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		<title>Oliver&#8217;s Almanack of World Football 2012</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to everyone who has filled in the form on the website to register their interest in the 2012 edition of Oliver&#8217;s Almanack. We will be in touch shortly. I put the finishing touches to the book earlier this &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=345">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A few thoughts about racism in football</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Football journalism can be a bizarre world sometimes&#8230; especially when it comes to off-the-field reporting. Witness the outrage at Sepp Blatter&#8217;s racism comments a couple of weeks back, accompanied by calls from the British press for zero tolerance, and yet &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=335">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fog in Channel &#8211; Continent Cut Off</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 14:07:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; So ran the (probably apocryphal) headline. I hadn&#8217;t heard it for years until Stephanie Flanders reminded us of it last night on Newsnight. Is there a better description of the English mentality not just in football but also in &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=333">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Winter World Cup in Qatar</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 10:17:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022; Michel Platini]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Michel Platini has come out and said that the 2022 World Cup in Qatar should be played in winter &#8211; shock horror! He said &#8220;If we play in winter it&#8217;s not a problem. Instead of stopping the season in &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=324">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Fair Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:21:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So Manchester City posted a loss of £197.5m last year with wages accounting for £174m of their spend &#8211; higher than the clubs earning of £153m. If City want to take part in European competition from the 2014-15 season they &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=322">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Poppies</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 08:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A compromise has been reached between the English and FIFA over wearing poppies on the England shirt for the match against Spain on Saturday. They will now be worn on black armbands so will not technically be part of the &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=310">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jim Boyce Interview</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A good interview with FIFA vice-president Jim Boyce. It&#8217;s great to hear someone other than myself make the point in the British press that FIFA does a tremendous amount of good around the world and that the whole of FIFA &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=316">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Premier League Foreign Rights</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 06:58:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m glad Dave Whelan has spoken out against Liverpool&#8217;s Ian Ayre and his &#8216;scandalous&#8217; posturing over the foreign rights to the Premier League. American involvement in English football &#8211; Hicks, Kroenke, Lerner etc &#8211; is largely down to the fact &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=298">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fool&#8217;s Paradise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 10:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 1999 I did an interview with the then Aston Villa chairman Doug Ellis. Known as &#8216;Deadly Doug&#8217; he was in reality actually quite affable. After the TV cameras had been switched off we sat and chatted for about half &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=304">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Everton &#8211; fighting against the odds</title>
		<link>http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=300</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 08:01:31 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Greatest Teams]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Former Everton Chief Executive Trevor Birch has just come out and made a point that pretty much sums up the conundrum that the Premier League finds itself in. In an interview he stated that the club can not ever consider &#8230; <a href="http://www.harpastumpublishing.com/blog/?p=300">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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