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In June 1969, El Salvador defeated Honduras to qualify for the World Cup after three matches marred by crowd violence against the backdrop of diplomatic tension between the two nations. On the same day as the final playoff game, El Salvador dissolved diplomatic ties with their neighbours, putting them on course for a four-day military conflict still known as the “Football War”. By sheer coincidence, Inter Miami’s ill-fated pre-season world tour kicked off last month … in El Salvador. Just a few weeks later, the MLS side have somehow stumbled into a diplomatic incident of their own.
Your description of Ineos’ plans to make Old Trafford the Wembley of the North as an ‘overall’ (yesterday’s Still Want More, full email edition) was, perhaps – we’ll give you the benefit of the doubt – an unintentional acknowledgment of their fabled method of making hard work of absolutely everything. But are they likely to design the stadium to advertise the fact?” – Roland Goodbody.
Can I be the first of 1,057 pedants to point out to Emma Hayes (yesterday’s Quote of the Day) there’s no ‘evil empire’ in The Force Awakens, as they were defeated at the end of The Return of the Jedi. The big bad were The First Order (‘evil’ prefix optional depending on narrative preference) and her Death Star reference was not part of those events either. Not a Star Wars fan, just can’t abide mixed metaphors” – Brian James (and 1,056 others).
In any football/Star Wars analogy, surely Chelsea must be the evil empire?” – Rob McPheely.
As a wannabe wine buff living in Spain please ask Mike Wilner (yesterday’s Football Daily letters) where I may purchase a bottle of this Chilean Rioja of which he speaks” – Mike Cordery (and 1,056 other wannabe wine buffs).
Continuing the Eden Hazard barbecue theme (Football Daily letters passim), I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned the other ex-footballers who would have turned up at the event, namely Patrik Berger, Ashley Cole and Paolo Wanchope” – Elaine Shaw.
This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions.
Continue reading…Sign up now! Sign up now! Sign up now? Sign up now!In June 1969, El Salvador defeated Honduras to qualify for the World Cup after three matches marred by crowd violence against the backdrop of diplomatic tension between the two nations. On the same day as the final playoff game, El Salvador dissolved diplomatic ties with their neighbours, putting them on course for a four-day military conflict still known as the “Football War”. By sheer coincidence, Inter Miami’s ill-fated pre-season world tour kicked off last month … in El Salvador. Just a few weeks later, the MLS side have somehow stumbled into a diplomatic incident of their own.Your description of Ineos’ plans to make Old Trafford the Wembley of the North as an ‘overall’ (yesterday’s Still Want More, full email edition) was, perhaps – we’ll give you the benefit of the doubt – an unintentional acknowledgment of their fabled method of making hard work of absolutely everything. But are they likely to design the stadium to advertise the fact?” – Roland Goodbody.Can I be the first of 1,057 pedants to point out to Emma Hayes (yesterday’s Quote of the Day) there’s no ‘evil empire’ in The Force Awakens, as they were defeated at the end of The Return of the Jedi. The big bad were The First Order (‘evil’ prefix optional depending on narrative preference) and her Death Star reference was not part of those events either. Not a Star Wars fan, just can’t abide mixed metaphors” – Brian James (and 1,056 others).In any football/Star Wars analogy, surely Chelsea must be the evil empire?” – Rob McPheely.As a wannabe wine buff living in Spain please ask Mike Wilner (yesterday’s Football Daily letters) where I may purchase a bottle of this Chilean Rioja of which he speaks” – Mike Cordery (and 1,056 other wannabe wine buffs).Continuing the Eden Hazard barbecue theme (Football Daily letters passim), I’m surprised nobody has yet mentioned the other ex-footballers who would have turned up at the event, namely Patrik Berger, Ashley Cole and Paolo Wanchope” – Elaine Shaw.This is an extract from our daily football email … Football Daily. To get the full version, just visit this page and follow the instructions. Continue reading…
