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Sport News 24/7 David and Richard de Winter round-up all the movers and shakers from a manic Transfer Deadline Day.

By Mike Deverell  It’s every football loving parent’s dilemma. You naturally want them to like what you like and acquire the football habit. Even more importantly, you want to cement their affection for your team. You dream of the day you can go to the match together, but you need to wait until their old enough or it will be a nightmare for all concerned. I’ve been wrestling with this dilemma for a while. As an Everton fan living near Manchester...

Research shows Arsenal fans on average pay £1 more for a pint of beer than Liverpool fans. Sports fans from the south of the UK are being ripped off when it comes to the average price of a pint at major sporting grounds, with Arsenal fans paying on average £1 more than Liverpool fans, according to research from ticket marketplace Seatwave. The average price of a pint at major sporting grounds in the south is 20 per cent more expensive...

By Chris Brown @vivabrownie Chris argues why you should give the often maligned sport a chance this season If you switch the television on and catch the beginning of an opening NFL game, just stop what you’re doing and allow yourself to absorb the scene for a moment. Notice the colour, the fireworks, the cheerleaders, the smoke, the razzmatazz - this is big time spectacle sport, this is the NFL. Some people will watch the NFL and be unperturbed by...

Sport News 24/7 By Philip Benton A few weeks into another domestic football season, arguably set to be the most exciting Premier League season yet, and as we approach our first international break, I’ve been reflecting on what was another dismal World Cup campaign for the English national team and whether a fundamental reason for it could partly be down to the fact I had to Google translate the title of this article. The ‘English’ Premier League There’s been a...

Sport News 24/7 David De Winter and his brother Richard De Winter discuss a round-up of this weeks sport, including Manchester United, T20 cricket, US Tennis open and Bad boy Balotelli and lots more...Please have a listen on the podcast below   For more from the boys please visit http://thealternativesportsblog.wordpress.com/.

Sport News 24/7 By David Edwards Another window closes and Danny Welbeck rocks up just as the shutters close (or about two hours later, by the time we get round to finishing the paperwork). Welbeck To start with our new recruit – I know that Welbeck’s signing has not been universally welcomed, but from what I have seen he looks a pretty decent player who should fit in and is a significant upgrade on Sanogo. Whenever I have seen him...

By Haroon Arain  Radamel Falcao's loan move to Manchester United was the major deadline day signing as Premier League summer spending hit a record £835m. The twenty times English champions decided to spend big, breaking the English transfer record. They signed Argentinian winger Angel di maria for £60 million along with English International left back Luke Shaw ,Marcos Rojo and Dany Blind. Their fierce rivals Liverpool saw their controversial main man Luis Suarez,  moving to Spanish giants Barcelona, but replaced him...

Sport News 24/7 By Mike Deverell That might seem like the knee jerkiest of knee jerk reactions. Two draws and one defeat, seven goals scored, including matches against two of last season’s top four, is certainly not disastrous. But for Everton fans it’s the pattern and wider trend that’s starting to look worrying. It started in a disjointed pre-season. The World Cup certainly didn’t help with different players returning at different times, although of course that’s the same for other...