Tracción: A Foreword
I never intended this..
Read more "Tracción: A Foreword"I never intended this..
Read more "Tracción: A Foreword"Blood poured from Nestor Combin’s broken nose onto his once white A.C Milan shirt. His eyes rendered nearly useless – a result from his shattered cheekbone…
Read more "La Bombonera Massacre, 1969"“He was a really big talent… Fast, strong, physical. Really good.”
– Fabio Capello
The tendency to categorise and rate the footballing talents Africa has produced is something of a modern phenomenon. This is due in part to the perception that African players have been somewhat late to the party in terms of making an impact on a global stage. As such the majority of the ‘greatest African footballers’ […]
Read more "Allah’s back heel"Prologue: Some would call it intuition, an assumption based on past experiences; others would credit neurons calculating trajectories at the speed of light. Whatever it was I knew, I just knew – as soon as the ball was struck – that ball was going to not only nestle in the net, but also consign Longford Town […]
Read more "Mirror men: 7 years with Longford Town"Zé Carlos knew he didn’t belong here. He stood out like a sore thumb. He looked across the training field at his squad mates: the laughing and joking duo of Roberto Carlos and Denílson, the lantern jawed Claudio Taffarel and Dunga both brimming with experience, the mercurial Ronaldo with the world at his feet. And […]
Read more "Zé Carlos: King for a day"The Internet, in one fell swoop, revolutionised porn. In terms of availability and distribution the World Wide Web has allowed porn to creep out of the periphery into the mainstream. It has moved it from the adult theatre and dingy ‘XXX’ video shop into our living rooms and our gadgets, available 24/7, on demand, any flavour […]
Read more "The African domestic porn industry: On the rise"Apparently for a new ‘doctor’ to be born his predecessor must die first. I say apparently because, quite frankly, the mythology of Doctor Who is quite far down on the agenda of things I need to know – I’ve mustered the strength to watch it once or twice, but have found the steam-punk cyborg storylines […]
Read more "Cheers Doctor Who, you’ve ruined Malcolm Tucker"What makes England’s top division so attractive? End-to-end action? The eschewing of defensive priorities in favour of hung-ho attack? Passion? Potentially a mix of all of those elements, but all glued together with a visceral tribalism. In a word – hatred. Hatred is what makes the world of the ‘greatest league in the world™’ spin round. […]
Read more "Lovely XI – In search of the Premier League’s nice guys"This Saturday, if reports are to believed, at some point during Real Madrid’s league fixture against Villarreal a light aircraft will fly over the Estadio El Madrigal towing in its wake a banner displaying the phrase ‘Come Home Ronaldo’. The apparent aim of this extravagant action is seemingly to force the former Manchester United forward to become […]
Read more "Ronaldo fantasy can’t mask Manchester United’s real problems"