Kategoria BISAC: Sports & Recreation >> Football

A twenty year history of Leeds United as captured in the pages of popular fanzine The Square Ball, from its inception in 1989 through to its brief hiatus in 2008.
From the highs of both First and Second Division Championship titles with Sgt. Wilko's 'old pro's' and giddy European nights with David O'Leary's 'kids' to the nightmare in Galatasaray and the heartbreak of the free-fall into football's third tier following Peter Ridsdale and the PLC's calamitous financial incompetency.
Not forgetting, of course, a healthy dose of vitriol for our friends from over the Pennines.
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On December 6, 1969, the Texas Longhorns and the Arkansas Razorbacks met in what many consider the game of the century. Both teams were undefeated; both featured devastating and innovative offenses; both boasted stingy defenses; and both were coached by superior tacticians and stirring motivators: Texas's Darrell Royal and Arkansas's...

There are two kinds of football in France.

American football was first played in France in 1909 during the cruise of the Great White Fleet. Then, during World War I, the American military shipped footballs, helmets, and shoulder pads alongside rifles and ammunition to the western front. A 1938 tour of two teams lead by Jim Crowley of Fordham University maintained the game until World War II, when the arrival of millions of young Americans in France motivated the U.S. military to sponsor several bowl games. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the United States occupied bases in...

"Richie's story and book lit a fire within me. His drive, passion, and relentless will to succeed was reminiscent of my time at Notre Dame. At 5'7" and 155 pounds, Richie overcame the obstacles and the naysayers to earn a full SEC scholarship and a place in Ole Miss tradition." - Rudy Ruettiger

Standing a stellar 5'7″ and weighing in at a magnificent 150 pounds you wouldn't think Richie would be much of a football player. Instead, he looks more like a chess player.

Richie Contartesi is a small town kid who dreamt his entire life of...