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Sam Kerr on Life in Chicago & Leading the Nike Dream Speed Campaign

Bossing the dream, Sam Kerr is touching the sky in Chicago. We caught up with the Australian trailblazer as she continues to break waves in the United States on a journey that has seen her flip records, inspire change and cross the globe leaving nets rippling in her wake.

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Aitch For SoccerBible Magazine Issue 13

The Smiths. The Stone Roses. Oasis. Think of Manchester, and you think of guitar music. The six strings have dominated the city’s music scene for so long that any budding artist from the area could be forgiven for thinking that an ability to knock out a few chords was part of the entrance exam.

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Murkage Dave Talks Music, Football Upbringing & Arsenal Memories

If you’re going to make it big, there will come a time in your life when you have to make a decision; a choice between passions if you are to succeed, when you will ultimately have to sacrifice one so that you can dedicate yourself to the other. And it’s certainly a truth for Murkage Dave.

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Blade Brown Talks Music, Football Upbringing & Manchester United

On the back of his first ever London headline show at the O2 Academy in Islington last week we went backstage with Blade Brown to talk about the Battersea rapper's music, inspiration, football upbringing, and his love of Manchester United.

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Jack Grealish Talks Captaincy, Aston Villa & FIFA 20

When Jack Grealish was handed the captain's armband in March many had already written off Aston Villa's season. Villa sat in 13th place in the Championship before boyhood fan Grealish led his side to an unbeaten 11-match-run to storm into the play-offs, beat rivals West Brom, and set up a play-off final that would define the next chapter of their young captain's life. Now, at the FIFA 20 World Premiere in London, he sits in front of us as a proud Premier League skipper.

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Black Saint Talk Music & Their Footballing Roots

Black Saint are one of the freshest DJ collectives on the scene today, with an incredible track history and a string of sold-out shows across the UK and Europe. Their rise has allowed them to show off their own brand of dance music, combining garage and house and infusing it with flavours from their own cultural backgrounds. But aside from their unique sounds, Justin Osuji, Jermaine Davis and DJ James also have a connection to football that caught our attention…

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Hamza Choudhury Talks Football Upbringing, Family Life & Leicester City

In Premier League football there's a moment when a young player becomes of age and announces himself to the world. Of course, we as fans see this breakthrough as the first step, but for the player it's over a decade in the making. Having started four of Leicester's first five games of the 2019/20 season, that moment has come for Hamza Choudhury, whether he's aware of it yet or not.

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Gerard Piqué Talks Growing Up In Barcelona, First Kit & 90s Memories

With over 500 Barcelona appearances across eleven seasons to his name we would have forgiven Gerard Piqué if he had turned up to the club's Joan Gamper training ground for the 2019/20 third kit photoshoot in autopilot mode. He's done it before, he knows the deal. But this is a man who lives and breathes this beautiful city, and representing it is as honourable now as it was on day one. A perfectionist on the pitch, for a club with a perfectionist mentality, if it's about Barcelona Piqué is 100% 

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Hannah Blundell Ahead Of Chelsea's WSL Opener At Stamford Bridge

Ahead of the Barclays Women's Super League 2019 season kick off, which is set to see Chelsea women talking on Tottenham Hotspur women at Stamford Bridge, we’ve been speaking several of the Blues players to get their stories from their own perspectives, along with their thoughts ahead of playing at the Bridge.

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Magdalena Ericsson Talks About Her Career & Playing At Stamford Bridge

Chelsea women are set to play their Barclays Women's Super League 2019 season opener against Spurs at Stamford Bridge this weekend, and the match will mark the first time that they have ever played at the stadium. Ahead of the occasion we’ve been speaking to several of the players to get their thoughts about it, and next up is Magdalena Eriksson.

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Chelsea's Ramona Bachman Ahead Of The WSL 2019 Season Opener

Ramona Bachman has plenty of experience at the top level of the women’s game, but the prospect of playing the opening fixture of the 2019 Barclays Women's Super League against Tottenham at Stamford Bridge is still something that excites her.

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Mason Mount Talks Chelsea Return & Playing For His Idol Frank Lampard

Over the last couple of decades, Chelsea’s academy graduates have found it difficult to break into the star-studded first team. But the return of club legend, Frank Lampard, this time at the helm, has changed all that, with youth finally being given the opportunity to shine. And one of the players that is reaping the benefits of this new philosophy is 20-year old Mason Mount.

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Maren Mjelde On Her Career & Chelsea's WSL 2019 Season Opener

For the Chelsea FC Women's team, the start of the 2019 Barclays Women's Super League is set to be something special, with their opening fixture against Tottenham Hotspur to be played at Stamford Bridge, building on the momentum for the women’s game from this summer’s World Cup.

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In Conversation | Erin Cuthbert Looks Ahead To The WSL 2019 Season

The 2019 Barclays Women's Super League kicks off this weekend, and following up the surge in support for the women’s game that came with this summer’s World Cup in France, some of the opening fixtures are set to be played at the club’s main stadiums. Amongst that list is Chelsea v Tottenham, which will see Chelsea Women playing at Stamford Bridge for the first time.

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adidas Product Designer James Webb Talks Arsenal's 19/20 Kits

There was a lot of excitement surrounding the announcement that, after 25 years, adidas would once again produce Arsenal’s kits from the 2019/20 season on. And the partnership certainly hasn’t disappointed, with adidas releasing three outstanding kits for the season ahead.

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In Conversation | James Maddison At LDN19

James Maddison is a man on the rise. Last season he was the highest chance creator in all of Europe's 5 biggest leagues, as well as being the first English player to create more than 100 chances in a season since Leighton Baines in 2012/13. Now the Leicester City man gears up for that all-important second season, looking, as he always does, to better his previous accomplishments.

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