Category: Bournemouth
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Have The Toffees Come Unstuck?
When Everton are in the mood, they are very good, with flair players all over the park. On form, they could sneak a European spot at the end of the season but that depends on two things. First is that they need to put teams away when they are on top in matches instead of…
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Barcelona Begins To Look Like The Real Deal Again
For 90 minutes at the weekend, all of us went back in time a couple of years, to a period when one football team so eclipsed all others that they were being considered not just the best side on the planet at that moment but one of…
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A Sport That Ignores What It Doesn’t Like
I love football, but there’s something about the game that’s pretty hard to deny. Football, above and beyond any other sport, is incredibly good at ignoring problems. Its leaders are incredibly good at wishing they’d go away. I’m writing a lengthy piece for this site on the continuing trials Scottish football is enduring as the…
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EPL Matchday 10: One Bore Draw And Many Harry Returns
Jose Mourinho’s Chelsea took another battering, on and off the pitch, over the last few days as this weekend’s Premier League matches saw them defeated, again, this time to West Ham. They followed that up with a penalty kicks defeat at Stoke, in the League Cup, although like most of the other top clubs that’s…
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EPL Matchday 7 Roundup: Sanchez Hits Hat-Trick In A Big Weekend
Kane and Rooney finally scored. Sanchez hit a hat-trick and Newcastle blew it … again. It was a big weekend for in the EPL, with wins for Manchester United, Arsenal, Crystal Palace, Stoke, Southampton and, of course, Liverpool and Spurs. In the latter match, Harry Kane ended weeks of fevered speculation about whether or not…
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EPL 15/16 Matchday 6: Bournemouth 2-0 Sunderland
Things are pretty grim up north at the moment, with Sunderland and Newcastle suffering a ghastly start to the season, and one that neither side was able to better at the weekend. In this match, played in front of a Bournemouth support who are much happier with the start they’ve made than the away fans…
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Everton youngster to join Bournemouth on loan
Embed from Getty Images Luke Garbutt will sign a new five-year deal at Everton before moving to Bournemouth on a season-long loan, according to Guardian. 22-year-old England youngster Garbutt is expected to have a bright future in the professional game, having made a handful of appearances for Everton last season. Toffees boss Roberto Martinez is…
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Bournemouth in talks with Chelsea winger over loan deal
Embed from Getty Images Newly-promoted Bournemouth want Chelsea’s Christian Atsu on loan, according to Daily Mail. Atsu, 23, who spent the last campaign on loan at Everton, is now closing in on a move to newly promoted Bournemouth. Eddie Howe’s side are looking to improve their attacking options and build on their recent successes and…
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Eddie Howe named LMA Manager of the year
Embed from Getty Images Bournemouth boss Eddie Howe capped off an incredible season in charge of the promoted club by clinching the League Manager’s Association award Howe managed to defy the odds and clinch automatic promotion to the Premier League and hand Bournemouth their first ever campaign in the top flight of English football. The…
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Bournemouth sign form Celtic keeper Boruc
Embed from Getty Images AFC Bournemouth have announced that goalkeeper Artur Boruc is returning to the club on a permanent deal next season. The Polish international had played the whole of the 14-15 season in the championship on loan for AFC Bournemouth, but had previously been at Southampton for three years. And, now the club…
