News Archive for June 2015 - OCA News

Jun 05 2015

Premier League Fun Facts: Wins and Losses

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Fans of football facts will be able to enjoy analysing the past season over the coming weeks. Here we look at some relating to wins and losses. A nice piece of trivia is the fact that Crystal Palace has now won two league games at Anfield and Alan Pardew played in the first in 1991
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Jun 04 2015

Who Was the Best Premier League Manager of 2014/15?

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Last season contained a number of surprising results and some not so surprising results; however, the question is which manager did the best job. The obvious choice is Jose Mourinho. He examined his team after last season, made some excellent transfer choices last summer and then went on to win the title in style and
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Jun 04 2015

New Jersey Lottery Suffering from ‘Jackpot Fatigue’

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It has been reported that the New Jersey Lottery is suffering from “jackpot fatigue”. This means that it is taking increasingly larger jackpots to attract casual players, while players were once impressed by a $100 million prize they are now less likely to play until it reaches $300 million. However, the fewer people that play,
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Jun 04 2015

Premier League Fun Facts: Attack and Defence

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Trivia fans will enjoy the collection below of fun facts relating to Attack and Defence in the last Premier League season. The fastest goal as a substitute in the Premier League came from Sammy Ameobi in Newcastle United’s match against Tottenham when he scored after just eight seconds. Similarly, Sadio Mane’s hat-trick for Southampton against
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Jun 03 2015

The Top Attackers of the Premier League Season 2014/15

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With another Premier League season done and dusted it is time to look at who the best attackers were of the past year. While Leicester City hasn’t had the best season Leonardo Ulloa has been on fine form and his double against Newcastle means that he surpassed ten goals this season. Similarly, while Southampton has
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Jun 03 2015

Unclaimed £1M Lottery Winnings Donated to Good Causes

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The owner of a lottery ticket that was bought in East Ayrshire, Scotland, has failed to come forward and claim their £1 million prize. According to Camelot, the National Lottery operator, the ticket won the raffle prize drawn on 22nd November last year. The 180 day deadline for claiming the prize passed at midnight last
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Jun 03 2015

Examining Next Year’s Champions and Europa League

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The season is over and now it is possible to examine the teams that have made it into the Champions League and the Europa League next year. Chelsea has automatically qualified for next year’s Champions League group stage thanks to their league victory. Joining them will be Manchester City and Arsenal who make up the
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Jun 02 2015

Alabama Senate President Advocates State Lottery and Gambling

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Last week Alabama Senate President Pro Tem Del Marsh, R-Anniston, said that as long as he can get the votes he is intending to bring his proposal for for lottery and casino gambling to the Alabama Senate floor. He plans to spend part of the next few days seeing if he can get enough votes.
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Jun 02 2015

Premier League Fun Facts: Table Position

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The most important aspect of the Premier League is where a team is positioned in the table so here is some trivia related to this most vital aspect. This was the second season in a row that Stoke finished ninth in the league, it is the first time they’ve had two successive top half finishes
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Jun 02 2015

Arsene Wenger Names Top Ten Arsenal Strikers

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Arsene Wenger, the Arsenal manager, has named the top ten strikers that he has managed during his time with the club. At number ten is Sylvain Wiltord, who generally isn’t considered world class but he still scored the deciding goal against Manchester United in 2002. Number nine is Eduardo who unfortunately suffered a horrific injury
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