The following article first appeared in Issue 39, released in December 2020. The story of the Nepalese labourers building Qatar’s World Cup stadiums. Tribhuvan Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal. November 2018. Football is the icebreaker. It always is. Within seconds of sitting down in departures my neighbour and I have exchanged the basics; who we love, who we […]
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Premier League Debut Goals
A selection of the finest debut goals the Premier League has ever seen.
Foreword (or Forward) by Irvine Welsh
The foreword for Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens by Irvine Welsh. Now I get it! Homo sapiens is a recently arrived imposter in the evolution of the genus Homo – a mountebank, a charlatan, a confidence trickster, a fraud, a fraudster, a rogue, a villain, a scoundrel, a quack! All that academic stuff about consciousness, […]
Before The Shopping Centre
“Out of seeming nothing; Out of shadow and gloom; Out of a hollowed vacuum Came something to keep us in tune. Something to interest and please us; Something we call our own; Something we almost worship; Loving beyond control. Boys by practice and training; Diligently keeping fit; Men by planning and scheming Built it bit […]
Quiz! Champions League Semi-Final Headers
26 headers, 5 minutes “Football is played with the head. Your feet are just the tools.” – said the newly-appointed Juventus boss Andrea Pirlo once, apparently. In this quiz, just recall who scored the 26 Champions League semi-final headed goals since 1998. Let us know how you do on Twitter. Try these quizzes too: Can […]
Quiz! MLS Past, Present & Future
33 ‘franchises’, 10 minutes Tonight (11 August) the enthrallingly-named MLS Is Back Tournament culminates with its showpiece finale. And just to prove that the MLS Is Back Tournament really isn’t a cartoon mouse of a competition, the final will be played at the newfound capital of US sports – just as the rest of the […]
Island Games
This is an extract from World In Motion: The Inside Story of Italia ’90 by Simon Hart and published by deCoubertin. You can win a copy of the book by entering our competition here. Island games Part 2 – Republic of Ireland The rain came down in Cagliari. Occasionally, so too did the ball. It […]
Turkish Delight
Below is an extract of John Toshack’s autobiography Toshack’s Way, published by deCoubertin, which looks at his time in Turkey, as manager of Besiktas, between 1997 and 1999. Turkey is a unique country. If you go to Turkey to work, in any line of business, then you’ve got to have your sensors on. You’ve got […]
Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens
The latest addition to our bookshop collection. Welcome to this serious nonsense. Introducing, Man the Footballer: Homo Passiens, the latest addition to our online bookshop. Homo sapiens are the imposters. Walking on two legs – bipedalism – couldn’t have possibly been evolved simply for terrestrial locomotion. Why on earth would the Homo species choose just […]
The Death Of Mystery
"That is what has been lost: identity. Individuality, tradition, difference: all of the things that once made football such a gloriously varied menagerie. Football is a homogenous game now. Everywhere you look, it looks the same. Gone are the days when Dinamo Tbilisi might be the best side Liverpool face on the way to a […]
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