Football (Soccer)

The “Impossible” Dream Lives

Naturally, I’m watching the game “live”. It’s 7.30 p.m. Vancouver time and the game is long over but by...

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Football (Soccer)

Funny Ol’ World

So we’re now into our amateur close season while the big pro games are yet to come. What will...

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Football (Soccer)

Intelligent Conversation or Beer Talking

So we’re talking and reasonably soberly about all competitions. The after match beers are going down particularly well because...

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Football (Soccer)

Serious San Siro

The tests get bigger and bigger and in fairness Manchester United continue to rise to meet them head on....

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Football (Soccer)

Passion in OT

No, I’m not talking about passion in overtime. It’s Old Trafford again, this time for the European Champions League...

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Football (Soccer)

Seinfeld Soccer

So I’m talking to Jerry Seinfeld and it’s a story about nothing. Not that there’s anything wrong with that....

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Football (Soccer)

Hail King Kevin

So King Kevin’s first arrival is upon us. I like Keegan. He’s good. He has displayed courage, intelligence, and...

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Football (Soccer)

Chunnel Vision

That’s a reasonable question, I says with the non-verbalised but implied hope of getting a satisfactory answer. “Just how...

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Football (Soccer)

Glenn, Grace and Disgrace

Well, you will no doubt recall that you first read it on Suite 101 when I told you that...

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Football (Soccer)

Trading Places, Starring Big Ron & Wee Ronnie

So Nottingham Forest did what the soccer world expected and gave Big Ron Atkinson his somewhat customary role of...

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