Romanticism
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Football’s Elbe Moment: Dynamo Kyiv’s 1969 Tour of the United States
On April 25, 1945, nearly six years after the bloodiest war in human history began with Hitler’s invasion [...]
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The Anschluss Match and the Martyrdom of Matthias Sindelar
In footballing circles, the term Anschluss Match generally refers to one of the most shameful moments in the [...]
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Glorious Failures: Hungary’s Golden Team
This is part one of a three-part series. The Glorious Failure Phenomenon As a rule, success in football [...]
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Cabeza Mágica – The King of Ecuador
When one talks about the rich history of Latin American football, it can quite safely be assumed than [...]
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Marta and the Revolution
During the course of the twentieth century many Latin American countries experienced enormous migrations to the rapidly urbanising [...]
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Bochini y La Furia Roja de Avellaneda
Each year from 1963 to 1980 at least one Argentine team contested the final of the Copa Libertadores. [...]
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A Sardinian Summer: the Forgotten Story of the Chicago Mustangs
Cagliari Calcio are an altogether unremarkable football club. For much of their existence they have been a yo-yo [...]