Tuesday, June 08, 2021
Very Belated Tragic Return
Well, it's been a while.
Still here, still going to matches (mainly of the state league variety), largely disillusioned with the A-League despite this season's improvement, and rather disappointed with the state of football in general these days. The recent Super League fiasco was, to my mind, merely a symptom of a long period of demoralization which stretches back at least to the Premier League split in 1992.
So why the sudden twitching of the corpse, and the return to blogging?
As we all know, disillusionment with the present is often combined with a renewed interest in the past, and the Tragic spark has been lit by the marvellous bounties of the footballia website. During a recent period of illness I found myself becoming addicted once more to the glories of past World Cups and European Cups, and keen to write about these little nuggets of football history which are so little remembered, and often inaccurately remembered, anno 2021.
So for a little while at least, I'll be posting here semi-regularly again, with some tales of past glories and gaffes, musing on the more varied and colourful football world of yesteryear and setting the record straight (ahem!).
The first little excursion into the past, appearing soon, will be a tribute to African football's first great World Cup side - the entertaining, combative and influential Tunisians of 1978.
Stay tuned.
