Photo courtesy of Western Sydney Wanderers
Once the young winger who excited many with his storming potential, Romeo Castelen went on to represent Holland on ten occasions, and now the former Feyenoord and Hamburg man has found the Sydney rhythm to his liking as he takes his story Down Under. Read more →
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Republic of Ireland striker Andy Keogh brought the curtain down on a decade in English football last year, ushering in a new adventure and alluring surroundings with Perth Glory in Australia, although the distinctive chimes of back home are as fresh in the mind as ever. Read more →
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Since he left English football for a new life in New Zealand, frontman Paul Ifill has become a club great with Wellington Phoenix of the A-League and this chapter for the ex-Millwall man means just as much as when he first started out. Read more →
Beyond the dance-move celebrations and the headphone-clad player stepping off the team bus, lies a whole world connecting football and music. Beats & Rhymes FC tells the stories of how a song lights the fuse on match day, how bands and artists colourise a player's life outside the game, and how music itself can bond an entire team.
The nostalgia of a first album, the weakness in the knees before an initiation song, or even those who've swapped the stadium for the studio. Since 2011, the performers and the personalities from all around the men's and women's game have stepped into this arena to share their soundtrack and more. The features also cover career talk, the teammates, the memories and the lessons learned from a life in this magical game.
