Everything in football has evolved for either the better or worse, depending on your point of view, but what has failed to evolve is the role of the ref. FIFA continue to thrust under qualified referees into the global spotlight, it needs to stop.
British football was rescued from hooligans in 1990 by Gazza’s tears and England’s fourth place finish, now in 2014 football is in the vice-like grip of another enemy. The modern football conglomerate. Yorkspur looks at why we need Brazil 14 to perform a similar feat to Italia 90.
Issue two of The Fighting Cock is out on Monday. Preorder today to get free stickers. You read that right.
Nabil Bentaleb has now been confirmed as a member of Algeria’s 23-man squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Toby Skeels takes stock of the meteoric rise of the young midfielder as he embarks on what is sure to be an exciting trip for any young footballer.
The lunatics took over the White Hart Lane asylum decades ago. Author of ‘Punk Football’, Jim Keoghan asks whether fans will ever wrestle control of Tottenham Hotspur from the grips of corporate inevitability
“Daniel Levy is trigger happy” is a common perception of our chairman, but is he? Bigemc pulls on his rubber gloves and examines the myth, the man, the legend and his managers.
Some where next to Ricky’s to-do list and Flav’s “How to change the world brain storm” a blog sat untouched for nearly two years. Tom Hayward’s passionate words, criminally, never saw the light of day, but here they are, better late than never. Has anything changed since August 2012? Football moves on, but has Spurs?
A few weeks into the summer and everything is progressing nicely. With a new manager at the helm Spurs are floating across peaceful summer seas. A brand new manager, no transfer sagas, no contract negotiations. Let us enjoy the serenity while it lasts.
Spurs fan JadeHotspur makes a small plea for Poch. Get behind him, support him and perhaps he could be the one we have been looking for all this time?