Stepping out onto Albion’s shores from the ironsides of Windrush came future friends future trends future stars they assimilated…. but it was a struggle as the Muggles of middle minded England welcomed with negative force and with a narrative both crusty and coarse… No Blacks No dogs No Irish and Enoch Powell’s “Rivers of blood” […]

It seems like forever that we’ve heard that iconic-goose-bump-inducing signature tune….. followed by incumbent presenter welcoming us all to edited highlights, mapping a ball then cameras roll… action!… players play managers cuss, curse and cajole refs blow up for baffling and inconsistent decisions now VAR draws lines of contentious precisions… piqued pundits opine and we, […]

We pray to every God For all the people lost and impacted in Turkey and Syria Back in my early days at almost every game you’d surely hear the chant “Chopper’s gonna getcha, la, la, la, la!” and there was no disguising the clear, cold, calculated clatter that would soon follow. No disinformation there! In […]

And lo! God set man upon earth And Pelé unto football God gave humankind legs So that we might walk And Pele dance God gave us brains So that our minds might reach to the future with emboldened thought To give us the capacity to envision play and plenitude And to recognise deity in sport

SF1: MmmmMessi Messi’s magical masterclass… More memorable than most? Mesmeric in front of the masses Mercurial medallist dumbfounds (immoral) host Morocco’s momentum Offers a modicum of optimism – But no amount of heroism Can stop Leo the Magnificent / Messi the Immortal SF2: Maroc Interlock With our hearts The Atlas Lions Underdog scions With the […]