Author: Jack Wills
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Wales. Golf. Retirement: An ode to Gareth Bale
Lampard, Gerrard, Rooney, Scholes, Beckham, Terry, Ferdinand, Ashley Cole… For a period in the mid 2000s it felt like the English media were incapable of seeing a good English player without anointing them as the greatest player in the world, with all of this culminating in the now gag-inducing phrase “Golden Generation”. This was all […]
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Qatar 2022 – the best worst World Cup
I was wrong. I was very, very wrong. I have spent the last few months, years, even, complaining about the Qatar World Cup. About the winter World Cup. About all of it. You know what? This World Cup has been absolutely fucking brilliant! Should Qatar have hosted the 2022 World Cup? No, of course not. […]
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Boycotts, apathy, and jubilation… Qatar 2022 is finally here!
Whether people like it or not, the Qatar World Cup is finally here, with a mixed anticipation for the football itself. We spoke to Welsh, Norwegian and English experts to gauge a broad perspective.
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The Hand of the Devil – The Ghana Uruguay grudge match
Uruguay will face Ghana in Qatar at the 2022 World Cup in only the second-ever meeting in their history – but it is already becoming a modern classic rivalry. Jack Wills looks back 12 years to find out why.
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Ross Graham – From loan hell to Dundee United’s rising star
While he may not be a Beckenbauer or Maldini, Dundee United’s Ross Graham has taken an unconventional route to becoming a superb young talent – we spoke to the people following him most closely to find out how.
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Close but no Qatar – We’re running a fake World Cup!
The FIFA World Cup, the crème de la crème of football. It is iconic…We all know the Qatar World Cup is a travesty.
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The Cartridge Family: The Simpsons’ first foray into ‘soccer’
While the football segment only lasted little over three minutes, it is one of the most iconic sporting scenes depicted in the show.
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Her Game Too – Enough with online abuse, football is for everyone
Football isn’t a ‘man’s game’. Football is for everyone. Football is Her Game Too.
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Oceanic 2022 World Cup Qualifying: Do FIFA treat Oceania fairly?
The Oceanic continent has been maltreated by FIFA for years, seemingly thought of as nothing short of an afterthought, an inconvenience, even.
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‘All Roads Lead To Paris’: How to get a football book published
Heart of Football writer Ross Kilvington has recently begun the process. He is currently writing and researching his debut book ‘All Roads Lead To Paris’ which is billed as the inside story to the 1998 FIFA World Cup.
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