Football

More on the Palace
I meant to put this down as a link at the end of my lengthy YouTube video post yesterday. It was intended for some form of memoir that I dearly...
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January 17, 2008

Flying High
Being a Crystal Palace fan carries with it two certainties: 1) We never win any important trophies. 2) We almost never have a dull season. The first point will certainly...
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January 16, 2008

Palace Get Warnock
No surprise, given the media reports that Palace chairman Simon Jordan was making approaches last week, while Peter Taylor was still nominally in charge, but now it’s official: Neil Warnock...
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October 11, 2007

Another Year, Another Failed Coach
Yes, it’s musical chairs time again at Selhurst Park. Simon Jordan has just said goodbye to the seventh manager in his seven years as the Eagles chairman. (It’s been that...
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October 9, 2007

Sons Of Sakhnin United
I’m heading to Manhattan this evening to see Sons of Sakhnin United premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival. Though this is the first truly public screening of the film, I’ve...
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April 26, 2007

Beckham’s Coming Home
A lot of ink has already been spilled about David Beckham Coming To America, joining the Los Angeles Galaxy from Real Madrid at the end of this season. From my...
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January 18, 2007

European Report #2: Boring Boring England
It’s a truism of sports fans everywhere that no matter how badly their team performs, there remains the hope – nay, the expectation – that next time it will be...
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October 23, 2006

Summer’s Gone: Notes From a Damp Holiday Weekend
Driving upstate on a holiday Friday morning with friends from Brooklyn, wondering: Where is all the traffic? (Answer: It’s decided to stay home and avoid the hurricane rains.) Stopping for...
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September 7, 2006