Moroccan Rahala: Ibrahim Afellay
The last decade in African football has seen countless tug-of-wars between countries of players’ birth and countries of their origin. With a large diaspora Morocco is one [...]
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2014 World Cup Review: Australia
Preparation – ✮✮✮ Australia’s preparation didn’t initially take off as they’d hoped. Their farewell match in Sydney left the home support flat after [...]
Australia 2 – 3 Netherlands: Cahill stunner not enough for brave Aussies
Tim Cahill firmly ensured he would go down in Australian football history as their top World Cup star with one of the greatest World Cup goals of all time. In the end it [...]
Netherlands v Ghana Preview
With no disrespect to the Ghanaian Premier League, this game against the Netherlands will be comparatively a far harder contest than the 6-1 drubbing the Black Stars handed [...]
FIFA Nationality Rules: Gift or Curse?
The concept of nationality sits within an uncomfortable space when it comes to international football. Despite FIFA’s best efforts to clarify, re-clarify and restate, [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 