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Why Ben White was handed a last-minute starting berth for England at expense of John Stones

 An explanation for a last-minute change to the England XI set to take on Switzerland this evening has been forthcoming online.The change in question? The introduction of Arsenal defender Ben White.Upon the Three Lions’ initial line-up for Saturday’s action at Wembley being unveiled, a 3-man central defensive unit saw Conor Coady and Marc Guehi joined […]

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Thiago Silva: World Cup qualifying must change – there´s too much wear and tear

The CONMEBOL World Cup qualifying format is too tough on the players, with Thiago Silva keen for an alternative that can aid performance to be found.  In the current system, South American teams play one another twice in a single group for a total of 18 matches. The top four qualify for the World Cup, […]

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‘Intention is to count on him for 2023/24’: Arsenal tipped to replace Mikel Arteta with Brazilian tactician

 Surprise speculation stemming from the Brazilian media over the last 24 hours points towards Arsenal eyeing a replacement for Mikel Arteta ahead of the 2023/24 campaign.The tactician tipped to take up the reins at the Emirates? Brazil boss Tite.The info arrives courtesy of Globo, who go as far as to claim that Edu Gaspar, technical […]

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´We are copying Guardiola´s Barca but should be following Klopp´ – Capello says Italy have got it al

Fabio Capello believes Italy’s failure to qualify for back-to-back World Cups is due to a national obsession with following Pep Guardiola’s Barcelona blueprint. Former Milan, Real Madrid, Juventus and Roma boss Capello claims Italian football should have been following the German ‘heavy metal’ model rather than copying the more intricate noodling of the Spanish style […]

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David Gilmour performing at the 2012 Douglas Adams 60th Birthday Party

11 March 2012 would have been the author Douglas Adams’ 60th Birthday. To celebrate this event, Douglas’s family and friends decided to hold a “virtual birthday party” in London, at the Hammersmith Apollo (formerly Odeon) which turned out to be a stunning, star-studded event with chat, comedy and music filling the evening. Our review of the evening can be found here (https://www.brain-damage.co.uk/archive/david-gilmour-performs-at-the-douglas-adams-60th-birthday.html). The event was staged in aid of Save The Rhino International. For the musical part of the evening, there was quite the house band. Robbie McIntosh on guitar and vocals, Gary Brooker on keyboards and vocals, Jodi Linscott on percussion, Wix Wickens on keyboards, Margo Buchanan on vocals and guitar, backed by Dave Bronze on bass, and Paul Beavis on drums. Joining them later in the set was David Gilmour, who sang Wish You Were Here, which he played an acoustic guitar on, followed by Chuck Berry’s Too Much Monkey Business with the Black Strat fired up, which he also used on the finale of A Whiter Shade Of Pale. The show was filmed, but never released. However, one decade on, and to coincide with what would have been Douglas’s 70th birthday, permission has been granted to release that stunning finale, which you can see here: