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Manchester United’s League Two loanees: progress, problems and what comes next

Young goalkeeper Elyh Harrison traded Old Trafford for League Two prior to the commencement of the season. After a 20-game spell at Chester FC, Shrewsbury enquired about the possibility of taking Harrison for the season upon their relegation from League One. This was accepted by United, and Harrison started the first nine games of the new season before being recalled in early January.

Harrison had a few tough performances early on, notably in defeats against Salford and Notts County, which led to manager Michael Appleton deciding it would be best if Harrison was “taken out of the firing line”. He was replaced by Will Brook, who, unfortunately for United’s young-stopper, impressed enough to regain the goalkeeper jersey right up until a televised FA Cup game against struggling Premier League side Wolves.

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10 England One Cap Wonders

Most young footballers dream of playing international football for England. Some forge long, decorated careers, while others international careers fade into obscurity. 

Let’s look at ten “one cap wonders” - players whose England careers were all too brief.

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More Than Just Grass and Goals: The World’s Strangest Football Stadiums

In the modern era of football stadiums, many of these multimillion-pound establishments feel like sterile concrete bowls that just seem to lack something.

Maybe a bit of personality. They are supposed to be theatres. Places where thousands of people’s cherished memories and heartbreaks are stored. And yet, for a lot of top-level stadiums, they seem to follow a similar pattern, rectangular pitch with plastic seats and overpriced pints and pies.

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The Million Pound Appearance Player: Henri Saivet

Who is Henri Saivet? The average football fan would be forgiven for not knowing who this all-but-forgotten footballer is. The more eagle-eyed viewer however might remember the name and his story, particularly his time in Newcastle.

A Premier League and International footballer purchased for a reported £5 million in 2016? Why doesn’t everyone remember Henri Saivet?

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The Wonderkid That Never Existed

t’s the year 2008, football continues its growth throughout the world, the money is starting to become astronomical, and the stories are of minnows fighting giants but none could have predicted what was occurring in Eastern Europe.

The year of Robinho to Manchester City, Berbatov to the red side of Manchester, Spain winning the 2008 European Championship and little Havant and Waterlooville taking the lead twice in an FA Cup game against Liverpool. The story that takes the interest of this writer though is of an unknown quantity coming out of Moldovan football. A teenage ‘Sensation’ going by the name Masal Bugduv.

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