2023 Women’s World Cup: Why South Korea’s Bid is Huge
Riding on the enormous success of the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup France, FIFA has officially launched the bidding process for the 2023 edition. This […]
Opinion
My Sonny Enigma: When you can’t help but hate a National Hero
Son Heung Min, known to most in the world of Football as Sonny, is not only a national hero in South Korea, but he is […]
Exclusive Interview with Hong “Moondog” Moon: Why South Korea will one day win the World Cup
Hong Moon, also known as “Moondog”, has had quite the career. After a youth career in England and Sweden, he had to retire due to […]
The Bottom Line: Can VAR be fixed or will it ruin football?
It’s time to address a huge change occurring in world football. It’s those 3 letters that every football fan loves or hates hearing: VAR. I […]
Park v. Son: Asia’s Best in the Prem
With Son Heung-Min’s white-hot December, online debates have naturally started to heat up comparing two of Asia’s finest in the Premier League: who’s the better […]
Is Shin Tae-yong another sacrificial lamb?
And poof! He’s gone. Well, not really. It was more of a drawn out process feigning faint resemblance of justice. But when putting Scolari on […]
Korean Football Reform – K League Attendance
First of all, I want to thank you all for the great response to the first edition of this new Tavern series. I was blown […]
World Cup Tactics – Kevin
Kevin’s Preferred Tactics and XI So this is difficult. For the first time since I’ve been following the Korean national side, the World Cup has […]
Heart attack in Tashkent: Korea crosses the finish line for World Cup Qualification [update]
There’s a mixture of emotions in Tashkent tonight – knowing full well that there is everything to play for in this final match in the […]
The Naiveté of a Pan-Korean 2030 World Cup
Why South Korea’s proposal to host the 2030 World Cup with North Korea, China and Japan smacks of ideological desperation, selective ignorance and near-sighted daftness […]