
Iran (I): I’d like to introduce you to someone. . . .
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 eight years....



Colombia (II): The Colombian Wave
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...



Italy (I): Italian Majesty
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...



Croatia (I): The Other Openers
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...



PODCAST: WELCOME HOME LAD
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 from...



Iran (I): I’d like to introduce you to someone. . . .
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 eight years....



Colombia (II): The Colombian Wave
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...



Italy (I): Italian Majesty
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...



Croatia (I): The Other Openers
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...



PODCAST: WELCOME HOME LAD
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 from...