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For clients, friends and staff of Ambition in the UK, Asia and Australia. If you are football tipping genius, then join the tenth season of Sporting Ambition's tipping competition where you will use your skill and knowledge to guess the outcome of a English Premier League match each week.
Posted May 17th, 2012 by The Shirtman
It was the most dramatic of all possible ends to what was possibly the greatest title race in living memory. Heart stopping, odds defying unbelievable stuff. Too good for fiction – Hollywood would reject the script for it’s unrealistic cheesiness. Except, you know, this really happened. After so much heartache, and so long waiting The Citizens have finally won the title. God still follows Football in Manchester ladies and gentlemen – only it would appears he has switched allegiances across town.
The details of the final few minutes are already slipping off the back pages of newspapers and into the stuff of legends. City, down 2-1 with about a minute on the clock looked to have committed one of the greatest chokes in sporting history. I’m pretty sure the term Bottlejobbery was invented at around the 80 minute mark in an attempt to describe the event. When new words are being invented mid game you know you are seeing something historic.
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Posted May 10th, 2012 by The Shirtman
It’s been a long time coming for Manchester City fans, but their moment in the sun (and out of the shadow of those no-names from across town) is almost finally here. They are now just one win away from a memorable, historic, power shifting Premiership victory. Standing in their way is the lowly, recently promoted and possibly soon to be relegated Queens Park Rangers. City will punch holes through them like it was re-run of George Foreman v Joe Frazier. Right?
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Posted May 10th, 2012 by The Shirtman
Manchester City held off a determined Newcastle in what turned out to be a tension filled showdown St James Park – but that’s not ot to say that this all came easily. Coming into the match Fergie’s Red Devils had applied the pressure coming into this match with a win over Swansea, turning this probably must win encounter into a definitely must win encounter.
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Posted May 3rd, 2012 by The Shirtman
Sunday May 6, Sports Direct Arena
Big game for both these clubs, for a number of different reasons.
Newcastle are desperate to keep their Champions League dream alive following an improbable loss to Wigan (although, given their performances in recent weeks, maybe it wasn’t so improbable). By any description the Toon’s season has been an unbridled success – after much doom and gloom around kick off time. Barton was sent packing, they largely sat on their hands in terms of player acquisition, and the fans were openly in revolt against the ownership. Against that backdrop they scrapped and fought their way into Champions League contention. It has been an impressive run. To play on Europe’s centre stage they now need to win against the competitions leading club.
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Posted May 3rd, 2012 by The Shirtman
Coming into the game it was billed as the biggest English showdown since Princess Di and the Queen. Two royally blessed teams with everything on the line in a one match only prize fight for what may well be the title. You could say it was the biggest game in UK domestic football in the last 50 years. Or maybe that is being dramatic. I don’t know. I do know that as far as build ups to big games go, complete with high stakes, subplots and cross threaded storylines, it doesn’t get any bigger than this.
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Posted April 24th, 2012 by The Shirtman
Monday, April 30, Etihad Stadium (nee City of Manchester Stadium)
All season long the two clubs from Manchester have circled each other like prize fighters. Psychological games have been deployed. Exploratory jabs have been thrown. They have traded the top spot on the table and at times, the gap between them seemingly gave one or the other the upper hand. At the end of the day though, they knew, we knew…hell, we *all* knew it was going to come down to this. Just one game. The Red Devils v The Citizens. Manchester United v Manchester City. For the Heavyweight Championship of the World.
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Posted April 24th, 2012 by The Shirtman
There have been plenty of thrilling Arsenal v Chelsea games over the years, but this wasn’t one of them. Arsenal lacked their usual fluidity and grace. Chelsea went into lockdown mode before the whistle was blown. Both teams needed the points for varying reasons, but neither of them was able to produce on the day. For whatever reason they either just weren’t willing, or just weren’t able to get their act together. Kind of like Matthew Newton in his ongoing US comedy tour (you know, minus all the laughs).
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Posted April 18th, 2012 by The Shirtman
Saturday April 21, Emirates Stadium
All eyes on the All-London showdown this weekend, as the third placed Gunners take on a desperate to climb into the top four Chelsea at Emirates. Stars, egos and multi million dollar expense accounts will be on display here, in a game that still has plenty of resonance for Europe next year.
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Posted April 18th, 2012 by The Shirtman
It probably wasn’t football at its highest level, but it was tense and gripping and filled with drama. One team was looking to cement what has been a surprisingly impressive season so far. The other was more desperate than a teenage girl at a One Direction concert. Joy for the winner, anguish for the loser. You can’t ask much more than that.
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Posted April 12th, 2012 by The Shirtman
Saturday April 14, The Hawthorns
We take another peek at the relegation scrap this week, when QPR travel to the Hawthorns for what on paper appears to be a difficult, yet winnable encounter. Things are grim for the Rangers – they are only out of the drop zone based on goal differential, but there is still plenty of cause for hope. They have a game in hand from their main relegation contenders, and of course, they have Joey Barton. Let the hijinks begin.
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