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“In soccer as in war, the main recipe of strategic or tactical success is to outnumber the opponent in the vital area at the vital moment.”
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Willy Meisl
INTERVIEW: GARRY HAYES
When bestselling crime writer Mark Billingham was adding meat to the bones of the London-based detective at the centre of his hugely successful Detective Thorne novels, it wasn’t Baker Street that sprung to mind, but White Hart Lane. He tells TheInsideLeft how his leading man came to be a Tottenham fan and why the dark milieu of crime fiction goes hand-in-hand with supporting Wolves…
INTERVIEW: GARRY HAYES
As a pioneer in the movement of American soccer players to Europe during the Nineties, John Harkes enjoyed a fine career in England, winning the League Cup with Sheffield Wednesday in 1991. He also played for Derby County, West Ham United, DC United, Nottingham Forest and New England Revolution, before retiring at Columbus Crew in 2002. Now one of the leading voices on US soccer, he gives TheInsideLeft the low down on his top six rookies from the 2012 MLS season so far. Spoiled for choice, it didn’t take us long to break the numerical restrictions of the My Five series, but we hope you’ll forgive us as we find out why Harkes believes these Stateside prospects have what it takes to shine…
WORDS: GARRY HAYES
When Ossie Ardiles made the pioneering move from Argentina to London alongside Ricky Villa in 1978, his South American flair captured the imagination of supporters up and down the country. But the outbreak of the Falklands War in 1982 turned everything upside-down for Tottenham’s star import…
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