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Chris O

Chris O

Based in London, England. Following the world of football, usually with a subtle degree of humour.

Web Site: Some People Are On The Pitch

Claimed Blog: Some People Are On The Pitch

BallHype Member since July 10, 2009

SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 10
spaotp.com - 7 hours ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 10
— spaotp.com — For Day 10 of the SPAOTP Advent Calendar, it's a welcome return to some old friends that... helped us convey our 12 Graphs of Christmas last year. This year, they're back to illustrate how many American players are currently plying their trade in the top flight of five of the big European ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 10

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Jeu du Jour Week 15: The Win in the Minnows
spaotp.com - 18 hours ago
Jeu du Jour Week 15: The Win in the Minnows
— spaotp.com — With the half-way point in the season almost here, the top of the Ligue 1 table has... a distinctly strange look to it. Beyond Bordeaux, sitting in first place (as they have been for most of this season), you'll find last season's Ligue 2 runners-up, Montpellier, followed by Valenciennes – a team ... (more) Jeu du Jour Week 15: The Win in the Minnows

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 9
spaotp.com - 35 hours ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 9
— spaotp.com — Day 9 of SPAOTP's Advent Calendar and another chance for you to provide some headlines and captions... for one of our seasonal pictures. Today it's our old friend Santa (a.k.a. Mick McCarthy) doing away with the need for elves by ordering all his Christmas presents online, but can you provide a ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 9

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 8
spaotp.com - 2 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 8
— spaotp.com — Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of retail therapy (actually, make that a LOT of retail... therapy) so for Day 8 of our SPAOTP Advent Calendar, we're bringing you a selection of tasteful gifts that you can by direct from the online football club shop of your choice. Of course sitting ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 8

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Sound Of Football Episode 18 - World Cup Draw and Champions League
spaotp.com - 2 days ago
Sound Of Football Episode 18 - World Cup Draw and Champions League
— spaotp.com — Join us for another edition of the Sound Of Football Podcast. This week, the chaps discuss the... World Cup Draw and look ahead to this week's Champions League fixtures. You can listen by clicking here . Or if you right click on that link, you can download the MP3. Alternatively, you can subscribe ... (more) Sound Of Football Episode 18 - World Cup Draw and ...

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 7
spaotp.com - 3 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 7
— spaotp.com — For Day 7 of our Advent Calendar, we're going to produce a 'Friday List' with a difference.... There are two things that'll differentiate this list from the others, namely (1) it's not appearing on a Friday, and (2) it's going to be compiled largely by you (hopefully) rather than us. Yes, today ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 7

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Midweek TV Preview: 7 - 10 December 2009
spaotp.com - 3 days ago
Midweek TV Preview: 7 - 10 December 2009
— spaotp.com — Monday 7th December 19:45 Watford v Queens Park Rangers, Championship, Sky Sports 1/HD1 Both teams find themselves... back in the thick of it just two days after suffering defeats in the Championship. While Watford went down 2-0 to 10-man Newcastle, QPR were being thumped 5-1 at home by ... (more) Midweek TV Preview: 7 - 10 December 2009

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Bundesbag Week 15 - Babbel sacked and replaced by Christian Gross
spaotp.com - 4 days ago
Bundesbag Week 15 - Babbel sacked and replaced by Christian Gross
— spaotp.com — At the risk of sounding disparaging, a test tube baby constructed from the essence of Bill Shankly,... Rinus Michels and Sepp Herberger could have failed at Tottenham in the late 1990's. Here was a club that was so desperate they ended up hiring the hated George Graham. Even so, mention the name ... (more) Bundesbag Week 15 - Babbel sacked and replaced by ...

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 6
spaotp.com - 4 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 6
— spaotp.com — Time now for another five quiz questions as we count down the days on our SPAOTP Advent... Calendar. Once again, feel free to leave us a comment with your guesses to the questions, and we'll tell you if they're right or wrong. If they're wrong, we promise not to laugh too much, but either way ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 6

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 5
spaotp.com - 5 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 5
— spaotp.com — Christmas is less than three weeks away and thoughts no doubt will be turning to the 25th,... a day when many of us will relish the chance to loosen our belts, stuff our digestive systems with the richest foods we can lay our hands on and watch the sort of TV that none of us in our right minds ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 5

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World Cup Draw 2010
spaotp.com - 5 days ago
World Cup Draw 2010
— spaotp.com — The dust has finally settled on FIFA's World Cup 2010 draw and we now know which teams... will play in which groups during the First Round of next year's competition. And it was quite some draw – all of the groups had an interesting angle or a talking point to ignite the excitement and ... (more) World Cup Draw 2010

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Weekend TV Preview: 4 - 6 December
spaotp.com - 6 days ago
Weekend TV Preview: 4 - 6 December
— spaotp.com — Friday 4 December 17.15 FIFA World Cup 2010 Finals Draw, BBC2 Charlize Theron takes over from Heidi... Klum as the distraction from the picking out of kinder eggs from pots. Jonathan Pierce provides the pointless commentary to the proceedings. Good excuse to knock off work early. 19.30 Bayern ... (more) Weekend TV Preview: 4 - 6 December

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The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #142
spaotp.com - 6 days ago
The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #142
— spaotp.com — First and foremost... 33 'Firsts' From The World Cup's Long And Illustrious History 1. First qualifying match:... Sweden v Estonia, 11 June 1933 2. First World Cup Finals match: Mexico v France, 13 July 1930 3. First goal scored at the World Cup Finals: Lucient Laurent (France) v Mexico, 13 July ... (more) The Friday List of Little or No Consequence #142

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 4
spaotp.com - 6 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 4
— spaotp.com — The fourth day of SPAOTP's Advent Calendar brings some light relief in the form of a dream... I had last night. It went something like this... And just to confirm, here are the answers to yesterday's quiz questions for you: 1) Failing a dope test 2) The ball burst in both finals 3) Pele 4) The ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 4

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Bundesbag Week 14 - Olic restores some balance to Bayern
spaotp.com - 7 days ago
Bundesbag Week 14 - Olic restores some balance to Bayern
— spaotp.com — I didn't get to watch much Bundesliga action last week for reasons I won't bore you with.... So this week's round up promises to be shorter than the essays I've penned in the last couple of weeks. One of the few games that I did manage to catch was Bayern Munich 's visit to an emotional AWD Arena ... (more) Bundesbag Week 14 - Olic restores some balance to Bayern

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 3
spaotp.com - 7 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 3
— spaotp.com — On Day 3 of SPAOTP's Advent Calendar, we bring you something to occupy your football brain in... the shape of five quiz questions. There's no prize on offer - just the chance to show your supreme intelligence when it comes to the beautiful game. So here are those footy questions, and if you think ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 3

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Jeu du Jour Week 14: Coupé breaks down
spaotp.com - 7 days ago
Jeu du Jour Week 14: Coupé breaks down
— spaotp.com — If we've convinced you of nothing else over the last thirteen weeks, it's that the top spot... in Ligue 1 is something of a poisoned chalice. So it proved once again this week when Auxerre , form team of the moment and leaders after seven consecutive victories, were dislodged from first place by ... (more) Jeu du Jour Week 14: Coupé breaks down

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World Cup Seeding Punishes France
spaotp.com - 8 days ago
World Cup Seeding Punishes France
— spaotp.com — After weeks of speculation, the World Cup seeds have been determined and FIFA have used the shortest... route with France as the biggest losers. Readers of SPAOTP will know that in the past FIFA have used a baffling array of criteria to decide which team gets those coveted places as the top dog ... (more) World Cup Seeding Punishes France

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 2
spaotp.com - 8 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 2
— spaotp.com — It's Day 2 of our Advent Calendar and today, in a nod towards last year's 'Twelve Graphs... of Christmas' series, we bring you a graph showing the number of hat-tricks scored in the Premier League since its inception. As you can see, there have already been seven hat-tricks scored this season (up ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 2

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SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 1
spaotp.com - 9 days ago
SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 1
— spaotp.com — 'Tis the season to be jolly, some say, while others even add a frivolous 'fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la' to... boot. Here at SPAOTP, we're inclined to agree, which is why this Christmas we're bringing you our very own Advent Calendar. Each day from now until December 24th, you can find something ... (more) SPAOTP's Advent Calendar: Day 1

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