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Sport News 24/7 By Rob McHugh  @mchughr  @TLE_Sport Several clubs who were mainstays in the top flight at the end of the 20th Century have had a millennium to forget, and few have had a worse time than Sheffield Wednesday.  League Cup champions in 1991, and defeated League and FA Cup finalists in 1993, the Owls entered the 90's with real reasons to believe the club could challenge for top honours on a consistent basis.  But this hope fell away...

By Will Herrmann Writing about Ched Evans, his past misdemeanours and his future employment in a week that’s seen the tragic unfoldings  in Paris seems wrong.  However, the huge amount of bile that I keep being bombarded with on both mainstream and social media has driven me to try and make the most obvious point about the case. Ched Evans has been convicted as a rapist.  As a fully signed up member of the democracy that we live in and,...

Sport News 24/7 By Dan McLaughlin  @McGloogly  @gridirongents  @TLE_Sport I wasn't going to do this.  I really wasn't.  But I went and opened my big mouth on the Gridiron Gentlemen Podcast about what I believe happened.  Well I say "what I believe happened", but in actual fact I think made a bad job of putting my point across, so here I am trying to put my point across.  It’s actually a good chance to look at one of the biggest...

Sport News 24/7 By Alex Dinsdale  @dinsadelic  @TLE_Sport The managerial instability around Vicarage Road hit the headlines some months ago, with the ridiculous statistic of four head coaches in thirty-seven days making a mockery of Watford’s promising start to the season.  Having lost only twice, Watford were on course for the promotion they had only just missed out on in Gianfranco Zola’s first season. The appointment of ex-Barcelona player and Brighton boss, Oscar Garcia, was met with great optimism but...

By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic Fanatically 'anti' fans are making non-league clubs in London increasingly political. London is no stranger to the inexplicable mix of politics and football. Class warfare, religious differences, industrial disputes; the terraces of London’s football clubs are the people’s benches of Westminster. But of late, the once concealed relationship between football and politics has come to the fore in the shape of left-leaning Ultra fans. Ultras are typically the type of sports fans...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport Dear Steven, It saddens me greatly to hear that you are leaving Liverpool Football Club at the end of the season.  After a beautiful 25 year relationship, you have decided to start a new life over in the United States.  Now I know all good things have to come to an end, but why so soon Steven?  You still have so much to offer Liverpool – we still...

Sport News 24/7 By Sean Simara  @Sean_FootyMad  @TLE_Sport As the NFL Wildcard weekend comes to an end, here’s a look back on an instant classic, the Ravens rising and two young quarterbacks making their mark on history. For me, the best game of the weekend was in Dallas.  As I have mentioned before the Dallas Cowboys are known as 'America's Team' and maybe they didn't deserve it before but this year they have certainly lived up to their unofficial nickname....

Sport News 24/7 By Jack Peat, Editor of The London Economic This weekend Britain's football elite will embark on their FA cup journey after a typically jam-packed Festive schedule. While clubs across Europe manage to get some much-needed rest, the powers that be (BT Sport, BskyB) ensure professional footballers in Britain ply their trade (getting people to watch the telly) to the detriment of long-standing institutions such as the FA Cup, which is left to deal with a Premier League hangover...

Sport News 24/7 By David de Winter - Sports Editor @davidjdewinter  @TLE_Sport The January sales.  Traditionally a time where one can purchase the best of last season for a knockdown price.  Not so in the world of football.  The January blues cause chairmen to write cheques left, right and centre, and managers to sign players they would never normally even consider at enormously inflated prices.  Most managers and chairmen hate January.  But if one looks hard enough, there are some bargains...