As the World Cup kicks off I’ll be posting a Nugget every day here to keep you all bang up-to-date with the latest facts and stats from the tournament. Keep coming back for your daily dose and remember – A Nugget a Day keeps the Doctor away. 20 November 2022 QATAR MAROONED The match betweenContinue reading “Daily World Cup Nuggets”
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World Cup Nuggets podcast
Welcome to the World Cup Nuggets podcast, with a host of fascinating facts and startling stats about each of the 32 countries competing in Qatar. The next six episodes cover mighty Morocco, nearly Netherlands, punchy Poland, pugilistic Portugal, querulous Qatar and secretive Saudi. Listen out for the question that is set about every country at theContinue 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”
Will Forest’s frantic transfer activity succeed?
For the inaugural Premier League season under Brian Clough, Nottingham Forest brought in only two players who commanded a transfer fee – Neil Webb returned to the City Ground from Manchester United for £800,000 while Robert Rosario cost about half that from Coventry City, giving a total spend of £1.2 million. Thirty years on andContinue reading “Will Forest’s frantic transfer activity succeed?”
Saturday Morning Nuggets 12/09
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Saturday Morning Nuggets 27/08
Liverpool’s defeat at Old Trafford confirmed their worst start to a Premier League season since 2012/13 when they lost two of their first three matches, drawing the other one. Arsenal have only twice won their opening three Premier League matches – in The Invincibles season of 2003/04 when they won the first four, and theContinue reading “Saturday Morning Nuggets 27/08”
Saturday Morning Nuggets
20 August Premier League Nuggets – MW2 28 goals were scored in MW2, exactly the same as MW 1. Only two players scored in both opening matches – Rodrigo and Martinelli. There were no away victories in MW2, something that didn’t happen in the whole of last season. Darwin Nunez became the first player toContinue reading “Saturday Morning Nuggets”
The welcome return of the 12th man and home comforts
When Everton squeaked past Chelsea last weekend it provided a huge boost to the Toffees’ chances of survival, something that was celebrated with raucous gusto by the Goodison crowd of over 39,000. The influence exerted by the home supporters that started the night before and reached a climax in the last frenetic minutes of theContinue reading “The welcome return of the 12th man and home comforts”
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”
The Football Mine 