Connect with us

Late Tackle

Going down fighting

WALSH’S WORLD

Kristian Walsh on football around the globe

June 26, 2011: one of the darkest days in Argentinean football history both literally and metaphorically.
In a small barrios of south-east Buenos Aires stood hundreds in darkness; surrounding those hundreds were over another hundred people, their faces partially illuminated from the candles they carried – some had their heads bowed, while others stood in silence.
Placed at the front of the group was a figure dressed as a ghost, their costume constructed with determination and linen. Resting upon the chest of the gho...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content for less than 50p per week!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics

More in Late Tackle

  •

    CHEEKY CHAPPIE

    BARNABY ROSTANT TAKES A LOOK AT MICHAEL CHEEK’S LENGTHY JOURNEY TO REACH THE EFL...

  •

    WHAT A SEASON!

    TOM WINCH EXPLORES SOME OF THE WORLD’S MORE UNUSUAL LEAGUE FORMATS On the ball:...

  • Welcome to Welcome to

    WELCOME TO LATE TACKLE

    CAN Sarina Wiegman’s Lionesses retain their European crown in Switzerland this summer? With injuries,...

  •

    FOOTBALL AGAINST THE ENEMY

    IN HIS LATEST PIECE ON FOOTBALL LITERATURE, JONNY BRICK HEADS BACK TO 1994, WHEN...