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1. Remote control
(Asia)
... s will proceed to Brazil. Iraq's final third-round match against Singapore at the end of February may be a dead rubber, but Zico needs a good performance, especially after January's miserable 1-0 friendly ...
Created on 01 March 2012
2. Penalty Goals
(Last word)
... d match against Singapore at the end of February may be a dead rubber, but Zico needs a good performance, especially after January's miserable 1-0 friendly defeat in Lebanon that left the 1982 World Cup ic ...
Created on 01 March 2012
3. Weekly Howl 20-01-12
(2012)
... the only solution. --- Badge of the week ~ Al-Mabarrah, Lebanon The badge of Al-Mabarrah (it somehow seems more appropriate to use this syntax with a Middle Eastern subject, rather than "Al-Mabarrah's ...
Created on 25 January 2012
4. Going global
(World Cup)
John Duerden on how Lebanon are raising hopes against the odds with a good showing in World Cup qualifying Lebanon's German manager, Theo Bücker, was tired of waiting and told the bus driver to leave ...
Created on 01 November 2011
5. Weekly Howl 15-07-11
(2011)
... Al-Sahel, Lebanon "And who will have won when the soldiers have gone… FROM THE LEBANON." So asked the Human League in 1984 and they had a point really because it's not always obvious. And ...
Created on 19 July 2011
6. Grant maintained
(Managers)
... feelings have escalated since the Intifada and more recently the military debacle in Lebanon in 2006. Colleagues in Tel Aviv report that there is admiration for Grant, but little affection. Most Israelis, ...
Created on 21 June 2008
7. Australia – Dick dastardly strikes again
(Letter from...)
... at the Beijing Olympics after qualifying victories over Iraq, North Korea and Lebanon. Football Federation Australia officials, meanwhile, spent the week after Advocaat’s snub criss-crossing Europe speaking ...
Created on 20 February 2008
8. When Friday Comes
(International )
... the deep gashes within that society as its alienation from Israel. Things are not much easier in Lebanon, where the only club with decent facilities is the one backed by Hezbollah, and fans dodge traffic ...
Created on 17 January 2008
9. The liberation game
(Films)
...  (The experiences of Iraq, Lebanon – whose withdrawal from the Asian Cup was reported in WSC 235 – and some other Middle Eastern states would probably be equally debilitating.) The film tells the stor ...
Created on 14 November 2006
10. Match postponed due to war
(Asia)
The current Middle East crisis has plunged Lebanon back towards chaos and badly damaged a football culture that had been a symbol of renewal after decades of strife. Hassanin Mubarak reports On July 3, ...
Created on 14 September 2006
11. Japan
(Letter from...)
... against Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon. Okubo appeared in the final two matches, scoring three goals to ensure Japan’s qualification for the Athens Games: not bad for a player whose last ...
Created on 14 May 2004
12. War games
(International football)
... the move. In 1993, Iraqi play­ers were finally allowed to to turn professional and move abroad. A few, such as Ahmed Radhi, moved to Gulf countries such as Qatar and the UAE, while many played in Lebanon, ...
Created on 14 June 2003
13. Sites for bored eyes
(Webwatch)
... Strength Carefree frivolity Top five general football sites Poems For Football Fans When WSC reviewed this site early last year, they immediately wrote us a poem on the subject of a game between Lebanon ...
Created on 14 January 2002
14. Roy Race and poetry
(Webwatch)
... FIFA’s world rankings for pointlessness is unclear, but at least you will be able to claim you know why Lebanon’s 3-0 win over Kazakhstan in the 1998 Asian Games ranks as one of the biggest upsets in world ...
Created on 14 March 2001
15. Final demands
(World Cup 2002)
... Kirin Cup last summer to earn Troussier a new con­tract, and by October talk of Team Wenger had been forgotten – for the time being – as Japan’s Asian Cup victory in Lebanon made them the first east Asian ...
Created on 14 February 2001
16. Letters, WSC 163
(Readers' letters)
... since the cedar tree is a symbol of Lebanon and green is the colour of Islam, a more appropriate name might be Cardiff Shi’ites. Sadly, with the team’s recent form people might think it was just a misspelt ...
Created on 14 September 2000
17. A world of difference
(Organisation & structure)
... Lebanon in the west to Guam in the east – soon presented organizers with several headaches. Those problems became so acute that the tournament was not held between 1972 and 1984. Upon its revival in ...
Created on 14 December 1998
18. October 1997
(Diary)
... you lies," says Terry Yorath explaining why he has returned from the Lebanon to become coach, rather than manager, at Huddersfield. Their new boss is ex-Halifax defender Peter Jackson, who seems to ...
Created on 14 December 1997
19. August 1997
(Diary)
... of Bobby's other predecessors, Terry Yorath is a happy man - his current employers, Lebanon, are now above Wales in the FIFA rankings. Stirling Albion's 6-2 thrashing of Kilmarnock is the surprise of  ...
Created on 14 October 1997
20. A gulf in class
(Asia)
... and Asian Cup 2,000 will stay in the Middle East, in the Lebanon. There was much debate on what had happened to the Japanese, Korean and Chinese teams. New professional leagues had only just come to the ...
Created on 14 February 1997

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