UNTIL last weekend, Sturm Graz had a 100% record in the Austrian Bundesliga, but a 2-1 defeat at LASK Linz ended the Styrian club’s impeccable start to the season. Austrian football has been dominated by RB Salzburg for the past 11 years, eight titles in that timeframe. Salzburg’s […]
I TRAVEL a lot to watch football, on business and just for the hell of it. Mostly, I return home enriched by the experience, but sometimes, I am just thankful to be back. On occasion, football lets you down, but you pay your money and take your chance, […]
IT WAS supposed to be the high point of the season for me. I am not a Manchester United fan, I am an admirer of Ajax Amsterdam, going back to the 1970s. An unshamed Europhile, a disciple of Total Football. But the events of Wednesday May 24 2017 […]
AJAX V MANCHESTER UNITED. The very sound of it is enticing. Two European names with a rich history. Cruyff, Best, Neeskens, Rep, Charlton, Law, Giggs…the list goes on. Seven UEFA Champions League titles between them, the best supported teams in the Netherlands and England, two sporting institutions that […]
