Eleven Named People, Episode 8:  Look to Africa for the crowning
Channel: Eleven Named People
Date: 2022-08-27

#Football #Soccer #Podcasts

The weekly podcast about the history and politics of football is named after something Eric Hobsbawm once wrote about how the imagined community of millions is nowhere else more real than in the form of 11 named players on a football field.  Presented by Sean Jacobs and Tony Karon. Archived here: bit.ly/3zK0fr4

On this episode, we are just two old men kvetching about some football topics. 

We run through a range of topics: #Arsenal's 100% record; how #CrystalPalace is a thriving African football club in London; Edgar Davids's comment on Ruud #Gullit's frustration with the Dutch FA that “Black players may only become assistants;” what Jesse #Marsch and Ange #Postecoglou's recent success at Leeds and Celtic say about coaches from non-traditional football countries in Europe's top leagues;  and, finally, the European #ChampionsLeague draw and the small matter of #MaccabiHaifa from Apartheid Israel.