Der Amerikanische Traum
Gedion Zelalem may represent the new American dream. Is recruiting Germans to the USMNT just masking a poor player development pathway in the USA? Continue reading →
Category Archives: blog
The Asian Chronicles – The Midnight Game
The summer sky is wrapped in winter's bandages, but the Asian Cup must go on! Saudi Arabia overcomes North Korea and some football hipsters. And the True Real Madrid only plays at some ungodly hour…
The Asian Chronicles – Iran’s home game
Green, white and red filled Melbourne's stadium. The Asian Cup: it's lo-budget football for the indie football fan Continue reading →
AFC Bournemouth vs Swansea City 1973, Division Three
Is it a match-day programme or an acid trip that costs 10p? Either way, you can save forty quid on a new motor. Bournemouth vs Swansea, Division 3, 1973. Continue reading →
Buffalo! Buffalo!
Let Gent help you organise a football weekend away disguised as a romantic getaway for you and your better half. Jeff Prevost tells us how. Continue reading →
Havana Brown, Sheppard and the Asian Cup
Did the Asian Cup organisers ask the A-League to run dead when organising the A-League Grand Final entertainment so that the Asian Cup Opening Ceremony wouldn't seem so bad? Continue reading →
Ultimate YouTube Holidays Football Viewing Guide
Thin White Line has selected some brilliant (and a couple of awful) YouTube football videos for your viewing pleasure. Features AC Milan, Mexico86, and John Markovski. Continue reading →
Top 5 last-minute football presents for Christmas
Our list of five last-minute Christmas presents for football fans. But get a wriggle on - Christmas is NEXT WEEK! Continue reading →
Podcast: the food episode
The Thin White Line podcast you've been hungering for - in-stadium catering! Ah, we mean, FOOD! Food, glorious food! Hot sausage and mustard at exorbitant prices! Continue reading →
Nottingham Forest vs Tottenham Hotspur 1984, Division One
If Anderlecht hadn't bribed the referee, this would've been the UEFA Cup Final. Oh well, push aside that bitterness and enjoy the programme from Nottingham Forest vs Spurs, 1984. Features WAGs modelling Wrangler slacks! Continue…
Wanderers to Face Eternal Runners-Up, Cruz Azul
“Imagine a football team that belongs to a cement company but hasn’t built their own stadium.” Cruz Azul awaits Western Sydney Wanderers in the FIFA Club World Cup. The eternal runners-up could be more than…
Wanderers walk in South Melbourne’s footsteps… almost
In further proof that the NSL was better than the A-League, South Melbourne managed to compete in the 2000 Club World Championship in Brazil without a messy pay dispute. Continue reading →