Category Archives: Other football sites

In the 24th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan and Dan discuss Vélez’s title win on Sunday, and offer their commiserations to Lanús. Sam gives an impromptu history lesson about Alumni, the first side to dominate the Argentine top … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 16 June 2011 by

In a special edition of Hand Of Pod, Sam and the Dans are joined by Ralph Hannah, an English expert on Paraguayan football who was kind enough to drop in on us when visiting Buenos Aires with his wife for … Continue reading →

Posted on Monday, 30 May 2011 by | 2 Comments

We had difficulty shutting up this week. A full 45 minutes of actually quite good stuff (if we say so ourselves) was cut, and the podcast still comes in at over an hour. Diego Maradona is the focus of much … Continue reading →

Posted on Thursday, 26 May 2011 by

For the 20th episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba welcome special guest Asli Pelit to the show. Asli’s a Turkish TV presenter who was at La Bombonera to see Boca Juniors beat River Plate 2-0 in … Continue reading →

Posted on Tuesday, 17 May 2011 by

On Monday, Diario Libre reported, in their first ever edition, that River Plate playmaker Erik Lamela had been bought by a management group, and is to be sold on to a European club at the end of the season (possibly Juventus). … Continue reading →

Posted on Sunday, 8 May 2011 by

Those who are already avid readers of world football website In Bed With Maradona will probably have noticed that it’s relaunched this week, and I’m pleased to say that relaunch has prompted to contribute something for them again. It’s an article … Continue reading →

Posted on Tuesday, 3 May 2011 by

Hand Of Pod Episode 17: Díaz quits San Lorenzo; the new old Messi, and the old old Torres

Posted on Thursday, 28 April 2011 by

In the seventeenth episode of Hand Of Pod, Seba rejoins Sam, Dan and Dan. He’s not happy with the way referees have been treating his club, and he’s not afraid to make his anger heard, but a little surprisingly it’s … Continue reading →

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In the fifteenth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba discuss what we can only term a startling revelation from Racing full back Iván Pillud. We round up all the salient points from the Torneo Clausura in … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 13 April 2011 by | 1 Comment

The thirteenth episode of Hand Of Pod sees Sam, Dan, Seba and Dan discussing things in a remarkably sober manner. We look back on the USA vs Argentina friendly on Saturday, considering the performance. Seba has a few words he … Continue reading →

Posted on Wednesday, 30 March 2011 by

Hand Of Pod 11: club ownership, racism, & Agüero’s national team issues

Posted on Friday, 18 March 2011 by

In the eleventh episode of Hand Of Pod, Sam, Seba and English Dan discuss the last decade or so of Racing Club’s history, and what it says about club ownership issues in Argentina. They also tackle the thorny issue of … Continue reading →

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