December 2010
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Watchfootysphere flickr photostream pummelvisioned!
I’ve discovered a great new web service that creates a video from images on flickr, facebook or tumblr and then uploads it directly to youtube or vimeo. Here’s one I did of every image from the footysphere flickr photostream.
Give it a go Pummelvision
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Top Ten Football Blogs of 2010
As we near the end of the year there’s a veritable profusion of posts in the footballing blogosphere giving out awards and naming the best blogs. So in the spirit of the season here’s our very own ‘awards’ because frankly it’d be rude not to. Without further ado these are the ten blogs that I’ve been checking out on a regular basis this year and who I feel are...
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Wigan Athletic and The Herefordshire Senior Cup...
Yes you read the title right that proud Lancastrian club Wigan Athletic once took part in the Herefordshire Senior Cup. It’s only 140 miles down the M6 from Wigan to Hereford so something of a local derby? Clearly it is for here’s the proof that Wigan did indeed compete for the Herefordshire FA’s premier cup competition.
Why and how did this happen? Well it’s not so...
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What was: The Debenhams Cup
The Debenhams Cup was a minor English cup competition played for during the late seventies. It took place two seasons only in 1977 and 1978 and was contested by the two teams who progressed the furthest from the first round proper of the FA Cup. Therefore only third and fourth division clubs and non-league survivors of the earlier qualifying rounds were eligible.
How did the competition come...
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Footysphere Interview - Soccerlens Awards 2010
The 2010 Soccerlens Awards are currently up and running and you can vote for your favourite football websites and writers by visiting their site. They are also featuring interviews with nominees for their various awards.
Footysphere hasn’t been nominated for any awards. They didn’t asked us to talk about their awards, how 2010 had turned out for us, our future plans or who we would...
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Soccer Six #3
Soccer Six - An occasional roundup of six football articles that have caught my attention & imagination.
The Welsh roots of Shakhtar Donetsk
In 1868 one hundred Welsh miners & steelworkers set sail for the Ukraine. [ffwtbol.co.uk]
There is Power in Union
If the players are united they will never be divided. A look at unity from professional footballers. [inbedwithmaradona.com]
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England Wartime & Victory Internationals
I’ve previously written a few words about Sheffield United football legend Jimmy Hagan here on footysphere. More recently he’s been the subject of an excellent article on Les Rosbifs. Notwithstanding his amazing managerial record the one thing that stands out about his career for me is his fabulous scoring record for England in the wartime & victory Internationals held between 1939...
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Soccer Six #2
Six football articles that have recently caught my attention & imagination.
Red Bull: Cloning your club soon
Dehistoricization. Dilution of cultural influence. Football genocide. [inbedwithmaradona.com]
Rupert Murdoch & the great Premier League mind trick
Year Zero: the past has to be destroyed [onefootinthegame.wordpress.com]
Paul Watson leads Pohnpei to first ever win!
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