Controlling your Optimism
By Euan McCabe Part two of selected extracts from the book The World Cup Baby Lastly, for those who still feel up to remaining, there is a small but crucial[…]
Tagged: FIFA World Cup
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Argentina 1978
By Euan McCabe How I first became intoxicated by the World Cup by watching the 1978 Tournament in Argentina. The political aspect of a host country ruled by military junta[…]
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Italy – Brazil ’82; Arguably the Best
By The Spotter From the gist of an article that I did for sportsfreak during the World Cup four years ago, following are the scoring moments of one of the greatest (if not the greatest) games[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 8 June
Bless those Headingley spectator optimists. Meanwhile, Jos Buttler had an interesting self-motivation message on his bat. You might need to zoom in to get it. Let’s not forget Le Bron’s[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 1 June
You’ll never walk alone. Unless you’re Loris Karius and you play in a position where every mistake is accentuated. Sport can be really brutal at times. Bad Barnet Bale has[…]
Sporting pictures of the Week :- 25 May
Andrés Iniesta bids farewell to his beloved Barcelona before a $30mill retirement move to Japan by sitting in the middle of the Nou Camp / Camp Nou at 1am following[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 18 May
Now there’s a football training session. From Huaying in China. Malakai Fekitoa has made his way to the French club finals, and pineapples are good for the biceps. Hamburg fans[…]
Last Plane out of Lima (and what now?)
By The Spotter It was like a poker hand with the other player allowed to start with ten cards. That is something akin to what the All Whites faced with[…]
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Sporting pictures of the Week :- 16 November
Kurtley Beale and your future overlord. There is a corner of Hamilton that will forever be Tongan. The trip through Huntly provided a clue. Stroya. Can’t wait for them to[…]
Six Reasons for All Whites Pessimism on Thursday.
It’s a thin line between pessimism and realism Privacy Gone We’re not winding down the build-up hours in the arse end of Miramar now, practicing behind a huge black tarpaulin,[…]
