Tag Archives: #Qatar

Maradona’s World Cup

Posted on November 17, 2022 in the Blog, Football category

Maradona’s World Cup Story By Jimmy Burns   With the World Cup in Qatar fast approaching this winter in the Northern hemisphere, one football legend will be missed, and notable by his absence , even  for ever  remembered,  Diego Maradona who died two years ago on the 25th of November 2020. During his tempestuous life and career, Maradona played for top clubs in South America and Europe-including Boca Juniors, FC Barcelona and most notably Napoli where he became an adored hero and adopted son.  He was the Player of the …

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My Barca Lament

Posted on July 11, 2015 in the Blog, Misc category

There is just a week to go before the presidential elections at FC Barcelona, a sporting institution that has played an inseparable and much loved part of my life for many years . And yet I feel so dispassionate about the event, to the point of negativity. As a member of the Barca’s London Penya or fan club, I have failed to volunteer to collect signatures for two of the leading contenders –Joan Laporta and Josep Maria Bartomeu, and I have decided not to exercise my right as a club …

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