Would you believe that the news of an American soccer team being almost killed by the opposing players and fans and then again playing just two days later in the same stadium WASN'T what everyone was talking about? Instead of reporting about the melee, ALL the major networks were coving a HUGE announcement. Find out what it was on THIS episode of TOP FOLD.
Top Fold is dedicated to, "All the news that would have been". What does that mean? That means that on 9/11, or when the Hindenburg exploded, or Elvis Presley died, headlines were replaced and stories fell below the fold. What event happened that was huge but wasn’t talked about because something else monumental took the headlines? The -name of the podcast comes from a combination of "TOP Story" and "Above the FOLD"-TOP FOLD.
Original music by David "Beezer" Wagler.
Sources for Season 4 Ep 3
Game Ended by Fight, New York Times April 22, 1985, Section C, Page 6
Multiple texts and phone discussions with Brenthley Yiraiyah Babb (Jan-Apr., 2023)
Multiple texts and phone discussions with L. Roitman
Brooklyn College Kingsmen & Friends 1977-1992 FB page Robert De Gale, (gave permission for usage of photos)
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/04/23/Foreign-News-Briefs/3337483080400/ https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/articles/the-exciting-80s-in-nepals-football-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANFA_Cup
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html#85
https://www.cosmosoccerleague.com/CSL/Team/6849
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-08-14-sp-930-story.html
Len Roitman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnEIJcG8IW4 talking to parents and kids.
https://static.cunyathletics.com/custompages/championship%20programs/2008-09/2008%20Men's%20Soccer%20Program.pdf
https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/anfa.html (entire list of the game)
ANFA Invitational Tournament (Nepal)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s9LDhIGHoU&t=210s Harold Burson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgbtQQGOuoA debut
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqvTMPY8Q_8
www.goizuetafoundation.org
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Coke
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola
Creative Commons - Max Headroom images -public domain