Suggested Reading & Viewing
Fever Pitch: Soccer Book & Film Review
Fever Pitch: Soccer Book and Film Review Please note that this is mainly a review of the soccer book called Fever Pitch -- less so the movie, and certainly not the American film of the same name. It's a very...
There is a Second (Mini) Season of the Amazon Prime Leeds United Show
The behind-the-scenes documentary from English soccer clubs has become quite the rage of late, and one of the best now has a second (mini) season. Take Us Home: Leeds United is back for two episodes. [caption id="attachment_14213" align="alignright" width="551"] That...
“Among the Thugs” and Inside the Heart of Violence
As long as I have been into soccer, I have heard about Bill Buford's book, Among the Thugs. But I never read it because I just wasn't interested in tales of the bad old hooligan days. Now that I have...
Classic Football Film: When Saturday Comes
I've just finished watching the 1996 film When Saturday Comes, and I can't decide if it's an epic collection of clichés or one of the more down-to-Earth football films I've seen. I've decided it's probably both. Let me check myself...
Fun Soccer Film: “Mike Bassett, England Manager”
What can be more fun than taking a bunch of well-known cultural figures, packing them into a parody of a well-known actual event, and then making them all look silly? [caption id="attachment_14510" align="alignright" width="313"] Manager Bassett, either happy or angry,...
