In case you didn’t notice: If you go to the photo on flickr and hover your cursor over the picture you’ll see a note telling you that the model includes – a streaker on the pitch!
[...] Not to say the above-mentioned blogs aren’t cerebral, but the deservedly-lauded Culture of Soccer should need no introduction for its depth of insight into the game. Indeed, I think one reason I haven’t done a web round-up for a while is because Mr. Keyes did such a good damn job himself recently. Throughball.com is a particularly thoughtful and well turned-out blog; foto friday should not be missed there. For a refusal to submit to look at the world of football through rose-tinted glasses, a special mention should go to Twohundredpercent, especially as he backs up his nose-thumbing at the Premiership elite with some real graft covering the non-league scene. Given most mainstream newspapers barely pass a nod to the world outside the Premiership, the coverage of the Coca-Cola Championship at the Offside is a much appreciated and entertaining read, and Road to 2010 looks at the African scene with infectious enthusiasm. But much as I might like to in some ways, I still can’t tear myself from the Premiership, and EPL Talk is an essential read for the British soccer fan in the U.S. Indeed, any kind of soccer fan should subscribe to the EPL Talk podcast, which this week features one of the pioneers of global soccer journalism, Simon Kuper. [...]
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That’s a model? Omg, it’s amazing. Very cool. I can imagine it took the builder quite some time to make.
In case you didn’t notice: If you go to the photo on flickr and hover your cursor over the picture you’ll see a note telling you that the model includes – a streaker on the pitch!
Now that truly is attention to detail.
[...] Not to say the above-mentioned blogs aren’t cerebral, but the deservedly-lauded Culture of Soccer should need no introduction for its depth of insight into the game. Indeed, I think one reason I haven’t done a web round-up for a while is because Mr. Keyes did such a good damn job himself recently. Throughball.com is a particularly thoughtful and well turned-out blog; foto friday should not be missed there. For a refusal to submit to look at the world of football through rose-tinted glasses, a special mention should go to Twohundredpercent, especially as he backs up his nose-thumbing at the Premiership elite with some real graft covering the non-league scene. Given most mainstream newspapers barely pass a nod to the world outside the Premiership, the coverage of the Coca-Cola Championship at the Offside is a much appreciated and entertaining read, and Road to 2010 looks at the African scene with infectious enthusiasm. But much as I might like to in some ways, I still can’t tear myself from the Premiership, and EPL Talk is an essential read for the British soccer fan in the U.S. Indeed, any kind of soccer fan should subscribe to the EPL Talk podcast, which this week features one of the pioneers of global soccer journalism, Simon Kuper. [...]