It's true, there are a lot of Brentons in Swansea. Third most dense concentration of Brentons in
the UK after southwest England (Plymouth) and Southampton. Fascinating stuff, this.
Read Martin's preview because you should and because he paints a bleak picture of our backline,
a picture we all need to come to terms with.
The Sides of the 1920s, the End of the Club's First Golden Age
The 1920s were times of self-discovery for Barcelona. It was by that time the club started to
recognize its symbolic meaning to the Catalan people.
It was at the time the club began to become more than a club. Jack Greenwell, the then manager,
was the one who laid the foundation for success on the field.
Leading figures in French football - including national team coach Laurent Blanc - have been
accused of trying to implement racial quotas for non-white players in youth academies.
Lilian Thuram is France's most capped player with 142 appearances under his belt. Originally from
Guadalupe, Thuram now campaigns against discrimination in football.
Joe 'Jaws' Jordan: His bark worse than his bite?
Joe Jordan pulled out the oldest trick in the playbook winding up Gennaro Gattuso. He might have
indeed called the Milan midfielder '"f****** Italian b******'".
But Gattuso defending his actions as a response to racism borders on the comical.
The big news is that Chile announced it's squad for the January 22nd friendly against the USA in
Los Angeles. The Chilean football federation has elections January 7th, so this could be the last
squad coach Marcelo Bielsa announces (before he becomes Liverpool's manager).
ESPN's Outside The Lines tackles serious topics that can't be captured in soundbytes or solved
through the pseudophilosophical meanderings of group punditry.
