All posts tagged "featured"
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4.0KTimelessCSKA Sofia: European football’s slayers of Champions
In the history of Europe’s premier club competition, be it as the European Cup or, more latterly, the Champions League, only one...
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4.4KTimelessThe Ballet on Ice: When Manchester City played Tottenham on a sheet of ice
If one were to make a list of football games played under the most extreme conditions, not many games would pop up...
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5.7KSpecialsDutch Vs Deutsch: An inherent difference between Performance & Achievement
A longstanding intense football rivalry between the Netherlands and Germany has lessened with time. The post-war hatred, especially from the Dutch side,...
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6.9KSpecialsThe surprising life changes footballers make post retirement
The life of a footballer can follow very similar trajectory. Unless you are one of the world’s biggest stars, many careers across...
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2.7KTimelessDancing shoes and explosive play: The varied career of ‘Dinamita!’ Joffre Guerrón
If asked to suggest the greatest players to emerge from South America this century, very few, if any, would raise a hand...
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2.8KPOVRoad to Nowhere: Why success at U17 World Cup means so little
There was surprise among the management team at Liverpool FC when Manchester United agreed to pay £12.24 million for Cristiano Ronaldo in...
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3.7KSpecialsCognitive Entrenchment and the curious case of Jose Mourinho
There is this popular image of hypnosis where one person is dangling a swinging pendulum in front of another’s face until they...
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2.1KTimelessSeven thousand miles, twelve yards and one small step
On 16 November 2005, in Sydney’s Telstra Stadium, John Aloisi, late of Coventry City and Portsmouth, among many other clubs, but at...
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2.6KSpecialsBook Review: Cheers, Tears and Jeers – A History of England and the World Cup
It takes a brave and perhaps ever-so-slightly masochistic person to take on a history of England and the World Cup. Gary Thacker...
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11.0KTimelessThe tragic tale of Roma legend Agostino Di Bartolomei
Any footballer’s career can have many peaks and troughs, almost regardless of the level at which they play. Games won or lost....
