Category Archives: Football (All)

211 To 1: Reflections On Qatar 2022 (XV) – The Promised Land

Posted on Jan 14, 2023 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. If football, and especially international football, is a religion, then the World Cup has to be considered the good land, the land of milk and honey, … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (XIV) – Groups Of Life, Groups Of Death

Posted on Nov 19, 2022 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. This is it then. Starting tomorrow the 32 nations that have been able to rise above the rest of the 211 will begin the 2022 World … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (XIII) – Intercontinental

Posted on Jul 2, 2022 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. At the start of June 2022, there were eight teams from five confederations left competing for three places in Qatar. The entire qualification process had come … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (XII) – Face-Off

Posted on Apr 23, 2022 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. With all six confederations barrelling towards the conclusion of their qualification formats, March of 2022 came with added tension. In Asia the last play-off spot became … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 Index

Posted on Feb 21, 2022 by NFB

An index page for the 211 To 1 series, by its various parts, with a list of chapters. Part One: The Beginning Prologue: Triumph, Despair And A Whole Lot In-Between 1. Cheng Hoe-Ball: Malaysia 2. The Siege: Qatar 3. 10’000 … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (XI) – All Together Now

Posted on Feb 19, 2022 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. 2022 dawned with a third of the World Cup Finalists determined. The remaining places were hotly contested, with continental giants and minnows still duking it … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 – (X) Deep Breaths

Posted on Dec 4, 2021 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. The last set of matchdays before the end of 2021 were replete with meaning for nearly every team involved. A few dead rubbers remained to … Continue reading →

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211 To One: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (IX) – The First Qualifiers

Posted on Nov 6, 2021 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. Qatar were down as being the first participants in the 2022 World Cup the moment that they were announced as hosts, but it took until … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 (VIII) – Switching Focus

Posted on Oct 2, 2021 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. The Summer of 2021 was a time when many nations of the world forgot about the World Cup for a while so they could instead … Continue reading →

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211 To 1: Reflections On The Road To Qatar 2022 – (VII) The Marathon

Posted on Jun 24, 2021 by NFB

To view more entries in this series, please click here to go to the index. At the end of May 2021 three confederations played games for over two football-packed weeks, with 101 games played between Asia, South American and North … Continue reading →

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