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Celebrating the good, the bad and the ugly of world football.
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Calcio England
about 1 year ago
An iconic image of a full-kit Oliver Bierhoff riding a shopping bicycle at Stadio Friuli
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What a beauty, even if it does resemble a sardine can from the outside.
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The Guardian
over 1 year ago
‘We speak to everyone in Spanish’: Oli McBurnie and Scott McKenna on embracing life at Las Palmas
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‘We speak to everyone in Spanish’: Oli McBurnie and Scott McKenna on embracing life at Las Palmas
Scotland internationals discuss facing Real Madrid, doing ‘far less’ heading and their linguistic horror stories So, what was it that first attracted you to the island of Gran Canaria with its 235km of coastline, beautiful beaches, glorious golf courses,…
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2024/dec/06/we-speak-to-everyone-in-spanish-oli-mcburnie-and-scott-mckenna-on-embracing-life-at-las-palmas?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&CMP=bsky_gu
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Fussball Geekz
over 1 year ago
For those yet to read my book, Inside the Hermit Kingdom - Football Stories from Stalinist
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, here's the abridged Chapter 3 - Every Given Sunday - as featured in
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www.theguardian.com/football/art...
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Football in Stalinist Albania: ‘The only 90 minutes when people could be themselves’
Fans started their preparations four days before games and would release pigeons to celebrate goals, this book extract reveals
https://www.theguardian.com/football/article/2024/may/16/football-in-stalinist-albania-inside-the-hermit-kingdom-book
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Do away goals count for more? Never easy getting out of the Colosseum unscathed.
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over 1 year ago
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Some team.
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Quite possibly the most epic football jersey ever: The Panathinaikos string vest.
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over 1 year ago
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Jan Molby, perhaps one of the most famous examples of an improbably unathletic midfielder with an exquisite touch and amazing passing. Tomas Brolin, Charlie Adam, Gazza and Charlie Miller all fitted this pattern throughout their career. There must be other examples.
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Somewhat improbably, a veteran Guillermo Amor, former Barcelona and Spain midfielder, plies his trade for Scottish strugglers Livingston FC. Amor would make only 3 appearances for Livi in 2003 as they struggled to avoid relegation.
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A brilliant goal by Josimar on his international debut for Brazil against N. Ireland in WC86. The right back's career would burn brightly fairly briefly as he moved from Botofogo to Sevilla, but a questionable attitude to the game saw him fail to fulfil his massive potential.
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Gol de Josimar contra Irlanda - 1º partida da Copa - Copa do Mundo de 1986
YouTube video by raphaelcastellano
https://youtu.be/dvroUsu6VgM?feature=shared
over 1 year ago
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Fussball Geekz
over 1 year ago
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This afternoon Ipswich Town and Man Utd meet in the EPL. Travel back to 4/3/95 and George Burley fielded an aged defence of David Linighan, Frank Yallop, Neil Thompson & John Wark (ave. age 32) against the young flying machines of Kanchelskis and Giggs, with Andy Cole netting 5, Mark Hughes 2.
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Rushed home from school like a maddie to see this game. The Argentina team were humbled
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Rinat Dasaev, epic goalkeeper for the USSR at Mexico 86. A name that'll strike a chord with those in their late 40s who collected the World Cup Panini sticker album.
over 1 year ago
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Johnny Metgod had the right idea for playing football on a day like this. Not enough sheepskin gloves in the EPL.
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Jim Tolmie and his luxuriant locks and 'tache combo. Definitely a place for this epic look in Guardiola's dressing room.
over 1 year ago
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Ah. Happy days. When football was a simple game, played by blokes with big hair, big 'taches, and a big greener fired in your direction was just part and parcel of a European grudge match.
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These Football Times
over 1 year ago
💪🏻 San Marino are currently on their longest unbeaten streak in their history.
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The brilliant Pat Jennings in his final game ever, Northern Ireland v Brazil in Mexico 86.
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Mark Hughes with the most amazing volley 39 years ago v Spain, and the most understated reaction to it.
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Mark Hughes Wales v Spain
YouTube video by Grezuk
https://youtu.be/hBWa6pUvrUg?feature=shared
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35 years ago. When Shoot! Magazine was the highlight of the week and they could pull off stunts like this for April Fool's Day. Kids nowadays don't know what they're missing.
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FitbaKeith
over 1 year ago
The Haunting of Josko Gvardiol.
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Scotland strung more passes together in a 5-min spell in the 1st half tonight than they did in the entire Euros. Really impressive performance tonight so far.
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Jürgen Croy, accomplished GDR goalkeeper won 86 international caps between 1967-81. Croy spent his entire 372-game career with Sachsenring Zwickau, his hometown team, in spite of overtures to join the country's larger clubs. Croy played an integral role in the 1974 WC campaign in W Germany.
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Murdo MacLeod, a Scotland international on 20 occasions and all-round good guy by all accounts, blazed a trail for Paul Lambert and (less successfully) Scott Booth by joining Borissia Dortmund in 1987. During his tenure at the Wedtfalenstadion he won the DFB Cup & Super Cup.
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Hacked off with what Twitter became, it's time perhaps to make the great leap. Let's see what this adventure holds for World Football Curios. Here's a photo of criminally underrated RB Jocelyn Angloma to get the ball rolling.
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