"England FC's Golden age was 1886 - 1900"
Short(5 mins)Today programme interview with a couple of people discussing why England do badly at Football. Main Conclusion seems to be the level of expectation is high due to our invention of the game.
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Avast is still alive!!!!, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:32,
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Jonathan Wilson = God
Inverting the Pyramid is probably the best football book ever.
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Oooo
Glad to hear you say that, as I've just ordered it off Amazon. He always seems very sage on the Guardian Football podcasts.
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England also invented, Scotland, Wales, The Isle of Man AND The Isle of White!!
Lets party like it's 1949
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Darklord, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 10:57,
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haha
i was gonna buy that but bought the book about clough at leeds (thats been made into a film) instead. will get it soon (ie payday!)
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Avast is still alive!!!!, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 11:09,
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inverting the pyramid
'with steven seagal' ..I have a feeling (half way through wilson's book) that hollywood not battering down his door.
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Ha
You never know. I can see Tom Cruise as Johann Cruyff, with Bill Murray as Rinus Michels. Trying to develop Total Football whilst a convervative member of the KNVB, perhaps played by an English actor (to make them a baddie), tries to stick with more conventional methods.
EDIT: BTW, I know Tom Cruise looks nothing like Johann Cruyff. They wouldn't care.
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Yes
I hope you are aware of the blog "zonal marking" which draws a lot from that book and is updated pretty much daily..
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whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Wed 23 Jun 2010, 11:40,
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