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A Hairdresser’s Football Tour of London
It’s official! In one week from today, the Hayfield’s will be waking up in Sleepy Old London Towne. I reckon one of two of youse have heard of it… if I were you, I’d pay attention to this place. If it plays its cards right, it can become a world class city. After an Arsenal…
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Why I’m Blue
How do you sum up 136 of glorious history in a few pictures? As clearly evidenced above, you can only scratch the surface. I often proclaim that the current generation of football fans have no idea how blessed we are to live in this time of instant global inter-connectivity, granted immediate access to games, stats,…
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The (People of Former)Empires Strike Back
May 31, 2002 was officially winding down my first year as a teacher at Riverdale High School. While the school year was ending, one of my favorite life obsessions was just beginning… it was time for the quadrennial gathering of the world’s football elite known as the World Cup. I had school on the opening…
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Wealth & Its “Influence”
“It’s hard, it’s hard,” he said. “To me, it’s very difficult to understand, because if this happened in Argentina, maybe people die. Someone could die, you know? “Here, it’s a different country, different culture. It happens in NBA, in baseball, I know, so it’s part of American life, you know? You have to accept what…
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That Mersey Sound & Other Noises & Disturbances in Football Grounds
Music & football have always gone hand-in-hand… whereas singing at US sporting events starts & ends with “Sweet Caroline” (it’s just not macho, now is it?), for 90 minutes in grounds worldwide…it’s a non-stop carousel of pride, togetherness, inspiration & insult comedy. The Mersey Beat Liverpool is as famous for its football as it its…
