Category: Articles
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The Flower of Cologne
If the thistle is a symbol of Scotland, then Cologne is its new adopted home. Sitting amongst a bright and calm evening in London I donned my usual format of listening to football on the radio. I just like it, cooking, chilling, listening to the dulcet Scottish lingo of Chris Iwelumo as the players walked…
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Germany: a sleeping giant awakes
They’re back people! Europe watch out because this German side plus home support could just be unstoppable. From despair to delight It was hard to believe watching that German side on Friday night that a dark cloud of pressure loomed over them coming into the tournament following dismal showings in the past three international tournaments.…
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Hope & Glory
A Georgian Preview Are Georgia just “Happy to be here” or are we looking at one of those nations who rallies, lifts performance and makes remarkable progression when presented with the opportunity. I for one, hope so. A quite miraculous qualifying campaign saw Georgia top the group in the Nations League, win a playoff-semi against…
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Story of the match: Belgium 0 Slovakia 1
Jérémy Doku burst into life within the first 3 minutes. Marauding forward from the right flank, he teed up Kevin De Bruyne. His Man City colleague’s glancing touch was bundled into the keeper by Romelu Lukaku. A squandered chance. Doku again provided a creative spark. He played in Lukaku directly this time, who brought the ball past…
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Belgium vs. Slovakia Preview
Belgium kick off their Euro 2024 campaign today against Slovakia. The Roberto Martinez era is over. His successor, Dominic Tedesco, is unbeaten across 14 matches. The question of the recent Golden Generation never delivering was swiped away somewhat by the Belgian Football Podcast’s Scott Coyne on our euro 2024 preview. Turns out the Belgian population…
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Foden Enigma
It’s hard to judge England after one game, and when that game is a victory against a talented and experienced Serbia it becomes even more challenging. The Three Lions won. Shouldn’t we all be revelling in hope and belief about this landmark, don’t we always drop points in the first game at The Euro’s. Don’t…
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An ode to England.
What is it to be English. It’s not a religion, it’s not a faith, it’s not something you’re born into, it’s not something you chose…it’s something that feels like home in your heart. Troubles, riots, political jousting, racism, poverty, crime and general unrest is what most countries suffer on a daily basis. England is less…
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Euros Day 2: “group of death” gets underway
Day two of Euro 2024 and it’s time to kick off this year’s “group of death”. While it’s quite possible Spain, Croatia and Italy all make it into the knockout phase, it’s also a conceivable possibility that a giant will fall at the first hurdle. Meanwhile Albania have been written off by many as the…
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…it begins.
So the Euros has kicked-off with an absolute BANG! But today’s offering is an explosion of European football at its finest. Hungary vs Switzerland An interesting game up for grabs here after Scotland getting a record breaking open day rude awakening against group favourites Germany, it opens up 2nd place quite invitingly. Both teams will…
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Boys against Men?
Believe it or not…football is changing. When we used to watch nations like Scotland, Republic of Ireland or Wales line-up in these competitions a good old “rolling up the sleeves” mentality was all you needed to get a reasonable result. But in 2024…you just need that little bit more. The boots have changed, the kits…
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