It’s Time to Abolish Mandatory Handshakes at Soccer Matches
Mandatory player handshakes at soccer games should be abolished. Voluntary player handshakes should be encouraged. It’s nice that soccer stadia are more family oriented. As a youngster I braved the terraces to watch Crystal Palace play Millwall at......
How to Solve the Issue of Too Many London Teams in the Premier League
I’ve spent too much of my 25 years in the States trying to convince Americans that there’s more to England than the great city of London. However, it’s quite likely there’ll be 6 London-based teams in the EPL next season. …
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Escaping the Boredom of Cricket to Immerse Myself in the Premier League
Salvation is here! The English football season is back. I’ve been trying to fill the summer void by taking to cricket but it’s been challenging. In the text commentary for the previous Test match against India, for example, several cricket fans...
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Reasons for England Football Fans to be Cheerful
Supposedly, the Three Lions on England football shirts represent pride, passion and courage. Clearly, it’s time for a kit redesign.
Even as England’s footballing lions shriveled into meek kittens in the World Cup cauldron it may be finally sinking in that England are ordinary. They’re capable of qualifying for major tournaments, perhaps even making the knock-out...
2010 World Cup Fever: A Warning to Businesses Everywhere
The World Cup has stopped wars, launched dictators and broken hearts. The month-long quadrennial soccer extravaganza can also reduce a nation’s GDP: neither over-zealous victory parties nor wallowing in defeatism do much for worker productivity.
World Cup 2010 begins in South Africa on June 11. Human Resource departments at employers in the 32 participating...
World Cup 2010: Roy Hodgson Gives England A Timely Lesson
Just in time for the World Cup, Fulham manager Roy Hodgson showed England how to lose with dignity. That’s important because with history as the guide England will flatter to deceive in making the knockout stages, only to be humiliated in a penalty kick shootout.
With the World Cup in South Africa looming and...
