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Football Nerd Reviews: “Killing Maradona: How Cocaine, the Camorra, Cartels and Crime Corrupted Football’s Greatest Talent.” by David Arrowsmith.

I have a confession to make. Despite the fact that he played for a nation that was not fondly thought of in my own country, as a result of the Falklands Conflict just four years previously. Also, that he blatantly cheated against England in the quarter final. While watching Mexico 86 on TV, the footballing […]

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Walking in the footsteps of Maradona.

Over thirty years ago in the days before Channel Four popularised Italian Football in this country, a quite remarkable story emerged from the exotic seeming Serie A, one that captured the imagination of this at the time teenaged football obsessive. None other than Diego Armando Maradona, disillusioned after a 2 –year stint at Barcelona characterised […]