Monthly Archives: July 2010
Ok, Let’s relive the dream
I held the World Cup for a whole thirty seconds last night. Ok, it was only a replica- (see news item elsewhere on this site) but it brought back good memories. So I write this today in deference to Carlos Oppe, one of my most loyal, persistent, and-just about-publishable commentators. (My Maradona CNN.com opinion piece has stimulated transatlantic abuse)I hope it will encourage others to join a civilised debate on this and other matters discussed on this site. The human wave rose in a town in South Africa, gathered force …
Maradona’s questionable exit
Don’t be fooled by the formal announcement from Buenos Aires that Maradona’s contract will not be renewed. There is nothing that Diego likes more than to be placed in a situation where he can rally his believers round a claim of martyrdom by sinister powers. He did so when he was busted for drugs back in the early 1990’s, he did it again when he tested positive in the US World Cup. He is likely to seize this moment as part of the latest round of an enduring struggle between …
Let me cry for Diego
Let me cry for Diego I watched Argentina being knocked out of the World Cup by Germany in a pub in Sheffield surrounded by bitter-drinking Yorkshiremen, and emerged shedding a tear or two. Why should Diego’s biographer choose Sheffield of all places to watch Diego Maradona meet his nemesis in Joachim Low? Well those of us with memories will remember that it was from here that just before Christmas 1978, Harry Haslam the manager of Sheffield United flew to Buenos Aires determined to strike a deal with Argentinos Juniors …
