World Football Columns
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Do Man United Need To Take A Step Back To Move Forward?
Is Harry Sherlock crazy? Maybe, but his harebrained idea just might work. Continue reading
Hot Dogs, Apple Pie & The MLS Cup: The Last Stand Of David Beckham?
For David Beckham and the Los Angeles Galaxy, it may literally be now or never. Continue reading
Sir Alex Ferguson: Dynastic Is An Understatement
Harry Sherlock pays tribute to the only Manchester United manager he’s ever known. Continue reading
Hot Dogs, Apple Pie & MLS: American Soccer Is Given A Difficult Act To Follow
MLS has enjoyed two consecutive seasons in which unexpected champions rose from the ranks to upset the big names. This year, however, baseball beat them to the punch in such spectacular fashion that the league will be hard put to reply. Continue reading
Hot Dogs Apple Pie & MLS: Beckham & Henry Begin To Pay Dividends For MLS
The MLS playoff picture is coming into focus, with one or two hard chargers causing some late surprises. Continue reading
The Monday Morning Drip: Because Old Dogs & Englishmen Still Do Tricks
A jolt of footy caffeine to jump-start your week! Continue reading
Anatomy Of A Football Fan: The Many Species Of Homo Supportus
The WFC writers get together to discuss, through self-examination, the different types of fans which exist in the modern game. Continue reading
Jersey Has Nothing To Do With It; Red Bull Are Just Not A NY Team
If Red Bull want to win, a bit of attitude is in order. Continue reading
The Monday Morning Drip: Because The Premier League Isn’t Enough
A jolt of international footy to jump start your week! Continue reading
When Did Premier League Footballers Become Such Girls?
It’s the typical male chauvinist thinking. Only this time, it’s coming from a woman. Continue reading
The Scouser Report: Unveiling Stewart Downing, Liverpool’s Future On The Left
Andrew Beasley examines why Stewart Downing may have been worth the price for Liverpool and why he wasn’t. Continue reading
WFC’s Weekend Catch – Choice Fixtures For 16-17 July, 2011
The best fixtures of a Copa Mundial y America weekend and the lament of one Neil Warnock. Continue reading
David Beckham’s Weekend: A Beautiful Day For A Wedding Followed By Texas Sized English Weather For Footy
Royal Weddings come along once every generation, whereas Englishmen can play football in a downpour on a regualr basis. If you were David Beckham, holding an gold embossed personal invitation from William and Kate, would you honestly turn it down?
“No thanks luvs, I’ve got a kick-about planned for that weekend. Maybe if you reschedule….?” Continue reading
WFC’s Weekend Catch – The World’s Choice Fixtures For 16-17 April, 2011
While MLS and South American leagues are just getting started or in their middle stages, competitions across Europe and in Mexico are headed into the final stretch. To that end, there are any number of important matches, wherever you look. We’ve done our best to bring the most crucial to your attention, which means a King Sized Catch, this week. Are you up for it? We hope so, because here it is. Enjoy, but don’t hurt yourself! Continue reading
Red Bulls and Galaxy Sing The Big Money Blues
With the Red Bulls paying out $11 million annually to Thierry Henry and Rafa Marquez and the Galaxy in the last year of a $250 million dollar deal with David Beckham, fans in NY & LA have failed to realise the same return on the investment as the league has as a whole. With the ‘Beckham Experiment’almost at an end and the data condemning the on-pitch value of European superstars, one wonders whether the Galaxy and Red Bull supporters will be asked to continue sacrificing their championship dreams on the altar of good publicity? Continue reading
Hot Dogs, Apple Pie & David Beckham Singin’In The Rain
The LA Galaxy continued their dominance of the Sounders and snapped Seattle’s perfect opening day record. Continue reading
The Next Step In The American Dream: The 2011 Major League Soccer Preview
With two new teams in the Pacific Northwest, the MLS has expanded to 18 teams, a 34-game schedule, a 10-team playoff and instantly added a six-pack of intense derby matches which could make 2011 a very interesting season. Continue reading
Hot Dogs, Apple Pie and David Beckham
I suppose it’s inevitable, at this stage in the development of American soccer, that my first topic in a new column on the US game would deal with David Beckham. There’s no question that he polarizes global football opinion like no other personality. Half the world views him with scorn, seeing a limited talent who … Continue reading
Serie A Spaghetti Western Theatre: AC Milan Get Tough, Sampdoria Sell Silverware, Brescia Coaching Confusion
The Good What a difference a year makes. Last season, AC Milan, with Leonardo at the helm, was chasing Mourinho’s Inter and Ranieri’s Roma, the combined flair of Ronaldhino, Pato, Clarence Seedorf, Klass-Jan Huntelaar, Andrea Pirlo, Pippo Inzaghi and David Beckham of insufficient substance to contend for the Scudetto. Now, after an autumn in the … Continue reading
Major League Soccer– An American Soccer Experience
Football fans outside the United States may not have a deep knowledge of our top professional division, Major League Soccer. Although the history of soccer in the United States is long and significant, MLS is a recent addition to the landscape. The League was formed in 1993 and began play in 1996, the result of … Continue reading
WFC’s Ninth Day Of Christmas: Nine Wags Enchanting
On the Ninth Day of Christmas, FIFA gave to me Nine Wags Enchanting, Eight Landons Leading, Seven Studs-a-Stomping, Six Meals-a-Making, Five Golden Gooooooooooaaaaaaalllss!! Four Failing Clubs, Three French Men, Two Keeper’s Gloves and A Whistle Happy Referee I know, I know. This is the one you’ve been waiting for, the gift you really want to … Continue reading
WFC’s Eighth Day Of Christmas: Eight Landons Leading
Written by Martin Palazzotto, Andrew Gibney, Thomas G. Clark and Tapesh Patel On the Eighth Day of Christmas, FIFA gave to me, Eight Landons Leading, Seven Studs-a-Stomping, Six Meals-a-Making, Five Golden Gooooooaaaaaaaaallllss!! Four Failing Clubs, Three French Men, Two Keeper’s Gloves and A Whistle Happy Referee Going into this summer’s World Cup, there was a … Continue reading
A Tale Of Two Bids: Sweating the 2018 & 22 FIFA World Cup Vote
From the English perspective, as regards Tuesday’s World Cup vote on the 2018 and 2022 host nations, the glass is more than half empty. The media, famous for scarfing down complimentary fare at league matches as though they were shipping out to Ethiopa the next day, have drank their fill from the bottomless cup of … Continue reading
And Then There Were Two: The MLS Semi-Finals
If you’re a fan of the Highlander franchise, you can appreciate how the American playoff system works. Every year, clubs go about their business in the regular season but, essentially, it’s just so much practice. Teams play a balanced schedule, just as in any UEFA league, but the Supporter’s Shield awarded to the side with … Continue reading
The West Is Best: MLS Semi-Final Preview
It’s often said that as far as Major League Soccer has come, it’s still has a long way to go to reach the Premier League. After the conclusion of the quarter-final matches, last weekend, the American league has actually made the distance even greater. Thankfully, though, we’re not speaking about quality anymore. Even with the … Continue reading
Did You Catch It? 2-3 Oct. 2010
Went antiquing with the missus? Drop your Blackberry down a well? Get distracted by a weekend marathon of On The Buses? WFC has you covered. All the best matches in review and a youtube smorgasbord, to boot! Continue reading
Did You Catch It? 25-26 Sept. 2010
The big bangs from the weekend action, with film at eleven. Continue reading
Catch Them If You Can! 25-26 Sept. 2010
The big clubs have had results blow up in their faces all through the mid-week. will it continue into the weekend? Continue reading
Did You Catch It? 18-19 Sept. 2010
Thrills, spills, and highlights! So what if it doesn’t rhyme? Continue reading
Did You Catch It? — 11-12 Sept. 2010
The weekend’s fixtures in review and a smattering of highlights! Continue reading
Summer of Discontent — The Debate Over The MLS Schedule
A strong criticism of MLS is that it plays its games over the summer and, thus, is out of sync with much of the rest of the world. Martin Palazzotto looks into the matter and discovers that it may be a better idea for American Soccer to align itself with the rest of the New World, rather than with the Old. Continue reading
Friday, 13 (yikes!) Aug. — Speaking In Code
Breaking through the PC barrier to find out what football personalities really mean when they offer up such ambiguous answers to questions from the media. Continue reading
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