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  • Abramovich needs 'new Zola' to get best out of £50m Torres Russian never been shy in using his chequebook to help Chelsea but it is vital his money is spent more wisely this summer Redknapp powerless to stop Manchester City progress Spurs manager thinks City's relentless spending spree will not cease until they have won the title Pennant: Arsenal were better team when I played for them Winger has dig at former club after scoring against them in Stoke's 3-1 win Chelsea must now do it Fergie's way and try forward planning With the Blues' old guard starting to feel the pace, it's time for the club to find a clear vision for the future and stop being obsessed...

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • Of course he made mistakes, such as Pennant, Keane and of course Johnson but bear in mind a large part of this fee was owed to Liverpool by Portsmouth.

    BBC Ouch! Blog BBC Sport 2010

  • VII) and '' Pennant's Second Tour '' (1772). as very dark, wild people with prominent cheek bones, living in the islands off Scotland.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • They are starting to creak and almost under his own bar, Simpson just about heads a Pennant corner from the left behind for another...63 min: But Upson can only nod wide of the far post from this Pennant delivery, Ba doing enough to put him off.

    Stoke City v Newcastle United - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011

  • Etherington finds Pennant on the right side of the box, but Gutierrez and Ryan Taylor are quickly across to stop the winger tricking his way through on goal.

    Stoke City v Newcastle United - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011

  • When Welsh naturalist and author Thomas Pennant came up here in 1779 the resident Lloyd claimed lineal descent from "the lords who had dwelt secure among those mountains since at least the year 1100".

    Country diary: Southern Snowdonia 2011

  • Pennant found a landowner "living in an atmosphere of medieval simplicity" and the latter showed him the ancient family cup fashioned from the skin of a bull's scrotum, and the remarkable "Cistie Stysslog" – great chests made from native oak used for winter storage of oatmeal.

    Country diary: Southern Snowdonia 2011

  • Newcastle stream forward down the right and Obertan's crossfield pass to Gutierrez is awkwardly blocked out by Pennant for a corner on the left.2 min: Cabaye's first delivery is headed out for another.

    Stoke City v Newcastle United - as it happened | Jacob Steinberg 2011

  • Lloyd's exotic scheme to drain the lake to increase the acreage of level land to grow more oats came to nothing, of course, and the sullen lake below the grey crag remains much the same today as Pennant knew it.

    Country diary: Southern Snowdonia 2011

  • He could not make an impact on the left flank in his 63 minutes on the field and while Jermaine Pennant, the right-winger, did make an impression, Wembley was denied the much-anticipated sight of City being terrorised by a storm of high crosses.

    Manchester City must evolve after FA Cup success over Stoke City 2011

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