Richard Lauridsen

It wasn’t so long ago that this blog featured a report detailing the loudest grounds in English football. Near the top of that list sat recognizable English giants Manchester United and Liverpool. At third on the list sat the proud claret and blue of Aston Villa. Surely one of the loudest moments in Villa Park […]

If you’ve been blissfully ignorant of Bundesliga comings and goings over the Winter break, you may have missed the news that Ralf Rang­nick resigned as coach. This came as a bit of a shock as Rangnick is generally viewed as a fine coach who was doing a good job in developing Hoffenheim from a village […]

Now that Qatar has bought won the 2022 World Cup, what do we know about this tiny nation? Well, they are the home to the Al-Jazeera television network, they will host the 2011 AFC Asian Cup, and they are known as “Qataris” (“Qintendos” would have been a tad cooler). Also, Qatar is spelled Katar in […]