For VAR Sake!
Looking in to the footballing world and giving my own view on it all one story at a time.
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'For The Millions Watching At Home And The Thousands In Attendance...': Part 1 (USA 1994) (opens the original)
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Now we are a few weeks removed from the event I want to look at, purely from an analytical stand point, one of the many negatives aimed at the 2026 World Cup:‘Tickets aren’t selling and there will be soo many empty seats at games.’So over the upcoming 10 part article we are going from the 1994 tournament up to, and including, this year (USA to USA for a little bit of symmetry) to have a stat heavy look for each game at each tournament. How did the host country fare. Was there a surprise draw or
Brits Abroad #1 (opens the original)
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So I have been doing this as a note for the past few weeks but I thought why not make it into a piece so here we go. Starting with…Sheyi OjoA bit of a bigger name than I usually cover with the 29 year old winger leaving Slovenian side NK Maribor to join up with Kazakh side Aktobe, his 11th club across 7 countries in a much-journeyed career. His new side are already well into their domestic season and with 9 games remaining they currently sit 8 points outside of a European place. Once upon a time
Home Away From Home (FVS Random Pick #1) (opens the original)
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(Sometimes you don’t have any idea or inspiration what to write about so you go looking for inspiration. From here on I will pick a random result, look at the match, the result, the scorers, the clubs, the ground, the city, the refs! Every possible angle and see what I can create.)Match: 3 August 2026: NB I (Hungary): Zalaegerszegi vs. Paksi - 5:2 (Att: 3,093)Honestly, there were so many things I could look at here from Paksi being the Hungarian equivalent of Athletic Bilbao with their Hungarian
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