Football – Page 2 – Stephen Kasiewicz

Celtic’s scouting network: why it won’t stop in Japan and South Korea

There was some kind of malfunction in the recruitment drive for nearly a decade as Celtic failed to sign a single player from East Asia. The appointment of Ange Postecoglou as manager in June 2021 rebooted a system which had either been left dormant or abandoned completely. Now the Glasgow giants have six Japanese playersContinue reading “Celtic’s scouting network: why it won’t stop in Japan and South Korea”

Classic match: Napoli 1-4 Sampdoria

Serie A, November 18, 1990 When are highlights not really highlights at all? Showing goals is a given, if there are any, but sometimes the goals alone don’t tell us the whole story. Like a carefully cropped picture we don’t appreciate what’s in the background or the rough edges edited out for clarity. Scorelines canContinue reading “Classic match: Napoli 1-4 Sampdoria”