It has been a hellish two days without any World Cup action so thankfully the quarter-finals now are here and each one has something to attract our attention and get us excited. The wait is almost over and the even better news is that we have Nuggets aplenty. We start with an absolute humdinger thatContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – The quarter-finals Part I”
Category Archives: Argentina
World Cup Nuggets – A hatful of hat-tricks
7th December 2022 In scoring the first hat-trick of the 2022 World Cup Gonçalo Ramos received immediate, global acclaim. Having replaced Cristiano Ronaldo in the Portuguese starting line-up the 21-year-old had already caused quite a stir and the eyes of the world were trained on the Benfica striker. He joined an illustrious list of playersContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – A hatful of hat-tricks”
World Cup Nuggets Day 13
The Round of 16 started with relatively straightforward wins for Netherlands and Argentina who now meet in a mouth-watering encounter in the quarter-finals on Friday. DUTCH CONSISTENCY – The Dutch have now reached at least the last eight in seven of their last nine appearances. The Oranje have not lost in 90 minutes in 18Continue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 13”
World Cup Nuggets – First Round
You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 – the choice is yours… GROUP GREMLINS So the Group matches are over and we have had plenty of shocks to the system including the downing of several strong contenders – Belgium, Denmark and Germany – is this theContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – First Round”
World Cup Nuggets Day 11
You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 – the choice is yours… The bias towards goals in the second half of matches has continued with all Wednesday’s seven goals coming after half-time so now 65 of the total of 95 have come in 2nd half, aContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 11”
World Cup Nuggets – Day 3
The World Cup has now well truly kicked off and the Nuggets keep coming thick and fast with the latest facts and stats from the tournament. Keep coming back for your daily dose. You can pick up a copy of the World Cup Nuggets book directly from the publishers, Halcyon https://bit.ly/3eXfV2y or via Amazon https://amzn.to/3TKD1J0 22 November ARGENTINA HUMBLED Argentina’sContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – Day 3”
World Cup Nuggets podcast
Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, bursting at the seams with choice facts and stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. Here are the first six episodes featuring not one, not two, but three of the tournament favourites and a few outsiders to boot. Listen out for the question that isContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets podcast”
World Cup Nuggets Daily
Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets Daily podcast that features choice facts and stats about each of 32 countries competing in Qatar. There is also a question set about each country and a competition in which you can win a bundle of brilliant books from Halcyon Publishing. To get hold of the book that spawnedContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Daily”
The Football Mine 