The Most Isolated Football Team in the World: Tristan da Cunha
What is the most isolated location on earth? That would be Point Nemo, a mark on the map of the Pacific Ocean. At times the closest people to this pole are the astronauts on the International Space Station who fly just under 400km above the area. That’s the most isolated point on earth then, how about the most isolated piece of land?
The Million Pound Appearance Player: Henri Saivet
Who is Henri Saivet? The average football fan would be forgiven for not knowing who this all-but-forgotten footballer is. The more eagle-eyed viewer however might remember the name and his story, particularly his time in Newcastle.
A Premier League and International footballer purchased for a reported £5 million in 2016? Why doesn’t everyone remember Henri Saivet?
The Wonderkid That Never Existed
t’s the year 2008, football continues its growth throughout the world, the money is starting to become astronomical, and the stories are of minnows fighting giants but none could have predicted what was occurring in Eastern Europe.
The year of Robinho to Manchester City, Berbatov to the red side of Manchester, Spain winning the 2008 European Championship and little Havant and Waterlooville taking the lead twice in an FA Cup game against Liverpool. The story that takes the interest of this writer though is of an unknown quantity coming out of Moldovan football. A teenage ‘Sensation’ going by the name Masal Bugduv.