For Yahoo! a piece on the English national football team, and why it would do well to fashion a specific footballing ideology: https://in.news.yahoo.com/can-philosophy-make-a-difference-to-england-s-football-game-054509398.html
Tag: Football
Six on Six: The best playmakers of the World Cup
For scroll.in, a piece on the best playmakers at the World Cup in Brazil: http://scroll.in/article/667244/Six-on-Six:-The-best-playmakers-of-the-World-Cup
A Brief History of Modern Iran, Told Through Soccer
A piece for The Pacific Standard Magazine on the Iranian football team and its link to politics in the country: http://www.psmag.com/navigation/politics-and-law/brief-history-modern-iran-told-soccer-82908/
Brazil’s ignominious football World Cup
My comment in The Hindu on the Football World Cup, which begins next week in Brazil. I argue here that for most Brazilians view their government’s decision to spend 15 billion dollars on hosting the event as a Most Brazilians view this as a depraved act of profligacy: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/brazils-ignominious-football-world-cup/article6090095.ece
The reign of Sir Alex
A piece for the Sunday Guardian reviewing Alex Ferguson’s autobiography: http://www.sunday-guardian.com/bookbeat/alex-ferguson-my-autobiography
Why Being an Obsessed Soccer Fan Can Make You Really, Really Happy
A piece for The Atlantic in which I endeavor to rationalize distant fandom — why supporting your national team in the Euros can be a very good thing: http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2012/06/why-being-an-obsessed-soccer-fan-can-make-you-really-really-happy/259178/
“Supporting your national team goes beyond the traditional contours of fandom, and in many ways transcends sport. Supporters—both highly identified and weakly identified ones—may only come together for short periods (as is the case during a World Cup or a European championship), but an inherent feeling of nationalism helps them find a strong, common bond.”
Glory, Glory for a Man for United
A piece for The Classical on Mark Barry, a Manchester United fan from Ireland, who was once in prison for football violence in England: http://theclassical.org/articles/glory-glory-for-a-man-for-united
The Toon Army Takes Manhattan
This is a piece for The Classical on Newcastle United’s New York supporters club. The Toon Army NYC, as they are known, are a group of 50 or so passionate fans who flock together at Legends 33 every weekend to support (more than a little vocally) their beloved football club: http://theclassical.org/articles/the-toon-army-takes-manhattan
The Odd Joy of the Solo Goal
“There is something uniquely and unmistakably joyful, in large part because of how uncharacteristic and unexpected it is, about a single player tearing apart an entire opposition by virtue of his unaided prowess.” This is a piece I wrote for The Classical on the joys of watching a solo goal: http://theclassical.org/articles/the-odd-joy-of-the-solo-goal
On Distant Fandom
A piece that I wrote for the Run of Play on distant fandom: http://runofplay.tumblr.com/post/19343528726/on-distant-fandom
Suhrith Parthasarathy 