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01 Dec: Does height really matter in football?
Planet Sport Football Africa
English - December 01, 2017 08:44 - 29 minutes - 27 MB - ★★★★★ - 4 ratingsSports african football premier league bundesliga epl world cup cafcon Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Previous Episode: 24 Nov: Zambia's Nchimunya Mweetwa & corruption in football
Next Episode: 08 Dec: Women's football in Africa & World Cup draw
On this week's show we take a look at the issue of height in football. Some new research shows that the average height of a team is not a factor in determining success, but most coaches do prefer to have tall players in their team.
And Stuart highlights some players in the lower leagues of England who may well feature at the World Cup next year.