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MatchPint Monday Awards - 20th May 2013

It's the final Monday Awards of the season! Pete Starr gives the last day a bloody good seeing to. Read More

Worth A Punt? Cherry Picking From The Relegation Dross

Who's earned themselves another crack the Premier League this season? Pete Starr casts his eye over the best of the worst. Read More

Footballers Being Douchelords - May Edition

Here's the latest round up of footballers being massive jerks. Contains religious hogwash, awards night scraps and JT. Vintage stuff. Read More

MatchPint's Premier League Team of the Season

Who made our PL team of the year? 11 players. Read More

A Quiet Leader, Danger For A Lions Tour

Tom Simkins wonders whether Warburton's quiet style is the right choice to captain this most unique of rugby tours. Read More


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Professional Rugby player for Leeds Carnegie and full-time Geordie lad, Fred gives insights on life as a pro sportsman, his hometown (site of his beloved Newcastle United) and life in Leeds as well as occasional chimes about the international rugby landscape.

The Autumn Internationals - The North Welcomes The Greatest Ever

By Fred Burdon | Nov. 8, 2012 9:06am | 0 Comments

The Autumn Internationals - The North Welcomes The Greatest Ever

With the Autumn Internationals just about upon us we, the rugby watching public, are about to be treated to twenty Test Matches pitting North vs South and of course with that the usual Haka montages, deploring of northern hemisphere rugby and the usual debates over who should be the half... Read more>>

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MatchPint Olympics: Basketball and an American Showcase

By Fred Burdon | Jul. 25, 2012 1:37pm | 0 Comments

MatchPint Olympics: Basketball and an American Showcase

Fresh from a scouting mission on behalf of MatchPint at the GB - USA pre-Olympics Basketball friendly last Thursday, here is what you need to know about the sport at London 2012. Firstly, if you have a chance to go to a basketball game at the Games, particularly one featuring the... Read more>>

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Mystery 2nd Manager Approached: MatchPint reveals FA Cover Up

By Fred Burdon | May. 1, 2012 4:00pm | 0 Comments

Mystery 2nd Manager Approached: MatchPint reveals FA Cover Up

“The biggest plus for Hodgson is that he will lower expectations.” - Mark Perryman, English Football Supporters’ Spokesman, on BBC News. If this is the state of English Football, MatchPint will not stand by and do nothing. Indeed, we have already set to work on sorting this situation out. In order to... Read more>>

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6 Nations - What We've Learnt so Far

By Fred Burdon | Feb. 15, 2012 12:25pm | 0 Comments

6 Nations - What We've Learnt so Far

Now that we are exactly one third of the way into this year’s 6 Nations (thank you Stade de France and your lack of under soil heating for ensuring precisely 5 out of 15 games have been played) it’s time to take stock and assess the action (cue outlandish sweeping... Read more>>

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6 Nations Preview

By Fred Burdon | Feb. 3, 2012 1:00pm | 0 Comments

6 Nations Preview

It’s the first 6 Nations after a World Cup and I hate to say it, but everything feels a little second rate - it’s like we’re staring down at the leftover Turkey Sandwiches on Boxing Day, watching Obafemi Martins’ flips after Shearer’s salute, or sitting through Die Hard II after... Read more>>

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Introducing Fred Burdon

By Fred Burdon | Feb. 1, 2012 2:00pm | 0 Comments

Introducing Fred Burdon

For the first 6 years 6 months and 18 days of my life, sport took a back seat in my life, choosing to concentrate on the more immediate charms of Saved by the Bell, Batman, and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (you had to give Zordon time – he was... Read more>>

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