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      <title>Betfair Football&apos;s exciting new direction!</title>
      <description><![CDATA[As anyone that has seen the banner at the top of the site will be aware, Betfair Football is making one of the first big moves of the summer transfer window by becoming part of the magnificent <a href="http://betting.betfair.com">betting.betfair</a> family from the beginning of June.]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 14:27:09 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Swansea become football&apos;s latest fairytale</title>
      <description>Every season nowadays there seems to be a special play-off winner and this year was no exception as Swansea beat Reading to earn the right to be the Premier League&apos;s first ever Welsh representatives.</description>
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      <title>Big odds on Betfair as Peterborough go up</title>
      <description>Unsurprisingly, the best prices were offered on Betfair on the half-time/full-time results of both the Championship and League One play-off finals, as well as the 3-0 margin of victory that Peterborough enjoyed.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 31 May 2011 12:04:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Bet up to £25 risk-free on Swansea victory</title>
      <description>New Betfair customers can stake up to £25 on their first bet after opening an account and have the money refunded if they lose. Why not take advantage of this offer with a bet on Swansea defeating Reading?</description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Brendan Rodgers</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Sat, 28 May 2011 21:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>QPR linked with another ex-Chelsea boss</title>
      <description>First it was Claudio Ranieri and now it&apos;s Carlo Ancelotti that the tabloids claim is a managerial target for promoted QPR, with rumours refusing to fade despite the constant pledges of support for Neil Warnock.</description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Chelsea</category>
      
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Amit Bhatia</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 17:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>The forum on West Ham&apos;s next manager</title>
      <description><![CDATA[Will the favourite to lead West Ham, Sam Allardyce, really take a job outside the Premier League? Is Neil Warnock being axed by QPR as likely as some say? Here's what the <a href="http://community.betfair.com/football/go/forum/view/94070/165718/Football">Betfair football forum</a> users think...]]></description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">The Championship</category>
      
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Next West Ham Manager Betting</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:05:39 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Four-man fight develops for West Ham job</title>
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Chris Hughton, Sam Allardyce, Dave Jones and Martin O'Neill are proving almost inseparable in the Betfair market for next West Ham manager, with every single contender available to back at <a href="http://sports.betfair.com/Index.do?mi=102832331&rfr=7227">[5.7]</a> or longer.]]></description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">The Championship</category>
      
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Next West Ham Manager Betting</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 14:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>West Ham flop gives QPR food for thought</title>
      <description>After a desperately disappointing loan spell at West Ham, Robbie Keane showed any scouts watching him in action for Republic of Ireland on Tuesday night what he is capable of with two more strikes.</description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Bobby Charlton</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2011 08:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>All change in battle for the West Ham job</title>
      <description>Dave Jones has overtaken Chris Hughton as the favourite to succeed Avram Grant as West Ham manager following reports from Sky Sports that the Cardiff boss is the number one target of the Irons board.</description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category">Cardiff City</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 11:56:37 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>QPR boss still fancied for West Ham job</title>
      <description>Neil Warnock has consistently claimed that he believes that he has the backing of the QPR board and those that have spoken have said the same, but his odds continue to drift in the next West Ham boss market.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 10:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 16:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 21:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 20:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Betfair users profit from calamitous Cardiff</title>
      <description>Unsurprisingly, Betfair customers were able to benefit from the best odds on correct score bets in both Championship play-off semi-final second legs, as Swansea and Reading struck three times in Wales.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 18 May 2011 11:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Swansea justify play-off favourites status</title>
      <description>Having finished third in the regular season, Swansea again vindicated their position as favourites to win the Championship play-offs by triumphing 3-1 over Nottingham Forest at the Liberty Stadium.</description>
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        <category domain="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#tag">Darren Pratley</category>
      
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 20:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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