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Icelandic football legend, Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen says in an article for British Sports Direct today that Gareth Bale should leave Tottenham if the team fails to secure a Champions League space. Gudjohnsen played for Tottenham in 2010 and Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson is doing well with the team today.

Saturday, 11 May 2013 09:38
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Gylfi Sigurdsson's late equaliser earned Tottenham a point at Chelsea, but Spurs missed the chance to climb into the Premier League's top four. After the goal Gylfi is all over the British media, as the Sun's front (web)page from last night proves.

Thursday, 09 May 2013 19:14
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A football referee in the Icelandic Men's (Pepsi) Premier League gets paid ISK 39,450 ($340, €260) for each game in the city but only ISK 15,400 ($133, €101) for supervising a women's game.

Saturday, 04 May 2013 20:35
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As we reported HERE, Alfred Finnbogason scored two goals when his team Heerenveen defeated Willem II, 3-2. Click HERE to read more and watch the goals

Monday, 15 April 2013 21:26
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Icelandic National Football Team player Alfreð Finnbogason was once again the hero of his team, Heerenveen in the Dutch Premier league, when he scored 2 goals for the team against Willem II yesterday. 

Monday, 15 April 2013 12:37
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A recent poll by Capacent shows which English football teams are the most popular amongst different social groups. 1422 people were selected and 60% answered the survey.

Sunday, 14 April 2013 16:46
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"Hopefully this will turn out to be an important goal" said Gylfi Sigurdsson, who plays for Tottenham, after a 2-2 draw in the English Premier League today. Sigurdsson scored the equalizer for Tottenham when there were only a few minutes left of the game, which could turn out to be valuable in the battle for participation in the Champions League. 

Sunday, 07 April 2013 17:49
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Tottenham Hotspur had to fight back just to rescue a 2-2 home draw with Basel tonight. And Icelandic Gylfi Sigurdsson came to the rescue when he scored the last goal of the match.

Thursday, 04 April 2013 23:17
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The association of Premier League teams ('Icelandic Top-Football') in Iceland decides what ball to use every year. For this year they selected a ball from Adidas to replace the one from Nike that they used for the past two year. Some players are far from happy with the change.

Thursday, 04 April 2013 13:37
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It's maybe no surprise that Gylfi Sigurdsson is the far most valuable Icelandic football player. He is valuated at 8 million Euros ($10.2 million). But there are still 10 other Icelandic football players whose market value is 1 million Euros or more, according to the football statistics website transfermarkt.it that values all European football players. 

Tuesday, 02 April 2013 16:47
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