The English national side are moving swiftly towards a watershed moment. With the core of their side (Gerrard, Lampard, Cole and Carrick) all nearing international retirement, the next group of players to break into the side will likely remain there for the next decade. In light of this, the focus on the Premier League’s young, … Continue reading
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The Guardian’s brief Hurling article
The Guardian’s brief Hurling article I, unlike the vast majority of other Irish people, was never a fan of Hurling. Despite this, I always appreciated the dedication shown by the athletes of the GAA (Gaelic Athletic Association) – Hurlers, Footballers, Camogie players and Handball players. These players draw audiences in the hundreds for local matches, … Continue reading
Fenway Sports Group – the stubborn pioneers
The owners of a football club come in a variety of models – oligarchic, oil-rich owners who blindly toss heaving sacks of cash in the direction of the manager or Director of Football; financially scrupulous and frequently ignorant owners who don’t pay the blindest bit of attention to the world outside their boardroom; those who … Continue reading
Proposed World Cup 2018 Stadium, Kaliningrad.
The proposed stadium design for the Kaliningrad Oblast for the 2018 World Cup in Russsia. (Via: IBWM) Continue reading
Debt in Football (Link)
Football Debt is a very impressive interactive info-graphic created by Kathryn Thompson in partnership with Clear Debt to clearly show the prevalence of debt in football, and it’s correlation with team performance. Having invested a healthy amount of time into navigating the info-graphic, I think it’s fair to say that it is one of the … Continue reading
Football in the Eastern Bloc
This article was published on VAVEL UK: Eastern European football outside of Russia has been on a steady climb since the fall of the Soviet Union over two decades ago, a statement supported by the success of former Soviet teams such as Dynamos Kiev and Tblisi, Shakhtar Donetsk and BATE Borisov. Nations formerly part of … Continue reading
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UEFA U21 Championship’s 21 to watch
This post was published on VAVEL.com: Tomorrow will see the UEFA Under – 21 Championships kick off in Israel, and promises to display some of the hottest young talent in Europe. The last tournament, in 2011 in Denmark, gave us our first taste of players like David De Gea, Xherdan Shaquiri and Kolbeinn Sigthórsson on … Continue reading
