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| 1. | Squad Building (FulhamMAD) | | | | | Football is a squad game according to the top managers (and Terry Venables) and at the moment Pompey's army seems a bit thin on the ground. |
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| 5. | Sunderland 1 Charlton 3 | | | | | Sporting Life - Alexei Smertin drove a rising effort just over in the eighth minute after Chris Powell's deep cross was only partially cleared into the Russian's path by Gary Breen. And it was entirely unsurprising when the visitors broke the deadlock in the 11th ... |
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| 6. | Leeds 1 Portsmouth 2 | | | | | Sporting Life - Leeds found themselves on the back foot in the 26th minute after Alexei Smertin cleverly worked the ball out of defence and raced up the park. He tried to pick out Lomana LuaLua but goalkeeper Paul Robinson was alert to the danger and intercepted the ... |
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| 7. | Leicester 3 Portsmouth 1 | | | | | Sporting Life - Pompey began to push with Alexei Smertin blasting a powerful effort wide and Yakubu wasting a close-range chance after being set up by Stone. Bent ought to have done better from another Dickov lay-off in the 55th minute but it was Pompey who grabbed ... |
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| 8. | Bent double sends Charlton to the summit | | | | | Charlton Athletic - The striker was one of four 'debutants' in the visiting side with Ambrose and Alexei Smertin patrolling midfield and returnee Chris Powell slotting in at left-back in a reshaped backline. With Dean Kiely nursing a hand injury, Stephan Andersen, so ... |
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| 9. | Charlton 1 AEK Athens 3 | | | | | Charlton Athletic - Darren Ambrose and Dennis Rommedahl occupied the wide berths with Danny Murphy and Alexei Smertin in the middle. Less than 10 seconds were on the clock when Bent rose majestically to nod back a hoisted clearance and Jeffers volleyed just over from the ... |
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