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Ralph Ferrett, Male, 32,
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Sneijder, Barcelona and the Ballon d'Or

I must say I was shocked when I saw the shortlist for the Ballon d’Or this year. Not because the three players on the shortlist (Xavi, Iniesta, Messi) were not excellent players who had achieved a great deal in the last year. But because there was a glaring, glaring omission form the list.

For me the player of the year.

That omission being Wesley Sneijder of Inter Milan and Holland. The player who I felt should not only be nominated but also should have won the award. Inter Milan were *the*

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Football needs “socio” fan ownership.

Whilst this season has seen some fantastically unpredictable football, that has surely thrilled most fans, and certainly the neutral, for me the most striking thing that has been happening this season in terms of football has been the growing financial crisis.

Whilst this has been simmering under the surface for years it really seems to be coming to the fore, firstly with Conference side Chester City being wound up and expelled from the Conference to the soap opera that has been Portsmouth FC in the Premier League.

That well known clubs may

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Why I’m glad the English Clubs are out.

I guess there is going to be a fair amount of hand wringing in the press about the fact that noEnglish team is in the Semi-Finals of the Champions League. In fact just glancing at my RSS feed confirms this. But you know what, I am glad, I really don’t care and in fact I think it is actually a really good thing.

Firstly I have always had a bit of an issue with this idea of the “divine right” of our “big four” to not only always qualify for the

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