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Are Aston Villa doomed for relegation?
Sport News 24/7 By Billy Stephens @BillyLaughs @TLE_Sport It’s not a good time to be an Aston Villa fan; then again, it hasn’t been for a while. The Villains are languishing at the bottom of the league with just five points after the 13th round of matches, and are winless in their last ten. No Premier League team has ever stayed up having amassed so few points at this stage of the season and with Sunderland securing and vital 1-0...
Will Aston Villa’s luck finally run out?
Sport News 24/7 By Nick Edmonds @nickedmonds575 @TLE_Sport For a Villa fan, 1983 was a cruel year to be born. Too late for the club's greatest party, when the heavily-fancied Bayern Munich side featuring Paul Breitner, Karl Heinz Rummenigge and co, were put to the sword on that balmy night in Rotterdam, when Villa joined the exclusive list of English sides who have lifted the European Cup. (That’s once more than Arsenal or Man City for anyone keeping count). "Shaw,...
Can Eddie Jones return England to the top?
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter The England Rugby team and the RFU would rather forget the last two months ever happened. Firstly, the national side was eliminated from the Rugby World Cup at the group stages, the only host nation to do so in the competition’s history. Next, they sacked the coach Stuart Lancaster, the man they appointed to lead the team to glory at the World Cup. Then, rugby league convert Sam...
England finally find success in the UAE and the end for Bell?
Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @TLE_Sport @davidjdewinter England’s tour to the UAE has been a somewhat chastening experience. The test team, maybe a tad unluckily, lost 2-0 to Pakistan in a series characterised by attritional cricket, worrying collapses and crucial dropped catches. However, redemption has come in the form of a 3-1 series victory in the ODIs featuring perhaps the most remarkable display of hitting ever witnessed by an Englishman on the international stage. View...
Where will the next generation of England stars come from?
Sport News 24/7 By Billy Stephens @BillyLaughs @TLE_Sport A report on European youth football released by the CIES Football Observatory (www.football-observatory.com/IMG/sites/mr/mr09/en/) before the international break revealed that club-trained players plying their trade in the Premier League have been allowed the smallest percentage of playing time out of the top 5 European league so far this season. The opportunities given to young English footballers, particularly in the top flight, have long been under scrutiny given the international side’s lack of success in...
Bobby Moore Fund’s Annual Celebrity Sports Quiz
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @rgdewinter @TLE_Sport Last Thursday saw TLE Sport dig out its best suit, polish the old size 11s and select its least offensive tie in preparation for the Bobby Moore Fund’s annual sports quiz. Held in London, this year’s edition took place at The Brewery in Moorgate, hugely convenient for one half of the TLE contingent who had spent the day in Liverpool Street, less so for the other half who had to rush...
Will we Ever See Another Jonah?
By Nathan Lee, TLE Correspondent This morning the sad news that All Black legend Jonah Lomu has passed away filtered across the newswires. A loving Dad, family man and a staunch patriot he will live in the hearts of fans in New Zealand and across the World for years to come. But he will be mostly remembered for his rugby prowess and his role in helping rugby union enter the professional era. In tribute to Jonah, here's one of his...
Top 5 Funniest Football Twitter Accounts
Footy Face Swap Does what it says on the tin. Footballers, managers and pundits swap their face with other football professionals. Or in the case of Wayne Rooney, Shrek. Bruce at Wedding There's always one Steve Bruce at a wedding. Check out the man himself turning up to celebrate random nuptials. Boring James Milner Ever changed a 4.5 tog duvet for a brand new 13.5 tog duvet and being so excited about it that you had to go to bed at...
Bobby Moore Fund Annual Celebrity Sports Quiz
Sport News 24/7 By Richard de Winter @rgdewinter @TLE_Sport On Thursday, TLE Sport will be attending the 17th annual Bobby Moore Fund Celebrity Sports Quiz, and, in order not to look too foolish, we have been revising furiously, poring over old Playfair annuals, memorising the Jack Charlton Soccer Quiz book, and looking up old episodes of A Question of Sport on YouTube (sadly all of those are absolutely true). It is 22 years now since arguably England’s greatest ever footballer...