Football Articles

I write regularly on football matters, including footballground tweets and the Soccer Special blog.

World Cup

I was six in 1966 and thought the World Cup was just for fun

The 1970 World Cup: The end of a golden age

By the 1974 World Cup I had grown but we had declined

I cried, but not for Argentina in 1978

The rain and Spain in 1982

Did God exist in 1986?

None shall sleep in Italia '90

The stylish French and deja vu in1998

Eastern promise but no progress in 2002

Not all that glistened turned into Golden Balls in 2006

A return but not to Africa in 2010