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I am 16 year old student from Dorset, England. Observations and illustrations of the beautiful game - fueled by my love for football. FOLLOW ME: @leon_elliott
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"Now, I’m embarrassed about it, but five years from now, if things have changed significantly for the better, I’ll be proud of it." Speaking…
In the rapidly changing world of modern football, customs and tradition can be dearly cherished gifts. It is no surprise that the token home…
At the age of 24 and having already played for four different clubs, an inability to find comfort has generally been Mario Balotelli's greatest…
Two decades after their disappearance from English football stadiums, 2015 will see the surprise return of the artificial pitch. Acknowledging the development of third…
If any player was told they would lift a trophy on the night of the World Cup FInal, the expected reaction would be one…
Luis Suarez is a man who makes the unthinkable plausible and the surprising seem expected. But while his unprecedented 40-yard goal against Norwich in…
If one disallowed goal in 2010 led to the biggest innovation in the game since yellow cards, then what we saw in the opening…
Editor's note: Check the date of this article. Then sit back and read what was said! In recent times, the success of Spain and…
We averaged around 450 -500 last season, but that in truth that is a fall from the years before. When Dorchester got drawn against Plymouth in the 2012 Fa Cup 5000 came, so it can be frustrating when they’re getting less than a tenth of that (especially considering we won!). Of course we have regulars so numbers hopefully won’t fall any further, but being relegated means we now have derbies against two local sides and the club will expect to draw in close to a 1000 for both. Every cloud a silver lining I guess…
AstroTurf: The root of the problem for poorer football clubs
I don’t believe that Suarez should be given criminal charges, I was just highlighting that the police have been involved on occasions when players have carried out acts of assault on the pitch. In Ferguson’s case he was a similarly controversial player on the pitch, but also perhaps more off it. The headbutt was the tipping point for the police to finally sentence him to prison. A West Midlands police officer also said that if it happened in the UK, his officers would be well entitled to arrest Suarez. http://www.expressandstar.com/news/2014/06/27/police-chief-my-officers-would-have-been-right-to-arrest-luis-suarez/
In the piece I tried to highlight the possibility of him being arrested.
Was four-month ban enough for Luis Suarez?
Since the time of writing there have been no major or inflicting decisions that I have disagreed with. Still, the general feeling here in England (being very strict on – and skeptical of – referees) was that there were signs of poor decisions ruining the World Cup. Besides Brazil however, who still seem impossible to get anything out of, I do think it has been officiated very well. Brilliantly, the early trend hasn’t continued and this has been genuinely the most entertaining tournament I have ever watched. (I’m only 16, so haven’t seen that many!).
Officials off the pace in first week of World Cup
Funnily enough, Paul the octopus was born 7 miles from where I live!
Viva España – the death of Spanish football?
He was a Ghanaian immigrant with his family, the Barwuahs. His parents put him up for adoption and he was brought up by the Balotelli’s, but because of all Italy has done for him he considers himself purely Italian.
How to solve a problem like Mario