While eating dinner with my girlfriend’s colleagues a question occurred to me. ‘Does anybody know where Guam is?’ I announced, cutting her boss off mid budget report. With confused looks – and bachelor life becoming a rapidly increasing possibility – I asked again. No one knew. Guam, of course, is an island in the Western Pacific Ocean, and is actually a territory of the United States. Despite this the country still has a FIFA affiliated national football team, who draw on a population of just over 165,000. The rather isolated country is around five hours flight from Australia, and three…

FIFA seem to be under-fire on a daily basis. Allegations of corruption consistently surround the organisation and the 18 month investigation led by Michael Garcia is yet to come to any conclusion. The bidding process for the 2018 and 2022 world cups in Russia and Qatar has been highly debated in the media and has seen professional and ex-professional footballers alike wade into the argument. Gary Lineker has recently voiced his opinion. Speaking in GQ Magazine he branded the awarding of the world cup to Qatar as “ludicrous” and stated that “the corruption at the top level is nauseating.” The…