Here at The Untold Game, we wish we had all of the good ideas. But we don’t, so here’s what we’ve been paying attention to this week.
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What We’ve Been Reading
AFC Wimbledon v Guiseley, FA Cup First Round.
David Johnson’s Road to Wembley continues in the FA Cup. This time he’s off to the new Plough Lane, to see AFC Wimbledon take on Guiseley in the First Round, with Martin the Groundhopper who has never seen a 0-0.
Find David on Twitter, and check out his site longandwindingroadtowembley.blogspot.com
Sir Thomas Lipton: The Tea Magnate who Inspired Italian Football
The Gentleman Ultra posted this a few weeks ago, but we’ve just stumbled across the story of Sir Thomas Lipton, founder of Lipton Tea, who was a great supporter and sponsor of sporting events. Italy was late to the game, despite their subsequent place at the top football table, and this English businessman’s role in building the game in the country in fascinating.
Find them on twitter and on their site gentlemanultra.com
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, when grown men and women around the world pretend to be asleep while Miles Jacobson sneaks into their house, drinks their booze, and leaves a lovely new FM download under the tree. CoxieFM has been trying to build a new powerhouse in Turkey, and Fatih Karagümrük S.K. see their season come to a close. Can they be the seventh ever winners of the Turkish Superlig?
CoxieFM is on Twitter, and the save is on coxiefm.wordpress.com
What We’ve Been Listening To
The highlight of our week’s listening was Phil Annets’ appearance on the Outside Write podcast. Phil runs @FACupFactfile and his spreadsheets can answer any question you could think of about the history of the FA Cup. Here he talks about some of the most important moments in football’s oldest cup competition, and discusses whether the ‘magic of the cup’ is the same as it was in the Premier League era.
Head to outsidewrite.co.uk and to facupfactfile.co.uk for more.
What We’ve Been Watching
As we said, it’s FM22 season and everyone is launching their new saves (including us here at The Untold Game). FMJohnnoTV has been running everybody’s favourite save – Newcastle – and his season continues.
Find him on twitter or on twitch, and of course on YouTube.
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