The World Cup generates an entirely different feeling to club football. All the animosity that…
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The Champions League Final is Damned and Doomed: Part II
Barrie Davies’ journey to the Liverpool-Real Madrid final reaches its zenith as the crew enters…
Zinedine Zidane: Understanding the unknowable
Everyone remembers where they were on 9th of July 2006. I was at home, about…
The finals of Euro 2016: The night of contradictions, the night of Pepe
The final of Euro 2016 served as the perfect stage a man who was fighting…
Doped Up on Delirium – The madness of World Cup 2018
World Cup 2018 was one of the most memorable major football tournaments in recent times,…
Of Dazed Dreams: Account of France’s Youthful Confusion
With a potentially world-beating juvenile squad that holds the cards to trump the best, France…
The FIFA World Cup: A legacy tournament, but still a fan favourite?
The World Cup is not what Jules Rimet envisioned it as anymore: a picture of…
Oscar Heisserer: The Footballer Who Defied the Nazis
One of the most versatile players of his generation, Frenchman Oscar Heisserer was coveted by…
L’avenir de la France – The Future of French Football
When you talk football outside of a match day buzz, you will often see a…
Quarterfinal 1 – France vs Germany
If a time traveler were to travel back in time from July to May and…
Countdown to Brazil 2014: Part 9 – FIFA World Cup 2010
The FIFA World Cup 2010 was the first World Cup to be held in the…
Countdown to Brazil 2014: Part 8 – FIFA World Cup 2006
” I spent the afternoon of Sunday, July 9, 2006 in Berlin sleeping and playing…
The Bane of Club Football – Stars Missing the World Cup 2014
The FIFA World Cup – A spectacle that stops the world in its tracks. Few…
Countdown to Brazil: Part 6 – FIFA World Cup 1998
The joy of lifting the Word Cup trophy in front of home support has been…
Football : A paradigm shift
Playing football is part of my daily routine. Five-on-five, three-on-three, and on really good days,…