Tag Archives: Maradona

In the thirty-fifth episode of Hand Of Pod Sam, Dan, Dan and Seba begin with a discussion of just how much of a massive idiot Carlos Tevez is, and conclude with a reflection on Cristian Fabbiani’s suitability for the second division … Continue reading

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The Hand Of God turns 25

You’ve probably already seen elsewhere, but this is an Argentine football website, so I couldn’t let it pass un-noticed. 25 years ago today, Argentina took on England in the quarter-finals of the 1986 World Cup in the Estadio Azteca in … Continue reading

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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

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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

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The year 51 A.D.

That’s ‘After Diego’. We’re entering that year today, because Saturday, 30th October 2010 sees Diego Armando Maradona celebrate his 50th birthday. It’s been a fittingly eventful year for him, during which he’s become a grandfather, had numerous arguments with Pelé … Continue reading

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Maradona ‘impatient to return to the national side’

At 5pm on Friday, a pre-recorded interview with Diego Maradona was broadcast on Fox Sports, and true to form, the former manager of the Argentine national team came out firing on all verbal cylinders. He still believe he can retake … Continue reading

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More rumours regarding Diego Maradona’s future

There’s some odd stuff coming from the mouth of Diego Maradona’s European agent Walter Soriano today. A couple of news sites in the UK are reporting that Maradona is considering a number of European managerial jobs, and that his agent … Continue reading

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Diego Maradona has got a new deal!

A brief update to the weekend fixture list posted here this morning: it now looks very much, according to an Estudiantes-supporting friend of mine in La Plata, like Estudiantes will indeed be playing Quilmes at ‘home’ in Quilmes’ own stadium. … Continue reading

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Riquelme renews, and more on Maradona

This is actually merely catching up with yesterday’s news, because reporting it yesterday would have seen it get swamped by Diego Maradona’s press conference, so I didn’t. Juan Román Riquelme has finally renewed his Boca Juniors contract for another four … Continue reading

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This is a quick announcement about a new world football site I’ve agreed to write about Argentina for. It’s called In Bed With Maradona, and aims to provide a truly global sweep on the world game. Once the Torneo Apertura … Continue reading

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