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A retro football experience
Four years ago, when ‘lockdown’ was merely an adaptation of the notorious catenaccio tactic beloved of Italian defenders for decades, the football season was getting underway just now. On July 30, I was off to Shildon to see the curtain-raiser for the Northern League season. Shildon, defending champion and league cup winner, took on Marske United, runner-up in both competitions, for the Cleator Cup. League action would resume the following weekend.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Cleats
St Helens Town AFC Makes Application To Participate In Next Season's FA Cup
St Helens Town AFC have made an application to play in next season's FA Cup. The club currently plays in the North West Counties Football League. The Ruskin Drive side played in the Cup up to and including the 1970/1 season, then didn't enter 71/2, 72/3 & 73/4 before being back in the Cup from 74/5 through to 2015/16 and since then haven't qualified on league position/PPG.
By Ashish Prabhu6 years ago in Cleats
WE MISS FOOTBALL
The coronavirus is impacting all aspects of society across the world and the global sports industry is significantly affected. With the cancelation of games and leagues, many of us are struggling without football, because it genuinely stimulates a similar “love” feeling in each one of us. With the absence of football, we all still seem to reunite with each other through the love of sports. Famous football players have shared on their social media accounts many videos of them practicing or even fooling around, which kept the bond with the world even stronger; we are all in this together. From the replay of old games to online gaming, we all seem to manage to find a way to stay connected to football. However, something is still missing.
By Firás Árab6 years ago in Cleats
Retiring from the Pitch
This past year my collegiate soccer career ended in our conference's championship game. We were on the losing end of the 2-1 score, one that my teammates and I do not feel accurately represents our season. The clock ran down in those final minutes and it took me to the 15 second mark that I finally realized we would not be making a comeback. We wouldn't be playing another game. I looked at the rest of my senior class from the bench and saw tears in their eyes, knowing that they were coming to the same realization that I was. It wasn't easy. It still isn't.
By c6 years ago in Cleats
Forward - Chapter 1
Aiden Robertson Aiden grumbles and groans as he is forced into this realm through the incessant screaming of his mobile phone. The vibrations of it on the table assaulted his ears, and in defiance to the mobile tyrant he refused to open his eyes. Reaching out he searches for the damned contraption with all the grace of a blind drunk praying mantis. The thought of opening his eyes arrived in his mind. He is too stubborn to give in now and promptly shoved the thought back into the chest deep within his mind that was filled with the memories of all the times he wished he had asked out the girl he liked. Reaching, and reaching, getting closer, his instincts were hardly ever wrong. By this point he was more awake than he was asleep, though he does not care, it was the mere principle of the matter at this point. His current battle is with the accursed extension of himself that he relies on so much to stare at in the hopes of getting a message from she whom he likes to daydream about.
By BoblobV26 years ago in Cleats
Rangers Football Club Kick Off Digital Transformation
It has been announced that Rangers Football Club have unveiled its club brand evolution and digital transformation strategy, through an enhanced suite of unified digital products including the launch of a new industry leading club website and app.
By Ashish Prabhu6 years ago in Cleats
Football archaeology
Once, Cockfield’s playing field was home to some of the unlikely heroes of amateur football. In the 1920s, a time of industrial strife and economic depression, the miners of Cockfield FC twice took the name of this ‘two-street pit village’ deep into the FA Amateur Cup. A run to the semis in 1923 had the so-called ‘village wonder team’ making headlines; only Evesham United could halt their march.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Cleats
The Obsession with Winning
THE OBSESSION WITH WINNING I've been playing FIFA for a long time. Since 2005, I've had a copy of almost every FIFA to date. I think I've gotten so familiar with the game, that sometimes winning seems boring. Sometimes losing the occasional game makes me feel a little more alive, and it makes the game feel a little more relatable. Don't worry this isn't a gaming article, give me a minute to elaborate.
By Nathanael Teo6 years ago in Cleats
Socially distant soccer. Top Story - June 2020.
The training session came to an end and one of the triallists made his way over to say thanks for the opportunity. Instinctively, he offered his hand ... but right now in England, handshakes are off limits. As sport cautiously returns to action, everyone has plenty to learn.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Cleats
Integration Through Sport: The Story of Dalkurd FF
Seemingly brought to life by Donald Trump’s controversial proposal of a border wall with Mexico, the debate on immigration policy has turned into one of the most divisive and exhausted topics in all political discourse. But even if it seems that the majority of headlines come from Texas or California, the discussion is not reserved for North America.
By Eddy Prugh6 years ago in Cleats
From Roker Park to Radio Tirana
Sunderland fans and communist Albania shouldn’t have much in common. Even allowing for the north-east’s left-leaning political reputation, the unreconstructed Stalinism of Enver Hoxha was seldom debated on the terraces. Yet, for a generation of fans clutching crackly radio sets, midway matches meant the Red-and-Whites of Roker were accompanied by the Reds of the Marxist-Leninist vanguard.
By Andy Potts6 years ago in Cleats
Scouting: Said Benrahma
A cog in Brentford's attacking trident, Said Benrahma operates as a left winger acting mostly as an inside forward. A very technically gifted player and still young, aged only 24, Benrahma should be playing Premier League football make no doubt. With the likes of Bryan Mbeumo and Ollie Watkins also in Brentford's attacking line-up, Benrahma has many outlets for his outstanding creativity. Most definitely a creator more than anything else, let's see what makes the Algerian so valuable to The Bees.
By Potential Punts6 years ago in Cleats