During the latter half of the 1960’s into the 1970’s Dutch football experienced a flowering of talent and ideas that culminated in Ajax Amsterdam winning three consecutive European Cups, the modern day Champions League, from …
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Millwall. I don’t recall when I first heard about the club’s reputation for hooliganism but I know when I lived in London going to The Den to see Arsenal at Millwall, it was never a …
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Recently there was a very good piece in the Guardian about the late Laurie Cunningham reminding us of his quality, style and grace.:
Cunningham was a football superstar, possibly the most talented English player of his …
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There really is only one “Cup” in English football and it isn’t the League Cup. The FA Cup has a history the League Cup cannot match and no matter what changes are made to the …
Read More →FIFA is a bureaucracy with direct access to funding and a largely compliant array of subsidiary bureaucracies running regional associations like CONCACAF and UEFA that in turn have their own subsidiaries in the national associations. …
Read More →Chelsea supporters, at least those who know the history of the club before the Abramovich era, know how close their club came to dropping into the old Third Division at the end of the …
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St. Totteringham’s Day 2015
Belated wishes to you all for a special day that has occurred for 19 consecutive years: the day when Spurs cannot catch Arsenal in the league table. There are varying reports of …
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A friend of mine is a West Ham supporter, born within earshot of Upton Park and dyed claret & blue. During the last transfer window we were discussing potential departures from West Ham, unfortunately for …
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Coaching Kids
In 2000, my first son Oscar was born. And between my wife Jini and I there was only one sport he would be playing in his formative years! We lived in Vancouver at …
Read More →Hong Kong to Vancouver
In 1989 I moved to Hong Kong to work for a small boutique ad agency called Pounds & Shanks. Dave Shanks – the Creative Director – introduced me to the
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