"I am not a number, I'm a free man," bellowed the Prisoner. Greedy sod, he should have been grateful, because Coventry City striker Paul Williams is remembered in the tomes of football folly by just a solitary letter. Yes, one blessed letter.

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KEV'S LAST MINUTE SUPERMARKET SWEEP...
SUNDAY 31st AUGUST 2008

After defeat at Arsenal, King Kev casts his eye over the transfer market, a full 2 days before the transfer window slams shut. Way to plan ahead...
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CITY SLICKERS LOOK TO YOUTH...
SATURDAY 30th AUGUST 2008

Whoever said you need experience to get by in Europe has obviously never watched Manchester City play...
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UNITED WE STAND. NOT IN HARTLEPOOL, MATE... FRIDAY 29th AUGUST 2008
Looks like Hartlepool’s PR machine is grinding in happy isolation after banning local newspapers from attending games...
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CHELSEA YOUTH TEAM PROGRESSING NICELY... THURSDAY 28th AUGUST 2008
I've heard about starting them young but it looks as if
Chelsea are aiming to pull a swift one in their progression of young talent...
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GOOD PUNT? DON'T BET ON IT...
WEDNESDAY 27th AUGUST 2008
I've been sitting on a £100 bet that Anton and his big bro Rio will take to the field together in England shirts at some point during their careers...
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(NO) RETURN TO SENDEROS?
TUESDAY 26th AUGUST 2008

I know Italian football is going through the duldrums a bit, but I never fully realised that thing had become so bad...
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BAGGIES GETTING SHIRTY...
MONDAY 25th AUGUST 2008

Strange how we have become so conditioned to writing across the front of shirts that when we see a footy kit without one it looks slighty barren...
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AM I A-LOAN IN BEING PUZZLED?
FRIDAY 22nd AUGUST 2008

These days clubs put players on such ridiculous wage deals, they can't wait to punt them out the door to some unsuspecting victims...
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FOOTBALL CLOCK TICKS ON...
THURSDAY 21st AUGUST 2008

I must be getting old. I thought I'd cope badly when all of my footballing heroes became younger than me. ..
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ARSHAVIN A LAUGH...
TUESDAY 19th AUGUST 2008

It's refreshing to see Tottenham Hotspur turn around and raise a firm two fingers to Zenit St Petersburg in their pursuit of Andrei Arshavin...
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ONE HAND ON THE TROPHY, THE OTHER
ON REALITY...
MONDAY 18th AUGUST 2008
So Man Utd's failure to beat Newcastle "could be the game they look back on and realise that's where the title was lost"...er, what?!...
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GONE TO THE DOGS...
SUNDAY 17th AUGUST 2008
References to dogs and Becks are ten-a-penny, but this weekend the only dogs on his mind are the ones parading around Walthamstow dog track...
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FOOTY LAUGHS IN THE EMPTY POCKET OF THE CREDIT CRUNCH... SAT 16th AUGUST 2008
If Gordon Brown really wants to know how to plug the hole in the British economy, he could do a lot worse than rock up at Fratton Park...
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HUGHES HAS STILL GOT THE BLUES...
FRIDAY 15th AUGUST 2008

Steer clear of the City of Manchester Stadium this morning, as there's every chance events might just tip you over the edge....
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EASY MONEY? YOU BET IT IS!
THURSDAY 14th AUGUST 2008

Football's great, with a little bit of nous and a few pennies in the pocket, the sport can engineer a very tidy second income...
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CUELLAR AS A CUCUMBER...
WEDNESDAY 13th AUGUST 2008

For a club who have been tugging at the financial purse strings for the last few years, someone is doing something right at Rangers....
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FOOTBALL - THE FORGOTTEN SPORT...
TUESDAY 12th AUGUST 2008

It goes beyond logic that as a host island in 2012, the Great Britain Football Team are not represented at the most famous sporting event in the world...
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POMPEY PAY THE PENALTY...
MONDAY 11th AUGUST 2008

You'd have hoped that Portsmouth's players would have used at least some of their hectic summer break to brush up on some penalty-taking skills....
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REACH FOR THE SKY...
SUNDAY 10th AUGUST 2008

Did anyone else catch Sky Sports' 'Goals on Sunday' and think they'd tuned into an obscure chat show on social differentiation?...
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GIZZA JOB...
SATURDAY 9th AUGUST 2008

The hard truth about the transfer system is that an estimated sixth of footballers are put out of work a year, that's a turnover to equal McDonalds...
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SPORT OVERLOAD ALERT...
FRIDAY 8th AUGUST 2008

For too long over the summer you were left twiddling your thumbs yearning for a slice of sporting pie, well this weekend prepare for a veritable feast...
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GUVNOR, WE'RE COVERED...
THURSDAY 7th AUGUST 2008

Seems that law firms are making up for the hole in their extortionate mortgage fees pot by turning their attention to the beautiful game...
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TRANSFER MISS FOR CRIS...
WEDNESDAY 6th AUGUST 2008

Ronaldo is staying! It's the news every United fan has been praying for, and every non-United fan has been dreading...
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SOUTHGATE DUE A TRIP TO SPECSAVERS...
TUESDAY 5th AUGUST 2008

The answer to Middlesbrough's defensive worries could be staring them directly in the face...

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ANNAN LOOKING HANDY...
MONDAY 4th AUGUST 2008

Scotland's Challenge Cup 1st Round encounters act as a teaser to the cracking open of the league season piggybank on Saturday...
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THE SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK...
SUNDAY 3rd AUGUST 2008

I can't be the only one who sees new football kits coming out and is left pondering exactly how they're different to last year's affair...
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YOU WOULDN'T START A SEASON LIKE THIS
SATURDAY 2nd AUGUST 2008

Have you seen those adverts on irresponsible drinking? I seemed to find myself barraged with them last night..
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IT'S GRITTY UP NORTH...
FRIDAY 1st AUGUST 2008

Looks like Fabio has got his work cut out if he wants to polish the English game.
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