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🇮🇹💜⚽️ It’s always an honour to be asked to contribute to a magazine, especially when that means writing about Roberto Baggio. The ‘Goals’ issue of @MundialMag is out now!
Songs I absolutely did not expect to hear today: “I Don’t Want To Be A Hero” by Johnny Hates Jazz. Reached number 11 in August ’87. Pretty sure I had the 7-inch single…
I’ve spent the last 24 hours trying to identify the coffee shop in this scene from “City Hall” (1996). The paintings, red seating and midcentury wall sconces all seem too specific for it to be a set. Can anyone out there help? At this point @johncusack may be my only hope…
Just finished this. A very fast read (I only started it the other day). Turns out the recent Netflix series adhered more closely to the novel than the 1999 movie did. Now I need to see “Plein Soleil” with Alain Delon. Does anybody know if it’s streaming anywhere?
Why do so many English-speaking people/social media accounts say “AS Roma”? People used to say “AC Milan” to distinguish from “Inter Milan” (an anglicism), but nobody ever says “SS Lazio” or “UC Sampdoria.” So in the context of football teams why doesn’t “Roma” suffice?
I don’t understand why people put their sunglasses on backwards like this (instead of putting them on top of their head, which seems more natural to me). It looks so awkward and surely they could fall off behind you at any moment…
It’s the 30th anniversary of Barry Davies’ one and only World Cup Final commentary.
And like a true master at work, here he doesn’t disappoint with his opening lines. 🇺🇸
It was quite ridiculous that the BBC didn’t give the great man any more.🎙️
I wasn’t in Pasadena on July 17th 1994, but I do have an unused ticket from the World Cup Final that was held that afternoon at the Rose Bowl. The original owner not only missed an historic match but also a pre-game show by Whitney Houston.
There was an article in the Guardian today breaking down this moment and the minutes that followed. After Palmer’s goal the momentum was with England but we immediately invited Spain to retake control and within minutes we were 2-1 down.
“Neither the goals nor the final itself, what I’ll always remember is the joy on people’s faces.”
🇦🇷 Happy 70th Mario Kempes, seen here after scoring his sixth goal of the 1978 World Cup. He was only 23, but incredibly he never scored for Argentina again.