Daily Dose: 1.28.08

By: Martha | January 28th, 2008

Things to read as you cheer on a meter maid ticketing a Bugatti:

• Boca beat River for the first time in seven matches. So what if it was a friendly? (Hasta El Gol Siempre)
• Which football grounds have the greatest capacity? (Football Worldwide)
• Maradona’s new autobiography isn’t crap! (Soccer Blog)
• Football fandom and the internet. (The Run of Play)
• Milan were rubbish, but luckily the Messiah was in front of goal to save them. (Milan Offside)
• Not quite the debut Rolando Bianchi had in mind. (Guardian Unlimited)
• Wise for The Toon! (Leeds Offside)
• Lawyers keep Wayne Rooney’s dirty little secrets out of bookstores — for now. (Daily News)

Category: England, Serie A, South America, World Football

Tags: AC Milan, Bianchi, Boca Juniors, England, Leeds, Maradona, Newcastle, Pato, River Plate, Rooney, Serie A, South America, World Football

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• Adam |  January 28th, 2008 at 6:36 pm

  
  
  

  Maradona’s autobiography has been out for years.

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• Martha |  January 28th, 2008 at 8:13 pm

  
  
  

  Adam I could be wrong, but I’m under the impression there’s a new one out, because I’ve seen several new reviews over the past few days. That said, I suppose several people could have just discovered it and written about it …

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• Laurie |  January 28th, 2008 at 8:21 pm

  
  
  

  According to Wikipedia, which is always right, the English translation came out in 2007.

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• Brian |  January 29th, 2008 at 4:34 am

  
  
  

  Do you realize that the Wayne Rooney book was supposed to contain details about, among other things, “the PVC-clad grandmother known to her clients as the Auld Slapper”? Shouldn’t we be allowed to read this? Isn’t there a public right to know?

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• Martha |  January 29th, 2008 at 4:51 am

  
  
  

  Brian, I don’t think I’m alone in praising anything that protects me from having to think about Wayne Rooney naked. (Ah, SHIT. Too late.)

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• Brian |  January 29th, 2008 at 9:41 am

  
  
  

  Martha, I take your point. *shudder* But if suffering is what’s necessary to learn the backstory of the Auld Slapper, then suffering is what I shall do.

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• cfc069 |  January 29th, 2008 at 9:52 am

  
  
  

  Speaking of stadiums and a bit off topic the stadium in Arizona which is hosting this weekend’s superbowl is supposed to be in the top ten in the world.

  KTBFFH

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• Adam |  January 29th, 2008 at 10:06 am

  
  
  

  I bought the Maradona book almost a year ago. I think it came out in Spanish at least 4 or 5 years ago, judging from the players listed at the end and the events he mentions, but it may have been published in English in the last year or two, but it isn’t new. It is good, but laughably paranoid in some places, and there is an unwanted picture of “el 10″ naked.

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• Laurie |  January 29th, 2008 at 10:57 am

  
  
  

  Adam, you can’t just drop in a little fact like Maradona naked without details. Are we talking young Diego or old Diego? Arty, or trashy? A lot is riding on your response.

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