http://tags.worldcupblog.org Articles tagged 'history' on World Cup Blog en-us BootsnAll Travel Network http://germany.worldcupblog.org/players/the-making-of-gunter-netzers-hair.html Jan 2009-09-14 13:25:20 There are many legendary football players. There are many legendary hair styles. But only a select few managed to combine the two. Germany and Borussia ... http://bosnia.worldcupblog.org/history/bosnian-football-a-not-so-brief-history.html Harun 2008-11-13 22:06:22 I told myself I'd keep this short. I failed. Summarizing the early days was easy enough, but glossing over the details that I've lived through ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-football/chile-breaks-its-35-year-curse.html Chris 2008-10-16 04:40:39 Chile 1 - Argentina 0 35 years is a long, long time not to beat a team in a qualifying group with only 10 teams. Even ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/spain-could-match-france-84.html Ian Rose 2008-06-26 14:10:27 24 years ago, a Spanish team was headed to the European Championship final. But Luis Aragones' Spain side will not be looking to emulate ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/their-last-meeting-netherlands-4-1-russia-with-video.html Ian Rose 2008-06-21 05:10:46 As if the Dutch needed any extra confidence coming off of their 9-1 aggregate victory over the rest of the group of death, they can ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/best-euro-group-teams-ever.html Ian Rose 2008-06-19 16:40:05 1980 was an interesting year in sports. The US beat the Soviet Union in the most famous hockey game ever. The Wenzels were ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/czechs-have-seen-both-sides-of-a-3-2-comeback.html Ian Rose 2008-06-15 15:40:48 The biggest party in Europe tonight is in Turkey, after the Turks fought back from a 2-0 second half deficit to eliminate the Czech Republic ... http://euro2008.worldcupblog.org/news/euro-96-provides-hope-for-italy.html Ian Rose 2008-06-09 17:40:04 After two days of expected results, today we finally saw the real opening of Euro 2008. The Netherlands opened their tournament in the best ... http://switzerland.worldcupblog.org/group-g/euro-2008-team-profile-switzerland-hopp-schwiiz.html Jan 2008-05-14 05:08:45 Dear Laurie, I'm using the same template you used for the France team (hope you don't mind). Group: A; Switzerland, Czech Republic, Portugal, Turkey. All games ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/history/the-night-a-team-died.html Ian Rose 2008-04-28 23:38:49 Sorry about the long lapse between posts. It's been a quiet month for the Tartan Army, but things are ramping up, and May has ... http://croatia.worldcupblog.org/croatia/history-of-the-world-part-ii.html Mario 2008-04-23 17:57:29 Well not much can be said about Croatia in France 98'. We sort of walked in there unannounced, caused havoc, and walked away with some ... http://croatia.worldcupblog.org/croatia/history-of-the-world-part-i.html Mario 2008-04-07 17:16:34 Well it's not the history of the world, but it's a nice little story. It all began 12 years ago in England, EURO 96', which ... http://turkey.worldcupblog.org/introduction/ring-the-bells-shut-the-windows-lock-the-doors-the-turks-are-coming.html musab 2008-03-28 15:37:33 And at last, Turkey will be represented by none other then Musab himself. Some of you may remember me from the Galatasaray offside. So let ... http://scotland.worldcupblog.org/history/scotland-and-croatias-short-history-together.html Ian Rose 2008-03-23 18:35:40 Three days now until George Burley leads his first Scotland team out onto the Hampden pitch to face Croatia. I just wanted to take ... http://poland.worldcupblog.org/1/the-laws-of-the-game.html Os Davis 2006-06-27 13:39:15 Messing around and generally contemplating all things World Cup, i thought back on this guy i once knew named Chris. Chris, like a proper citizen ... http://mexico.worldcupblog.org/1/building-toward-angola.html John 2006-06-14 17:55:04 For only the 2nd time in their long and tepid world cup history, the Mexican National team will play a squad from the Dark Continent ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/world-cup-2006/.html WC Bob 2006-05-27 12:14:55 There are a couple of interesting articles penned by Simon Kuper in this weekend's Financial Times. In the first, he tries to dispel some ... http://trinidadtobago.worldcupblog.org/1/may-11th-2006-a-day-of-firsts-lasts.html Stacy-Marie Ishmael 2006-05-10 09:52:09 I have a huge exam tomorrow, but I'm buzzing with excitement (and blogging instead of revising my French literature - disaster!). Tonight, T&T will face ... http://www.worldcupblog.org/big-question/big-question-is-the-world-cup-better-today-than-in-the-past.html WC Bob 2006-04-29 00:05:07 Despite appearances to the contrary, I am a bit of a romantic. I am also a total sucker for nostalgia. I could spend ... http://germany.worldcupblog.org/1/from-the-sauna.html Harvey Morrell 2006-04-20 11:32:18 Moritz Rinke reports on the state of the German nation as it prepares to host the FIFA World Cup. The translation is a tad ... http://paraguay.worldcupblog.org/1/first-world-cup-after-the-chilavert-era.html Daniel 2006-04-11 00:41:18 Probably the most renown and important player of Paraguayan football history, at this moment, who football’s fan doesn’t know Jose Luis Chilavert? Born in July ... http://germany.worldcupblog.org/1/history-lesson.html Harvey Morrell 2006-03-02 16:10:47 Oliver Hinz, over at Fox Sports, provides a short history of national team disasters. It ain't pretty. Then again, neither was yesterday's game.