Over the moon, to use the oldest British football cliche in the book. England v USA was the one I
wanted above all. We are "natural rivals" as Bob Bradley says, if not yet big ones: Americans want
to beat England more than vice versa. That the clash comes first means there won't be quite as much
tension as in a decider, so a defeat allows time for wounds to be licked.
Mill Lane, Pickering, North Yorkshire. Home of Pickering Town Community Football Club.
Photo credit: Matthew Wilkinson on Flickr, via the Pitch Invasion
Photo Pool.
Related posts:
- Photo Daily: Retford United vs. FC United of Manchester Our Photo Daily series returns, this
time with a little wannabe hooliganism in non-league English football.
Ryan Giggs has won more medals than any other player in British football history, has made over
800 appearances in a career spanning 18 years and he's STILL enjoying his football. More
importantly, he's hit the sort of consistent form (albeit playing once a week as he closes in on
his forties) that merits a contract extension.
A new series to complement our Thursday classic programme series, we will look at football
postcards from the days when people lived in sepia.
Today, a Manchester United postcard from the 1910-11 season, part of the "Strength & Health
Series". Man Utd won the First Division that season for only the second time ever, under manager
Ernest Mangnall, a year after moving to their new ground: Old Trafford.
Rarely has the cliché about good goalkeepers being worth at least a handful of points to their
team been more apposite. It wasn't the saves of Pepe Reina that helped Liverpool take a maximum
haul from a scrappy encounter with Wolverhampton Wanderers, however, it was his hitherto unseen
ability to engender match-defining decisions that proved conclusive.
Knot Making Sense
It is only a little over a week since Roberto Mancini swept into Manchester City, but already
the mood and the expectation levels at the club have enjoyed a significant upturn. Can this
entirely be put down to the blue-and-white scarf that the Italian wears on match days?
