JOE Longreads
How the internet and social media changed the game for football

How the internet and social media changed the game for football

When Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web, Patrice Evra doing unsanitary things to raw chicken probably wasn’t what he had in mind. That said, he has always espoused the virtues of diversity of thought and expression, so who knows? A former French international salivating all over an unlucky ex-clucker may not advance human thought […]

7 years ago

Jurgen Klopp: Living and breathing Liverpool

Jurgen Klopp: Living and breathing Liverpool

It has become a stock image: Jürgen Klopp in a wide stance, his hands in his pockets, with his back to Liverpool’s warm-ups while his eyes are transfixed on the opposition’s pre-match routine.  That period before the teams return to the dressing room to morph into battle mode offers the German rare time to do a […]

8 years ago