For the first of LAYTH YOUSIF’S Canadian World Cup diaries, he discovers a Gunners’ haven in Oshawa, Ontario, and explores the town’s role in the historic 1937 labour strikes
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Simmonds Speaks: English media has no right to slag off San Marino
Bullying reporters should stop dictating who's 'good enough' to face the Three Lions
IN THE lead up to England’s Euro 2016 double-header against San Marino and then Estonia last week, most in the media were busy questioning if the games should go ahead.
Not because of poor weather conditions or the tiredness of players three months into the domestic season — because of the standard of the opposition.
Many felt that England would be wasting their time playing a team ranked 81st in Estonia and bottom of the Fifa rankings in San Marino.
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