Love him, hate him, regard him as one of, if not the greatest players of all time, or simply a cheat and someone whose behaviour and lifestyle inevitably destroyed him, no one will ever forget Diego Armando Maradona and the mark he made on the history of football, or indeed on society as whole. Like […]
In case you missed: Part 1: https://football-nerd.org/2018/07/17/four-go-on-a-russian-world-cup-adventure-part-1-moscow-saturday-16th-of-june-to-monday-18th-of-june-2018/) Part 2: https://football-nerd.org/2018/07/18/four-go-on-a-russian-world-cup-adventure-part-2-still-moscow-tuesday-19th-of-june-wednesday-20th-june-2018/ Wednesday 20th June (continued) The hotel was only about a twenty minute walk from the station and after we had checked in, (stone cold sober we hasten to add!), we headed down to the bar to watch Portugal beat Morocco and sample […]
Part of being an utterly hopeless football obsessive means that the World Cup is absolute heaven; ever since immersing myself in Espana 82 while on holiday on the Costa del Sol, I absolutely relish every tournament when it comes round. In many ways I still retain the character traits of that nine-year old boy who […]
almost unbelievably, one of them is England. It is probably fair to say that Gareth Southgate and his team have far exceeded the expectations of a nation that had developed apathy towards the national football team after recent dismal tournament showings. If it was possible to question England’s credentials after the penalty shootout win over […]
Well wasn’t that absolutely typical? Didn’t you just know that if England were to reach the Quarter Finals they would do it the hard way and in dramatic fashion? Just when those of us struggling to keep the faith after recent tournament failings had started to believe again, England did what they always do, except […]
So there we have it and facing the first day without football to watch for two weeks, it seems like a good time to reflect on the World Cup Group Stages which concluded last night with Belgium’s reserves proving marginally better than England’s second string. There were some unexpected and surprising performances and results but […]
Finally, after being back in the country for four days the Football Nerd gang are beginning to shake off the hangovers and clear our heads after the fun, games and merriment we had enjoying the opening week of the World Cup over in Russia. We will be chronicling our adventures in full in due course, […]
After an extensive and complex analytical process conducted by the most scientific minds that we could find at Football Nerd; yes that’s right we simply got hold of one of those predictor spreadsheets that do the rounds before major tournaments and set about guessing predicting the results of each match, we can now reveal how […]
Ahead of the opening match of the World Cup on Thursday here is a look at all the groups. Group A- Russia, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Uruguay After a largely unimpressive performance in the Euros two years ago and a far from inspiring run of just four wins in eighteen friendlies played as part of […]
So here we are at last, the dust is settling on the domestic seasons in Europe and we can now concentrate on the four week extravaganza of football that is the latest chapter of the World Cup. For self-confessed football obsessives, while nothing will ever replace the ebb and flow of following our team(s) through […]
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