Ballet, Bites, Brazil The year was 2014 and the FIFA World Cup in Brazil had…
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Would You Hire Ole Gunnar Solskjaer as Your Manager?
The 1-6 scoreline was flattering to Manchester United. It is rare to feel any relief…
Maradona and Messi Walk Into a Pub: The Anatomy of a Great Debate
There is no place for the Dialectical Method in football. The rabidly tribal football fanatic…
Sarri and Juventus Swiped Right for Each Other. Why Did They Fall Apart?
I’m a cultural goods aficionado, including that of classical cinema. Imagine a world where Alfred…
Charlie Davies – Between the Goalposts of Life
“He never told me until I stumbled upon it!” Charlie Davies came home from school…
Frank Lampard: The Player vs the Manager
There’s no denying that Frank Lampard has received mixed reviews regarding his first year in…
Standing Up ‘Cause They Crossed My Line: Parasite & Dietmar Hopp
“Protesting and I lost my sign/ standing up ‘cause they crossed my line” speaks Open…
Booze and the Boardroom – Watching Messi Leave
It must be 5:00 PM somewhere in the world. That’s what I tell myself as…
When Everything’s Right: Looking Back on Luka Modric’s Ballon D’or Victory
In the last article I wrote, I started by shooting the bull about actor Marlon…
When a Draw Is the Greatest Result in Your Nation’s History
It may seem hard to believe that Colombia used to be football minnows. Nowadays, we…
Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp: Where do we go now?
It would be fair to say that Klopp’s ability to construct a squad of unlikely…
Tibet, Greenland, and Football’s Power of Recognition
Football has always been entangled with notions of national identity. It’s not a simple relationship,…
Liverpool 19-20: There is no asterisk next to their name on the trophy
Frank Lampard is incensed. His eyebrows are furrowing and his voice is dipping lower in…
Football Academy In The Andes: Redefining football in Venezuela
In South America, the world’s longest mountain range stretches 7,000 kilometres from the very bottom…
Football Statues XI: Because symbolism is never out of fashion
What a kerfuffle about big bronze blokes (hardly any women) there is in Britain today.…
Caribbean football administration – inches from the precipice
Sporting excellence in the Caribbean could be understandably thought to lie within the domains of…
Man City, Sportwash, and A Battle For Equality
It seems to me that the real political task in our contemporary society is to…
Antonio Conte: The Philosophy of Work
Football managers who had their genesis on the other side of the touchlines tend to…
The postwar years: 1945 to 1947 in English football
Not many people have been bringing up the last time football had to restart after…
The sweat of clarity – Football in Trinidad & Tobago
Football in Trinidad and Tobago has a long history of popular following in the country.…