Cultured Football #264
Rising Stars. Youngest Players. Rubbish. Bosnia Sings. Mexico Pitches.
Karl’s out but the kids are still (more than) alright - 11 World Cup rising stars
By Ben McAleer for the Irish Examiner
New stars emerge at every World Cup. These are ten (+ the injured Lennart Karl) who could be the breakouts of this edition.
The Youngest Players In World Cup History
By Graham Bell for The Analyst
Continuing with the young players at the World Cup theme, these are the youngest players ever to appear on that stage. You’d think that these would all have gone to become major stars. You’d be wrong.
‘But...he’s rubbish.’ How a Championship reject became a 500-game icon.
By Simon Binns for More Than Just Football
You know the saying ‘one man’s meat is another man’s poison’? Seems that there is a football equivalent to it.
Most people find Cultured Football through someone else. Be that link.
How an old song from Bosnia went viral
By Chuck Penfold for DW
The World Cup has a long history of being associated with slightly (or not so slightly) camp songs that become hits. Bosnia has provided the latest one.
Fields of the Gods: Mexico’s football pitches from above
By Raquel Cunha & Cynthia Rodríguez for The Guardian
There are few football stadia as iconic as Mexico’s Azteca. Yet Mexico has many other breathtaking football pitches. Or, rather, it has many humble football pitches that happen to be in breathtaking spots.
Each week on Cultured Football we pick the five great football stories from the previous seven days.
In Case You Missed It Here’s Last Week’s Most Read: Are Bournemouth now bigger than AC Milan?
By Joey D’Urso
As television wealth reshapes the balance of power, teams once viewed as outsiders in England are finding themselves within touching distance of silverware, both at home and, particularly, in Europe. Which is great for fans of those clubs; less so for the rest of Europe.
