Football Paradise
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The latest creative literature covering the world of Football. Started in the summer of 2008 as a small blog based out of Mumbai, India, Football Paradise is the brainchild of Gaurang Manjrekar. We pride ourselves in providing thought-provoking, passionate, and insightful feature pieces on European football, book reviews, and interviews.
Football Paradise
2d ago
I know what you’re thinking: that pun is just taking it too far. You’re right. It is. But there’s more at play here than a contrived attempt at punnery, and with these words, I’d like to tell you how. It was never going to be easy after Roman It’s not just the nature in which ..read more
Football Paradise
2w ago
Just under two weeks ago, I was once again staring intently at a mute glowing rectangle, this time cradled in my palm, later propped up against a pillow, instead of its more popular, larger cousin mounted on a wall, but temporary change of location calls for improvisation. The only other light was that of the ..read more
Football Paradise
3w ago
“I like going down to a nice little local pub,” Leah Williamson, fitted in Acne Studios and Gucci loafers, says. “I can’t say where or people will know it.” In another video, Declan Rice—“head to toe in Prada, obviously”—explains his favourite London restaurant to get a duck salad at. After a red-carpet event, social media ..read more
Football Paradise
1M ago
It’s no secret that Richarlison struggled at the beginning of his Spurs career. He needed help and sought therapy, struggling through injuries, and didn’t have a regular position under Antonio Conte. However, since November Richarlison has been one of the league’s most consistent performers, after his brace against his former club Everton, his goal tally ..read more
Football Paradise
1M ago
Tony Adams was just before my time. The man nicknamed Mr. Arsenal, who captained the club for 14 years, retired the summer I started watching football, having just led the team to their second Premier League and FA Cup Double in just five years. The armband was handed to one Patrick Vieira. If ever a ..read more
Football Paradise
1M ago
The Beginning It is one of the most romantic and picturesque settings you can imagine for a football pitch. In the shadow of an ancient Roman aqueduct in the suburbs of Rome suburbs is Atletico Diritti. An amateur sports club and social project, it competes in men’s football, cricket, basketball, and women’s five-a-side football. But ..read more
Football Paradise
1M ago
In women’s football, there is an irreversible sense of lost time. How do we make up for it? How do we do that as soon as possible? How do we protect the players who have forced the shift in perception and seeped into cultural consciousness? Where’s the rulebook? Do the instructions apply to women? When ..read more
Football Paradise
2M ago
Football is just a leisure activity, but one we all love and one I cannot imagine my life without (though it certainly sometimes ruins our whole weekend). We shape our lives in many ways around the club we support, which for me is Liverpool FC. As I once again look towards a spring with something ..read more
Football Paradise
2M ago
You wouldn’t think when the young midfielder sat on the bench for the majority of last season, that he would start every game he was available in this season. The young Senegalese midfielder signed from first-division French side Metz in the 21/22 season and struggled to make impressions on either Antonio Conte or Christian Stellini ..read more
Football Paradise
2M ago
Football has a knack for producing the unlikely, whether in the form of a modest nation’s fairytale rise or a football club achieving greatness against all odds—like Greece at the 2004 Euros and Leicester City’s sensational Premier League win in 2016. Or the event whereby a previously unheralded player rises above expectations in the most ..read more