In 2001, I played in the Willem II Youth Football Tournament for Glasgow Rangers FC under 13’s. After a narrow 1-0 defeat by Arsenal in our opening game we got, to use a colloquial term in the West of Scotland, ‘pumped’ in all of our remaining fixtures by opposition including Alax, Nante’s and Feyernoord- who […]
There are undoubtedly many good, bad and ugly consequences of globalisation that are evident in the modern game. One of the most potent by-products of the globalisation of football is how professionalised the game has become. For better or worse, players are probably now referred to as ‘athlete’s’ more than they are called footballers. Yet […]
As Floyd Mayweather Jnr’s 6 fight deal with Showtime edges closer to its conclusion and his retirements looms on the horizon after 3 more fights and one further calendar year in the sport, there is much debate about the legacies he will leave on the sport of boxing. From the TBE (The Best Ever) debate […]
The long, protracted pursuit of Brazilian footballs Crown Prince has officially ended as Barcelona sealed the signature of Neymar, who signed a 5 year deal with the Catalan giants on Monday for a fee of £48.6m (57m euros). The almost religious fervour that has followed Brazil’s number 11 ever since he burst onto the scene […]
A Procrastinator called Thief 