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	<title>The View from the Spaghetti Factory &#187; Football</title>
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		<title>England &#8211; calm down!</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/11/england-france-friendly</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 11:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been interesting to read/hear the media response to last night&#8217;s England-France friendly. On the surface, I think we&#8217;re all broadly in agreement&#8230; England were lacklustre, France were worthy winners, England still lack technical precision, France have returned from their &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/11/england-france-friendly">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>He&#8217;s not God, he&#8217;s just a naughty boy</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/07/suarez-hand-of-god</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 15:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Despite the potentially damaging nature of the bad refereeing decisions (suffered by England and Mexico) in the second round, the controversy was fairly short-lived. There&#8217;s always another controversy round the corner, and the hot issue is now Luis Suarez&#8217;s deliberate &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/07/suarez-hand-of-god">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Expert analysis?</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-pundits</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-pundits#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know I said that the football world is getting smaller and less mysterious, but if you gain all your knowledge from TV pundits, you&#8217;d probably disagree. Judging by the pre- and post-match studio discussions, you&#8217;d think we were still &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-pundits">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup 2010 gets even weirder</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/weird-world-cup-2010</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, it&#8217;s official. This is the weirdest World Cup ever. It was always going to be a little different&#8230; first one hosted in Africa, the massed Vuvuzela orchestra, the return of Maradona as cheerfully optimistic misfit manager with some odd &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/weird-world-cup-2010">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>World Cup 2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-2010</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-2010#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 10:42:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Football]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/?p=805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone in close proximity to me (in either a physical or online sense) will probably have been flattened in a tidal wave of schoolboy excitement by now. Yes, the World Cup is underway, and I&#8217;m finding it hard not to &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/world-cup-2010">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>No, THIS is England!</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/this-is-england</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/this-is-england#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 22:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/?p=800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re on Facebook, you can&#8217;t have failed to notice the groups with names like &#8220;ENGLAND SHIRTS BANNED IN ENGLISH PUBS!&#8221;, &#8220;ENGLAND FLAGS BANNED BECAUSE THEY OFFEND ISLAMS&#8221;, &#8220;LICKLE KIDDIES CALLED RACISTS FOR SUPPORTING ENGLAND&#8221;, and so on, ad nauseam. &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/06/this-is-england">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Michael Foot 1913-2010, Keith Alexander 1956-2010</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/03/michael-foot-keith-alexander</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/03/michael-foot-keith-alexander#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:17:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry to break the recent blog silence on a sad note, but two people I admire died yesterday, postponing my inevitable BBC-related burble. Now, Michael Foot is obviously the more well-known of the two, so there&#8217;s not much I can &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2010/03/michael-foot-keith-alexander">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>lolronaldo</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/07/lolronaldo</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/07/lolronaldo#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:28:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Poor little Cinderonnie. Wicked Uncle Alex is stopping him from going to the ball Real Madrid. Still, all is not lost&#8230; it turns out that his fairy godfather has arrived in the shape of&#8230; Sepp Blatter! Yes! FIFA&#8217;s own surreal &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/07/lolronaldo">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Euro 2008: Final</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/06/euro-2008-final</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/06/euro-2008-final#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:29:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spaghetti-factory.co.uk/?p=256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Germany 0-1 Spain Iberian skies clear for first time in 44 years And that was that. Spain reined in some of their semi-final brilliance, concentrating on effective organisation, while chaotic defending proved to be Germany&#8217;s downfall. Even if a fitter &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/06/euro-2008-final">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Euro 2008: Days 17 &amp; 18</title>
		<link>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/06/euro-2008-days-17and18</link>
		<comments>http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/06/euro-2008-days-17and18#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>adrian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.spaghetti-factory.co.uk/?p=255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[SEMI-FINALS&#8230; Germany 3-2 Turkey Storms, real and metaphorical A seriously short-staffed Turkey played out of their skins, but the fairytale had to end. Typical German ability to win ugly when they really didn&#8217;t deserve it; to be fair, though, they &#8230; <a href="http://blog.sfocata.co.uk/2008/06/euro-2008-days-17and18">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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