Tom Clark has written for many years on many subjects in various venues and genres. He is also a painter; his avatar is a sample from a current show of his work at Fertile Grounds Cafe, Berkeley, and you can see more of his artwork here and here.
Welcome to what I hope you will experience as a four or five night midwinter-lull footie video festival, to warm your hearts and hearthsides as we trek together round the globe in search of the 2008 perfect goal… This feature … Read More→
The best goals of 2008 from Europe – from Euro 2008 to Champions League, UEFA Cup and the top domestic leagues across mainland Europe. Euro 2008 A great tournament loaded with exceptional goals viewed and re-viewed by hundreds of millions … Read More→
Working here on the assumption that to most readers these will be the most familiar goals, I’ll bow to your prior comprehension and suggest that if you’ve already seen and made your own judgments of these, you might want to … Read More→
Let us then begin with the long view, seeking the perfect goal on the larger world stage… African Cup of Nations This first major tournament of 2008 unfortunately went largely unseen outside the continent where it took place; in Europe … Read More→
Underestimating your adversary is a poor strategy in any competition. Last night in Yokohama, where they were contesting the final of the World Club Cup, Manchester United came dangerously close to doing that. Their opponent, Copa Libertadores champion Liga de … Read More→
The problem I fear with approaching any non-European competition as an admitted a priori “avid PL supporter”, as does Mr. BD Condell in a prior piece posted on this site, is that one tends to be blinded by one’s predispositions and … Read More→
If you can’t remember the last time you watched thousands of mature adults, on a day of deep blue skies and blindingly bright high altitude winter sunshine, all weeping and singing at the same time, then you’re like me. And … Read More→
My, my. I note today that Sir Alex, with typically shrewd and devious application of more torque than a spin-bowler’s or curveball pitcher’s, has said that a draw with Real would be “a nice party–tea and biscuits with Ramon Calderon.” … Read More→
Tom Clark looks at the Top 5 Goals from each set of World Cup Qualifiers (last weekend and midweek), focusing specifically on CONCACAF and CONMEBOL matches. Goals of the Weekend October 11/12 ’08 Could anyone not agree the Johan Gourcuff … Read More→
During this “international week” footballing lull when club play is suspended while nations hold their collective breath over the upcoming qualifiers, and club fans try to find something else to fill their time, there’s actually been one on-the-pitch event at … Read More→
I’m afraid that in the past few seasons when it comes to the English national team the scales have finally fallen away from my eyes–well, admittedly my eyes are failing–with a great crash. Apart from the scoreline, which Maggie Thatcher … Read More→
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