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The Game of Our Lives is the One Book About English Soccer You Need to Read

If you are interested in English soccer and you want to learn more about it -- and also learn more about England and the United Kingdom in general -- I cannot recommend highly enough that you read David Goldblatt's book,...

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Looking for Eric and the “Magical Thinking” of Football Supporters

As I continue to explore (and try to explain) the world of English soccer, I occasionally find out about something I feel I should have already known about. Along those lines, allow me to share with you a lovely little...

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Review: The Damned United

We should make clear at the outset that neither the book nor film called The Damned United is a work of nonfiction history. Both, in varying degrees, are fictionalized accounts of a very famous time in English football, featuring a notorious...

In the Goofy and Fun Hooper’s Revolution, Soccer in America Really is a Communist Plot

In the common imagination, soccer in the United States is often seen, internally, as some insidious undermining of American culture. To outsiders, it's seen as a goofy land of cheerleaders, rules changes, semi-retired Brits and clueless fans. What if both...

A Captain’s Tale is a Fun Little English Football History Lesson

The full title of the film A Captain's Tale includes the phrase "World Cup," as in fact it's the true story of what some folks call the "first World Cup." That, for me, is a stretch in the extreme, but it's...

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