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Alan Green

Disease of cheating must be tackled now

If you will, imagine the scene on July 11 next summer in Johannesburg. There are five minutes left in the World Cup final. England are playing the favourites Spain and, though their opponents have dominated, the score is still 0-0.
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Alan Green: Darren is well rid of Peterborough

Monday, 16 November 2009

Anyone doubting the insecurity of life as a football manager should look at the case of Darren Ferguson, ‘son of Alex’.
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Alan Green: FA run scared of Sir Alex Ferguson

Monday, 16 November 2009

As I forecast, the Football Association’s ‘punishment’ of Sir Alex Ferguson was pitiful — a two-game touchline ban and £20,000 fine. Alex will have laughed all the way back to Manchester. It’s a joke.
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Alan Green: Abramovich needs to flash cash again for Chelsea

Monday, 9 November 2009

Football, bloody hell! A few weeks ago I went to Anfield on a Sunday wholly convinced that Manchester United would beat Liverpool. Wrong. The champions were played off the pitch.
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Alan Green: You’re only Yeung once

Monday, 9 November 2009

As ‘prep’ for tonight’s commentary, I did what I wouldn’t normally do on a day off last Sunday — I watched a game on television
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Alan Green: League is Liverpool’s problem

Monday, 9 November 2009

Much the worst thing Liverpool could do at the moment is to dwell on their Champions League problems.
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Alan Green: Pool of despair gets deeper for Benitez

Monday, 2 November 2009

It wasn’t my intention to write about Liverpool for the second week in succession.
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Alan Green: Owen must regret move to Manchester United

Monday, 2 November 2009

Looking at Sir Alex Ferguson’s ‘B team’ at Barnsley, I kept a close watch on Michael Owen.
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Alan Green: Big Sam means bigger ego

Monday, 2 November 2009

Like broadcasters, football managers probably need to have an ego. It goes with the territory: if you don’t believe in yourself, who will?
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Alan Green: Hold the back page... I admit I was wrong

Monday, 26 October 2009

You'll know I’m, in general, not a fan of the tinkering made to the Champions League by UEFA President Michel Platini but I have to admit some of this week’s results have made me sit up and pay attention.
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Alan Green: Southgate simply had to leave

Monday, 26 October 2009

Much has been made about the timing of Gareth Southgate’s dismissal as Middlesbrough manager given that it came after a home victory which, then, left them only a point off the top of the Championship table.
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Alan Green: Rafa is back from the dead for now

Monday, 26 October 2009

Most sports’ desks on English newspapers will have been in turmoil last night.
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Alan Green: FIFA sow the seeds of own misfortune

Monday, 19 October 2009

The thought first entered my head last weekend when I was asked to give out a scoreline during commentary. It was the Asia/Oceania play-off, first leg: Bahrain 0 New Zealand 0.
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Alan Green: Get your facts right

Monday, 19 October 2009

I’m the first to admit I get more cynical by the day and I’m certainly increasingly reluctant to broadcast ‘facts’ even if a producer shoves a piece of paper in front of me determined that I read it out.
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Alan Green: Rafa’s losing plot at Liverpool

Monday, 19 October 2009

It’s hardly worth debating whether or not the goal scored against Liverpool on Saturday should have been allowed to stand: it did and Sunderland should sign up that beach ball before anyone else does as soon as the January transfer window opens!
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Alan Green: Pompey’s madness will only end in tears

Monday, 5 October 2009

It's only eight years ago that I was commentating on Leeds United in the Champions League semi-finals. Yes, the Yorkshire club currently leads the table, but, we’re talking about League One, their third season in that division.
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Alan Green: Doubts remain over new touchline officials

Monday, 5 October 2009

I’ve waited until after the second round of matches in the Europa League before passing comment on the experimental use of the new touchline officials. I felt it only fair not to rush in.
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Alan Green: Rafa only has himself to blame

Monday, 5 October 2009

Lucas is a Liverpool liability. Discuss.
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Alan Green: Diouf is a disgrace to anti-race hate cause

Monday, 28 September 2009

I understand why he did so - ALL managers defend their players even on the flimsiest of terms - but I do wish the Blackburn Rovers manager Sam Allardyce hadn’t offered his support to El Hadji Diouf. The Senegalese striker deserves none.
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Alan Green: The cup of whoa

Monday, 28 September 2009

I went abroad for a few days last week after the Manchester derby. Why not? What was I going to miss? The Carling Cup?
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Alan Green: Neville worry about FA

Monday, 28 September 2009

First UEFA, now the Football Association. I despair that authorities utterly fail to do their duty regarding misbehaviour on the field.
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