Beyond The Last Man
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20th century football writing in a skilled and cultured groove - by Craig McCracken
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I am quite fascinated by the prospect of Barcelona’s 60m euro summer signing being able to walk away for nothing within the next couple of days, while they remain liable to continue to pay the fee.
December 28, 2024 at 1:52 PM
I am quite fascinated by the prospect of Barcelona’s 60m euro summer signing being able to walk away for nothing within the next couple of days, while they remain liable to continue to pay the fee.
New on BTLM: Deceased Eleven 2024. Our year-end imagined team featuring the footballing greats we sadly lost this year.
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Deceased Eleven 2024
We round off another year on Beyond The Last Man with our annual tribute to, and recognition of, the great footballers we have lost over the past 12 months. If you are new to our Deceased Eleven fe…
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December 18, 2024 at 9:44 AM
New on BTLM: Deceased Eleven 2024. Our year-end imagined team featuring the footballing greats we sadly lost this year.
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Always enjoy a great musical find and one of the best bands I’ve discord this year is the Canadian krautrockish You Doo Right. Quite the splendid racket they make!
December 6, 2024 at 11:38 AM
Always enjoy a great musical find and one of the best bands I’ve discord this year is the Canadian krautrockish You Doo Right. Quite the splendid racket they make!
The value of controlling the narrative: breathless reporting of Liverpool not offering a new Salah contract fails to appreciate this is more than likely them not offering a contract on the likely onerous terms demanded by the player’s agent.
November 26, 2024 at 12:35 PM
The value of controlling the narrative: breathless reporting of Liverpool not offering a new Salah contract fails to appreciate this is more than likely them not offering a contract on the likely onerous terms demanded by the player’s agent.
This was one of the most admirable things about the late Tommy Docherty. He played in a golden age with greats like Matthews and Finney, yet he was never stuck in time. He was
relentlessly fascinated with modern football & thought Messi was greater than any of his esteemed contemporaries.
relentlessly fascinated with modern football & thought Messi was greater than any of his esteemed contemporaries.
“Take me back to the 2000s,” Jamie O’Hara wrote, lamenting how dull modern football is.
Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen, two Premier League greats, insist technique/creativity levels were much higher back then.
A popular view… but a flawed one if you look back
www.nytimes.com/athletic/591...
Rio Ferdinand and Michael Owen, two Premier League greats, insist technique/creativity levels were much higher back then.
A popular view… but a flawed one if you look back
www.nytimes.com/athletic/591...
'Take me back to the 2000s': Premier League nostalgia and the perils of comparing different eras
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November 18, 2024 at 10:32 AM
This was one of the most admirable things about the late Tommy Docherty. He played in a golden age with greats like Matthews and Finney, yet he was never stuck in time. He was
relentlessly fascinated with modern football & thought Messi was greater than any of his esteemed contemporaries.
relentlessly fascinated with modern football & thought Messi was greater than any of his esteemed contemporaries.
New on BTLM: Alex Ferguson's International Odyssey, 1967. Craig Stephen returns with the story of Alex Ferguson's brief, but very eventful Scotland career.
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Alex Ferguson’s International Odyssey, 1967
Arriving in one country just as it was about to explode into war, landing in another as riots were breaking out and told to ‘get back to haggis bashing’ in a third – Scotland’s world tour of …
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November 15, 2024 at 1:19 PM
New on BTLM: Alex Ferguson's International Odyssey, 1967. Craig Stephen returns with the story of Alex Ferguson's brief, but very eventful Scotland career.
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