Posts Tagged ‘Manchester United’

PONDERING: The Romance of Football

Sunday, June 13, 2010 13:00 6 Comments

Remember what I said about football (soccer) being romantic? It doesn’t get more romantic than this. In 1958, the Manchester United team was leaving Munich after a match. The team known as the “Busby Babes,” incredibly talented, all young, one of the best teams in years, were set fair to conquer Europe. The team had [...]

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When is a ball just a ball…

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 16:51 2 Comments

Tonight is a huge night in football, and when I say football, I mean the game played with the round ball, not the funny-shaped one.  Football is the biggest sport in the world – bar none. Every nation in the world – except the United States – watches it with a passion. In most of [...]

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