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Issue 345
23 October 2011
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The Bloggers

If the mainstream media has taught us anything it's that fact and opinion can be seamlessly rolled into one.

Bloggers uphold this fine tradition and below are some of the best football blogs you can find. If there's a blog you think should be on our list let us know at the usual email address.

DIY Graphics: Portland Timbers Supporter Propaganda

This was how it began: Graphic designer Brent Diskin had long liked soccer, but grew up in a household proud of its support of Oregon State’s college football team, and that was his main sporting interest until very recently. So how did Diskin en » READ MORE

What’s stopping you, Kenya?

What’s stopping you, Kenya? is a post from: Just Football Sudan aside, there’s a glaring geographical gap at this year’s African Cup of Nations. Andrew Crawford has a few ideas why: Watching the current African Cup Of Nations (ACON), it » READ MORE

John Terry & The Fetishisation Of The England Captaincy

In that special, unique way that only they can, the FA managed to set a dozen hungry cats amongst the pigeons of the John Terry case this morning. Their announcement, that Terry had been stripped of the England captaincy for this summer’s European » READ MORE

TFT Podcast Episode 92: Francis Duku and Joe Vines

For this week’s podcast, Gary and Chris were honoured to be joined by Francis Duku and Joe Vines, two well-respected Ryman League defenders and the brains behind the soon-to-be-launched non-league support service Our Game, for a non-league football » READ MORE

Big changes are a-coming.

Studs Up’s posting schedule has gone to hell the last couple months, this is no secret and I apologise to all you guys. Real life and other work just piled up and took me away from my passion, as often is the case. It can’t continue like this » READ MORE

Imaginary Enemies

Nicolas Anelka will soon be playing professional soccer in China. This is surprising because Nicolas Anelka is still a talented, effective soccer player who would help all but about 10 teams in the world. This is not surprising because Nicolas Anelka is » READ MORE

On the Guardian Sport Blog redesign

A year ago last month, I wrote a six part series for Pitch Invasion called "Football, blogs and newspapers unite?" in which I pushed for a newspaper/blog network as the future of digital sports journalism. Here's me: Moreover, many papers are mulling ove » READ MORE

16 Top World Cup Theme Tunes (Part 2)

In the previous thrilling instalment, we embarked on British TV’s journey from library music to classic opera in its search for a decent World Cup theme tune. In this concluding part, we embrace synth pop, retro Krautrock and the Great American songboo » READ MORE

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