Sam
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Since World Soccer are now starting to promote the forum more heavily in the new-look magazine, and we're getting more new posters here as a result, I thought it'd be nice to set up a thread in which new members can introduce themselves properly if they so wish. I'd like to suggest this to the admin people as a sticky topic, by the way. Of course, old members are also welcome to do so here, so we've got them all in one place. I'll start, to give people an idea of what to put...
I'm Sam, I'll be turning 23 soon and I'm currently living with my parents in Somerset, south-west England, to save some money, having graduated from Manchester University last year. My dream is to write for a living, and at the moment I'm doing a lot of football writing on the Argentine league for www.voiceoffootball.com (I'm Sam Kelly, if you want to look for my column in the sidebar) and for my own website, the link to which you'll find in my signature.
I'm a Manchester United supporter, and also stick up for Barcelona in Spain because I've got two half-Catalán cousins. In Argentina, my side are River Plate, since they're supported by the woman who introduced me to Argentina and its football, my now ex-girlfriend.
Aside from watching lots of football I read, write and listen to funk music.
Sam
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More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at - Hasta El Gol Siempre
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Gaius
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Hi, I`m Jakob from Aarhus in Denmark. I`m 33 and follow local club AGF. I travel to all the away games and have only missed one match the last 5 years. I follow them coz they`re the local side. No scientific explanation.
Unlike most Danish football fans I don`t reallyvfollow any clubs abroad and I couldn`t care less about the national team. In my book there is only AGF and football is watched at the grounds, not on the telly. However I do realise I`m very much alone in this, haha. I do have an interest in what happens on pitches elsewhere, hence my subscription to World Soccer.
I work as a manager at a freight central for a living and live with my girlsfriend who is a cook and doesn`t bitch about the time and money I spend going to footie games. You gotta love her.
Besides football I play and record rock and metal music, draw comic strips, watch splattermovies, read a lot and go out way too much. I go to the pub with the guys and my girlfriend goes to fancy cafès with her girlsfriends. Works out great.
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Dannybsv
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I´m Daniel, 26 years old and I´m living in Goettingen, middle of germany.
As a big fan of international football, I heard of the world soccer magazine two years ago and became a regular reader very soon.
I´m interested in nearly all international leagues but I truly prefer the english premiership alongside the spanish "La Liga". I also follow the german Bundesliga of course with the emotional focus on "my" team VfL Bochum. Due to an upgraded satellite equipment I´m finally able to catch up the action of overseas leagues like the argentinian and brasilian top flight as well but it is nearly impossible to watch all the interesting matches live or even delayed because of my duties as a student at the local university and as a coach for youth football teams in the age of 10 to 14 years.
While our sports newspapers are mainly focused on the german football I have to take advantage of all the useful international football forums and football pages in english language to get up to date with views on the global aspects of our favourite sport.
Will read you soon ! Bye for now.
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Gaius
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I humbly apologize for the annoying typos in my previous post. I must`ve been very tired and now it´s too late to edit.
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subhankar_mondal
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Hi. It's somewhat crazy introducing myself after being an active member of this forum for well over 6 or 7 months but nevertheless,as Sam has invited us all to introduce ourselves,so will I comply.
I'm Subhankar Mondal. I turned 20 just over a month ago and I am currently in Bangalore,India in my second year at college. I am originally from West Bengal and owe much of my footballing fanaticism to the culture and environment in which I was conceived,born and bred. I know all too well that several of the people who boast of a footballing national culture(Europeans and Latin Americans) would refute my claims to be as mad and passionate about football as they are but I can guarantee them that I am just like them in terms of loving and absorbing this game as my own. Football might be a pariah sport here in India with few people filterng through the Manchester Uniteds,the Arsenals or the Real Madrids,but in my West Bengal,which is appreciated as the hub of football in my country,football is really,really significant,almost like a religion if you would have it so.
I come from a family where football was seen as the Number 1 sport. My father and all my cousins are absolutely love this game and now that I am in this World Soccer forum,which is arguably the most widely recognised football magazine,I feel so good.
I support Real Madrid and have been supporting the club since I was 12 or 13 years of age. The club has remained one the key elements to live at all as it often,for me,becomes the sole reason to pick up quarrels with people(even my best friends at my hometown have not been spared of this wrath).
Besides watching football,which I do(or would prefer to do since I live at our college hostel where most of the guys have rarely watched a full game of football all their lives and dismiss football as a game for kids without realising either the science or the art of it,and so I can't get to watch as many games as I would like)for most of the time,I am deep into Literature. I am also keen on pop music,mainly on ballads and classic love songs by Westlife,Boyzone,Bryan McFadden et al and also enjoy Eminem. I did compose some book and music reviews on Amazon.com.
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Subhankar Mondal is a football writer for www.goal.com.
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Sam
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Hi. It's somewhat crazy introducing myself after being an active member of this forum for well over 6 or 7 months but nevertheless,as Sam has invited us all to introduce ourselves,so will I comply.
I agree but you know, helps the new people get some idea of who they've got to contend with! A short introduction to me and Sub collectively... we often have our disagreements (in fact we're having several on the forums right now), but I think by and large we can respect each other's passion for the game and just enjoy it as a good old 'get stuck right in' style debate. Which is how it should be, really.
What do you think of Borges now by the way, Sub?
Sam
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More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at - Hasta El Gol Siempre
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subhankar_mondal
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It's great to have a discussion that more often than not trespasses into the realm of debate. Sam,I really find all the discussion here absolutely essential for my development both as a person and as football lover,and I mean it. I don't think anyone of us here actually want to put one over the top of others;we all are here I suppose to exvhange our thoughts and trade our views and the that we two proceed Sam,well,that deserves all the praise in the world. Not that I want to undermine anyone. And hey,what about Nuls? He seems to disappeared altogether after moving back to the States!
Borges.....I guess we discussed about him earlier thread,didn't we? I have studies only "Ficciones"(translated version of it of course) and to be honest,he appealed to me mainly because of his style of looking at even the most common of things from a whole new and previouly unexplored angle but can't really say that he has impressed as much as to change a lot of things. Sorry if you think otherwise(and I know that you think otherwise!)
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Subhankar Mondal is a football writer for www.goal.com.
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cowdenfan
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i,m Stephen,a 36 year old fan of Cowdenbeath in Scottish Division 2(and looking like theyll stay there this season!),a team AKA "the blue brazil".I'm actually from Inverness in the Highlands rather than Fife and was originally a fan of local team Caledonian who played in the Highland League but then in the early 90s they merged with Inverness Thistle so i was left without a club.Been supporting Cowden for 10 years now and footballs fun again.
I also continue to watch a lot of Highland League football,especially when im skint as its cheap to get into and usually pretty entertaining.
Ive a keen interest in European and world football,honed by my monthly reading of WS which ive been getting since 1986.I also love international football although i feel the quality of the world cup has been decreasing for years.Similarly,my long standing love of Italian football has been sorely tested in this last year by the shenanigans there.
I feel footballs biggest problems nowadays are an almost institutionalised acceptance of cheating and by the way that top division football continues to distance itself from its traditional grass-roots support
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RichieC
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I'm Rich (alas in name only), 32 from Coventry. I follow my home team as well as Solihull Borough non league outfit. I get to their games more often due to them being a lot cheaper!!!!
I was hooked into the 'beautiful game' by the 86 world cup, which probably explains why i think Maradona is the greatest player ever to have played (Pele? meh!).
I contribute as often as I can to the forum, usually with the most intelligent and incisive comments to be found here 
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henryfan1
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My name is Darren i am 23 years old i live in London, and i have been a Arsenal fan all my life.In the last 2 years i have been supporting AZ Alkmaar who are a small team in Holland. and are doing well in the Dutch leauge.
My fave player is Henry from Arsenal what a legend he is.I also like to go out with freinds go on the web a lot as well. so that is my intruduction.
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barney
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Hi I'm Barney. I'm an Everton fan, although after watching David Moyes team of robots kick the ball towards the corner flags for the last five years, the word 'fan' is probably overstating my affection for the Blues.
I'm 39, read World Soccer regularly, but not religiously. I find much of modern football, with its emphasis on money and the transformation of sport into entertainment, quite depressing. The culture of cheating doesn't help either. I think the creation of the Premiership is the worst thing that could have happened to English football. Similarly, I oppose the creation of the Champions League for the way in which it makes the rich richer.
I also deplore the way in which footballers, especially in England, have become celebrities. Beckham, all style over substance, seems a perfect sporting icon for our vacuous times. I'm disappointed that international football appears to be on the wane because so much of my early footballing memory comes from watching the World Cup. But, alas, I can think of nothing that will stop this inexorable trend from country to club. All in all I'm a bit of a miserable git, I suppose.
Having said that, the lover of football in me finds it difficult not to get reeled in each season and although I've tried to kick the habit, I find it's something I can't shake off.
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worldsoccer
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I'd like to suggest this to the admin people as a sticky topic, by the way.
Your wish Sam...
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richards
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Hi, I'm Richards.
Don't really have a club side as such, although I have a soft spot for York City. I share a lot of barney's disillusionment with modern day football. However, when I think back to the rubbish that was served up in England when long ball football ruled the roost, I think it's almost a golden era at the moment. Yes, money distorts, but it also brings many of the best players to England, which from a selfish perspective, is quite attractive.
I live in London so don't get to see many top flight matches in the flesh. It's difficult getting tickets and to be honest, I can't really justify the expense at the moment.
Music (mostly offbeat stuff), films, politics are my other interests.
You all seem like nice friendly people on here and I hope to spend more time on the board as it seems to be getting busier these days.
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righteous1
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Hi, I'm Simon, otherwise known as Righteous1. I am 25 years old and a fan of my local team Peterborough United of English League 2 (4th division, I know, silly isn't it!).
I go and watch 'the posh' regularly and we have had a bit more excitement this season thank to a mega bucks new owner(A 'Wimpy' to Roman Abramovich's 'McDonalds' if you like), and still harbour hopes of a play off place. We are managed by Sir Alex Ferguson's son, Darren.
I also support (2 teams?, I know sacrilige) the mighty Liverpool. I am a glory hunter in the respect that I started supporting them as an 80's kid because they used to win everything, but I consider myself as passionate as one can be as a long distance fan and watch every game from the comfort of my sofa, (though I have seen them an Anfield, honest!). Luckily Peterborough and Liverpool rarely meet, in fact just once in history, I was in the posh end in 1991 when the posh amazingly pulled off a 1-0 victory. Unbridled joy on one hand tempered with abject embarrasment on the other.
I have read World Soccer for a few years now, but am new to the forum, having only recently discovered a new avenue to endlessly discuss football and annoy my fiance. 
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big_gaz
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Reged: 25/03/2007
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I'm Gareth, just joined the forum after many years subscribing to WS. I'm 37, another Liverpool fan, by family tradition rather than birth as I'm from Cardiff. Which means I can take pleasure in England's hilarious attempts at impersonating a national team, particularly as it draws attention away from the fact that my own nation is currently below Cyprus in our group!
I used to play local league in and around Leicester until I moved up to Saddleworth 3 years ago. I get to a few Reds games a year plus a smattering of Huddersfield, Oldham, Reds reserves games, etc. I played a footie PBM game for years and was a regular on their forum until I got tired of the constant bickering and inane debate. So this forum is a refreshing change! The PBM game got me interested in wider European football, particularly looking out for stars of the future.
Although occasionally I get sick of the antics of modern players I don't think I'll ever lose my love for the game, mainly because it's such a simple game that I can't see how it can ever change fundamentally. So much can still be achieved by the genius of one manager or one player, and that is eternal.
Actually the thing that annoys me most about modern footie is the media coverage. Wherever you look, from the so-called quality press who are calling for McLaren to be sacked after 5 qualifiers, to the fansites that deliberately spread lies about their rivals, to the subtle bias of Sky's coverage, it's all pretty unpleasant.
Anyway, here's to some decent arguments!
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Sam
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Welcome all newbies, thanks to Admin for stickying the thread, and Gaz, you live very close to my uncle, assuming you're still in Saddleworth...
Sam
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More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at - Hasta El Gol Siempre
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badgerboy
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Reged: 26/03/2007
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Loc: Bucks, England
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I'm Dave
I only joined the forum a few days ago but have been reading World Soccer since 1994.
I'm 37 & "my team" are Brighton & Hove Albion - although I'm definitely a "follower" rather than a "supporter". I'm actually from the footballing wasteland of Buckinghamshire so grew up without a "local" team to support - at least at football league level. How I ended up picking Brighton is frankly inexplicable!
Anyway, these days I seem to follow the fortunes of a fair number of teams - both in England & abroad - with almost the same degree of enthusiasm as I do Brighton. My penchant is mostly for "overachieving unfashionable clubs" - Reading, Wigan, Bolton, Colchester, Korona Kielce...
Anything else about myself? Well I like to travel a lot - & hopefully will do so again very soon. I have a small dream to write something combining my travels with my interest in footballing history - but so far this is just a dream, so we will see.
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jfraser
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Hi Im James Fraser, I'm 18 and live in Canada. I am currently a student. I support Chelsea and Celtic, the support of Celtic comes from my dad who was a fan back in 67 and that has rubbed off on me. I've played the game but never at a very high level. Don't know what else to say but hello everyone.
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jokstein
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I am Harold Joseph....aka known as Jokstein. A native of Botswana and live in Gaborone, Botswana...the Diamond of Africa. I'm 42 years and a fervent fan of football, always have been.........
My first love is the Mighty Zebras, Botswana's Men's National Team. My heart belongs to the beautiful Zebras.I am crazy about the Zebra's teams starting from the Under-17, thru the Under-20, the Olympic squad and the senior team.Follow with a passion..
I am a Real Madrid fan, have been for well over two decades.I watch La Liga most times when their games are shown. I never miss a Real game if shown. Rather a delayed version or highlights than nothing. I also follow international football and watch every major league footie game that gets coverage this part of the world when time allows.
I love Brazilian football, African and South American football in general. I follow and watch Brasileiro games and never miss highlight packages of the Argentine league.
EPL games receive substantial coverage here to the point of saturation and I make it a point to watch all matches involving the top four or five teams. I watch Tottenham Hotspurs more than any other EPL team. Have a soft spot for the club since my teens(late 70's)...courtesy of one of my elder cousins, Chris who is a fan...he is four years my senior.His father and educationist went for a short-tem study in Scotland and always bought him Eglish soccer mags..In the 80s(late 80s) I started being a regular reader of World Soccer, Shoot and one other publication that rivals Shoot.
Since my country has never featured in a major tournament I always root for Brasil at the World Cup. No not because I'm a bandwaggoner or somesuch...started following them and Real Madrid during their lean years...Never miss Copa America or any other game involving the Selecao if shown.
I am an Economist(Financial)cum Accountant and in gainful employment here at home. As I live next door to South Africa,I will be looking forward to welcoming any of you who might make it to WC 2010!
Edited by jokstein (03/04/2007 14:27)
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iloveworldsoccer
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Hello I'm Lee from Cheshire. I've just turned 33, but I don't look it do I????
I'm a Man United fan, and have been since I was seven. I used to go to watch United regularly in the late 80's. To tell you how times have changed I was still at school when I used to go to watch United and it cost £3.30 to get in ! I doubt if many schoolboys can afford to go to watch premier League football nowadays.
I've been reading World Soccer since 1984. I live in a bit of a backwater and I used to have terrible trouble getting the magazine, so it was an occasional treat for me.
I decided to subscribe in 1989 and I haven't missed an issue since. The subscription service at the time was pretty poor, but now the service is excellent. The magazine arrives the same day as it goes on general sale usually.
World Soccer is quite simply the best football magazine around and is the one place where I know I WILL find interesting information on what is going on in the world game. The writers are not too self serving unlike Henry Winter, Brian Woolnough, etc, and their knowledge is second to none....also unlike Henry Winter, Brian Woolnough etc! I love the fact that they don't tend to get caught up in the ridiculous lynchmob mentality when dealing with the England team, and the magazine doesn't act as though the world ends at Dover. It truly represents the world of football.
I would like to point out that I'm not an employee of World Soccer ! Although if they want to offer me a job..........
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subhankar_mondal
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Now there's another Man United fan on this forum. That will drive Sam more than ever to sing triumph songs about his club.
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rajman
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Hi Rajman here, I am football fan from london England. QPR is my team has been for over 30 years. I follow international football worldwide and am a statistician on the beautiful game.
I have been collecting stats and videos/dvd's of games since 1986 and have written 3 books on African and asian football. I look forward to collaborating to this forum.
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marcin
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Reged: 10/06/2006
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Loc: Warszawa, Poland
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Hi. My name is Marcin and I live in Warsaw, Poland. When I signed for this forum during 2006 World Cup, it was very small - I was only 14th registered user then. I was looking for a place on internet where football joins people, instead of dividing them if you know what I mean. I have seen too many forums, where I could find 30 posts in the topic, with only 1 or 2 of them interesting. It is interesting to me to know other people opinions abouth the game.
I am 28 now and I first bought World Soccer 11 years ago. Not that I am month-to-month reader since then, but I really like the magazine. Even if I could only understand 20% of texts when I first bought it, it was clear to me that this is something on much higher level than polish football magazines, both in articles quality and graphical side. I dreamed then that I could have a job connected to football one day. It came true, as I am editor of sport section of Canal+ polish website.
I'll be back there to follow your discussions and maybe I'll write something too. Sorry for any mistakes in my english.
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si1690
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Reged: 17/02/2007
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Loc: SCOTLAND
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Hi, my name is Simon, although evryone just calls me Si for short. I am originally from Northern Ireland and have been living in Scotland for last 7 years. I follow Glasgow Rangers and have season ticket for the Copeland front stand. I have followed the Gers from an early age. My English team i follow are the mighty Colchester United as it is where I was born. I also try to go to a Belfast Linfield game if I am back home.
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Dalbs
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Reged: 12/04/2007
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Hi, what's up,
I'm Dalbs. I'm 15 soon to be 16 and I'm a Barca fan. I follow football from most countries and I like a few different clubs in each country but will always support Barca. Some of the clubs I like are Santos, Independiente, Inter, Roma, Palermo, Atletico Madrid, Sevilla, Tottenham, Reading, Bremen, Lyon, Hamburg, CSKA Moscow and Ajax.
I hate Real Madrid and all of Englands top 4. I do however respect every club.
I am a fan of young players and always like to know of the best youngsters so give me a message if you know any. Thanks.
Some of my favourte players are Messi, Kaka, Ronaldinho, Etoo, Puyol, Gerrard, Xavi and Terry.
Although I support Barca I always watch and support England in international matches.
I would also like to mention that I get every issue of World Soccer.
Other than football I also enjoy comedy and Wrestling.
Thanks for reading.
Talk to you later,
Dalbs
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Sindelar
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Reged: 17/06/2006
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G'day all, I'm 33-year-old Mike from Sydney, Australia. My club team (as such) is Sydney FC in the new A-League, which is currently struggling to establish itself after the old national competition in Australia, the NSL, died in 2003/04.
I've been subscribing to WS for about eight years now...and receiving the mag is still my highlight of the month. Last year I managed to get to the World Cup to see my beloved Socceroos in action, and while there had the good fortune to meet some of my journalistic heroes from WS - including the irrepressible Brian Glanville.
I have a little blog on Australian and world football: www.thefootballtragic.blogspot.com.
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www.thefootballtragic.blogspot.com - An ongoing tragedy.
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Sam
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Sindelar - the site sounds interesting and since I know how it is running one myself, I'd love to give it some support - but the link you've posted doesn't work for me... have you mis-typed anything?
Sam
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More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at - Hasta El Gol Siempre
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Sindelar
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Whoops, yep, done that before...the full stop at the end prevents it from working. This one should be OK: www.thefootballtragic.blogspot.com
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www.thefootballtragic.blogspot.com - An ongoing tragedy.
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Sam
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Looks good. I'll be back when I'm not phenomenally tired (well it's 3:30am here and I'm only still up due to technical issues with my own site!). By the way - your name. Do you have any Austrian in you? He's an unusual player to reference...
Sam
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More fútbol argentino than you can shake a mullet at - Hasta El Gol Siempre
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subhankar_mondal
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