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T h e T a s T y F o o T b a l l M a g a z i n e

who ateall

thepies

Meet the nextgeneration of

football superstars

Issue 1 Winter 2010


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Hi and welcometo the rst ever issue o Who AteAll Te Pies, the tasty new ootball magazine. I you're a regular reader o our website

(whoateallthepies.tv), then youll already have some idea o the succulent meatiness on

oer: unconvincing lookalikes, glorious nostalgia and irreverent lists. Mmm, literally

delicious, as Jamie Redknapp might say. And all washed down with a mug o steaming

Bovril, naturally.

Many o our loyal readers have contributed to this inaugural issue, as have several

bloggers whose stu we really like. It's been a tric team eort. Tank you all. Inreturn, we promise never to drop you to the bench not unless you are spotted at 3am

staggering out o Chinawhite with your trousers around your ankles.

Tis issues lling eatures the 20 most exciting teenage players in the world, Glenn

Hoddle on a mission in Spain, the inside story o Arseblog, plus your best matchday

photos. uck in Ollie Irish, Editor.


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4Prole: Gareth Bale. Why the Welsh prodigy wasalways destined to go rom Saint to winner

6The top 10 Premier League lesbians.Yes, you read that correctly

8A deal with the devil: Why English Premier Leagueans cant complain about the proposed 39th game

9Sons o Hod: How Tottenham legend GlennHoddle is breaking ground with a youth

academy in Spain

1220 Under 20: Pies reveals the bestteenage ootballers in the world

20The rise o the soccer supportersgroup in the USA

24Wembley Stadium, the black-and-white years:beore 1966 and all that

30A brie history o Arseblog: Footballs oremost clubblogger tells us how it all started

34Back ficks: A rose-tinted recap o the bestootball board games

38Shit Lookalikes: A brand-new selection o dubiousooty ringers, as chosen by our readers

40Gazza and Me: Former Tottenham kitman RoyReyland lits the lid on his colourul riendshipwith Paul Gascoigne

44Your shots: The best ooty pictures o the

season so ar, as taken by you wonderul lot

Gazza the clown prince. Page 40

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Contents


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Even as a raw teenagerat Southampton, theWelsh wonders rarequality was obvious

September 2010: GarethBale celebrates scoringTottenhams fourth goalagainst Twente in theChampions League

The ineviTable rise ofThe ineviTable rise of

GareTh baleGareTh baleWords: Christopher Harris


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Its amazIng what two games o ootball can doto a players reputation. Following a pair o sub-lime perormances against Raael Benitezs Inter-nazionale, Gareth Bale has come to be spoken oin the most glowwing o terms. From ottenhams

unlucky charm to arguably their most inuentialplayer, the speed o Bales development seems tohave turned hyperactive o late, the Welshmannow being considered by some as one o the bestlef-sided players in European ootball.

As a Southampton an I was lucky enough to seeBale begin his development, the wiry young ull-back rst searing himsel into my consciousnesson the opening day o the 2006/07 season, whenhe scored a magnicent ree-kick in ront o the

Sky cameras to secure a 1-1 draw away at DerbyCounty. I saw him live at St Marys or the rsttime a ew days later with the visit o CoventryCity, and I can say with some condence that heis the best young player I have seen in the redand white shirt. I may have been too young to seeMatt Le issier in his youth, but I did witness therise o Teo Walcott and, in my humble opin-ion, Bale was the superior player or the club atChampionship level.

Even as a 17-year-old Bale possessed a rare intelli-gence at ull-back, the excellence o his movementand positioning being plain or all to see. Frommy seat in the ront ew rows o the KingslandStand I had a superb view o his second spectacu-lar ree-kick in as many games, his all-round playin both the attacking and deensive phases beingabsolutely breathtaking. Very rarely caught out oposition and intuitive in his link-up play with lefwinger Rudi Skacel in the 4-4-2/4-1-3-2 ormation

Southampton played at the time, Bale impressedme in a way very ew Saints players have donebeore or since.

Tere was a story about Bales school days thatused to circulate around St Marys, a story whichclaimed that the Welshman had been so good atschool level that his coach, in a move designedto improve his positioning and range o passing,

had painted a box onto the pitch outside o whichhe was not allowed to travel. Whether or not thestory was true, such was the immaculate nature oBales spatial understanding and passing over dis-tance that it was eminently believable. Just a ew

weeks into the 2006/07 season and it was alreadyclear that the young lef-back (he was exclusivelyconsidered a deender in those days) was quicklyoutgrowing the level o ootball Southamptoncould provide him with.

Although it was obviously disappointing to loseBale to ottenham in the early summer o 2007,particularly when you consider the departure oWalcott to Arsenal just a year earlier, his ascentwas inevitable. He may have struggled to estab-

lish himsel initially at White Hart Lane, but evenduring that dicult early phase with ottenhamhis ability shone through. Te last ew weeks and

months have conrmed the validity o the impres-sion Bale lef on those Southampton ans luckyenough to witness his emergence into proessionalootball; that he has the talent to become one othe best British ootballers o his generation.

O course, a degree o caution must be exer-cised over the praise Bale is receiving; he is stillto demonstrate great consistency in the PremierLeague, but the Welshman is certainly on the roadto becoming a lef-sided player o the very high-

est order. Its taken the best part o our years orhim to do it, but the glimpses o brilliance we sawat St Marys are being knitted into an increasinglycomplete and mature player. We might one daylook back on the two Champions League gameswith Inter as the moment Gareth Bale became atruly world-class athlete.

Christopher Harris edits Equaliserfootball.com

His all-round play wasabsolutely breathtaking

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West Ham captainBobby Moore lifts upthe FA Cup after hisside won the 1964Final, in a 3-2 thrilleragainst Preston NorthEnd. Photo: PA

Editor: Ollie Irish

Art Director: Mike Poole

Associate Editors: Ashley Norris,

Paul Sorene

Photos: Press Association

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