This contribution by Rory McLean. He is a historian and soccer writer based in "middle
America." He is the co-writer of Steven Cohen's Not Blowing Smoke, a collection of biographical
short-stories available for the Amazon Kindle.
Processing the Stars & Stripes in 1934...
The taste of a sour Gold Cup finale is still puckers the lips of the US soccer fan.
Tweetsies
Maybe you heard, maybe you didn't. Fast Five somehow turned out to be not only a box office
success a given but a critical one as well. No shit. Myself? I haven't seen it yet, but plan on
enjoying the lush scenery, sharp dialogue and gripping storyline soon enough.
The Blizzard You might know Jonathan Wilson as a football journalist (Guardian, World Soccer
magazine, Sports Illustrated etcetera) and author of four books (including Behind the Curtain:
Football in Eastern Europe, Inverting the Pyramid), a tactics genius and historian, an expert on
Slavic and Eastern European football, a Guardian Football Weekly regular, and a giant brain sitting
in a tub of
Nickspinkboots' Note: All the people gnashing their teeth while looking at
the barren Chelsea section of this website can stop that irritating sound now, because we have a
Chelsea writer. Mohit Minhas is an engineering student in my college and,
imitating the natural order in London, is my junior.
