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Yes l tend to agree with that opinion as well.

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BBC doing the old soundbite plugging trick to stir up the pot ahead of tomorrow's game. I think Roy knows that the reality is that we won't be challenging for the title yet, although there's really nothing contentious about what he said moreover it would be unwise to write anyone off in the top 5 at this point.

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4th Newcastle :D

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I like the optimism :D

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Yes just behind Liverpool.:D

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OMG, the optimism is infectuous :D

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Sir Alex Ferguson believes Manchester United's fixture against Liverpool is the biggest club game in the world The two title rivals meet at Anfield on Saturday and Ferguson believes the clash eclipses matches between Spanish giants Barcelona and Real Madrid.




http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15308775.stm

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At their prime, maybe. Now, I'd go with Real vs Barca

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Trouble is the main highlight of the game will be Mourinho after match rant after they have lost.:D

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This should please one or two people on here........

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15314886.stm

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Now where's my neck brace...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15256295.stm

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Especially the Gooners.:D

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My brothers are away to the Liverpool Man Utd game today. They've been in the supporters club for 3 years and this is by far the biggest fixture they've had tickets for. They are however missing the biggest game of the day.......

Kilmarnock 3 - 0 Celtic and it's only half time! C'mon the Killie:D

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Watching the Liverpool v Man Utd and so far nearing half time its still 0-0

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wow, Celtic have brought it back to 3 - 3.

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Liverpool have just took the lead against Man Utd through Gerrard.

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Really good game to watch. Gives my team the chance to go 12 points clear this afternoon against HD Boys team St. Mirren!

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An epic collapse by Killie. On the brightside the P45 for Lennon can go back in the drawer for a few more weeks and he can continue with his comedy tactics and signings. :D

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Good point for us after conceeding a very soft goal from a very soft free kick.

I don't know what game Ray Wilkins was watching giving Gerrard man on the match. De Gea was excellent today.

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Ray Wilkins is mad as a box of frogs. Certainly more deserving recipients: Suarez, Carragher, Enrique and Kuyt also put an excellent shift in. On the other side Evra and of course the keeper had solid games.

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Well nothing went to plan at all today :(

Celtic came back from the dead and St. Mirren, a pub team from Paisley, held the mighty Rangers to a draw:p:

I was dreaming of a 13 gap at the top of the SPL:shocked:

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Usual story, didn't finish the game when they could and got punished for it.

Not the worst day ever, the celtic defence and midfield have been shown up even more so more teams will have a go at them, Lennon has once again shown to be tactically naive and his departure has only been delayed.

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Yes he was :clap:

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Premier League scores


Chelsea3-1Everton
Liverpool1-1Man Utd
Man City4-1Aston Villa
Norwich3-1Swansea
QPR1-1Blackburn
Stoke2-0Fulham
Wigan1-3Bolton



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/default.stm

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QPR manager Neil Warnock revealed his fury at "stupid" lightweight football boots after confirming striker DJ Campbell will be out for up to eight weeks with a suspected broken metatarsal.



http://www.sportinglife.com/football...1.html&BID=165



The Football Association will investigate allegations that Manchester United defender Patrice Evra was racially abused by Liverpool's Luis Suarez during Saturday's match at Anfield. Evra is reported to have told media in his native France that Suarez directed racist insults at him during the 1-1 draw at Anfield.




http://www.sportinglife.com/football...y.html&BID=165

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Well its that man RVP again after less then a minute against Sunderland at home .

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Surprising really, Sunderland have a good Defence now.

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l think if they lose today Sunderland's manager Steve Bruce could soon be receiving his P45.:redcard::redcard:

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No, they started crap last season, I think they will give him till Christmas at least.

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What a cracking goal from Larson

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Magnificent equaliser from Seb Larsson at the Emirates against Arsenal.

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A real relegation 6-pointer this game

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And RVP has just given Arsenal the lead with 8 minutes to go and what a goal it was.

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Newcastle march on. Spurs were lucky not to have lost in added time.

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Yes, it was a cracking game.

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Once again poor officals, Spurs should have had a corner in the last five minutes, then one offical told a Spurs player to shut his mouth, ball well over the line but play was allowed to go on.

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Premier League scores




Arsenal2-1Sunderland
Newcastle2-2Tottenham
West Brom2-0Wolves



http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/

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Yes, they missed the blatant hand ball in the box by the Spurs player.:p:

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Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp expects Ledley King to be out for a "while" after he picked up an abductor muscle injury in Sunday's 2-2 draw at Newcastle.

King was replaced by Sebastien Bassong in the 30th minute of the St James' Park contest and Redknapp is disappointed to see the defender out of action once again





http://www.sportinglife.com/football...3.html&BID=165

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Arsène Wenger believes Arsenal are steadily recovering their poise after a desperate summer, which saw "half the dressing room wanting to leave". Despite a traumatic start to the campaign the Arsenal manager remains confident his team have the time and ability to reclaim a place in the Premier League's top four.



http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...-dressing-room




Arsenal have removed fears over another big-name departure by signing Thomas Vermaelen to a new four-year deal.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...-contract.html

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Brilliant news Tommy signing a new contract. As for Wenger, well hes to blame for them wanting to leave neglecting what was required. how can you blame players being fed up of having to play with mediocre players falling short season after season.

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Yes at least one player has shown loyalty now lets see if your best player RVP signs a new deal.

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Peter Hill-Wood speaks, hes got a point... http://www.dailystar.co.uk/football/...al-cash-blast/

erm that pic :shocked: and why put 'ABOVE: Arsenal's Robin van Persie and Peter Hill-Wood' :confused: :LOL:

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l think we all agree thats players get paid to much for just kicking a football but if Arsenal don't stump up what their players want then l feel Arsenal will gradually go into gradual decline and will have a uphill to win trophies and even qualify for Europe.

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The talk of Nasri not being offered a good package was crap, i thought wrong. he was infact offered a very good contract but rejected it for a couple of extra millies at City. the gap isn't as big as quoted IMO, had Arsene gone and brought players, fixing the issues properly we could have seen things unfold differently. our stature is massive, the foundation was solid, the attraction was incredibly high but the neglect has destroyed it.

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interesting comments by Wrighty - http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...r-own-way.html

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He hasn't destroyed the foundation at all. We have had a bad start the season, and are likely to have a bad season, this talk of destruction and neglect is really over the top.

Nasri left because regardless of what Arsenal could offer, Man City could offer more. The sums Nasri was offered as at max £100,000 a week compared to £190,000 at City. They also stand a better chance of winning the league because they are prepared to offer these sums to the world's best players. Arsenal cannot compete anywhere near their level.

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Just a populist rebuttal of a plan that will never happen and hasn't been officially proposed. He misses the point about the owners being stupid because they are looking out for their commercial interests, not the 'dreams of lower league fans', and those interests would be served well by ending regulation. Their 'property' would instantly increase in value as they will be part of a select group of 20 teams that play in a very popular league.

It's more likely that they will propose the European Elite League and franchise that.

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we had a solid foundation, on top of which we had a very good squad which needed a few tweaks with regards to extra personnel but Wenger put way to much faith in mediocre players. decent and surprisingly flops got fed up and decided to jump ship. as you say the incentive of more money and a better chance of winning cups hampered our chances of gaining any sort of upper hand over the other clubs wanting our players. the foundation isn't as solid as it was.

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Putting faith in players is what gave us Wilshere, Szczesny (when everyone was telling him to buy a 'keeper), Song and Sagna. We rarely buy players who are already established.

The foundation is the economic health of the club and the future prospect, all of which are fine. If we miss out on Champions League football we are still better equipped than Liverpool and Spurs to go for it again.

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Jack showed his quality from the go, so did Gibbs. Its that sort of quality that deserves backing. Szczesny I agree, signing a keeper would have seen him relegated to the bench, pointless still Wenger did make a huge bid for Reina. Song, again he showed he was able to step up when people were talking of loaning him out instead we stuck with him and rightly so. Sagnas dropped, he was solid as a rock when he arrived but since the passing of his brother he hasn't been the same. Bendtner flop, calls for his head yet way to much faith, Almunia needing to be dropped years before Szczesny was ready yet too much faith, Denilson, Rosicky, Diaby.. all leading to an implosion which happened in the summer.

what happened to the days when Wenger made signing out the blue who made progress. long gone are those days, forget twitter, they all get snatched out of our hands even when the players themselves want the move. theres way to many wrongs, it needs sorting out wouldnt you agree?

we're better equipped than most of the rest yet its not good enough when theres paths available within our reach to avoid such set backs, its a waste.

the foundation will become solid again when our revenue picks up and of course Wenger spends whats in the kitty.

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Man City losing at home 1-0 to Villarreal after 30 minutes.

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Man City have equalised with a own goal.

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Champions League scores



CSKA Moscow3-0Trabzonspor
Dinamo Zagreb0-2Ajax
FC Basel0-2Benfica
Lille0-1Inter Milan
Man City2-1Villarreal
Napoli1-1Bayern Munich
Real Madrid4-0Lyon
SC Otelul Galati0-2Man Utd

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

No doubt that he has covered himself and his organisation, corrupt or what !!!!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15357180.stm

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Of that there is no doubt.

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Arsene Wenger has rexaffirmed his commitment to Arsenal by pledging not to leave the Gunners whilst he is still under contract at the club.

Wenger has three years left on his current deal and has said in the past that a role with Paris Saint-Germain could tempt him to one day leave the Emirates.


http://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/2896/...ce=twitterfeed

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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has admitted to being concerned whether he would return from injury during the "hardest six months of my career".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15366011.stm

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Chelsea leading 3-0 at home to Genk after 30 minutes through Torres twice and Meireles and Arsenal drawing 0-0 at Marseilles at the moment.

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Arsenal have just won the game in injury time through Ramsey at Marseille.

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Looks good for us in the group now!

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

Champions league scores


AC Milan2-0BATE Borisov
Barcelona2-0Plzen
Bayer Leverkusen2-1Valencia
Chelsea5-0Genk
FC Porto1-1Apoel Nicosia
Marseille0-1Arsenal
Olympiakos3-1Borussia Dortmund
Shakhtar Donetsk2-2Zenit St P'sbg

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l think there are signs that the Gunners are turning the corner and this should give them quite a bit of confidence.

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Arsenal Wenger said his inconsistent Arsenal side are "slowly getting there" following their 1-0 win over Marseille in the Champions League.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/15378934.stm

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indeed it was a step in the right direction although it was a poor performance all round and the fundamental errors are still appearing left, right and centre. we've just got to ride it out until January :)

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

...and in January you will be linked with everyone under the sun, complain that they are all overpriced and scrape a couple of low profile players on 30th Jan?;)

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:nono:

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There aren't that many great players around. I hope we buy M'Vila, Hazard and/or Martin. Think we need another creative player who can pass in the team.

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

Yes Eden Hazard would be a great signing for the Gunners.

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I fear for the future of our smaller clubs and in the long term the National team

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/paulfletc...ou.html#299200

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Yes l have to agree with you as this is quite disturbing and l fear that some clubs will go out of business.

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Martin Keown tells TEAMtalk guest Ben Coley about his time at Arsenal, his rivalry with Manchester United, and why he is backing Arsene Wenger.

http://www.teamtalk.com/columns/7252...s-Martin-Keown

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Liverpool's John W Henry says relegation talk is 'complete nonsense'





http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2...ation-nonsense

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4th Placed Newcastle at home to 19th placed Wigan..

Colossal hammering incoming?

Alan Smith to come on and score a Hattrick :p:

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Thats if he is fit enough.:)

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Liverpool manager Kenny Dalglish is confident owners Fenway Sports Group will continue to back him in the transfer market if he feels the need to strengthen in January.



http://www.sportinglife.com/football...h.html&BID=165




Mark Hughes believes rows at Manchester City are inevitable because of the "autocratic" style of his successor as manager, Roberto Mancini.





http://www.sportinglife.com/football...s.html&BID=165

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I fear for wolves, they don't seen to realise they are in a relegation fight..maybe good start lulled them into a false sense of security

And hammering at newcastle? only if someone else is playing there lol :D

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2-0 down at home to Swansea, Wolves will soon find themselves bottom if they keep this up.

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Well l am quite happy with that scoreline as l have Graham in my fantasy football team.:D

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Being a Swansea fan I am also happy with that result :)

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While obviously a Liverpool supporter Swansea do play some lovely football .

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They do, remind me of Blackpool last season, hopefully they will finish out of the bottom 3.

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I'm looking forward to November 19th - Swans at home to Man United and for the first time ever I will be anti-United :D

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Being a Liverpool supporter being anti United come naturally to me but they are still a good side at the end of the day.

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Wolves 2-2 Swansea with 4mins left. Fell apart last few minutes.

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

How does the old saying go "its never over till the fat lady sings".

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fat lady not finished singing...is she a swansea or wolves fan :D

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And that is exactly how Swansea do things :(

Relegated by Christmas.

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its has finished 2-2 in the end and Swansea will see it as 2 points dropped.

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Derby had a 15 year old playing for them today...

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Premier league Scores

Aston Villa1-2West Brom
Bolton0-2Sunderland
Liverpool1-1Norwich
Newcastle1-0Wigan
Wolves2-2Swansea


http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/foot...em/default.stm

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Manchester City striker Mario Balotelli has escaped unhurt after a firework went off in his bathroom.


http://www.sportinglife.com/football...i.html&BID=165


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-bathroom.html

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Noel Gallagher?

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

It's about time Murdoch was kicked into touch.

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Very interesting but l somewhat doubt that this will materialise.

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One of the FIFA members appointed to head the world body's clean-up drive has admitted questions still remain over the awarding of the 2022 World Cup to Qatar.




http://www.sportinglife.com/football...A.html&BID=165

Re: Football Season 2011/12
 

:D 0-1

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Man City have took the lead through Balotelli so it seems the fireworks have sparked him into life.




Latest score

Fulham 0 Everton 1

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Arsenal 1 up against Stoke :)

1-1 :mad:

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:)

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Refs an idiot, Stokes goal came from a free kick that wasn't a free kick and Chamakh was clearly pulled down in the box!

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Stoke really get on my nerves. They frequently wrestle players down in their box, or the keeper in their opponents box, and rarely get called on it. They then have the audacity to accuse their critics of not giving them respect.

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l have to agree with you as l find Stoke over physical and one dimensional in a lot of what they do.



Man Utd have just been reduced to 10 men with Evans receiving his marching orders:D and now have gone 2-0 down through Balotelli.:D

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0-2 :D :D

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0-3 :D :D :D

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Stoke get away with murder :mad:

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2-1 Van Persie :D

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Latest score

Fulham 1 Everton 1