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Chasing Football
It is 9:30 AM on a Wednesday morning, and I find myself sitting at my computer perusing job adverts for an opening in football, as I have many mornings before. It has been over a year since I started looking for a job in football, and 4 months of sporadic employment since I started my General Management Programme in Sports Business. A course I enrolled in to help me break into the industry, and despite my best efforts, I have not yet landed my dream job. But, a lot has changed in that time. My husband and I have both lost our jobs; we moved into a new home; I made a lot of new contacts and attended my first sports business conference. Some things, however, remain the same. I am still hoping and dreaming of my big break, and I still have the look of hopeful desperation that I hope screams “Hire me” to potential employers. Yet with each application, I am reminded of how much experience is worth… and of how little experience I have in the industry. I have contacted every person I was advised to, followed up on every potential lead, had meetings, phone calls and even one or two interviews. I have researched the perfect cover letter, opening lines, read up on every team and every business ahead of every meeting or letter. Yet, despite all my hard work, I find myself still perusing those same job offers in the hopes that one application will work out.
By Clare Dinsdale8 years ago in Cleats
Swansea vs. Tottenham
Viewers are in for a treat as they will get a chance to see the likes of Dele, Son, Christian Eriksen and Co. go up against a very acute, tactical Swansea team. This match is capable of being an upset alert. If you are a Tottenham fan, turn away; Spurs have yet to win an FA Cup game away from Wembley stadium and have had to get some luck to be awarded replays against lower opposition. If you are new to soccer this is must watch television as the "magic" of the FA Cup will be on full view.
By Dillon White8 years ago in Cleats
The Heart; The Biggest Game Changer
There are certain feelings that I'll never forget. Feelings like when the doctor looked me in the eyes and told me my clearing date, or told me if I would be cleared in general, and it was not what I was expecting. Feelings like when my physical therapist gave me an exercise and then I would go and I would do it and it was painful and it was hard and I wanted to give up but I wanted it so bad that I knew I couldn’t. Feelings like sitting on the sideline, hurting so bad on the inside and wishing nothing more than being able to put my cleats on and go play. Feelings like hearing people complain about having to go to practice or games and wanting to just scream at them. Feelings like sitting in my room at night and realizing how much further I had to go. Feelings like bending my knee and only getting it to 80 percent but doing all I could to keep going; then trying to hyperextend my knee and the pain was making me want to quit but I wanted to play so bad that I clenched my fists and fought through the pain. I'll never forget those feelings. But there's also one more feeling that I'll never forget. I'll never forget the feeling of that day. The day where I got to put my cleats back on. The day where I got to put that jersey on. The day that for the first time in nine months, nine long and hard months, that I gotta do what I loved again.
By Hannah Bird8 years ago in Cleats
Countries With the Most Winter Olympic Medals
Norway is certainly the front-runner when it comes to the Winter Olympics, but who else ranks among the best? With over 40 countries winning at least one medal since the beginning of the winter games in 1924, these ten countries have collectively earned almost 2,000 medals within the past 94 years, proving their success in both ice and snow. From Norway to Russia, these are the top countries with the most winter Olympic medals.
By Adrian Scott8 years ago in Unbalanced
10 Most Feared Soccer Hooligan Gangs
To say that football hooliganism sometimes entails violent behavior is an understatement. A soccer thug may throw a rival fan fifty feet to their death or toss an explosive into a police officer's car. These are the sort of things you do in the first five minutes of the best Stallone movies to justify why Sly pulling into your town to clean things up! Here are ten examples of the horrors unleashed upon the world by the most feared soccer hooligan gangs.
By Chica Reyass8 years ago in Cleats
Most Successful College Sports Programs
From the University of Florida to Duke University, these are the most successful college sports programs to portray some of the best athleticism on the collegiate level. From football to basketball, volleyball, swimming, track and field, and golf, these colleges have mastered it all, and have proved their ability as being some of the best schools to dominate the college level of sports.
By Kelsey Lange8 years ago in Unbalanced
Manchester United Are Found Out
After two weeks of beating top four rivals and last minute comebacks, Manchester United were brought back down to Earth against Sevilla. They were dumped out of the Champions League (after probably the worst performance of the season) by a team that is over ten points behind the Champions League places in La La Liga.
By Rachel Brown8 years ago in Cleats
