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  • One-nil up at half-time, in that win away to Betis that took them top for a couple of hours until Barcelona played, one fan being interviewed for the club's in-house TV channel was asked what she thought of it all.

    The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed 2011

  • "One-nil to the Championship" sang to the delighted Birmingham fans as well as "keep right on to the end of the road".

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Henry Winter 2012

  • One-nil to the state - this is an adversarial process.

    The Guardian World News Bernard Keenan 2011

  • "One-nil to the Arsenal" was a favourite terrace chant from the George Graham days, and it could be back in fashion at the Emirates if this somewhat fortuitous win against an enterprising

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • "One-nil to the football team," sang Arsenal's supporters in the second half, celebrating the lead they held after

    Evening Standard - Home 2011

  • One-nil, five-nil, 10-nil - as long as we don't lose I don't care.

    NYT > Home Page By THE NEW YORK TIMES 2011

  • Wimbledon 2011: Game, set and tax - why Andy Murray will always get clobbered These middle-class militants will get a striking lack of sympathy One-nil to the Coalition - but the battle over public sector pensions has only just begun

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Anders Breivik: There is nothing to study in the mind of Norway's mass killer Wimbledon 2011: Game, set and tax - why Andy Murray will always get clobbered These middle-class militants will get a striking lack of sympathy One-nil to the Coalition - but the battle over public sector pensions has only just begun

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • Anders Breivik: There is nothing to study in the mind of Norway's mass killer Wimbledon 2011: Game, set and tax - why Andy Murray will always get clobbered These middle-class militants will get a striking lack of sympathy One-nil to the Coalition - but the battle over public sector pensions has only just begun

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011

  • League rival Arsenal has only just recently shifted from a defensive approach, and used to be ridiculed with chants of "Boring, boring Arsenal!" or "One-nil to the Arsenal!"

    The Seattle Times 2011

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