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December 4, 2008

Reports of Match-Fixing Rock Spain

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Match fixing in football is, unfortunately, nothing new. Some may even say it's par for the course, particularly if we're talking about Eastern European football (Romania & Poland, I'm lookin' at you). Oh, and Italy - Serie A has rivaled the WWE for legitimacy this decade. Even England has failed to go unscathed, with a [. Click to continue reading...
The Offside @ 03:30 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , Athletic Bilbao, Celta Vigo, Levante, Malaga, Promotion, Segunda, Spain, Tenerife, World Football, corruption, la liga, match fixing, relegation

October 23, 2008

African Football in non-Violence / Corruption / Death-related Story Shock

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Firstly, thanks to the boys over at Unprofessional Foul for the tip-off on this one, as the mystery as to what Benjani Mwaruwaru has been up to since leaving Portsmouth gets cleared up a touch. You see, rather than get bogged down in the routine of playing football, he's decided instead to cook up a nice little sex scandal, by coupling with the Zimbabwe Head of Soccer. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , corruption, cradle of muddyfunstering civilisation

September 27, 2008

UEFA Against Match Fixing

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UEFA will be strengthening its forces against match fixing and corruption in European Football. UEFA and Yahoo both have articles describing the plans. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , AEK, Europe, Football, Platini, Soccer, UEFA, corruption, match fixing, yahoo

September 25, 2008

Match-Fixing in Football - can we trust the game 100%?

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The well known match fixing scandals of the past in Italy and South America have rocked world football over the years. The allegations made against Bruce Grobbelaar and others a few years ago in England forced the officials and fans in that country to assess their own game. As fans, we need to know that the [. Click to continue reading...
SoccerLens @ 01:45 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: England, Europe, Features, Help Football, Italy, World Football, betting, bribes, corruption, scandal, scandals, south america

September 22, 2008

LFC 0 - 0 Stoke

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The celebration that died in vain. What a queer match. According to all of the crystal balls in the world, the Reds were supposed to hand Stoke City their ass on Saturday, but instead had to settle for a measly point.

Some would say that one of the problems was that Torres was not match fit yet.

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Tags: Benitez, England, Liverpool, Liverpool FC, Post Match Reaction, Riera, Steven Gerrard, Steven Gerrard Century, Stoke City, anfield, celebration, conspiracies, corruption, free kick, motherfucker referees, reds

September 12, 2008

Jack Warner responds to Roy Keane

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In another adventure of the saga called As the Stomach Turns, Jack Warner blasted back at Roy Keane with comments that you can read in this article. You know its funny, I've been to Ireland many times and I never realized that it was such a large country. Jack Warner truly is a clown and an example of all that is wrong in this game. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , American sports, Jack Warner, Major League Soccer, NASL, Roy Keane, Warner, beautiful game, corruption, ireland, saga, scandals

Roy Keane responds to Jack Warner

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Don't mess with Keano! I thought this whole story was pretty funny so I figured that I would include a link for it so that hopefully everyone gets a chance to see some of the nonsense that goes on with the World Cup qualifiers. Basically, Jack Warner the FIFA Vice-President and CONCACAF President who is from the Trinidad and Tobago complained because Sunderland (managed by Roy Keane) didn't release Dwight Yorke for the match against the United States on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...
Pro Soccer Weekly @ 06:18 AM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , CONCACAF, Controversy, FIFA, Jack Warner, Nonsense, Roy Keane, Soccer, Sunderland, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Warner, World Cup, blatter, corruption, dwight yorke, yorke

August 26, 2008

A New Far East Criminal At Manchester City? #

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Manchester City are swapping Thaksin Shinawatra for Gary Glitter!
Harry Redknapp is Sir Les Patterson!!

Andy Gray: "This is an infamous league for late goals".
Martin Tyler: "Well, a famous league...".

The illusory, invalid and infamous gambling league is up and running. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Andy Gray, Arsenal, Harry Redknapp, John Pantsil, Manchester City, Nonsense, Thaksin Shinawatra, corruption, emmanuel

August 2, 2008

Premier League Rnd 1 - Where's The Clever Money Going? #

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"Top class" growls Andy Gray in conclusion to the outrageously hyperreal Sky pre-season advertisement to promote their football output for next season.
Not content with the fake of Page 3 girls (sic) playing fakely on fake instruments to a fake backdrop of football matches totally tarnished by the gambling industry, Gray suitably defines Sky's product across their various media. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Andy Gray, corruption, sky television

July 31, 2008

Crimes And Punishments In A Bipolar World #

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There are, undoubtedly, some characters in the game who are more murky than Peter Kenyon.
But, despite this proviso, you wouldn't want him going out with your daughter, would you?

This week Kenyon, who tries to justify the stability of one of the most psychopathic entities in world football, decided that it was a suitable time to lecture others from his House of Cards. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , English Premier League, Football, PGMOB, Premiership, Roman Abramovich, World Football, bookmakers, bungs, capitalism, corruption, dietrological, government, horseracing, inside information, media, peter kenyon, racism, referees, sky television

July 30, 2008

The Fetishism Of The English Premiership - A Flashback

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The new subscription structure of Football Is Fixed includes provision for a couple of Flashback posts per month, in order that we may either demonstrate our prescience or allow for the continuation of the arguments set out in the original post.

The article below was originally printed in April 2008 and relates to the illegal machinations that were being unveiled in order that the English Premiership title race would go to the wire. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Bundesliga, Champions League, English Premier League, English Premiership, English football, FA Cup, Football, PGMOB, Premiership, Premiership title, Robert Mugabe, Scottish Premier League, Silvio Berlusconi, UEFA, betting, bookmakers, corruption, horseracing, racism, referees, scudamore, sky television

July 29, 2008

The Wisdom Of Crowds - A Collaborative Experiment

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We want to experiment on you.
We want to experiment on ourselves too.

We want to create a collaborative experiment with our readers.
We want to create a powerful trading tool for application to the English Premiership.

We want all participants to share the fruits of this venture. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , English Premier League, English Premiership, Football, PGMOB, Premiership, blog, bookmakers, corruption, dietrological, google, inside information, markets, referees, sky television

Is the BBC killing Nigerian Football?

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Take a honest account of the sad state of affairs in Nigerian football - corruption, lack of money, the lack of love from the locals, etc etc. Bring in a 'journalist' working under a deadline to produce an catchy, quotable punchline to the story to make it instantly promotable. Add a healthy helping of the [. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: English Premier League, Europe, Features, Football: Beyond Help, Nigeria, Off The Record, corruption, love, money

July 28, 2008

Manchester United manager hits back at Fifa president’s comments

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This is not the first time that Sepp Blatter has found himself in the headlines for completely the wrong reason. Allegations of corruption have occurred several times during his ten-year tenure, while his comments about women footballers 'wearing tighter shorts' for added appeal incurred the wrath of many. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: England, Sir Alex, blatter, corruption, tenure

July 22, 2008

Mobsters try to "buy" Lazio

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And by "buy", I mean threaten everyone into giving the team over to an organized crime ring.

Now of course, this is Lazio. In a league scoffed at for match-fixing and corruption, I think Lazio is the worst of all.

It's fans are the highest degree of crazy. Of course, they famously displayed a "Auschwitz is your homeland. Click to continue reading...
The Beautiful Game (2) @ 02:42 PM EST | Blog Profile | Post Detail
Tags: , corruption, games, match fixing

July 15, 2008

The Oncoming Depression - A Flashback And The Future

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The new subscription structure of Football Is Fixed includes provision for a couple of Flashback posts per month, in order that we may either demonstrate our prescience or allow for the continuation of the arguments set out in the original post.

In December, we posted an article about the inevitability of a very deep recession, a Depression. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , IFMs, PPDs, blog, capitalism, climate change, corruption, economics, globalisation, government, inside information, markets, media

July 5, 2008

Joseph Yobo's Brother Kidnapped in Nigeria

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Anyone who follows the Premiership or any other top domestic league in Europe, especially Ligue 1 in France, knows the talent level and importance of African players. They're coming to Europe in greater numbers than ever before and are making huge impacts with their clubs. I could name an all-African XI right now that I'd be willing to take over any other collection of players in the world for one game. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Everton FC, Joseph Yobo, Ligue 1, Nigeria, Premiership, Sierra Leone, corruption, rant

July 4, 2008

Proper Football! All Praise To Platini!

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"He certainly got the appointment on merit" - BBC commentator, John Motson, on Roberto Rosetti, the referee for both the opening and closing matches at Euro 2008.

"The referee really didn't fancy us Germans" - Jens Lehmann sees things slightly differently, and he went on to accuse the Italian of being "biased". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , BBC, Euro 2008, Euro 2012, FIFA, Football, Jens Lehmann, PESs, Roberto Rosetti, UEFA, blog, bookmakers, corruption, euro2008, john motson, markets, referees, sabermetrics

June 29, 2008

What Is To Become Of Football Is Fixed?

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Its a novel.
A real-time novel.
Its a real-time whodunnit.
Not a whodunnit, but a who-is-doing-it.

* A real-time who-is-doing-it.

And, it is an annual series of real-time novels.
There is an ongoing plot.
This plot thickens and develops.
Real actors play real roles in real-time. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, Premiership, Serie A, blog, bookmakers, brokers, consultancy projects, corruption, dietrological, markets, media, trading

June 28, 2008

"Its Ole's, But Its Early Days"

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David Pleat always manages to rise to the occasion, as the above warning to any Spaniards risking a premature exaltation clearly demonstrates.
He surpassed himself during the Semi Final between Spain and Russia.
My personal favourite was when he questioned himself on the (in)validity of his own description of Sergio Ramos as either a "cultivated bull" or a "cultured bull". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , David Pleat, Euro 2008, FIFA, Fabregas, Football, PESs, Premiership, Sergio Ramos, UEFA, Zenit, bookmakers, corruption, economics, euro2008, evaluations, g14(18), markets, referees, verge

June 27, 2008

Amiri Baraka Or Barack Obama Or Iraq Osama?

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"How can one not speak of terrorism, how can one find a good use of the media - there is none" - Umberto Eco.
As we recently prompted you, and we like a theme, all markets are functions of economic and psychological mechanisms.
This would necessarily include Political Prediction Markets and, moreover, the hyperrealities that they seek to efficiently price. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Barack Obama, Euro 2008, Postmodernism, capitalism, corruption, democracy, economics, government, markets, media, racism, war

June 26, 2008

PESs Off

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OK. Listen up.
With both Angela Merkel and Abdullah Gül present at last night's Euro 2008 semi Final between Germany and Turkey, our incredibly simple, yet startlingly profitable latter phase match determinator was unable to solve the outcome pre-match.

But, in our collective boredom, we have produced an even more efficient "model". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Angela merkel, Endeavour, Euro 2008, Football, PESs, UEFA, bookmakers, corruption, euro2008, google, racism, referees

June 24, 2008

Non-Abo Aussies On The Insider Track

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"All that remains is a fascination for desert-like and indifferent forms, for the very operation of the system that annihilates us" - Baudrillard.

As our Spectacular Extravaganzas morph into scaled up versions of the "penitentiary theatre" in 'Escape From New York', it is indeed fascinating to monitor the forms of their Theatre of the Spectacle. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , BBC, Basle, Euro 2008, Football, UEFA, World Cup, World Cup Qualifiers, asian world cup, betting, blog, bookmakers, corruption, euro2008, g14(18), referees, sky television, the guardian

June 21, 2008

The Self-Moving Life Of What Is Dead

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"The Self-Moving Life Of What Is Dead" - was Hegel's characterisation of money.

Jean Baudrillard: "This fetish money, around which global speculation revolves - far above and beyond the reproduction of capital - has nothing to do with wealth or the production of wealth. It expresses the breakdown of meaning, the impossibility of exchanging the world for its meaning, and at the same time the need to transfigure that impossibility into a sign of some kind". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, betting exchanges, bookmakers, brokers, capitalism, corruption, economics, government, horseracing, inside information, markets, psychology

June 20, 2008

Abramovich Seals Semi Final Spot For Germany

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All happy football clubs resemble one another, each unhappy football club is unhappy in its own way.

One gentleman and his fleet of rocket-proof helicopters, flying around the Alpine region, is proving that, in a world of global media reach, the Butterfly Effect is both omnipresent as well as being highly entertaining from a sousveillance perspective. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Champions League, Football, Football clubs, Manchester United, PESs, Premiership, Stamford Bridge, UEFA, blog, bookmakers, chaos, corruption, dietrological, euro2008, g14(18), markets, media, referees

June 18, 2008

Cupid's Arrow, Agent Oranje And Fascism

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The Group of Death became the Group of Love.

Only football is able to achieve this as the Euro 2008 tournament refreshes the hearts other competitions cannot reach.

When asked about his future on French television, following France's exit from Euro 2008, Raymond Domenech went into Mystic Meg Mode: "I have only one plan at the moment, it is to marry Estelle, and it is only this evening that I ask for her hand in marriage". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Euro 2008, Football, Raymond Domenech, World Cup, corruption, euro2008, nationalism, politics, the guardian

June 16, 2008

"Turkish Bastards"

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"Turkey took a Performance Enhancing Substance (PESs) to win last night's Spectacle".

The media focuses on the Spectacle and it was a Spectacle.
But the match itself, as a meritocratic sporting event, was invalid.

"We know what the Turkish players took and when they took it". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Bayer Leverkusen, FIFA, Football, Olympics, PESs, UEFA, World Cup, blog, corruption, euro2008, g14(18), inside information, media

June 14, 2008

A Fallen Hero, A Bent Copper, A Gypsy And An Oligarch

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"To bet or not to bet, there is no question" - states Eric Cantona in Hemisphere Droit's £2.5 million ($5 million) advertising campaign for Partouche Casinos.

In his selling out to the inappropriate euro, Cantona leaves the question unanswered, although his fee from Partouche allows a reading of the Great Man's body language to show where his real sensibilities and financial sensitivities lie. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Eric Cantona, Football, Serie A, UEFA, advertising, blog, chaos, corruption, euro2008, libel, nationalism, police, racism, referees, sky television

June 13, 2008

Pele Knows Nothing About Football

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"It was totally unjustified... What was happening in the penalty box as they prepared to take the freekick is nothing different to what has been going on for five years. And none of the other referees have whistled" - Leo Beenhakker.

When UEFA announced the match officials for the first 12 games of Euro 2008, the selection of Howard Webb and his cohorts for the Austria v Poland game was always an eye-opening appointment. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Euro 2008, Football, Leo Beenhakker, PGMOB, UEFA, Vienna, betting, blog, bookmakers, corruption, dietrological, euro2008, freekick, markets, match, offside, police, racing post, racism, referees, scenarios

June 12, 2008

Respect The Passion - Its A Zero Sum Game

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"Respect The Passion" screamed the Half Time advertisement for a particularly shoddy make of vehicle.
And Passion must be respected.
No carefree acknowledgement of a passing Passion, but a firm recognition of the emanation of a Spectacular Passion - the Passion of a Polluting Force.

Passion is no longer a "linking of souls", but merely a part of an inappropriate narrative imposed on the consumer - a linking of a product with an emotion. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Carlsberg, English Premier League, Euro 2008, Football, Half Time, Premiership, UEFA, advertising, bookmakers, capitalism, climate change, corruption, economics, euro2008, holistic sabermetrics, markets, media

June 10, 2008

From Bucureşti To Baghdad

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Hai Romania...
As we predicted, the only lesser nation capable of producing A Shock in Euro 2008 is Romania.
Although, whether an Agreed Draw may be correctly termed A Shock is another matter.
Whatever.

Close historical ties (check out the statues in praise of the French military in Grădina Cişmigiu in Bucureşti) are a valuable commodity in a Group Of Death. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Euro 2008, Football, Mutu, Olympics, UEFA, advertising, blatter, capitalism, corruption, euro2008, government, media, nationalism, racism

June 6, 2008

For The Bookmakers By The Bookmakers

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"For the fans by the fans" is UEFA's marketing slogan for Euro 2008.
Its a good decade and a half since such a claim could be made.
But not in the world of "Absolute Advertising, Ground-Zero Advertising".

Remember the good old days when we used to share valuable holistics of Spectacular Football Tournaments with our readers? Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, Premier League, Premiership, UEFA, advertising, betting exchanges, bookmakers, corruption, dietrological, euro2008, inside information, markets, media, racism, referees

June 4, 2008

And You Dare To Call Them Terrorists...

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A police chaplain has blessed the building where Austrian officers will conduct risk assessments regarding the likelihood of a large-scale "terrorist" offensive at the Euro 2008 Finals.
Presumably, any religious "terrorist" worthy of the name will also be calling on divine help in the aid of their cause. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , FIFA, Football, IFMs, UEFA, betting, bookmakers, capitalism, corruption, democracy, economics, euro2008, globalisation, human rights, markets, media, police, racism, sky television

June 2, 2008

Real Or No Real - Be For Real

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With England staying home due to deities being unable to save the monarch, xenophobes were restricted to yesterday's garnering of votes for the World Cup 2018 Bid to demonstrate their lack of evolutionary zeal.
Fortunately, Calypso and Soca drowned out the repulsive singing about slavery - informing a formerly enslaved colony that their historical masters "never, never, never shall be slaves" and that "Britannia rules the waves" was not only insensitive but also referentially incorrect. Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, bookmakers, corruption, dietrological, euro2008, fa, nationalism, racism

May 30, 2008

Why Would Anybody Accept An Accountancy Angle About Anything?

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"A history without desire, without passion, without tension, without real events, where the problem is no longer one of changing life, which was the maximal utopia, but of surviving, which is the minimal utopia".

"This disproportion between the human brain and the specific task of the species is a glaring one in the immense majority of our activities (gambling on horses, jogging, TV, not to mention 'sleaze' and politics)". Click to continue reading...
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Tags: , Football, Premier League, Premiership, blatter, blog, bookmakers, capitalism, corruption, economics, euro2008, fa
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