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Steven Gerrard walks free, David Beckham may walk but John Terry won’t. The three England players dominated the football news this week with Gerrard being found not guilty of affray, David Beckham rumoured to be on his way out of LA and rumours of John Terrry’s transfer to Manchester City still not going away. Come along to the site to read about these and other stories from the football world this week.
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PREDICTION
Grêmio beat local rivals Internacional 2-1 last week in the Brazilian League. Damon called it 3-1 while Damian said 1-0 so 1 point each for our expert tipsters with Damon still in the overall lead 3-1.
This week we feature a match from the MLS with David Beckham’s in-form LA Galaxy travelling to Kansas City.
Damian’s prediction: Kansas City 1-2 LA Galaxy – Beckham to put his troubles behind him
Damon’s prediction: Kansas City 1-1 LA Galaxy
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FOOTBALL CLICHE
This week’s featured cliche is The Twelfth Man This term is used to refer to the fans of a team. Each team in football has 11 players on the pitch, but if the fans are particularly loud in their support they can help their team, they can encourage them. When this happens the fans are called the twelfth man – they have the effect of an extra player. Many teams refer to their fans as the 12th man, and fans themselves will also carry banners calling themselves the 12th man.
Click here for more football cliches and football phrases.
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This week’s QUIZ QUESTION:
David Beckham has played on loan at two clubs in his career. One was at AC Milan last year and the other was…?
a) Orient
b) Derby County
c) West Ham Utd
d) Preston NE
Answer next week.
Which European immigrants to Brazil influenced the early history of Gremio football club, which was founded in 1903 – German and Portuguese.
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This week’s POLL
This week’s poll asks which team do you think will win the English Premier League in 2009/10? Go to the site, click on your choice in the side bar and leave a comment.
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