by Sean O'Conor - Most popular for 2012
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On a weekday night early on in Watford's Premier League season of 2006-'07, I stood on a street
corner in North London and told Jay DeMerit his story was remarkable."It would have ended perfectly
if you'd been picked for the World Cup," I joked. "But seriously, have you thought about writing a
biography?
How sad to hear Harry Keough had passed away. I was lucky enough to interview him along with
another legend Tom Finney in the run-up to the 2006 World Cup and I never forgot his warmth and
generosity.I probably took up more of his time than I should have done, and the interview only
ended when his wife Alma reminded him that he needed to get his cleats on and referee a girls'
school match, at the
It seems good ol' Stabæk didn't even need to see Ricardo Clark perform against Valencia tonight.
The U.S. midfielder has completed a loan move there from Eintracht Frankfurt until the end of July.
Everything is agreed and signed every which way, so I'll have an MLSS report up in a bit.By the
way, Stabæk may not be done Americanizing - I'm told they are chasing a stateside goalkeeper, as
well.
Italy is as soccer-mad as they come. Anyone who has spent time in 'lo stivale' - the boot-shaped
peninsula - cannot fail to notice the insane grip football has on Italian lives.Walk around a
piazza or along a busy street and chances are you will find men taking their fix of the daily sport
papers (which are 90% soccer) or chatting about the past or following weekend's fixtures.
My country (England) takes its national team far too seriously, and I am glad. It makes life
interesting. Logically we should just be happy to reach the last eight of a major tournament. But
since when has the heart and the head been the same? The latest storm in a teacup is over Harry
Redknapp missing out on the England job, a post he seemed to have sewn up when Fabio Capello walked
out of
