Toronto FC fans are loyal, but sometimes embarrassed, too, wearing bags over their heads at the end of last season. (Chris Young/THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Club goes back to Zero over & over. Club has no identity. None. A sober look at 7 years of TFC…by me… Continue reading
“John Doyle’s book can satisfy both soccer fans and those interested in the world and its culture. Especially to anyone with an interest in learning about life in foreign countries, this book would make a great read.”… Continue reading
David Beckham warms up for a training session at the Rogers Centre in Toronto on March 6, 2012 (Chris Young/The Canadian Press/Chris Young/The Canadian Press)
Everything you know about David Beckham is wrong… (From the recent past.)… Continue reading
John Doyle's latest book, The World is a Ball: The Joy, Madness and Meaning of Soccer is from Doubleday Canada.
Doyle is the Television Critic for The Globe and Mail. (click here for his official Globe and Mail Bio).
He also writes about soccer for The Globe and Mail and other publications. For the Globe he covered World Cup 2002 in Korea/Japan, Euro 2004 in Portugal, World Cup 2006 in Germany and Euro 2008 in Austria /Switzerland. He has also written extensively about soccer for The New York Times and The Guardian.
Doyle is author of A Great Feast of Light (Doubleday Canada) which received great acclaim and bestseller status in Canada in October, 2005. It has also been published in the U.S., United Kingdom and Ireland.
Doyle has won two internal Globe and Mail awards for his writing. His Globe columns have been reprinted in the U.S., the U.K. and in Australia.
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