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So United have lost to some Danes! From the terraces can be heard strains Of fans feeling frustrated And of players being slated: “Hey Rashford! Have you got any brains?”   Is there any comfort in the fact that both PSG and Barcelona also lost Tuesday?  Not really……! Thanks again to Hedley, our very own 22nd Century Ezra Pound.

Gedas is Lithuanian but he plays for the Ukraine team. Not surprising since the Lithuanians are a rather frosty outfit.  But that’s what fifty years of Soviet occupation will do to you! The league is the National Metropolitan Soccer League, Over 48 Division and the teams are playing the second semifinal. The game is being contested on a turf pitch in Oak Brook in perfect conditions – the late autumn […] Read More

‘It’s embarassing!’  A decision went against Arsenal. Very questionable. And I mean questionable in the sense that you could give it either way. But Arteta, baby that he is, virtually blubbering cries foul. Then Arsenal follow up with a ‘strongly worded’ formal statement. One questionable decision and there’s a crisis in Premier League officiating. It’s a total smokescreen. A decision goes against you and we need a national inquiry. Grow […] Read More

Uruguay is a small country which lies across the river Plate from the sprawling but prosperous suburbs of Buenos Aires.  I was there one Thanksgiving, the air still crisp and clear.  We took the ferry one and a half hours to the quaint town of Colonia del Sacramento Then on to Montevideo – art deco and colonial style – a city of some 1.4 million souls (compared with 15.5 million […] Read More