(Don’t) Cry for me Egypt – Uruguay 1 Egypt 0 Football can be a cruel game. Uruguay the better, more experienced team with a greater Football legacy won 1:0. But you must feel for Egypt a Mo Salah – less team was just about to prove an old football adage: tenacity, resilience, commitment and teamwork Read More
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Footie-Fanatic World Cup Daily Newsletter June 15, 2018. Opportunist beats Conservative 5:0
June 15, 2018 In our Football – A National Mirror Lecture Series we maintain that Football is more than a game. Different nationalities adapted the same game as an expression of their own culture. The rules are the same, the stadiums are similar, but the style of play reflects the national soul, its history, culture Read More
Time to predict the winner of the 2018 World Cup – We offer the TQF model
Two days before the start of the 2018 World Cup in Russia is a perfect time to join all the Soccer pundits, mavens and soothsayers be they amatures like myself or professional soccer journalists and make some predictions. Please do not challenge my credentials before you consider those “experts” who predicted that Hillary Clinton was Read More
Feliz Aniversário Pele’
To my inspirational hero – Pele’ Since I was huddled around a radio listening to a live broadcast of the 1958 World Cup final I have followed you for almost 60 years. Not only did I admire your football prowess like so many millions but even more so your personality and character. You have become Read More
I want my Manchester United back
I think I have my United back Last year I wrote an entry titled “I want my United Back!” It was around mid-season and I was agonizing over the poor play, lack of leadership, missed opportunities, too many ties and what I perceived to be loss of the core value of United: The will to Read More