Cultured Football #253
Disappearing Serie A. Uncommon People. Monchi. Ferry Days. Jesse Lingard.
Is Serie A really ‘disappearing’?
By Simon Binns for More Than Just Football
Once the centre of football’s global imagination, Serie A now lives in a different landscape. The league still carries the weight of its history yet attention seems to have shifted elsewhere.
Uncommon People
By Mike Bayly for Terrace Edition
In a quiet corner of south Manchester, far from the spectacle of the professional game, West Didsbury & Chorlton have quietly built something rare: crowds grow, songs travel beyond the terraces and a small ground begins to feel like a gathering place. If you’re looking for an antidote to the football of the Premier League, this must be it.
Monchi and San Fernando: Redemption
By Jordan Thomas for La Liga and Beyond
On the island of San Fernando, just across the water from Cádiz, football is finding its way back. After the sudden liquidation of their club, the community restarted in the ninth tier and the first promotion has been ticked off. At the heart of everything is Monchi, a man who has built the success of many others but is now working for the happiness of his own people.
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Ferry Days And Step 5 Dreams
By James Callan for How The Game is Lived
On the Isle of Man, football has always lived with a quiet sense of distance. By joining the English pyramid, FC Isle of Man pushed away from that isolation. Ferry crossings, crowded stands and long weekends on the mainland now shape the club.
Why Jesse Lingard has left Seoul for Sao Paulo
By Nathan Joyes for The Copa Club
Few careers travel as unpredictably in football as Jesse Lingard’s. From Manchester to Seoul and now São Paulo, his path has rarely followed the expected route. Brazil offers another unfamiliar stage, one that seems shaped by ambition as much as revival.
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In Case You Missed It Here’s Last Week’s Most Read: The Worst Premier League Season Ever
By Steve AQ for CannonIQ
That this is the worst Premier League season ever has been a familiar refrain these past few months. Which, I guess, means that people have forgotten how last season was labelled as the weakest Premier League season ever. Still, beyond the usual exaggerations, there might be something to the complaints.
