Ebbsfleet United - A Different Kind of Football Club
September 4, 2008
The world’s first and only web community owned football club provides a welcome alternative to the billionaire budgets that are increasingly dominating the game.
Football Is Big Business
August 10, 2008
How one small football fan fought the law - and the law lost interest - plus how corporatism is overwhelming the world’s greatest game.
Champions League Final 2008
May 22, 2008
I was drinking when I wrote this, so forgive me if it goes astray.
At last, the game of games is here. Forgive the bias but today’s the day the Soviet Cyborgs face off against the Euro-Latino Allstars from the Theatre of Dreams. Yes, it’s Chelsea v Manchester United for the right to be known as [...]
F.A. Cup Final 2008: Portsmouth 1, Cardiff City 0
May 18, 2008
A 37th-minute Kanu goal was enough to earn Portsmouth their first FA Cup victory in 69 years at the expense of Championship side Cardiff City.
The veteran striker pounced after Cardiff goalkeeper Peter Enckelman could only flap at a John Utaka cross.
The two unlikely finalists contested a spirited if unspectacular game in front of a sell-out [...]
