Hey, didn’t we all miss this? After a month’s respite from club football and the task of watching a team seemingly designed to vex and frustrate us, what better way to return to the swing of things than the Catalan derby? And as a bonus, the derby was overseen by Mateu Lahoz. Quite a lot… Continue reading Barça 1, Espanyol 1, aka ‘Dripping with adequacy’
Month: December 2022
Messi, joy and a World Cup
It was weird, the experience of an absolute football junkie deciding that on a personal level, this World Cup was an event that should be skipped. They were the same reasons everyone who skipped it had, of course. And as the tournament moved through its paces, being part of Football Twitter of course made it… Continue reading Messi, joy and a World Cup
Grant Wahl, joy, respect and admiration — mostly joy
On March 8, 2016, a DM popped into my inbox: Hey! I’m interviewing Messi in Barcelona on Thursday. Anything you’d really like to know? It was from Grant Wahl and my first reaction was stupor, because all I could think is “Why would a writer and journalist such as this be asking me anything at… Continue reading Grant Wahl, joy, respect and admiration — mostly joy