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Ask Gary Mabbutt
Your problems solved by The Gaffer's resident agony uncle Gary Mabbutt
Latest: “Third party ownership might break my heart”
Joe Cole's Letter From Lille
Liverpool loan star writes exclusively for The Gaffer. En Francçais, naturellement
Latest: Numéro un – Down and out à Londres St Pancras et à Lille
Leathered
Salacious A-List football gossip with our man Matt Sharp
Latest: Wreckhead refs run rampant
The Inside Man
Transfer rumours from a seasoned hack (in a hat)
Latest: Karren Brady’s XXX emails from Lord Sugar spell West Ham trouble
Tim Lovejoy's World Of Banter
Popular media figure and proper football fan Tim writes exclusively for The Gaffer
Latest: Why I Love The Beautiful Game # 7 – Monday Night Football
Too Many Crooks
The serialised autobiography of former Norwich City midfielder Ian Crook
Latest: Chapter 10 – Wimpy

Analysis

Round Ups
Dispatches from around the footballing world
Latest: Women’s football
The Big Debate
Football experts give their views on the issues of the day
Latest: Has football become racist again?
Tipping Point
Betting advice on this weekend's games in association with stat kings ATOP
Latest: Pre-season betting madness

Trivia

Football Explained
The Gaffer's encyclopaedia of footballing terminology
Latest: The Makélélé role
Where Are They Now?
Catching up with the footballing favourites of yesteryear
Latest: Manchester United 9 – 0 Ipswich Town
Which Are You?
Find out exactly what you are through a simple multiple-choice quiz
Latest: Which football shirt manufacturer are you?

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This week in football

Delving through history so you don't have to
  • ...in 2003 England win the Rugby World Cup and the sport overtakes football in popularity for the first time, a position it has held ever since
  • ...in 1971 Repeal of the primitive Victorian legislation that outlawed keepy-uppies as a form of masturbation
  • ...in 1965 Geoff Hurst admits to a friend that he has absolutely no anecdotes about his life so far
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Stat's It

Cold, hard, smooth statistical facts
  • 2.4 Children, the sitcom Nile Ranger watches to take his mind off football
  • 404 Internet error code which frequently frustrates novice computer user Harry Redknapp
  • Se7en Joey Barton's second favourite Morgan Freeman film after March of the Penguins
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Gaffer TXTs

Text words to 07500 295 178
  • First Glen Johnson steals toilet seat. Now Ant Worrall-Thompson steals cheese. I say bring back death penalty. - Clive, Humberside
  • I agree with Clive, sudden death penalties are super! - Stefan, Germany
  • IF ANY1 DESERVES DEATH IS PREMIER LEAGUE REFS! THAT WAS NEVER A RED!!!!111 - Smiley Rod, Burwash
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