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Left Foot, Right Foot, Head #2 – Chelsea home

Neill Rimmers Perm August 21, 2010 0

Well, that regular feature did well didn’t it?  It’s nearly two months since we did the first (and so far only) one of these, so I’m guessing you need a little reminder, right?  The

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Holding back – Chelsea preview

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After being sooooo cross on Saturday and Sunday it only took until Monday lunchtime for me to get over losing to Blackpool (around about the same time I realised that the only crap I

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Not a patch on Fantasy Football

Neill Rimmers Perm August 18, 2010 1

After last season’s prediction league debacle, I’ve gone for the simple option of setting up your bog-standard fantasy football league. To be precise I’ve set up 2. They’re both on http://fantasy.premierleague.com and I’ve set up

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Don’t get up – there’s more free stuff

Neill Rimmers Perm August 16, 2010 0

You know how it works, I might have never got past dreaming of half an hour as a sub at Springfield Park (set your sights low and still fail) but, every boys’ dream is

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You want a pun? I’ve not got one. A Blackpool Rant.

Neill Rimmers Perm August 15, 2010 3

The age old question of whether the football supporters of Wigan deserve a Premier League football team had an answer yesterday.  If what we saw was the real Wigan Athletic team, then it doesn’t

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Things that make you go mmm – Blackpool at home

Neill Rimmers Perm August 14, 2010 0

As I type this, I’m making my daily journey from Blackpool to Wigan (thankfully that’s the home leg of my working day), I’ve been doing the trip for over eleven years and I’ve even

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The bed aint made

Neill Rimmers Perm August 14, 2010 2

…but it’s filled full of hope. No, I’ve not left this to the last minute, I’ve spent all summer mulling over the permutations, probabilities and player movements in order to put this season preview

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notapatchon Plays Away – I’ll talk to anyone I will

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Scott from The Republick of Mancunia dropped into Notapatchon Towers over the summer with some questions about Latics, United and Latics vs United.  He seemed a nice chap so I let him in and

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notapatchon Plays Away – Yes I’m Completely Guessing

Neill Rimmers Perm August 14, 2010 0

I’m not usually in the business of making public predictions, but then again I’ve never been asked before.  This season Square Football have asked your humble correspondent to take place in their prediction competition

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More free Blackpool tickets

Neill Rimmers Perm August 11, 2010 1

You’ll be surprised to hear that, thanks to the chaps at 188Bet, we’ve got a pair of free tickets for Saturday’s game with Blackpool to give away.  What do you have to do it

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