THE football hipster in me had fallen out of love with the World Cup a little ever since it was expanded to a 32-team tournament for France 1998. While yes, the event was given a more symmetrical system, I felt it lost some shine. The idea of four out of the six...
By Martin Fitzgerald I’D LIKE TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEONE. His name is Ebi and he’s from Iran. Ebi was born in Tehran in 1980, a year after the National Revolution and just two weeks before Iran got caught up in a war with Iraq that would last the next...
By Craig Rimmer 1986. THE AZTECA. The moustache. The sombrero. Lineker. Argentina. Diego Maradona. “The Hand of God”. “The Goal of the Century”. “The Mexican Wave”. “La Ola” (The Wave), a common sight at sports stadiums across North and South America. It gained iconic...
By Simon Hughes I WAS IN ITALY during the 1990 World Cup. I was six years old and on holiday with my parents in Sardinia, cossetted up near Alghero: far away from the fun and games. I knew I liked football a lot by then. Liverpool had won the First Division...
CAMEROON. Bolivia. Scotland. Senegal. Costa Rica. Mexico. What joins these six countries together may not be initially obvious to the untrained eye, but to the World Cup aficionados out there, and there are many, they can be defined as “the other nation”. They are the...
NEIL ATKINSON, Paul Cope and Jim Boardman are joined on the phone by Andi Thomas, Roy Henderson and Kristan Heneage as they chat about the return of Rickie Lambert and the impending bohemouth that is the World Cup. Get issue 9 of TAW’s monthly digital mag free...
By Neil Scott AH YES. ECUADOR. Jewel of the Andes. Home of the banana. A land steeped in history and natural splendour. With its mountains and its music and its extensive collection of luxury tortoises. And its bananas. Did I already mention its bananas? Push on, I...
FORMBY, an affluent suburb on the outskirts of Merseyside, has been home to enough Premier League footballers to put together a star-studded mixed age representative team. Steven Gerrard, Leighton Baines, Jordan Henderson, Alan Shearer, Neil Ruddock, Glen Johnson,...
By Daniel Fitzsimmons BLOODY Brussels, eh. I’ve got nothing against Belgium. Some of my best friends are Belgian. I’d happily let a group of Belgian men move in next door. I was used to having Belgians as neighbours for a while, and they were alright. No harm in them....
By Kate Forrester SPAIN. They’re a good team, aren’t they? In with a chance of winning. Again. Play nice football, don’t they? Do they? I don’t know. If you were hoping for sensible discussion on such things, then sorry about that, because I’m your Spain...
Manchester City Premier League Verdict Reaction | TAW Special
Following the breaking news of being found guilty of the majority of charges in relation to break Premier League financial regulations.
John Gibbons is joined by Neil Atkinson and Andy Heaton for reaction to the verdict and the potential ramifications for Manchester City and the Premier League.
