Archive for April, 2008

Drawing Football With Love

By Jennifer Doyle • Apr 16th, 2008 • Category: World Football Culture

Love, gender and football. Jennifer Doyle wonders why men can’t talk to women about football, and why it’s perhaps only a woman who can draw footballers as human beings.



The Championship

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 15th, 2008 • Category: World Football Culture

In England, the most exciting race to the finish is once again not in the Premier League but one division lower. With the help of Bill’s Sports Maps, we take a visual tour of the Championship.



The Mouse that Scored

By Joe Westhead • Apr 14th, 2008 • Category: Media

Following on from earlier coverage anticipating the release of Kicken für die Krone (”The Mouse that Scored”) in cinemas this week, film-maker Sigvard Wohlwend reflects on his time with the Liechtenstein national team and the reaction to his and co-director Sebastian Frommelt’s film.



Respect and Refereeing in Italy

By Vanda Wilcox • Apr 10th, 2008 • Category: World Football Culture

What is the relationship between the quality of refereeing decisions and respect for the referee? If referees are put under pressure by players, fans and the media how far does this affect their judgement? Vanda Wilcox compares England and Italy.



Con Te Partiro, Revolution

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 9th, 2008 • Category: American soccer

Who says MLS is meaningless and boring? Here’s video proof of the torment an MLS team goes through when it loses to a rival.



It’s in the inter(net)! April 8

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Links

Read all about the FA up to some strange tricks, Seattle fans win the day for Sounders, violence in unlikely places, and the state of MLS.



Photo Occasional | April 8 | Korean Protest

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 8th, 2008 • Category: Photography

Korean identity



Toronto Invades Columbus: What It Means For MLS

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 7th, 2008 • Category: American soccer

Toronto FC took over two thousand fans on the long journey to Columbus. It was the largest ever away support travel in the MLS regular season — Pitch Invasions ask how it went down, and what it means for the future of away support in North American soccer.



Soccer and Super Stadiums in North America and Europe

By Tom Dunmore • Apr 3rd, 2008 • Category: News & Notes

Forbes focuses on ten super stadiums being developed in the world of sport, and two of them are, perhaps surprisingly, in MLS.