Is Manchester City Really Better Off with New Owners? (1)
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So, the shortish reign of Thaksin Shinawatra has finally come to an end. None too soon perhaps for Man City fans settling down to some Pepto Bismol after that ridiculous and probably unnecessary roller-coaster ride. While stern looking Premier League officials waxed on about ‘fit and proper persons,’ it was clear that the former Thai Primer Minister with the dubious human rights record would provide the sort of leadership the Premier League could do without. ...
Extra Time: European Football’s Battle With The Time Zone (1)
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Pitch Invasion (0)
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As another European club season gets under way, I’m reminded of the days in Montreal when my football following was something of an ascetic exercise. When the Premier league moved into the decisive December-January junction, not only would I have to rouse myself from a warm bed embraced only five hours earlier from the local student pubs, I would have to trudge through three feet of snow in temperatures hovering near minus thirty degrees Celsius, ...
Among the Hugs: Is Cuddly MLS Really Turning Violent? (1)
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West Hammered: MLS Learns from the Pros While English cynicism used to be a cherished import in the all-too-earnest hinterland of soccer-loving North America, the bile has lost its caché in the past few years. No more, Guardian. Cease and desist, ‘When Saturday Comes’. Your glib asides on the American game, which may have seemed like cutting journalistic insight post 1994, now sounds like the wet-gummed wheezings of an irate undergraduate student moaning about the ...
Is Sepp Blatter a Marxist? (1)
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For all those enraged by the hundreds of millions of pounds in inflated transfer fees flying between the stadia of Europe this summer: there was once a bearded man from a long time ago who proposed that the use-value of a commodity or service should determine its price, not market forces. No, I’m not talking about Gandalf, or even Santa Claus – I’m referring to Karl Marx. Marx fought against wage-slavery long before Sepp Blatter’s ...
