Gulf Cup 2014: Review
Qatar completed a memorable year on the pitch as they defied the odds to comeback and beat hosts Saudi Arabia in this month’s Gulf Cup final. With the world’s eye firmly [...]
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Gulf Cup 2014: Preview
The 22nd Gulf Cup competition kicks off in Riyadh next week with many seeing this as a mini-dress-rehearsal of January’s Asian Cup for 7 of the West Asian qualifiers. Hosts [...]
League Focus: Saudi Arabia (Professional League)
Martin Lowe (@plasticpitch) continues to preview the start of the West Asian league season by looking at the Saudi Arabian Pro League and how the increase in spending of its [...]
World Cup Wonders #3 Saeed Al Owairan
Legendary World Cup goals are hard to forget, and even if we wanted to forget them, the incessant lists of “Top World Cup Goals” like to remind us of them. But [...]
Asian Cup 2015 Qualifiers Round Up
Wednesday 5th March saw the end of the qualifying fixtures for the Asian Cup in Australia next January. We now have 15 of the eventual 16 finalists (1 more will be decided in [...]
Sandals For Goalposts 