Creative Football Literature

Gaurang Manjrekar in Football Paradise

May 2, 2016

Congratulations, Leicester City

An ode to a sporting miracle

Karn Rateria in Football Paradise

Aug 6, 2015

The Prediction Five

The Sky Sports TV advert for the Premier League’s 2015–16 season saw Thierry Henry relive some magical moments of the “best league in the world”. But the fleet-footed-ball-handling-striker looked at the past rather than the future.

Taronish Elavia in Football Paradise

May 11, 2015

Top Of The Klopp Heap

It is quite hard to imagine the birth of a tactical genius. He appears the heck out of nowhere, and becomes famous for a fantastic style and vision for the game. But, was he ever a kid? Did he play football? Was he born in a tracksuit with a beard, a yellow cap and a pair of glasses? It’s…

Karn Rateria in Football Paradise

Apr 5, 2015

The Rat Race

Rat Race (noun) (informal)
1. A way of life in which people are caught up in a fiercely competitive struggle for wealth or power.
2. A rat race is an endless, self-defeating, or pointless pursuit. It conjures up the image of the futile efforts of a lab rat trying to escape while running around a maze or…

Taronish Elavia in Football Paradise

Mar 17, 2015

L’Avenir de la France — The Future of French Football

France’s midfield is one to envy — even today…

Gaurang Manjrekar in Football Paradise

Mar 2, 2015

Liverpool’s evolving magician, Philippe Coutinho

Southampton 0–2 Liverpool

Coutinho 3'

40 yards from goal, Markovic casually passes the ball to Coutinho in midfield, who opens up his body and with very little backlift, produces a ferocious strike. Goal.