have been sold for the England vs Germany game on 23 November at Wembley. According to the FA that is 22,000 tickets sold since last Monday. However, because long standing engineering works are due to take place on that day, meaning that the Metropolitan Line will be closed as well as

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Ethics and Football’s Governing Bodies

The recent scandal concerning gift bags containing watches valued at £16,000 given to 32 association chiefs, 28 FIFA executive committee members and 5 other members of South American associations illustrates how far removed these bodies are from the real world. The Ethics Code of FIFA Item 20 declares that: Persons bound by this Code may

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