This piece on the proliferation of own goals at Euros appeared in The Guardian on 4th July When Jan Vertonghen deflected Randal Kolo Muani’s shot past Koen Casteels in the 85th minute of Belgium’s Last 16 match, he became the ninth player to register an own goal at Euros 2024. That was France’s third goalContinue reading “Euros Own Goals and Episode 13 of It Started With a Kick”
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Euros Nuggets – Opening round of matches plus ‘It Started With a Kick’ latest episode
EUROS NUGGETS 1 Opening round – first 12 matches Scotland were only team to not have a single shot on target, Scotland’s six goals at the Euros have come 5 players called Mc and an OG 1992 McAllister, McClair, McStay CIS 3-0; 1996 McCoist Switzerland 1-0 2020 McGregor Croatia 1-3; 2024 OG – Rudiger GermanyContinue reading “Euros Nuggets – Opening round of matches plus ‘It Started With a Kick’ latest episode”
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 – 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 12
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 100th goal of the tournament came in the Canada Morocco match and to great delight in the recesses of The Football Mine it was the first own goal of 2022. MOROCCO KEEP ONContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets Day 12”
World Cup Nuggets – Day 8
Canada joined Qatar on the cutting room floor and only France have confirmed their qualification so as Groups G & H finish their second round of games there’s a lot up for grabs. 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 27 November COSTA RICA RESURRECTIONContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – Day 8”
World Cup Nuggets – Day 4
The World Cup is now 12 matches old and the Nuggets are piling up with more facts and stats than you can shake a stick at. 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 23 November ANOTHER STALEMATE MoroccoContinue reading “World Cup Nuggets – Day 4”
World Cup Nuggets Podcast
Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, with enough fab facts and stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. Here are the next six episodes, starting with Germany and ending with Mexico, and all in between. Listen out for the question that is set about every country at the end of eachContinue 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”
Qatar 2022 – The most unusual of World Cups
The twenty-second World Cup Finals will be unusual in many ways. Not only will Qatar become the first Arab nation to host the World Cup but also the first to have never qualified (with the exception of Uruguay who were the hosts in the inaugural tournament in 1930). With a population of just under 2.9Continue reading “Qatar 2022 – The most unusual of World Cups”
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