About: Buckram

Website: http://www.prestonbus.co.uk/home.htm
Profile: Plucked from obscurity by Fústar. Handed a pen, expense account, and a one-way ticket to Vienna, with the order, "Go to Austria and report back on the explosion of the beautiful game upon the musical capital of Europe." Buckram - put everything on hold and did as he was told.

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Goodnight and Good Luck

Well, as they say in football-speak, the fairy tale is over for this year. A well struck, direct, no-messing-at-all free-kick from Mr Ballack (one might even call it efficient in …

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Eis of the Tiger

[In the third of his communiques from the Austrian capital our wandering scribe 'Buckram' walks among a shocked Viennese populace, looking for answers - Ed.]

After a surprising performance in their opening …

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Fanzones and Giant Swedes

[As the 2008 "EuroKickFest" (finally) prepares to get cracking, our spy in Wien is feeling a wee bit peckish. Mind on the job, please. Ed.]

Mmmm, a matter of days into my exercise, and …

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Blown away? - Not on my Watch

["Our Man in Österreich" (the enigmatic Buckram) brings us his first report from the spiritual home of football - Vienna! Enjoy. Ed.]

Wien, I have arrived. Going under the guise of a man …