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With the 2008/09 football season right around the corner - many leagues kick-off today (9th august 2008) - over at Systemlays we’re launching one of our most exciting projects to date - The Football Betting Portal.
In the Football Betting Portal, you will find all sorts of football related stories, which are mostly related to football [...]

Middleham Castle was once known as the Windsor of the North as it housed King Richard III. English Heritage now owns it and arranges medieval re-enactments in addition to the ordinary opening hours. For more information on events telephone: 01969 623899. There are spectacular views of the Dale from the top of the spiral stone [...]

In half an hour or so, the 2008 UEFA Champion’s League Final between Manchester Unitad and Chelsea Football Club kicks off (at 7:45 BST).
I’m going to make a quick match prediction, as is customary for these big events, and say that I expect the flair and finishing power of Man Utd to overpower the defensive [...]

Man United are tonight in Rome to take on the Italian side in the first leg of this year’s Champions League Quarter Final.
Last time Man Utd went to Rome for a similar occassion, the Macunian side were terrific and won by an incredible 7-1 scoreline. If anything, this United team is even better, and playing [...]

Recently I’ve been discussing a few ideas regarding workplace stress, or, rather, stress caused by work which pervades every aspect of many people’s lives.
One of the main focuses of my unscientific study has been on all areas which cause frustration, anxiety and stress in my life. Pretty soon, it became clear that almost all of [...]

And so it’s here, time for the England v France Rugby World Cup 2007 Semi-Final that few would have predicted at any stage of proceedings.
Who would have thought? Both the Aussies and the Kiwis headed home after the quarter finals despite being clear favourites over their less flamboyant Six-Nations Rugby Union counterparts. As with the [...]

Sometimes it’s hard to explain to Australians why I like football. Sometimes I wonder why I do.
Dida of AC Milan is a pretty good goalkeeper, though his little game of ‘let’s pretend’ in last night’s UEFA Champions League Game against Celtic was something else. I’m going to struggle to hold the line that “not all [...]

Again it looks as though I’ll be up in the stupidly early hours to watch some sport as the UEFA Champions League is on again this week, with some huge Group Stage fixtures.
Manchester United V AS Roma
On Tuesday night (early Wednesday morning for us in Australia), we’ll see a repeat of the fixture which saw [...]

The Geelong Cats have stormed to victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final, running out winners over Port Adelaide Power by a record breaking 119 points.
Nervous First Moments
As one would expect with the entire season coming down to one game, both teams started a little nervously, and play was fairly scrappy for four or five [...]

The 2007 AFL Grand Final is coming up this weekend, and I’m in the right place to soak up the buzz - Adelaide.
The two teams competing in the Grand Final are Port Adelaide “Power” and Geelong “Cats”.
What’s AFL?
This is mostly for the world-wide visitors to this site. If you’re an Aussie, just skip this [...]