ASIA 07 – Football Shaped

18/09/2007

Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam.

Still four more matches to report upon in the final week of my Asian tour. The first of these was … Read More “Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam.”

04/09/2007

On my summer trip to Asia, I managed to see a number of matches that were not part of the … Read More “Singapore Slings”

05/08/2007

The AFC today announced the long and tortuous route to South Africa, for their potential five qualifying teams. A team … Read More “World Cup Qualification – Has the AFC dropped the Ball?”

31/07/2007

With the tournament over, it is time to look to take a retrospective look, and see who were the winners … Read More “Winners and Losers”

29/07/2007

It is a match that has been built up beyond the simplicity of eleven men playing eleven for a football … Read More “Single Goal takes the Cup to Iraq.”

28/07/2007

I have read previews of tomorrows final of the Asian Cup, and they all appear to highlight the attackers on … Read More “Final Preview: Low scoring match could favour Iraq.”

25/07/2007

Neither side wanted to commit everything to the attack from the off. The South Koreans were more attack minded in … Read More “Penalties again decisive – Iraq reach the final”

22/07/2007

I thought the whole series of articles would feature a lot about stressful, awkward journeys, and encounters with needless levels … Read More “Koreans make Iran pay penalty for keeper switch”

21/07/2007

From Palembang, I had to get back to Bangkok, so it was more time on the road, (or more specifically, … Read More “Iraq in the comfort zone.”

18/07/2007

When I asked the hotel reception what there was to see in Palembang, the answer was that this is not … Read More “Saudi Arabia turn on the Style”