Association Football - A Guide
A guide to football, or soccer, at least according to Harry Enfield And Chums. I thought this might prove useful to anyone, particularly Americans who are just now getting into the sport that is soccer, maybe because of David Beckham’s recent mega money move to L.A. Galaxy, maybe for some more convoluted reason. So sit back and enjoy a quick 3 minute guide to Association football…
Okay, okay, I know it may not have been as useful as you were wishing, explaining the rules and regs, and some of the star players, but it was funny, and that is more important. I particularly love the football being glued to the player’s foot, genius, am sure it could take off. maybe Beckham will use that trick if his obvious talents fail him in the near future.
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May 9th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
[...] First off, this is soccer. Now that’s cleared up… Beckham is a midfielder, normally playing on the right hand side, although he prefers the centre… this means he gets more of the ball, and that does his ego no end of good. Known as a dead ball specialist, his legendary free kicks have bamboozled goalies around the world, and even led to a film being named after him. He played for Manchester United for 11 years, starting as the new pin up boy, replacing Ryan Giggs as the icon teenage girls fantasised about. The first time he came to most fans attention was this wonder goal against Wimbledon in 1996. Soon after that, he made his first appearance for the English national team, which he would later captain. Manchester United won the treble in 1999, a unique feat in British football, and Beckham was an integral part of the success. Beckham eventually fell out with manager Alex Ferguson, probably because there wasn’t room for both their big heads at one football club, and joined Real Madrid in 2003. He became one of the Galacticos, and a firm favourite with the Madrid fans, although he was never consistent enough to please the manager. In January 2007, Becks signed a 5 year deal with the L.A. Galaxy, and will start playing for them on July 1st. [...]