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           <title><![CDATA[Where do you play?]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Barcelona's ex-boss did not know the position of a new signing while Liverpool have been likened to bunnies!]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:06:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Wrong PAOK signing]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[PAOK fans welcome the wrong man, as Frenkie Schinkels gives a ref a taste of his own medicine.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:25:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Handbags at dawn]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Sylvain Ebanks-Blake is football's newest hard man, while Spanish security are consummate professionals.  ]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 14:16:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Keane - Don't believe the hype]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Roy Keane is wondering why Sunderland failed to crack out the open top bus, while Tim Howard says Everton were robbed, literally!]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:15:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[All bets are off!]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Mark van Bommel is unlikely to make anymore bets on football while Iain Mills' casual approach to football has not gone down well at Bury.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Return of the gingerbread man?]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Elliott Ward threatens to turn into the gingerbread man, Jamie Collins is a weirdo and Shaun Derry is more than just a midfielder.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Bonny Bruce]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Steve Bruce has his suspicions, Mark Noble is adamant that it's real and here comes the 'The Sunbed Kid'.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2008 11:54:00 GMT</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Hey, you guys!]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Footballers in shock drink horror and Joe Lewis is compared to one of the characters from The Goonies.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Wise move for Dennis]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Wise takes drastic action while Keane gives a frank assessment of England's ability.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Scouting or shopping?]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Steve McClaren checks on Beckham, while Reading boss Steve Coppell is still fuming.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[The sky's the limit]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Tyrone Mears is dreaming of playing in Euro 2008 while Stuart McCall resorts to some late night TV to help him through sleepless nights.]]></description>
           <link>https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12100/2803885/the-skys-the-limit</link>
           <pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 14:11:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Fans will throw anything]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Botafogo fans run out of things to throw while Steve Coppell is getting hot under the collar.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:08:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Cascarino eyes Chelsea job]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Tony Cascarino feels he could have been handed the Chelsea job, while Steve Coppell wants to look into Leroy Lita's home videos.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Tue, 25 Sep 2007 15:24:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Yet another Savage attack!]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Savage on the offensive, Lehmann hopes Superman does not exist and Ashley Young fails to recognise boss.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:56:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Carra move a crying shame]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Back of the Net bemoans the loss of Jamie Carragher to the England set-up.]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 18:47:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Shear horror, and superstar DJ]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[<EM>Back of the Net</EM> explains how this man drove a former England hero to drink.]]></description>
           <link>https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12100/2492510/shear-horror-and-superstar-dj</link>
           <pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2007 14:09:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Career choices and Snoop Drog]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[The latest update from the funny side of football...]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Barton blast, and kiss chase]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Joey Barton is back to his bullish best in the latest edition of &lt;EM&gt;Back of the Net&lt;/EM&gt;.]]></description>
           <link>https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12100/2412066/barton-blast-and-kiss-chase</link>
           <pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2007 16:30:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Artful Dodging]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[Why's Stuart Pearce going to the theatre and which midfielder is handy with a paintbrush?]]></description>
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           <pubDate>Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:00:00 BST</pubDate>
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           <title><![CDATA[Dead Ringers and on song]]></title>
           <description><![CDATA[&lt;EM&gt;Back of the Net&lt;/EM&gt; shows how Sunderland's players haven't learned their lessons.]]></description>
           <link>https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12100/2411338/dead-ringers-and-on-song</link>
           <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:39:00 BST</pubDate>
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