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Raging Vardy Leaves Leicester in a Bind
SPORTS SATURDAY, APRIL 23, 2016 Demolition derby can spark more Liverpool joy says Lucas LIVERPOOL: Lucas Leiva says Liverpool’s Liverpool up to seventh place in the looking to build on to aid the team’s shape, everyone is playing well and we Merseyside derby demolition of Everton table. That could be enough - depend- push for Europe. “I think it was a are getting results, so it’s all positive. will prove a huge boost as they set their ing on who wins the FA Cup - to qualify, deserved win. It’s special because it’s the “But we know football can change sights on European success. but a top-six finish will certainly do it. first derby under Jurgen,” Lucas said. very quickly so we just need to keep Jurgen Klopp’s in-form team are in Klopp’s side have a game in hand on “We are all happy and hopefully we very relaxed and focused.” the Europa League semi-finals with a both Manchester United and West Ham, can keep this good momentum going first-leg visit to Spanish side Villarreal to who are currently fifth and sixth, and are because we still have a lot to play for OPTIMISTIC come next Thursday. Victory in that two points adrift of the Hammers and this season. “We want to finish as high Klopp may rotate his side again to competition - and a first European tro- five of cup semi-finalists United. as possible in the Premier League. We keep players fresh for next week’s trip phy since 2005 - would earn them a Neither play in the league this week- know it’s important. -
A Study of Institutional Racism in Football
THE BALL IS FLAT THE BALL IS FLAT: A STUDY OF INSTITUTIONAL RACISM IN FOOTBALL By ERIC POOL, B.A. A Thesis Submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Arts McMaster University © Copyright by Eric Pool, September 2010 MASTER OF ARTS (2010) McMaster University (English) Hamilton, Ontario TITLE: The Ball is Flat: A Study ofInstitutional Racism in Football AUTHOR: Eric Pool, B.A. (University of Waterloo) SUPERVISOR: Professor Chandrima Chakraborty NUMBER OF PAGES: v, 127 ii Abstract: This project examines the ways in which the global mobility of players has unsettled the traditional nationalistic structure of football and the anxious responses by specific football institutions as they struggle to protect their respective political and economic hegemonies over the game. My intention is to expose the recent institutional exploitation of football's "cultural power" (Stoddart, Cultural Imperialism 650) and ability to impassion and mobilize the masses in order to maintain traditional concepts of authority and identity. The first chapter of this project will interrogate the exclusionary selection practices of both the Mexican and the English Football Associations. Both institutions promote ethnoracially singular understandings of national identity as a means of escaping disparaging accusations of "artificiality," thereby protecting the purity and prestige of the nation, as well as the profitability of the national brand. The next chapter will then turn its attention to FIFA's proposed 6+5 policy, arguing that the rule is an institutional effort by FIF A to constrain and control the traditional structure of football in order to preserve the profitability of its highly "mediated and commodified spectacle" (Sugden and Tomlinson, Contest 231) as well as assert its authority and autonomy in the global realm. -
Enter the Dragon Wales’ Chris Coleman on Leading for Club and Country
THE MAGAZINE OF THE LEAGUE ISSUE 19 MANAGERS ASSOCIATION £7.50 ENTER THE DRAGON WALES’ CHRIS COLEMAN ON LEADING FOR CLUB AND COUNTRY LEADERSHIP · INSIGHT · INSPIRATION SPONSORED BY 12 WELCOME FROM THE POST ROOM TO THE BOARD ROOM, EVERYONE THINKS THEY CAN BE THE MANAGER OUT NOW ‘peerless insights’ – Observer ‘a trove of interesting material’ – Independent on Sunday Book of the Week ‘its depth of shared knowledge is huge’ – FourFourTwo The biggest names in football management reveal the secrets to successful leadership and surviving under pressure Available in hardback, ebook and audiobook www.themanager2013.com | TheManager2013 | @TheManager2013 Published with the support of the LMA, Barclays and Deloitte 2 FROM THE EDITOR Practice makes perfect. Oh, that although relatively short, has it were as simple as that. Even been anything but uneventful. “DIFFERENT IS NOT assuming you are passionate, When he accepted the ALWAYS BETTER, BUT determined and resilient enough to opportunity to work in Greece NOT THINKING ABOUT get stuck in, time and again, or that during a financial crisis for you have the ability and patience the country and his club, he HOW WE COULD DO to absorb the tidal wave of new discovered that some of the THINGS DIFFERENTLY information and skills, actually best lessons in life are the acquiring those hours of practice toughest and can come from IS DEFINITELY WORSE” can be a challenge in itself. unexpected quarters. CATHERINE MALLYON, RSC A manager just starting out on Sligo Rovers manager Ian his or her career journey can find Baraclough has had a similarly themself in a Catch-22 situation, short-but-steep learning curve as the boards of clubs and other since taking the full leap from In this edition, we also examine businesses are reluctant to put player to manager four years the hows and whys of innovation, their hopes of success in the ago. -
Icelandic Football, the Development of Icelandic Players and Coach Education in Iceland Siggi Eyjolfsson Technical Director at the the Football Association of Iceland
Icelandic Football, the development of Icelandic players and coach education in Iceland Siggi Eyjolfsson Technical director at the The Football Association of Iceland Icelandic football – Siggi Eyjolfsson Icelandic football - facts and figures • Population of Iceland: 319.368 • Registered players: 19.220 (6,01%) • Number of clubs: 90 • Number of teams: 816 • Number of coaches: 575 • Number of professional players playing abroad: 66 • Semi-professional premier league Icelandic football – Siggi Eyjolfsson Icelandic premier league 2010 1. ÍBV 2. Breidablik 3. FH 4. KR 5. Fram 6. Valur 7. Stjarnan 8. Keflavík 9. Grindavík 10. Fylkir 11. Selfoss 12. Haukar Icelandic football – Siggi Eyjolfsson Sam Allardyce quote "When you consider the fact that the population of Iceland is similar to the population of Bolton, it becomes astonishing how many good footballers come from Iceland. Icelandic players are playing all across Europe." Morgunbladid, May 8th, 2003 Icelandic football – Siggi Eyjolfsson Male statistics Sources: The Football Associations and Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2009 (population jan 1st 2009) Country: Denmark Finland Norway Sweden Iceland Faroe Islands Total 5.511.451 5.326.314 4.799.252 9.256.347 319.368 48.778 population # of men at 1.024.687 987.067 945.115 1.729.164 71.531 10.488 age 5-34 # of men 249.938 90.218 257.415 365.226 13.087 2.290 players registered % of all 24.4% 9.1% 27.2% 21.1% 18.3% 21.8% men age 5- 34 playing football Icelandic football – Siggi Eyjolfsson Female statistics Sources: The Football Associations and Nordic Statistical Yearbook 2009 (population jan 1st 2009) Country: Denmark Finland Norway Sweden Iceland Faroe Islands Total 5.511.451 5.326.314 4.799.252 9.256.347 319.368 48.778 population # of women 991.291 942.201 905.016 1.646.125 67.449 9.178 at age 5-34 # of women 63.736 25.050 106.418 166.319 6.133 950 players registered % of all 6.4% 2.7% 11.8% 10.1% 9.1% 10.4% women age 5-34 playing football Icelandic football – Siggi Eyjolfsson Teitur Thordarson, ex head coach KR, Lyn, Brann, Lilleström, Estonia.. -
The Rafael Benitez Column: Gerrard Can Recall How We Blocked out Ibrahimovic
The Rafael Benitez Column: Gerrard can recall how we blocked out Ibrahimovic England must create a screen in front of the Sweden danger man and starve him Rafael Benitez Friday, 15 June 2012 England have a very clear obstacle tonight when they play Sweden in Kiev. Everyone will be talking about Zlatan Ibrahimovic and the impact he has already had in these championships for his country and before I go any further on the subject of England I must say that I think that there is a way of dealing with him. It's seven years since our Liverpool team encountered Ibrahimovic in the quarter-final of the Champions League, on our way to the Istanbul final of 2005. He was the big threat in Fabio Capello's Juventus side who we met at that stage but our three-man defence in the Stadio delle Alpi shut him out for the goalless draw that sent us through, after a 2-1 win at Anfield. Yes, Ibrahimovic is very dangerous in the air and he has a very fine touch, but he doesn't like physical contact too much. He's not the quickest player but when he receives the ball to his feet, he likes to keep it, controlling with his chest, perhaps, and bringing other players in. He likes to turn, pass, maybe win some fouls. You might say he's a little like Peter Crouch in some of these positive respects – a player who makes up in other ways what he might lack in pace. The key is to create a screen in front of Ibrahimovic, to prevent him receiving the ball in those areas. -
Written Quiz Answers
QUIZ TIME Coaches and Managers Quiz Answers 1. Which current male tennis star was coached by Andre Agassi from 2017 – 2018? Novak Jokovic 2. Who managed team Sky winning seven editions of the Tour de France between 2012 – 2019 with four different riders? Dave Brailsford 3. Who managed England to their rugby World Cup victory in 2003? Sir Clive Woodward 4. In which year did Bill Shankly make the shock announcement that he was retiring from football and leaving the Liverpool job? 1974 5. Who is the Team Principal of the Red Bull racing F1 team, a position he is held since 2005? Christian Horner 6. Which horse trainer led steeplechaser Red Rum to three Grand National victories in the 70s? Donald ‘Ginger’ McCain 7. Which boxing manager and promoter managed Lennox Lewis to the Undisputed Heavyweight Championship of the World? Frank Maloney 8. Which athletics coach and later TV presenter coached Lynn Davis to Olympic long jump gold in 1964? Ron Pickering 9. Who was the Arsenal manager from 1976 till 1983 having previously managed Spurs? Terry Neill 10. Who was the boxing promoter who will always be linked with the rise of Barry McGuigan? Barney Eastwood 11. Who was the Everton manager that preceded the first spell of Howard Kendall at the club? Gordon Lee 12. Which manager is Grimsby Town’s most successful? Alan Buckley 13. Which former athlete has been re-elected as president of the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF)? Seb Coe 14. Who is the F1 team boss of Mercedes where Lewis Hamilton has found great success? Toto Wolff 15. -
Sam Allardyce Penalty Box Precision
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACKBURN ROVERS Sam PENALTY BOX PRECISION: MAIN SESSION Allardyce SETUP Penalty box AREA precision Final third Overview: EQUIPMENT This is a pure Supply of balls, full- size goal, six-a-side technical session that goals, cones 1 works on fi nishing NUMBER OF PLAYERS and movement. We 14 (12 outfi eld, will practise this at 2 goalkeepers) various intensities before taking what What do I get the has been learned into players to do? a game situation. This session is to be KEY Ball As attacking drills go, movement worked at relaxed, half Player this is an important movement The ball is served to the and full pace for three Dribble fi rst red player, who shoots one because it helps minutes at a time. At then runs back to the start. players become the edge of the penalty accustomed to box, create three lines attacking the goal of four players facing from different angles, the goal - one at each therefore making it side of the box (red and game realistic. white teams) and the It is a session we use other in the middle regularly at (yellow team). Set up Blackburn Rovers, cones around the area 2 and is one that always as obstacles. produces good From the fi rst line, a results. It was red player receives a implemented pass from the coach perfectly in the positioned on the Carling Cup win penalty spot, and against Norwich City shoots at goal. He then in August when KEY spins around his cone Ball El-Hadji Diouf movement ready to lay a diagonal Player completed his hat- movement Next, the yellow player pass. -
Pardew Latest Casualty in Manager Merry-Go-Round That Excludes Page 1 of Younger Coaches 3
Nouse Web Archives Pardew latest casualty in manager merry-go-round that excludes Page 1 of younger coaches 3 News Comment MUSE. Politics Business Science Sport Roses Freshers Sport › News & Features Comment Varsity Roses College Cup Fantasy Football Pardew latest casualty in manager merry-go-round that excludes younger coaches The recent sacking of West Brom manager Alan Pardew is yet another sign that Premier League clubs should stop recycling older, waning managers and instead put their trust in younger English managers, argues Jordan McWilliam Tuesday 3 April 2018 Alan Pardew departs as manager of West Brom after 8 successive league defeats. Photograph: 101greatgoals. A COLLECTIVE SIGH was let out when Alan Pardew was appointed manager of West Brom in January, as yet another struggling English team in the Premier League had made another uninspiring appointment. It is no surprise, then, that 3 months later Pardew has been sacked with only one league win to his name, leaving the Baggies 10 points adrift of safety. West Brom are not alone, however, as established middle aged journeyman coaches are littered throughout the wasteland of struggling Premier League sides: David Moyes, Mark Hughes, Paul Lambert, Sam Allardyce, Roy Hodgson – with an average age of 57.8 – represent the glass ceiling for successful young managers looking to climb the ladder in England. When Marco Silva was appointed Hull City manager last season, Sky Sports Soccer Saturday pundits Phil Thompson and Paul Merson bemoaned another “foreign manager” gaining a Premier League job at the cost of young English managers, the example given by Merson was Gary Rowett. -
Roy Hodgson La Pasión Inmutable Clubperarnau P 59
Agustín Galán ROY HODGSON LA PASIÓN INMUTABLE CLUBPERARNAU P 59 a Premier League se detuvo con nos refugiados en destinos exóticos (Gio- el Crystal Palace situado en una vanni Trapattoni, Marcello Lippi), otros en Lcómoda undécima posición, una los platós de televisión (Arsène Wenger), constante en los últimos tiempos para pero Roy Hodgson no está diseñado para los Eagles desde que está al frente Roy la jubilación, al menos no por el momento. Hodgson. A sus 72 años, el entrenador “Por desgracia, hace mucho tiempo alguien más veterano de la Premier League se ha me inyectó esa droga llamada fútbol en mis convertido en un sinónimo de estabilidad venas y no he sido capaz de dejarlo. Aún para un equipo con recursos limitados, soy un adicto”, dijo en septiembre de 2017. pocas concesiones al espectáculo y una Estaba en la sala de prensa del Crystal Pala- animosa afición que agradece precisa- ce y acababa de firmar por dos años con el mente eso, la falta de sorpresas. La ame- club del sur de Londres. naza del descenso no asoma en el hori- zonte y Europa es un anhelo utópico con el Big 6 y el equipo revelación de turno. “Hace mucho tiempo alguien me No es nada habitual ver que el libreto de un inyectó esa droga llamada fútbol entrenador que comenzó su carrera en los en mis venas y no he sido capaz banquillos en el Halmstad sueco a media- de dejarlo. Aún soy un adicto” dos de los 70 siga vigente, pero Hodgson se (Hodgson) ha convertido ya en una estampa habitual de los estadios ingleses desde que en 2007 decidió aparcar su yo más viajero para cen- Al contrario que la gran mayoría de sus co- trarse en el fútbol local (selección incluida legas, Hodgson se puso la mochila al hom- durante un cuatrienio). -
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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2016 SPORTS Foreigner not necessarily best England option: Glenn LONDON: The Football Association Italy’s Fabio Capello are the two foreign- might help us win a tournament,” said ment teams,” said Glenn. “The under- when Hodgson stepped down after los- may be reluctant to hire a foreigner as ers the FA have turned to with varying Glenn, who was head-hunted last year 21s, the under-19s, when we put our ing to Iceland at Euro 2016, to be a can- Sam Allardyce’s replacement as full-time degrees of success this century. to take up the role after a successful boys up against the best in the world didate. England manager based on previous Eriksson-along with Roy Hodgson career in the food industry. we are winning. “We’re not translating Southgate has thus far been in painful experiences, FA chief executive the only manager to have gone to three “They haven’t maybe left the interna- that enough when it comes to the sen- charge for two 2018 World Cup quali- Martin Glenn told the BBC yesterday. major finals with England in the past 20 tional set up in a better place. “We want ior team. “We think the difference is psy- fiers, England’s 2-0 win over Malta and a Glenn, who admitted he had been years-guided England to three succes- somebody there for the long term.” chological preparation, this fear factor drab 0-0 draw against Slovenia. personally disappointed by Allardyce’s sive quarter-finals, losing to Portugal on Glenn said one of the biggest conun- when you put on the England shirt. -
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RECORD BREAKERS THE TACTICS BEHIND LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER CITY’S TITLE TRIUMPHS AND RECORD POINTS TOTALS ROB WEAVER Contents Introduction 7 Chapter 1 Guardiola at City and Klopp at Liverpool 19 Chapter 2 City in possession overview 33 Chapter 3 Liverpool in possession overview 50 Chapter 4 Build-up: an end to ‘split’ centre-backs 64 Chapter 5 The evolution of the full-back 82 Chapter 6 City’s wingers versus Liverpool’s wide forwards 109 Chapter 7 How City accessed one of modern football’s key spaces 132 Chapter 8 A modern solution to a modern attacking problem 149 Chapter 9 Liverpool’s full-backs as wing-backs 158 Chapter 10 Full-back underlaps 187 Chapter 11 The concept of ‘free 8s’ 192 Chapter 12 City’s and Liverpool’s ‘final ball’ 204 Chapter 13 Firmino and Agüero – modern centre-forwards 231 Chapter 14 A five-man midfield to prevent supply to City’s front five 252 Chapter 15 Exposing a single pivot – midfield rectangles and double false 9s 260 Chapter 16 Liverpool’s alternative shape – 4-2-1-3/4-2-3-1 267 Chapter 17 How did a back five match up against City’s front five? 271 Chapter 18 Liverpool against a back five – isolating the centre-backs 279 Chapter 19 Goalkeepers starting attacks 285 Chapter 20 Why did City and Liverpool high press? 325 Chapter 21 The counter-press: where Guardiola and Klopp’s philosophies overlap 365 Conclusion 378 Acknowledgements 380 Bibliography 381 Introduction Table 1 Team Season Points Manchester City 2017/18 100 Liverpool 2019/20 99 Manchester City 2018/19 98 Liverpool 2018/19 97 Chelsea 2004/05 95 Table 2 Team Years Points Manchester City 2017–19 198 Liverpool 2018–20 196 Chelsea 2004–06 186 Manchester United 2011–13 178 Manchester United 2007–09 177 *since start of 38-game format THE FOUR highest points totals registered in Premier League history were all achieved by either Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City or Jürgen Klopp’s Liverpool (Table 1). -
SOCCERNOMICS NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller International Bestseller
4color process, CMYK matte lamination + spot gloss (p.2) + emboss (p.3) SPORTS/SOCCER SOCCERNOMICS NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER “As an avid fan of the game and a fi rm believer in the power that such objective namEd onE oF thE “bEst booKs oF thE yEar” BY GUARDIAN, SLATE, analysis can bring to sports, I was captivated by this book. Soccernomics is an FINANCIAL TIMES, INDEPENDENT (UK), AND BLOOMBERG NEWS absolute must-read.” —BillY BEANE, General Manager of the Oakland A’s SOCCERNOMICS pioneers a new way of looking at soccer through meticulous, empirical analysis and incisive, witty commentary. The San Francisco Chronicle describes it as “the most intelligent book ever written about soccer.” This World Cup edition features new material, including a provocative examination of how soccer SOCCERNOMICS clubs might actually start making profi ts, why that’s undesirable, and how soccer’s never had it so good. WHY ENGLAND LOSES, WHY SPAIN, GERMANY, “read this book.” —New York Times AND BRAZIL WIN, AND WHY THE US, JAPAN, aUstralia– AND EVEN IRAQ–ARE DESTINED “gripping and essential.” —Slate “ Quite magnificent. A sort of Freakonomics TO BECOME THE kings of the world’s for soccer.” —JONATHAN WILSON, Guardian MOST POPULAR SPORT STEFAN SZYMANSKI STEFAN SIMON KUPER SIMON kupER is one of the world’s leading writers on soccer. The winner of the William Hill Prize for sports book of the year in Britain, Kuper writes a weekly column for the Financial Times. He lives in Paris, France. StEfaN SzyMaNSkI is the Stephen J. Galetti Collegiate Professor of Sport Management at the University of Michigan’s School of Kinesiology.