Russia’s bear forced into the pink tutu of humiliation (Mr. Agreeable)
On the Road to Wembley (Some People Are On The Pitch)
DC United looking for passion (The Offside Rules)
The Football Bog Blog (100 Football Grounds Club)
VIP entrance for Legion 108 (Dan Loney Says It All)
How David Dein killed football (The Guardian)
Photo credit: *tobi on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
Twenty-one years ago in Mexico, Canada played in their first and only World Cup: three games no goals. Fast forward twenty-one years and even though there has been little success on the pitch, off the pitch things looked like they were turning around.
This summer the country played host to the U-20 World Cup, club [...]
Photo credit: The Revolution on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
Throw a freaking firecracker towards the pitch and get the match abandoned early when you’re losing 1-0 to the Netherlands. Nice one, Albanian fans. Video below.
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Perhaps the best commentary I’ve read about this deplorable incident comes in this blog from New York’s Staten Island Advance, who concludes that the power [...]
As I mentioned previously, I chose to take down my post about Craig Murray’s article on Alisher Usmanov (who now owns a substantial portion of Arsenal) last week following contact from Schillings, his lawyers. However, given the mainstream media’s remarkable ability to continually balls up this story, I have to revisit some of the [...]
Wonderful as every photo daily shot is, I don’t usually take the time to comment on the photos, since they normally speak for themselves. This one, though, I wanted to highlight particularly, and urge you to look at the full-size original on Flickr. The photo is by monaco obbediente on Flickr, and was a photo [...]
Our open thread on the Women’s World Cup has certainly thrown up highly contrasting opinions, and this blog welcomes honest takes from all quarters. But perhaps the most interesting perspective on it I’ve seen so far comes from the Global Game blog, which features an interview with the biographer of Brazilian star Marta.
It’s very hard [...]
Photo credit: titus4 on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion photo pool.
