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Posts Tagged ‘Politics and Society’

Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and the line

Striking A Chord: On Spurs, Modric and the line

I wrestled with my conscience on June 30th. Despite my writing pretensions, my profession is that of an educator and...

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FIFA Presidential Election: Are the FA Right to Abstain?

Next week FIFA’s 208 members will vote in the latest FIFA Presidential election. Current president Sepp Blatter has held the...

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Knocking cricket off its perch: The development of football in India

Knocking cricket off its perch: The development of football in India

by Simon Godfrey In a country which is growing at a rapid rate economically and with a population exceeding 1.2 billion...

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NFL v Premier League: Socialism v Capitalism in sport format

NFL v Premier League: Socialism v Capitalism in sport format

by Roger Domeneghetti Whisper it (just so you don’t upset Sarah Palin and her Tea Party chums) but there’s a...

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Politics and Personality in Sport: In the Commercial Era, Does Tradition Matter?

Politics and Personality in Sport: In the Commercial Era, Does Tradition Matter?

by Chris Woolfrey In the last piece I wrote for Just Football I retold the story of Matthias Sindelar, the Austrian...

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The Interview: Just Football meets Graeme Le Saux

The Interview: Just Football meets Graeme Le Saux

JF: Graeme Le Saux, thanks very much for speaking to Just Football. Graeme Le Saux: No problem. JF: If you wouldn’t...

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Death of a Chilean Love Affair

Death of a Chilean Love Affair

Last Friday, Marcelo Bielsa put an end to three months of speculation by announcing his resignation as manager of the...

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The Ballad of Matthias Sindelar (Or How World War II Robbed Austria’s Golden Generation)

The Ballad of Matthias Sindelar (Or How World War II Robbed Austria’s Golden Generation)

The name Matthias Sindelar should be familiar to football aficionados everywhere – as well as historians, for that matter. But,...

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Talking about a Revolution – Football’s role in Egypt protests

Talking about a Revolution – Football’s role in Egypt protests

As protests in Egypt continue and the uprising in North Africa spreads, football is playing a key role in the...

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Men behaving badly: Should players’ off-pitch behaviour affect fans’ support?

Men behaving badly: Should players’ off-pitch behaviour affect fans’ support?

Football fans and morals. A thorny bush, as we’ve discussed before on Just Football. But should we as supporters be...

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