Category Archives: Football

The Clubs that Connect the World Cup – New York Times visualisations

Posted on June 23, 2014 by stuartelden

The New York Times has some very good visualisations/animations of the players and their clubs that make up the national teams at the World Cup. (Clicking on the screenshot below takes you to the interactive page.)

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The Political Geographies of FIFA and World Cup football

Posted on June 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Interesting piece at Political Geography Now on the political geographies of FIFA and World Cup football – who is allowed to compete, in which region, and how do these teams match-up with recognised states.

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What Bale earns – a real-time tracker, with comparisons

Posted on September 2, 2013 by stuartelden

Following Gareth Bale’s transfer to Real Madrid (officially starting today), a site that tracks what he has earned so far, along with comparisons. At 4pm he had already earned 47 weeks of minimum wage. At 4.36pm it declares: Bale can … Continue reading →

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England v. Bulgaria

Posted on September 3, 2010 by stuartelden

Great night out at the football with my brother and nephew. Bit patchy at times but a strong result.

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Blind Beggar

Posted on June 23, 2010 by stuartelden

Because I was going to see Derek Gregory give a talk at Queen Mary this evening (which was very good), I decided to get off the tube at Whitechapel and walk towards QM and find a pub to watch the … Continue reading →

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