Meet The Writers

Meet the reg­u­lar con­trib­u­tors of Soc­cer On Dish:

Ian Cahir is a Mexican-Irish fan of Ryan Giggs who dreams of Euro­pean foot­ball from the plains of Kansas. He spent 13 years in news­pa­pers as an edi­tor, designer, writer and soc­cer wonk — for all the good it did him. He plays left mid­field on his beer league team, he coaches two sides of rugrats, and he watches just too much Sen­tana Sports. His great­est soc­cer mem­ory was watch­ing France defeat Brazil 2–0 from the south end of the Rose Bowl with 100,000 of his clos­est friends at the 1984 Sum­mer Olympics.

The Gaffer, founder of Soc­cer On Dish, has been fol­low­ing football/soccer for more than 30 years. Born in Wales, he is a for­mer jour­nal­ist who now lives in Florida and spends his time ana­lyz­ing the influ­ence of soc­cer world­wide. His writ­ing cre­den­tials include The Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach Illus­trated, South Florida Sun-Sentinel and the now defunct Match­day Mag­a­zine.