RIP Avram’s Job

25May08

Fired from Chelsea after Didier Drogba lost them the Champions League Final, Avram Grant’s future is in doubt, with Chelsea being the only piece of managing experience on his resume. Manchester City may be calling…

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Més Que un Club, Less than Stellar

13May08

Phil Ball has an excellent article (per usual) on the rise and fall of Dutch legend Frank Rijkaard’s tenure as manager of FC Barcelona. As a pseudo-rival of my preferred club Chelsea F.C., I must confess to a sense of schadenfreudian joy in the news, especially since Rijkaard– whose downfall was probably more the doing […]

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Tags: Abromavich, Avram, barcelona, catalan, cataluna, chelsea, communism, fascism, Franco, futbol, Grant, leftist, liga, primera, real madrid, rijkaard, soccer, spain, spanish civil war, Sports, the beautiful game