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Arrigo Sacchi
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS
It doesn’t get much better than a long weekend with friends and a far-flung football match thrown in and, through his cult website European Football Weekends, Danny Last managed to capture the essence of football tourism. We ask him about his travels, his site and how blogging has changed…
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS
We ask the Forbes columnist and football infographic connoisseur about the differences between the MLS model and the European league system, whether we should really judge a manager’s performance based on the value of the squad at his disposal and what we can learn from graphs and wiggly lines…
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS
Be prepared to start viewing the game differently as the groundbreaking football writer and co-author of Soccernomics discusses the potential of analytics in football, the pitfalls of misusing data and the reasons why everybody has become so interested in reading about the financial side of the game…
WORDS: DOMINIC BLISS
In 1998, Chelsea reached a major European final for the first time in 27 years when they sent Italian surprise package Vicenza packing in the Cup Winners’ Cup semi-final at Stamford Bridge. However, it took a comeback of epic proportions to secure a victory that Blues fans will never forget…
WORDS: DOMINIC BLISS
The narrative of Fulham’s season has largely been defined by the sultry performances of Dimitar Berbatov, but while the stylish forward has been making the headlines two other former Bundesliga stars have been quietly impressing the Craven Cottage crowd with their neat combination play…
The rivalry between Mexico and the USA doesn’t need much extra spice but, for the first generation Mexican-Americans living north of the border, there is a big decision to be made. Dominic Bliss spoke to US soccer fan and journalist, Luis Bueno, about a dilemma that involves much more than sport…
One of the fiercest rivalries in international football attracts very little attention here in Britain, but the passion in the Azteca Stadium on Tuesday as Mexico host the USA in a World Cup Qualifier will be fiery to say the least. Dominic Bliss asked Guadalajara-based journalist Tom Marshall all about it…
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS
When Alan Black moved from Glasgow to California, he discovered that the kids in suburban America didn’t react too well to his Scottish coaching technique. After writing a critically acclaimed book about his experiences, he spoke to TheInsideLeft about the game’s transatlantic cultural differences…
WORDS: DOMINIC BLISS
The Africa Cup of Nations is feted as a stage for artistry, creativity and improvisation but the opening game of the 2013 tournament turned out to be a dull and predictable affair, as South Africa looked anything but “the hosts with the most” on the pitch. We ponder whether the flair is yet to come…
INTERVIEW: DOMINIC BLISS
You may have seen #SOSRealOviedo trending on Twitter recently and wondered what it was all about. We spoke to the man behind the hashtag, Sid Lowe, about the fight to save one of Spain’s grand old clubs by selling cheap shares to thousands of concerned football fans around the world…
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