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scoring over 10 goals in 10 con-

secutive seasons. From 2003-

2004 season to the present sea-

son, Lampard has netted at the

least 10 goals in those seasons.

An incredible statistic for a

midfielder making him one of

the best English midfielders to

grace the pitch.

Yes there are comparisons

with Steven Gerrard but they

are two different players and

should not be compared.

What Gerrard does for Liver-

pool is completely different to

what Lampard does for Chelsea.

With Lampard’s contract out

at the end of the season it will

be interesting to see where he

ends up. Where ever he goes, he

will leave a lasting legacy be-hind him.

Frank Lampard is edging ever

nearer to becoming Chelsea’s all

time leading goal scorer.

Lampard has been with Chel-

sea since 2001 and so far has

managed to net 197 times for his

club.

197 goals from midfield is

astonishing and will probably

never be repeated. Why?

Simply because Lampard is

one of those players who lives

and breathes football. He as an

incredible eye for goal and not

to mention a penalty expert.

It would be interesting to see

how many of his 197 goals were

from the spot but they all

count.

Lampard only needs another

six goals to overtake Bobby

Tambling - leading Chelsea goal

scorer with 202 goals - record.

With the amount of games

for him to score in are decreas-

ing by the week will there be

enough time for him to grab

those all important goals.?

If Benitez consistently plays

him for the rest of the season

there is more than enough time

for Lampard half a dozen goals

until the season finishes.

Chelsea will definitely get

plenty of penalties over the next

few months so Lampard can

easily add to his tally that way.

On the contrary, the way he’s

been scoring at the moment

you would expect him to bang

in a few long range screamers.

All that is for certain is that

he has the chance to become an

all time great for his club, a true

midfield maestro who can actu-

ally score goals season in, sea-son out.

With Lampard looking to

break one record, he recently

went into the record books for

LAMPARD EDGING CLOSER TO RECORD

WHAT’S INSTORE FOR ODEMWINGIE NOW?

Well, where do we begin with

this situation?

A once loved player bought

over from Russia, now a hated

player who will probably never

play for West Bromwich Albion

again.

All of this because he tried to

force a move to QPR.

Odemwingie had expressed

his desire to leave the club but

had his request rejected twice.

Odemwingie led his outburst

via twitter and soon found him-

self in deep water.

Yet no-one expected what

happened on ‘deadline day’.

Odemwingie had drove down

to QPR’s ground to have a

medical before being told he

wouldn’t be allowed in as WBA

and QPR hadn’t agreed a trans-

fer.

Odemwingie looked like a

complete fool trying to force a

move and it showed a lack of

respect towards his parent club.

It was a complete shambles

and Odemwingie is now await-

ing further punishment after

WBA announced that they

would be dealing with the mat-

ter.

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Inside this issue:

Linby Colliery vs Notting-

ham United report2

Balotelli leaves the Pre-

mier League for Serie A 2

Shock defeat for Real

Madrid3

Drogba follows Sneijder

to Galatasaray 4

FA Cup delivers once

again5

Beckham to donate wages

to charity 5

Football Weekly



A below average perform-

ance from Nottingham United

saw them to a 4-1 defeat againstLinby Colliery.

The game started well for both

teams with both Linby and

Nottingham United getting an

early shot on goal.

Linby then bossed the posses-

sion and were passing the ball

around neatly and carving out

opportunities.

Matt Murphy looked deadly for

Linby and forced a good saveout of United keeper Nathan

Grundy who pushed it out for a

corner.

Straight down the other end

Dennis Hickey saw his effort

cleared off the line.

Linby then had a shot of their

own cleared off the line as Mar-

tin Burke saw his tame shot

being booted away.

Linby soon started to dominate

the game as United were giving

away possession easily and

were getting pushed around.

The domination soon paid off

as they earned what can be

called a cheap penalty after

Lewis had barged into his man.

Up stepped Murphy to put

Linby one nil up from 12 yards

out.

Linby turned up the heat as

Martin Burke nearly grabbed a

second but his weak volley was

gratefully held by the United

keeper.

The closing stages of the first

half didn’t help United as they

saw two of their players come

off with injuries and Murphy

grabbed his second goal of the

game with a little chip over the

keeper. At half time the score was 2-0

and Nottingham United knew

they had to step up their per-

formance to try and salvage

some pride and gain something

from the match.

All seemed well at the start of

the second half as Linby were

making mistakes and United

were dominating the posses-

sion and creating a lot of

chances.

The best of the chances came

to Jamie Clarke who should

have put United back into the

game but his shot was straight

at Linby goalkeeper Philip

McNeill.

Another great chance fell to

United to get them back into

the game, after a great ball by

Lewis, Luke Reynolds con-

trolled well but his volley went wide of the far post.

Unfortunately for United,

Linby grabbed the vital third

goal. From the left hand side

Tom Coupe passed the ball to

Murphy. He swivelled his de-

fender and placed his shot into

the far corner, grabbing his hat

-trick.

United did have a glimmer of

hope as debutant Chris Tivey scored with a supreme volley

that went in off the post, leav-

ing Linby goalkeeper McNeill

stranded.

However, going into the dying

embers of the game Barry

Payne slid the ball through to

Simon Marlow who stabbed

the ball home from 10 yards to

give Linby a 4-1 lead and the

three points.

A disappointing start to Febru-

ary for Nottingham United but

they will be focusing on their

next game which is at home to

Southwell City next week..

They will also be hoping that

the1 injuries sustained during

the game will heal up in time

ready for the next fixture.

LINBY COLLIERY VS NOTTINGHAM UNITED MATCH REPORT

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“Manchester

City are still

alive here,

Balotelli,

AGUEROOO

OOOOOOO

OOOOOO” -

Martin Tyler

Paul Dickov has left

Oldham despite a good

run of form which in-

cluded a win over Liver-

pool.

Liverpool have signed Inter

Milan’s Brazilian starlet

Coutinho, a brilliant signing

for Rodgers and one that

will pay off for the Reds.

GOODBYE BALOTELLI

Well he’s only been in the Premier

League for a few years but Balotelli will

be missed by a lot of people.

Not only will the City fans miss but

also the neutrals will miss him aswell.

He may be a bit childish but he’s

certainly a player that everyone finds

hilarious due to his antics on and off

the field.

He has had fireworks set off in hisroom, he couldn’t put on a bib, he’s

handed out money to the homeless,

the list goes on but with all the good

things come the bad things.

Balotelli has had numerous red

cards in his City career and has cost

them dearly at times.

He has been told by Mancini count-

less times that he would no longer play

for the club but one way or another,

Balotelli soon found his way back into

the team.

Balotelli only had one assist

throughout his whole City career and

it’s one City fans will be grateful for.

We all remember it, last day of the

season, currently 2-2 at the Etihad

against QPR, only a minute remaining.

City needed a goal to win the title

and snatch it away from their arch

rivals Manchester United.

The last attack saw Balotelli stabbing

the ball to Aguero who scored the title

winning goal of an incredible rol-

lercoaster game.

This will live long in the memory of

City fans but he has now moved to AC

Milan for £17m and had many reasons

for leaving, but one thing is for sure,

he certainly has had an impact on the

Premier League despite his short stay.



Another defeat for Real Ma-

drid at the hands of Granada all

but ends their title challenge.

It hasn’t been the greatest of

seasons for Mourinho’s men

and this result is one of many

that have come as a shock to

fans worldwide.

Knowing full well anymore

slip ups could have severe ef-

fects on their title chances, a

victory over minnows Granada

was necessary.

However, yet again Mour-inho’s men failed to live up to

expectations and lost the game

1-0.

It was the nature of the loss

that will hurt the most, but the

result will hurt CristianoRonaldo the most.

His own goal in the 23rd

minute handed Granada all

three points and a costly defeat

for Madrid.

With Ronaldo trying to keep

up with the likes of Messi an

own goal doesn’t help his

cause.

It was not only embarrassing

for the club, but also embar-rassing for himself. The great

Ronaldo scoring in his own net.

Messi must have been laughing

out loud when he heard the

news.

Madrid will now have to

focus on finishing in second

and that’s going to be tough as

Atletico Madrid are having a

brilliant season and as they are

currently five points clear of

Real Madrid in second, they

have a job to chase them down.

And being 16 points behind

Barcelona only makes matters

worse. The quicker this season

ends Madrid will be able to

move on and focus on the fol-

lowing season.

isn’t one of your well skilled

forwards, he’s more of a pacey

striker who plays on the shoulder

and is a deadly finisher.

He is one of the brightest

young stars in the SPL at this

moment.

With an eye for goal, Russell

has proved himself to be a wor-

thy striker and one that should

be scouted by Premier League

When you look around the

leagues of the world you some-

times come across a gem that

could be a hit if they move to the

right club.

Johnny Russell is definitely

one of those players who could

progress into a fantastic player if

he makes the right choice andmove to a new club.

The Dundee United striker

clubs.

A big money move to a top

team would not be a preference

as it could ruin his career.

If he was to move to a club like

Sunderland or maybe Everton,

clubs where he would flourish

and not be under threat fromsuperstars. This would turn the

striker into a brilliant player and

is one keep an eye on.

DEFEAT FOR REAL MADRID SURELY ENDS TITLE HOPES

JOHNNY RUSSELL - DUNDEE UNITED’S DEADLY FINISHER

LOIC REMY - UP FOR THE CHALLENGE OR MONEY GRABBING

Soon enough Remy’s choice of

club came into question. Why

would he choose a team bottom

of the Premier League instead of

a solid mid table team like New-

castle who have talented players?

Money is a major part of foot-

ball now and if a player knows he

can get double his wage from

somewhere else he is going to

take that offer immediately.

Remy is on £75k a week but

claimed his move to QPR was for

the “survival challenge” and not

the money.

Hard fact to swallow for jour-

nalists, football fans and also

football players & managers.

If the move was clearly to help

QPR survive then fair play to

him, but would say money bags

lit up in his eyes and he snatched

the opportunity without a mo-

ments hesitation.

One of the strangest transfers

to have happened in Premier

League history.

Loic Remy, one of France’s

hottest prospects with a bright

future ahead of him was being

chased by many top clubs.

Apparently, Newcastle had got

a deal done and dusted for the

Marseille striker but the next

thing you know, QPR have

snapped him up for around £8m.

Issue 2

“Can I say s***

on television?”

- Mario

Balotelli

Page 3

The 2013 African Cup of Na-

tions is coming to a close and

which team will succeed and

be crowned Champions of

Africa?

The moment when Eden Haz-

ard supposedly kicked a ball

boy instead of the ball.



It was certainly a shock when

Wesley Sneijder chose to play his

football in Turkey, but there’s an

even greater shock now.

Didier Drogba - Chelsea leg-

end - has now decided to move

from China and join Sneijder at

Galatasaray.

Again this came as a shock to

the footballing world but with

disputes over in China there is a

valid reason for his move,

There was rumours that Chel-

sea had offered him a six month

deal as Abramovich had realized

his £50m striker Fernando Torres

wasn’t cutting it.

Instead, Drogba chose Turkish

football over the Premier League.

His intention for going there

could be for money but who

knows?

He will be guaranteed football

as he is a world class players, he

will almost certainly get Champi-

ons League football as Galata-

saray are always challenging for

the title.

Silverware is most certainly a

possibility so there are things for

Drogba to aim at before retiring.

It was definitely a transfer that

no-one saw coming and has left

many pondering why Galata-

saray are attracting these amaz-

ing players.

Maybe Galatasaray are the

new Man City or the new PSG

and are trying to build a team

that can fight to win the Cham-

pions League.

With money though comes

the egos. QPR for example, a

team that splashed the cash all

over the place and are sitting

rock bottom of the Premier

League.

Turkish football is different to

English football but the point is

a team full of egos on £100k per

week isn’t going to help Galata-saray’s cause.

Despite this they will certainly

be a team to be wary of.

into the top half of the Premier

League and help get them to the

final of the Capital One Cup.

However, it looks like his ex-

cellent performances have gone

unnoticed by Vincent Del

Bosque.

It wouldn’t hurt to throw

Michu into the squad just so see

how he fits in to the national

team.

The only problem is there are

Possibly the biggest news

regarding Spain’s national team.

Michu hasn’t even been selected

in the squad for their next inter-

national friendly.

The man who signed for Swan-

sea for £2m from Rayo Vallecano

has had a sublime start to his

debut season in the Premier

League.

He has been instrumental for

Swansea and has helped them

too many great Spanish players

that are higher up in the pecking

order.

That is one of the major prob-

lems for many Spaniards that are

performing out their proverbial

skin.

A prime example of this is the

Spanish goalkeepers. Casillas,

Valdez and Reina are always

fighting for a stat and usually

Casillas wins.

DROGBA FOLLOWS SNEIJDER TO GALATASARAY

MICHU IGNORED BY SPAIN

ANZHI SPLASHING THE CASH ON WILLIAN

and is probably on a wage most

footballers dream of being on.

However, Anzhi have themoney to do so and with that

cash they have signed a bril-

liantly talented Brazilian.

He proved himself to be a top

player against Chelsea in the

Champions League where he

tore them apart single handedly

in front of our very eyes.

Many clubs were eyeing him

up but AVB’s Spurs were the

most interested in him. Several

bids were rejected and therefore

they gave up on him.

In come Anzhi with a £30m

offer and off Willian goes to play

football in Russia.

Shaktar thanked Willian for

his goals and professionalism

during his time at the club and

he will certainly face a new chal-

lenge in Russia.

Following on with more trans-

fer news. Russian moneybags

Anzhi have splashed £30m on

Shaktar Donetsk’s highly rated

playmaker Willian.

A player sought after by Spurs

has moved to play his football in

Russia - where all the money is

at.

This is one of those transfers

where the player has been over

valued just to get him to sign

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“He drives how he

wants, he drives

how he wants,

Andre Santos, he

drives how he

wants.”

Who’d have thought

Ronaldo was a fantas-

tic gymnast who

could do the splits?

Arsenal’s new talented

left back Nacho Mon-

real signed from

Malaga.



Liverpool have signed Inter

Milan’s Brazilian starlet Phillipe

Coutinho for a fee believed tobe £8.5m.

Coutinho is one of many

highly rated Brazilian young-

sters and is definitely a good

coupe for Rodgers.

A player full of flair and skill

will bring something extra to

the Liverpool squad.

Coutinho is also a playmaker

and with him in the midfield

Suarez and Sturridge will re-ceive all the help they can get

from this young lad.

For Inter Milan, Coutinho

didn't get that much of a look

in and was loaned out last sea-

son to help improve his ability and nurture the talent within

him.

That loan move has mas-

sively helped and now that he

has moved to what can argua-

bly be the best league in the

world to one of England’s top

clubs he certainly going to im-

prove a lot more.

Alongside Coutinho, Liver-

pool have got Allen, Gerrard,

Henderson and Lucas, a host of

talented midfielders who will

all be fighting for their place in

the squad.

Coutinho will be eased into

Premier League action as he is

just recovering from an injury,but once he gets used to the

style of football in England, this

young Brazilian could be a

huge hit for Liverpool and

could soon be on the radar of

even bigger clubs in the future.

There are players like Didier

Dorgba who work with charities

but keeps it to himself and does-

n’t inform the media of his work.

So why the need for Beckham

to publicly come out and say he

would be donating his wages?

Only he knows the answer to

that but you can’t knock him for

donating his wages.

He’s doing his bit for the com-

David Beckham has left Amer-

ica to play his football in France

for giants PSG.

He is on £150k per week but in

a press conference he said that

all of his wages would be do-

nated to a child charity in Paris.

Now, for a player to come out

and broadcast that he will be

donating his wages to charity to

many is a publicity stunt.

munity and the £150k per week

will be a massive help to the

charity so the lad does deserve

some respect.

You don’t see many players on

high wages donating it to chari-

ties, but the odd few that do it is

a real nice thing to see in football

as it shows it’s not the money that counts, more about passion

and wanting to play football.

LIVERPOOL SIGN BRAZILIAN STARLET

BECKHAM TO DONATE WAGES TO CHARITY

FA CUP UP TO ITS OLD TRICKS

with Chelsea at home.

Plenty of shocks that hardly

anyone could see and some were more shocking than oth-

ers.

But, this is what the FA Cup

brings to football, low league

opposition knocking out Pre-

mier League teams.

It gives the chance for these

‘lower’ teams to get far in a

tournament and when a shock

happens it’s good see minnows

of English football battling head

to toe with some of England’s

biggest football clubs.

It also means there’s more

chance for a smaller team to

win the trophy if the big guns

are knocked out so this year’s

FA Cup is certainly one that

cannot be predicted easily.

The FA Cup always sees it’s

fair share of cup shocks and this

year’s fourth round saw a hand-

ful of them.

QPR were beat 4-0 at home

to League 1 MK Dons, League 1

relegation fodder Oldham beat

Liverpool 3-2 at home, Norwich

lost at home 1-0 to non-league

side Luton, Championship side

Leeds beat Spurs 2-1 at Elland

Road and Brentford drew 2-2

Issue 2

“My missus

could have

scored that.” -

Harry

Redknapp’s

response to

Darren Bent’s

shocking miss

for Spurs

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McLeish already consider-

ing his position as Notting-

ham Forest manager due to

a lack of form and disap-

pointing results.

Who remembers this

shocking miss by Kanu

during a Premier League

game against Middles-

brough?

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