“I’ve always chafed at the comparisons between the two countries.” After four years of friendship…
Tag: History
FC Start and the Legend of ‘The Death Match’
The 1981 sports war movie Escape to Victory, starring Hollywood icons like Sylvester Stallone and…
Noussair Mazraoui: Football’s Glorious Nonconformist
Ajax full-back Noussair Mazraoui recently signed with Bayern Munich on a free transfer. He encapsulates…
Remembering Fergus Suter, the first footballer to get paid to play
Remember when David Beckham had to explain to the Yanomami tribe that he made a…
Ajax Amsterdam: The dance between hope and pain
We explore the angst and optimism of AFC Ajax supporters, uncovering the factors behind the…
A Love Letter to the Scissor Kick
If the answer is ”the scissor kick”, the question of course is, ”What do Chilean strawberries,…
The Lords of the Ball – J.R.R. Tolkien’s Legacy and FC Barcelona
The unlikeliest confluence of FC Barcelona with JRR Tolkien’s works of high fantasy. Join us,…
The Search for Football’s Missing Link: The Evolution of Dribbling – Part 1
This is a series on the history of English Football’s Anxieties. This is part 5.…