Comments on: Strange Sports http://virtualstoa.net/2003/09/27/106468001468318701/ Chris Brooke's Weblog Fri, 29 Aug 2008 23:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 by: Richard http://virtualstoa.net/2003/09/27/106468001468318701/#comment-27683 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:53:57 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2003/09/27/106468001468318701/#comment-27683 Yes Football Against The Enemy is excellent, and I can also recommend as possibly even better, Simon's latest book, Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War, which is a thought provoking examination of Holland's treatment of the Jews during WW2, using Ajax football club as a starting point. Simon has such an excellent writing style, he's always good to read. Yes Football Against The Enemy is excellent, and I can also recommend as possibly even better, Simon’s latest book, Ajax, The Dutch, The War: Football in Europe During the Second World War, which is a thought provoking examination of Holland’s treatment of the Jews during WW2, using Ajax football club as a starting point. Simon has such an excellent writing style, he’s always good to read.

]]> by: Martin http://virtualstoa.net/2003/09/27/106468001468318701/#comment-27682 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:52:36 +0000 http://virtualstoa.net/2003/09/27/106468001468318701/#comment-27682 Chris, I've been told by someone or other that Rosa Luxemburg has escaped from Balliol by means of one of the new wheelchair access ramps. Apparently, she toddled off into Broad Street and has never been seen again. I'd like to think that she's Taking Her Struggle to the World. As for Simon Kuper, I can only agree as to the splendidness of 'Football Against the Enemy'. Its best bits, I think, are its description of the Scientific Socialist Training Methods of the great Soviet-era Dynamo Kiev teams. The best Leftist Football Book, though, is undoubtedly Eduardo Galleano's 'Football in Sunshine and Shadow'. If you haven't already read it, then you're in for a treat. (It has recently been republished in English under the rubbish title: 'Soccer in Sun and Shadow'.) Chris,

I’ve been told by someone or other that Rosa Luxemburg has escaped from Balliol by means of one of the new wheelchair access ramps. Apparently, she toddled off into Broad Street and has never been seen again. I’d like to think that she’s Taking Her Struggle to the World.

As for Simon Kuper, I can only agree as to the splendidness of ‘Football Against the Enemy’. Its best bits, I think, are its description of the Scientific Socialist Training Methods of the great Soviet-era Dynamo Kiev teams.

The best Leftist Football Book, though, is undoubtedly Eduardo Galleano’s ‘Football in Sunshine and Shadow’. If you haven’t already read it, then you’re in for a treat. (It has recently been republished in English under the rubbish title: ‘Soccer in Sun and Shadow’.)

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