Something like one and one quarter million phone calls were made in attempts to secure one of the 36,000 seats available to the general public for Scotland’s Euro 2000 knock-out first game with the Auld enemy England. Who says the Battle of Britain is over? Within hours of ticket availability,[…]
Read More »I’m not sure yet about the new and improved Champions League format. Thirty-two teams battling over six match days to get to 16 teams. Then six more match days before we get to know the quarter-finalists. It obviously has it’s plus side with all these extra clashes that wouldn’t otherwise[…]
Read More »When it comes to the greatest team game on earth, Canada may well be ranked 94th in the world behind such football luminaries as Oman (88), Burkina Faso (77) and Angola (56) to name just a few, but when it comes to soccer camps, Lenarduzzi Soccer rates right up there[…]
Read More »“How come you don’t write about woman’s soccer Joe? You know the world cup and all that?” Fair question, I’m thinking. The truth is I don’t know a great deal about the woman’s game, in terms of personalities and history or standings and so on. Oh sure, I’ve known about[…]
Read More »We’re in the middle of the silly season, when real people take a break from soccer and clubs spend record amounts of cash moving players around in the eternal rebuilding process. But “silly” doesn’t quite describe this particular close season. Witless, fatuous and senseless spring to mind when we take[…]
Read More »What does an employment action group have to with soccer? I hear you ask. “You could do an article on cleats,” said Teresa. “I’ve always wanted to know the difference between men and women” (cleats). Although I agreed with her in principle and her dulcet tone made the proposition more[…]
Read More »And then there was none. Four days, two more trophies for Manchester United. The impossible treble is possible. The impossible is now. The greatest night in the history of the most famous club in the world. And Matt Busby’s birthday to boot. It just seemed like history all year long.[…]
Read More »It’s one down, two to go. The league is in the bag and nobody cares anymore. The question now is can Manchester United win the double and then the treble? You know I don’t mean to belittle the league. It’s the best in the world right now and an awesome[…]
Read More »It’s come down to the wire and Man United have three games left in this so far so close historic season. A rather unpredictable Tottenham provides the opposition at Old Trafford on Sunday. I thought the choice of Spurs David Ginola as footballer of the year was stretching things somewhat.[…]
Read More »So no prizes for guessing I’m at Anfield in the continuing search for the impossible treble. Will Liverpool exact revenge for Manchester United putting them out of the FA Cup a few short months ago. Let’s be honest – United didn’t just put Liverpool out of the cup – they[…]
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