All Posts by Tom Clark

Tom Clark

Joined October 14th, 2008 - 12 articles written
http://soccerlens.com

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.

Historic Free-Kick by El Jefe

By on October 14th, 2008.

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 club level which is being hailed, at least in Mexico, as “historic”. It came in…

Oof, the England Game–a Perspective from Beyond the Pale

By on October 14th, 2008.
the beautiful game...

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 might have liked, nothing about that game can have been calculated to please any Englishman…

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