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Roger Domeneghetti

Sabotaging since 5 May 2011

Roger is lecturer in journalism and a freelance writer focusing on football (and occasionally other sports) and the media. Born and bred in Leicester, Roger now lives in the North East where he covers Newcastle and Sunderland matches for The Morning Star. He is writing his first book on the history of English football media which will be published by Ockley Books later this year. Visit his website www.whoateallthegoals.com and read his tweets @WAATG.

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Film

James Bond: The Men Who Could’ve Been 007

Forget arguing about the greatest 007 and imagine instead how different things would’ve been had Richard Burton or James Stewart starred with someone like Alfred Hitchcock at the helm…

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Sport

The Greatest Goal I Ever Saw: Leicester City’s Steve Thompson v Swindon 1993

When you lose a game that could have been crucial to your doomed promotion hopes, it takes a special, special goal to lift the spirits. Leicester City’s Steve Thompson provided just this agains Swindon in 1993…

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Music

The Curious Case Of Sir Paul McCartney’s Death

A respected member of the best band ever but some believe the real Paul McCartney died in a car crash in 1966 and have the subliminal messages to prove it. Think about it, it could explain the Frog Song…

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Life

Comic Sans: The Worst Font In The World

The worst font in the world: Comic Sans, was created in the early nineties for a small cartoon dog - so why do people still insist on using it professionally when it looks like a toddler’s scrawl?

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People

Robert Capa: The Brave & Reckless Life Of A War Correspondent

Here’s the story of legendary war correspondent Robert Capa whose personal life mirrored the drama he experienced in the trenches of the world’s war zones…

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Football

Replacing Sir Alex: How Will Man United Deal With The Transition?

As Man United make the transit into the post-Fergie era, can they avoid the mistakes of the past?

Football

The Chelsea Rafa Rant That Was Actually A Measured Critique Of The Club

Many had dubbed his post-match press conference a rant or a meltdown, but it was far from that. Rafa may not be wanted at Chelsea, but he made his points clearly, concisely and, most importantly, calmly after Wednesday’s FA Cup win.

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Sport

Muhammed Ali, Antoni Inoki & The Birth Of Modern MMA

It’s a forgotten footnote in Ali’s career, but when he fought Japan’s best wrestler not only did he nearly lose a leg, he became an inadvertent pioneer for MMA…

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Film

Hold The Front Row!
The Top 5 Films
About Journalism

Hacks have never been more in the news than over the last 12 months, but they’ve always been on the big screen. Here’s the pick of the bunch.

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Film

Trading Places And 4 Other Ace Alternative Xmas Films

Tell the kids to bugger off, grab a mince pie and put your feet up for the top five non-christmassy Christmas films of all time…

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Football

In Defense Of James McClean’s Poppy Snub

The neo-patriot poppy brigarde’s criticism of James McClean’s refusal to wear the symbol is at best misguided and at worst hypocritical…

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Football

Kasper Schmeichel To Madrid?! A Leicester Fan Reveals Why It Just Might Work…

Rumours are circulating that Real Madrid will make Leicester’s Kasper Schmeichel a long term replacement for Iker Casillas. Yes, really. Leicester fan Roger Domeneghetti guides us through his strengths and (very few) weaknesses.

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Football

Ex-Leicester Star Kermorgant The Villain In Defeat To Charlton

An unhappy birthday for the Foxes boss as Charlton look to ‘do a Norwich City’…

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Football

Team GB 1 Uruguay 0: As It Happened

It wasn’t the most entertaining victory, but forget about that; Stuart Pearce’s man are in the quarter finals after beating Luis Suarez’s Uruguay. Here’s how it all unfolded…

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Football

An Open Letter To Former Arsenal & Tottenham Legend Sol Campbell

Dear Sol, we’ve had enough of your baseless opinions, media attention seeking and the ‘Oh Poor Me’ act.

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Football

England: Taking The Press To Task Over Roy Hodgson

Despite the endless flirting between the press and Harry Redknapp, he was not the choice of the FA, so why are they still banging on about it? It’s about time these hacks started recognising Hodgson’s credentials for the England job.

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Football

Leicester City End Of Term Report: Sulking Players And Inconsistency

It’s been a tough old year at The Walkers Stadium, and our early season optimism dissipated around the half way point. Still, there must be some positives we can take.

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Football

Leicester City: Promotion Failure Is Just What We Need

Leicester City are scrapping for sixth spot but failure to achieve promotion would be to the club’s advantage.

Life

The Coke Wars: When The Pepsi Challenge Nearly Killed Coca-Cola

Coke and Pepsi have been forced to change their colouring agents, but definitely won’t be changing the taste. Last time they did that in 1985, the shit really hit the fan…

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Football

Tottenham Hotspur, Manchester City And The Science Of Choking

Choking, the yips, the nervous nineties, call it what you will. Scientific evidence shows that crushing defeat is as self-perpetuating as success…

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Football

Five Reasons Why Leicester Can Beat Chelsea In The F.A. Cup

Though the ‘romance of the cup’ is an over-used cliche, it is far from unthinkable that Leicester City are capable of turning over Chelsea this afternoon at Stamford Bridge - here are five reasons why…

TV

The Secret Policeman’s 50th Anniversary Ball

Here’s how the comedy and music show that is The Secret Policeman’s Ball went from being a small benefit show to an international brand…

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Film

Back To The Future 2: Has The Present Day Delivered?

In three years time we’ll have reached the point in the future that Marty and Doc visit. Have we come far enough forward in technology or has the film given us unreasonable expectations?

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Football

Leicester City Half-Term Report: Forest Are In The Mire, Which Is Nice

It’s been a topsy-turvy season and we’ve got far too many central midfielders, but with the right gaffer in charge Leicester City fans can dream of the Premier League, just not this season…

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Football

Chelsea’s Frank Lampard And The Rise Of The Undroppables

The press seem obsessed with why Lampard isn’t starting every game, but as Ferguson and Wenger have shown, correct management of players over 30 is vital to success…

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TV

How Beer Saved The World

Yes, that’s right, SAVED it. Not ruined, or broken, but saved. Join us in raising a glass to the greatest invention of all-time…

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Football

When We Were Good: Leicester City’s Finest Ever Game, March 2000

As a Leicester City fan, my greatest ever moment wasn’t the League Cup win in 2000 but a 5-2 victory over Sunderland seven days before.

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Film

Tintin Vs Asterix: Why Spielberg Chose The Wrong Comic Book Hero

Tintin’s racist, anti-Semitic and has a penchant for killing animals, what was Spielberg thinking? Here’s why he should have chosen Asterix for his movie.

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TV

X Factor 2011, Week 13: Bondage Horses And One-Trick Ponies

Following technical difficulties, the Queen v Lady Gaga night whimpered into action and made one thing clear. The judges hate each other…

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Football

Ballon D’Oh 2011: Newcastle’s Bumbling Idiot Mike Ashley

Third in the league, unbeaten in 11 games and the fans seemingly onside. Only Mike Ashley would then change the stadium name and kill the goodwill…

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Football

Twitter And The Death of The Newspaper Exclusive

Hold the back page: newspapers are going the way of the dinosaurs thanks to the impact of Twitter. Someone should tell them really.

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Football

Goodbye Sven Goran Eriksson, Another Victim Of Trigger Happy Leicester City

Sven-Göran Eriksson became the seventh manager to leave Leicester City in four-and-a-half years. Milan Mandaric and the club’s owners need to learn that City wasn’t built in a day.

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Football

Middlesbrough 0 - 0 Leicester City: Kasper Schmeichel Can Match Peter

As a Leicester fan I learned some important lessons at the Riverside last night despite the fact that the game was as Sven would say “First half not so good, second half also not so good.”

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Football

Manchester United, Malcolm Gladwell and The Importance of Starting Young

As Fergie gets older his sides get younger and with good reason.

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Football

5 Things Leicester City Need To Get Into The Premier League

After suffering a second shock home defeat of the season to Bristol City midweek, Leicester City’s manager has a hill to climb to get them in The Premier League…

Football

The Leicester City Fans’ Season Preview: Playoffs Would Be Disappointing

Leicester City have been splashing the cash this summer, bringing in one quality player after another, so perhaps its no surprise that the Sventertainers begin as favourites for the title.

Football

Let Us Sventertain You: The Leicester City Fans’ Guide To The Transfer Window

Thanks to the lure of Sven-Göran Eriksson and the backing of a Thai consortium Leicester City have been busy bees this summer.

Football

How Davina Got Big Sam The Sack

It’s not the chairman to blame for managerial sackings….it’s reality tv.

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Football

Manchester United, Megamind and Why We All Need a Rival

Winning’s great and everything but it’s just no fun being champions if your rivals buckle like a marzipan dildo as Manchester United found out this season.

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Football

Ryan Giggs Injunction: Chuck Those Manchester United Medals In The Bin

Ryan Giggs of Manchester United has had a difficult week, but he should realise that if we can’t know about his alleged dalliance, how can we expect to get the truth about war crimes in our name?

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