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Q&A with Steve Menary, Author of Outcasts!: The Lands That FIFA Forgot
cultureofsoccer.com - 1/13/2008
Q&A with Steve Menary, Author of Outcasts!: The Lands That FIFA Forgot
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Steve Menary’s book Outcasts!: The Lands That FIFA Forgot is a fascinating read. In the book, Menary reports on the far flung “countries” that FIFA doesn’t recognize. Steve Menary sat down to speak with me recently about writing Outcasts and the issues his book raises. Menary told me that he got his start writing for several magazines, including World Soccer , When Saturday Comes , and ...

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It’s in the (inter)net! [January 13]
Pitch Invasion — Investors gambling on the Championship (The Guardian) Considering the Elfin Jermain Defoe (Run of Play) Football in Barbados in crisis (NationNews) Remembering Ipswich at the 1981 Uefa Cup Final (Extreme Groundhopping) Photos of African football supporters (Road to 2010 World Cup) The most politically charged match on the planet? (The Guardian) Outcasts: The lands that Fifa forgot (Culture of Soccer) The hard surface of Palestinian women’s football ...

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