Time to Take that Final Step…

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Set-piece masters see off Pompey.

[smartframe_images_embed customer-id=”0e037bd7bf59721a1ab89bcfdca96e02″ image-id=”vK8Am8wGqOLI” style=”width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 8000px; aspect-ratio: 8000/5760;”]   Morning all. Gabriel Martinelli had spent the last few days being treated as if he was some kind of dastardly criminal by the usual suspects, you know the low-grade TV pundits whose ‘unblemished records’ gave them the freedom and latitude to attack Gabby […]

Havertz, Throw-ins & Pompey..

Morning all. Well, the FA Cup certainly threw out a few unexpected results yesterday. Macclesfield knocking out the current holders was not something any football fan would have seen coming let alone Crystal Palace fans. Newcastle Utd, Sunderland and Aston Villa won the other three Premier League club clashes against Bournemouth, Everton and Totts respectively. […]