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Archive for January 2010
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Ben Herd on handbags against Bournemouth, the transfer window and 3D glasses!
Well, I have played three games in a week since I last wrote this column. It's always the way isn't it, you don't play for ages, then all of a sudden the... read more
Posted: Friday, January 29th, 2010 @ 09:01 AM by Ben Herd
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A to Z of WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 - Denmark
DENMARK: 2010 will be Denmark’s fourth time in the World Cup Finals. They are relative newcomers to this football jamboree, making their first appearance in 1986. This was the era of Michael... read more
Posted: Friday, January 29th, 2010 @ 00:01 AM by Mark
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NFL Pro Bowl Preview
Pro BowlAFC v NFCA few years back I would have thought that the Pro Bowl would not have been a viable betting propostion. Until watching one of the games, my thoughts were that this game would be played with very little tackling,... read more
Posted: Thursday, January 28th, 2010 @ 11:01 AM by Big Deal
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NFL Championship games review
Championship Games Review:AFC:The game finished as expected, with the Colts defeating the 6th seeded Jets and advancing to the Superbowl. But their path to success had a few more twists, turns and bumps in the road than... read more
Posted: Wednesday, January 27th, 2010 @ 04:01 PM by Sonny D
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A to Z of WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 - Chile
CHILE:South Africa will be Chile’s first appearance at the World Cup Finals since 1998 and their eighth in all. It is a competition in they have rarely excelled. You have to go back as far as 1962,... read more
Posted: Tuesday, January 26th, 2010 @ 05:01 PM by Mark
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Bigtips.co.uk weekend sports round up – 2010 – week 4
Oh oh oh it’s magic, you know, never believe its not so… Don’t worry this week’s article is not about Paul Daniels; instead it’s all about the magic of the FA Cup. ... read more
Posted: Monday, January 25th, 2010 @ 01:01 PM by Gerry
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A to Z of WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 - Cameroon
CAMEROON:Pride in a Nation’s performance on the world stage has always been a key feature of African football. Cameroon’s very own pride of ‘Indomitable Lions’ have certainly done... read more
Posted: Sunday, January 24th, 2010 @ 06:01 PM by Mark
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Ben Herd on playing football again, pre-match meals and too many mayo sandwiches!
Welcome to this week’s column, it's actually quite nice writing this after actually playing a game! That's not to say that we haven't had our frustrations... read more
Posted: Friday, January 22nd, 2010 @ 05:01 PM by Ben Herd
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NFL Conference Championships Preview
Conference ChampionshipsThank the lord for Sunday!! After suffering an horrendous Wild Card weekend, where I had gone 1-3 straight up and 1-3 against the spread, the 1 naturally being the smallest bet of the weekend,... read more
Posted: Friday, January 22nd, 2010 @ 10:01 AM by Big Deal
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NFL Playoffs Review
Divisional Playoff Weekend:Personal DisappointmentIt is with a heavy heart that I write this article this week. You may be thinking that is due to the sad death of Chicago Bears defender Gaines Adams, who passed away unexpectedly... read more
Posted: Thursday, January 21st, 2010 @ 12:01 AM by Sonny D
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A to Z of WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 - Australia
AUSTRALIA:2010 will be The Socceroos third appearance in the World Cup Finals. On both previous occasions they were in Germany – 1974 when East and West Germany co-hosted the competition and 2006... read more
Posted: Tuesday, January 19th, 2010 @ 08:01 PM by Mark
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Bigtips.co.uk weekend sports round up – 2010 – week 3
Whatever I said, whatever I did, I didn’t mean it, I just want you back for good…. That’s right; sport is back with a bang. The big thaw has started and the snow is finally... read more
Posted: Monday, January 18th, 2010 @ 02:01 PM by Gerry
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A to Z of WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 - Algeria
ALGERIAThis will be the ‘Desert Foxes’ third appearance in the World Cup Finals. They first made it onto the world stage in 1982 in Spain, when they were instrumental in causing FIFA to alter... read more
Posted: Monday, January 18th, 2010 @ 09:01 AM by Mark
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Teammates with Ben Herd
With still no action for Aldershot Town since we last spoke to Ben, this week BigTips gives Ben a SoccerAM style ‘Teammates’ interview – on his dressing room colleagues past and present!Teammates with Ben Herd: Best... read more
Posted: Friday, January 15th, 2010 @ 10:01 AM by Ben Herd
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Divisional Play Offs Preview
Divisional PlayoffsThis is my favourite weekend of the year. When the supposed eight best teams in the NFL fight it out to reach next weekends Conference finals. Unfortunately Green Bay aren't one of the teams that... read more
Posted: Friday, January 15th, 2010 @ 09:01 AM by Big Deal
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NFL Wildcard Review
Wildcard Weekend: Packers at Cardinals: Well Wildcard weekend got wild (with the Cards ironically) in the end, as the Cardinals outscored the Packers in an all-time playoff classic to finish off the weekend. The game... read more
Posted: Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 @ 07:01 PM by Sonny D
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Bigtips.co.uk weekend sports round up – 2010 – week 2
The higher you build your barriers, the taller I become, the farther you take my rights away, the faster I will run…….I’m getting sick of saying this but it was another weekend that... read more
Posted: Monday, January 11th, 2010 @ 11:01 AM by Gerry
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A to Z of WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 - Brazil
BRAZIL:Mention the World Cup and the country most likely to spring to mind is Brazil. This is hardly surprising as they are the only country to have appeared in every World Cup Finals tournament to date.... read more
Posted: Sunday, January 10th, 2010 @ 09:01 AM by Mark
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Ben Herd on getting snowed off, Managerial merry go round and Mr Potato head!
Hello all and welcome to this week’s column. Not a great deal has been happening down at the Rec since I wrote last week. We weren't actually due to play... read more
Posted: Friday, January 8th, 2010 @ 09:01 AM by Ben Herd
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NFL Wildcard Weekend
New York Jets @ CincinnatiThe handicap for this match up has undoubtably changed from what it would have been because the Jets hammered Cincinnati in New York last week. That match was effectively meaningless to the Bengals though,... read more
Posted: Thursday, January 7th, 2010 @ 09:01 AM by Big Deal
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NFL Week 17 Review
The regular season has finished :-( The Playoffs are here :-)The finale of the regular season came and went without too much of the drama and suspense the NFL (and its followers) was hoping for.With the majority of the playoff spots... read more
Posted: Tuesday, January 5th, 2010 @ 04:01 PM by Sonny D
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Bigtips.co.uk weekend sports round up – 2010 – week 1
So I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed, just to get it all out, what’s in my head then I start feeling, a little peculiar….. Yes another weekend of sports dominated by the... read more
Posted: Monday, January 4th, 2010 @ 04:01 PM by Gerry
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WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA 2010 (an A to Z country-by-country guide)
ARGENTINA: Not so very long ago Argentina would have been viewed as one of the ‘Big Beasts’ of the upcoming World Cup Tournament. Only once have they failed to qualify... read more
Posted: Monday, January 4th, 2010 @ 08:01 AM by Mark
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NFL Week 17 preview
Week 17Betting in the final week of the regular season in the NFL is reminiscent to betting in the Pre Season matches.... Not advisable!!Only two match ups this weekend feature a game where both teams need to win, Pittsburgh @ Miami... read more
Posted: Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 @ 04:01 PM by Big Deal