Why has international success evaded a region that’s so in love with the game?
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The coach’s legendary terseness and his rejection of technological trends belie a wealth of knowledge about the game and its history.
The two football-loving nations are also political allies with a shared history.
The most prolific goal scorer in the history of top-flight English football, Greaves slid into alcoholism but fought his way back to become a household name on television.
Arsenal’s Armenian star will not travel to Baku in Azerbaijan for the clash with Chelsea – and nor will many of the clubs’ fans.
It took a Scotsman to organise a professional football league in England.
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Professor of Sport and Social Theory, Loughborough University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Leicester
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Associate Professor in Sport Policy & Management, Qatar University
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Professor of AfroEurasian Sport, EM Lyon Business School
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Professor Emeritus of Journalism, Quinnipiac University
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Professor and Chair of Allied Health Studies, Stephen F. Austin State University