Cultured Football

All good things come to an end. Much though I have enjoyed compiling the Cultured Football newsletter it hasn’t developed as I would have…

[ 1 ] DEJAN LOVREN: WE NEED TO GIVE REFUGEES A CHANCE — I SHOULD KNOW, I WAS ONE Tony Barrett for JOE.ie As a central defender who flies…

[ 1 ] PARADISE LOST AND FOUND Srijandeep Das for The Field Although these are not particularly happy times for Brazil — Olympic gold aside…

[ 1 ] LIVE FROM LEICESTER FUCHING CITY Christian Fuchs for The Players’ Tribune This is one of the most entertaining articles that I’ve…

One of my most pleasing discoveries this year has been the Goalden Times website. Here is a site that not only looks really good but covers…

[ 1 ]BEHIND THE CLOSED DOORS OF BASQUE COUNTRY Srinwantu Dey for Goalden Times There is something of an aura around football in the Basque…

[ 1 ] JURGEN KLOPP, JOSE’ MOURINHO AND THE CULTIVATION OF LIDERAZGO Jonathan Wilson for The Guardian They might have wildly different…

[ 1 ] THE DAWN OF KOSOVO’S FOOTBALL NATION James Montague for Bleacher Report It isn’t easy to describe the road that has led to the…

[ 1 ] “I JUST STARTED SPIRALLING OUT OF CONTROL” Tony Barrett for Joe.co.uk Modern footballers are so wary of the media and how they will…