James Hamilton on Sport History and Psychology
I mentioned Fred Spiksley here yesterday – he was one of the group of Edwardian football coaches and ex-players interned by Germany with John Cameron at Ruhleben near Berlin. This group, plus Jack Reynolds, William Townley and Jimmy Hogan, pioneered the teaching of football, and had to go abroad to do it. Of these, Fred…
(WARNING: this is quite long) I’d been casting about for months for an image that might effectively sum up the history of English football. A face, a stadium, perhaps a team lineup or training session. Perhaps a German airport, snowbound. It was a search for a picture that would say the most in the least…
6.15a.m. Kensal Green station. Then, Euston, St Pancras, Brussels; then the ICE through Belgium and the Ardennes to Cologne; too long in the melting heat around the Dom waiting for our connection, then Bielefeld, Hanover; then hammering down across the German plains at 150mph, spilling out into the quiet of Friedrichshain from Ostbahnhof at 8.30p.m….
Back from Berlin, and as promised I have photographs to do with the man who I consider to epitomise the history of English football. But before I give you my nomination, I want to expand on the suggestions people took the time to make in comments on my original post. Peter Jackson nominates two players,…
I’m off to Berlin for a week, in part to take photographs for a forthcoming post on a Scottish Edwardian footballer. While I’m gone, oblige me with your opinion. If you had to name one player who, in your opinion, epitomised the history of English football (not necessarily its ethos or its greatest moment or…
Many thanks due to Ged2006 for uploading this large collection of Clough snippets. Grist, you can imagine, for Martin Sheen’s role in the forthcoming film of David Peace’s novel. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi9EzQpZVb8&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gD-Llgh0KXU&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt4KfRiOpQ8&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awTYNez1X1s&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u13SSVzL9S4&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y7W3jjdybY&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLw7MchHlrQ&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za1KgrBo5uw&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uajirmIzKhY&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYeclTr0KCA&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jg1eE7uWso&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7ypnIaQB9M&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6gbir_UbUo&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7msGQPd4g8&hl=en] Film here of the Clough injury that ended his playing days: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTWs4W1JfqI&hl=en]…
I’m still silent, but this isn’t: a fantastic multiparter on Leeds at their Revie height. Thanks due to Leeds4EvEr1992 for posting. I think Part Two might be the same as Part One, but patience will be rewarded: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIjviFERF3Y&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCqs3IWYQv8&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxZ69hd2EBc&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GVqNR0wzfc&hl=en] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT4kMqccxYc&hl=en]
Arsenal lost at the moment Adebayor turned to celebrate with the crowd, not with the young genius whose lifelong memory of a run created his afterthought of a vital goal. Sven was right to take him to the World Cup, and, but for the fake Sheikh, might have played him. Enough of such things. Really,…
Wales enthusiasts might enjoy this clip of Cardiff City taking the open-top bus route through Rhyader. Link via this BBC website page
He hasn’t finished yet, but as things stand, midfielder Cristiano Ronaldo has scored 26 goals in 28 League appearances. Add in his 3 FA Cup goals and 7 Champions League strikes, and we can see that in 40 appearances (38 starts) he has managed 36 goals. It means that if he scores a goal a…