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The USA’s Unlikely World Cup Hero

November 24, 2012

These days there are no surprises in football. Unexpected discoveries are rare in the World Cup because we’ve been watching most of the players week-in week-out on the sports channels. But it wasn’t always like that: players used to come from left field to grab our attantion, and one of the most obscure was came … More The USA’s Unlikely World Cup Hero

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Masters of the Universe

March 21, 2009

Old footballers never die-they just reappear in widescreen slow motion. The Football Masters is a tournament for those of us who are happy to venerate the names of our ersthile heroes, rather than be saddened by what they’ve become! A circuit for players past their sell-by date, it’s a seven-a-side competition which does roll back … More Masters of the Universe

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