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Top angler John Bailey selected for Manchester United!

In a first for our sport, Angler’s Mail magazine columnist John Bailey will be playing FOOTBALL for Manchester United Legends against Celtic Legends at Celtic Park!
The high profile Legends match is on ITV4 on Tuesday, August 9 at 7.45pm and repeated the following morning at 11am.
Proceeds of the all-star game, featuring former top pro players and celebs of entertainment and sport,

CARP ANGLER ZAMORA PLAYS FOR ENGLAND!

THIS week has seen the full England football debut for angling addict Bobby Zamora, who narrowly missed going to the 2010 World Cup. Many anglers and football fans will say he was lucky NOT to go!
Bobby – who impressed up front in England’s 2-1 win over Hungary – is a mad keen angler with a total passion for carp. He

Footballers celebrate in fish-tastic style!

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ANGLER’S MAIL reckons we’ve seen the ultimate FOOTBALL-FISHING connection…or at least since John Terry appeared on our front cover!
It comes from the main league Finland where Halldor Orri scores a great, late goal then celebrates in fish-tastic style…. using a make-believe rod ‘n’ reel to wind-in a team-mate (Jóhann LAXdal – LAX means salmon in Finnish). And then the pair plus their

England crashed out of World Cup as anglers net World gold!

St. George Cross flags have long been binned or stashed in lofts by now… but there is a big fishing reason to be proud in England!
Here’s the good news: Drennan England clinched coarse fishing team gold in the 2010 World Angling Championships.
Hundreds of thousands of UK anglers wished they enjoyed a Sunday fishing session last weekend, instead of watching the