What's stopping you, Kenya? is a post from: Just Football

Sudan aside, there's a glaring geographical gap at this year's African Cup of Nations. Andrew Crawford has a few ideas why:

Watching the current African Cup Of Nations (ACON), it is somewhat tellingly awkward how there isn't a stronger presence from countries from East Africa, although the same could be said for almost every ACON and since it began.

One year on: Egyptian football after the revolution is a post from: Just Football

January 25th 2011. One year ago today, the revolution began. Making his debut for Just Football, Adam Moustafa reports on the changes to Egyptian football in the year since:

Prior to the Egyptian revolution, football was one of the main sources of bliss for Egyptians.

John Terry? Right now he's the least of our problems... is a post from: Just Football

I watched and re-watched the footage of the alleged racial slur John Terry spat at Anton Ferdinand the other day. With the moving images slowed down it certainly seems as though the England captain's lips press together to produce the necessary sound for the ‘b' in black and the heavy ‘c' of that favoured term of the guttersnipe.

Just Football presents... The Study of English Football [Introduction] is a post from: Just Football

by Andreas Vou

It was after the English national football team's 1-2 defeat to France in November 2010 that, when reading what was written in the press after the game, I reached the final straw.

Libya: Football in a time of rebellion is a post from: Just Football

By Mehdi Rahnama

The last thing a country will think about during a revolution, one might think, is its football. In Libya though, the support of the national team towards the rebels has caused a major setback to the Gaddafi camp.

Rah Ahan An Iranian Experiment is a post from: Just Football

by Mehdi Rahnama

The long awaited privatisation of government-owned football clubs in Iran has begun. The first team to be officially handed over to the private sector was Rah Ahan. Owned by the Rail Road Company of Iran until months ago, Rah Ahan football club has been the first and, so far, only Iranian Premier League team to be offered to the public.

Away from Home: The Struggle for Football in Palestine is a post from: Just Football

June 12th 2014, Maracana Stadium. To much fanfare, World Cup 2014 kicks off. Opening game Brazil vs Palestine. Could happen? Perhaps not. But as Lewis Cheetham explains in his debut article for Just Football, duress is being met with progress:

Footballing associations across the world are inevitably faced with complications and disruptions which obstruct the development of their game each season.

Sharing the wealth: Copa America and the Decentralisation of Argentinian Football is a post from: Just Football

Forget the penalties, the 2011 Copa America represents a landmark moment for Argentinian football. Making his debut for Just Football, Tom Barnett explains why:

Though they may have disappointed on the pitch, for hosts Argentina, behind the scenes the 2011 edition of the Copa America is potentially the most intriguing and significant yet.

Toppling the Murdoch Empire: Could a Pub Landlady from Portsmouth help seal BSkyB's fate? is a post from: Just Football

While the News Corporation / News International phone hacking storm continues to rumble with menace, Theo Fan reports on another threat facing Rupert Murdoch, and how the fate of the televised game and BSkyB could rely on a pub landlady from Portsmouth:

Who will have the biggest impact on domestic football in the next 10 years?

Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and the line is a post from: Just Football

I wrestled with my conscience on June 30th. Despite my writing pretensions, my profession is that of an educator and I took the decision to not join my colleagues in taking industrial action against an unfair policy by a government determined to destroy any last vestiges of communal brotherhood left in this country.

FIFA Presidential Election: Are the FA Right to Abstain? is a post from: Just Football

Next week FIFA's 208 members will vote in the latest FIFA Presidential election. Current president Sepp Blatter has held the position since 1998. He was re-elected in 2002 and again in 2007, unopposed, despite the fact only 66 of FIFA's members supported him.

Knocking cricket off its perch: The development of football in India is a post from: Just Football

by Simon Godfrey

In a country which is growing at a rapid rate economically and with a population exceeding 1.2 billion (and growing) two questions arise: 1) what chance there is of football replacing cricket as the most popular sport in India?

NFL v Premier League: Socialism v Capitalism in sport format is a post from: Just Football

by Roger Domeneghetti

Whisper it (just so you don't upset Sarah Palin and her Tea Party chums) but there's a small corner of good ol' America that's looks a bit, well; socialist and that would be the NFL.

Politics and Personality in Sport: In the Commercial Era, Does Tradition Matter? is a post from: Just Football

by Chris Woolfrey

In the last piece I wrote for Just Football I retold the story of Matthias Sindelar, the Austrian footballer who symbolised, in part, a nation's defiance of their Nazi occupiers; an archetype of Austria's considered and poetic passing game.

The Interview: Just Football meets Graeme Le Saux is a post from: Just Football

JF: Graeme Le Saux, thanks very much for speaking to Just Football.

Graeme Le Saux: No problem.

JF: If you wouldn't mind beginning by telling us a bit about the Champions League Trophy Tour with Heineken and your role as Ambassador.

Death of a Chilean Love Affair is a post from: Just Football

Last Friday, Marcelo Bielsa put an end to three months of speculation by announcing his resignation as manager of the Chilean National Team. It was three and a half years of his work that not only repositioned Chile amongst the world's best but which also returned faith and hope to a country with a loser complex.

The Ballad of Matthias Sindelar (Or How World War II Robbed Austria's Golden Generation) is a post from: Just Football

The name Matthias Sindelar should be familiar to football aficionados everywhere as well as historians, for that matter. But, by and large, it isn't. Chris Woolfrey elaborates on an iconic symbol of Austrian football:

In his book Inverting the Pyramid Jonathan Wilson writes that "the modern way of understanding and discussing the game was invented in the coffee houses of Vienna," and in the realisation of an aesthetic of Austrian football formed by Hugo Meisl's Wunderteam and their iconic forward Matthias Sindelar, a nation patronisingly deemed by some as too lowly for its role as co-host of the 2008 European Championship contributed perhaps more to the development of football than most so-called 'major' sporting nations ever have.

Talking about a Revolution Football's role in Egypt protests is a post from: Just Football

As protests in Egypt continue and the uprising in North Africa spreads, football is playing a key role in the Arab world's revolution. Making his debut for Just Football, James M.

Men behaving badly: Should players' off-pitch behaviour affect fans' support? is a post from: Just Football

Football fans and morals. A thorny bush, as we've discussed before on Just Football. But should we as supporters be ready to withhold our support for players whose behaviour doesn't quite match our own standards or moral codes?