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The rollercoaster that is English Soccer

12:54 PM ET 02.13

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The start to February has been horrendous for those who support Arsenal, with back-to-back defeats against title rivals Manchester United and Chelsea, the pundits proclaimed Arsenal's season over and even I'd started to believe them.
But this season is turning out to be a lot less predictable than seasons gone by; the mid-week fixtures had Man Utd v. Aston Villa, Chelsea v. Everton and Arsenal v. Liverpool, of the 3, Arsenal had the toughest task given that Liverpool is one of the top 4 teams and a regular title contender, the other two were facing mid-table opposition, which…

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Why do ticket sellers give credit card companies a free meal

05:12 PM ET 01.27

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Now-a-days it seems increasingly harder to get hold of tickets, whether for a sports event or for a concert, without using a credit card. Long ago, it used to be that you'd only use a card to buy a ticket if you couldn't get to the ticket office to pay for it in cash. But now many of those bricks and mortar ticket shops are gone, they've been replaced by big brokers who often can only be reached by phone or online, even those that still have physical facilities where they could sell tickets, some will tell you that you have to call to book or do it online.
It makes me wonder why ticket…

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What's wrong with Arsenal

04:41 PM ET 01.25

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If you follow Soccer(football) you'll know that one of the most entertaining teams in the English premier league is Arsenal, it also happens to be the team I support and they are doing well this season unlike the past 3 or 4.
Arsenal has not lost a game in the last 8 in the premier league so you would've thought yesterdays FA Cup game against minors Stoke would be a routine victory, but no, Arsenal were handed a 3-1 defeat. What went wrong is that the manager Arsene Wenger has a tendency to field weaker teams in cup games as though they don't matter and he did just that yesterday.…

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