VAR: A Love/Hate Story
Another week, another controversy about how VAR is the beginning of the end of football.
Just weeks ago, the Premier League rejected introducing Video Assistant...
I Knew Your Dad: The story of my debut at Wembley along with Mark...
One of the successes of Liverpool’s season has been Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain. Having decided he needed to leave Arsenal to further his career, he has...
One Day, Two Remarkable Matches Part Two
On this day thirty-five years ago, two matches took place in English football which both created headlines in their own contrasting way. Apart from...
One Day, Two Remarkable Matches Part One
On this day thirty-five years ago, two matches took place in English football which both created headlines in their own contrasting way. Apart from...
The Heroes of Seville Now a Team With No Name: The Steaua Bucharest Story
Jerzy Dudek, Bruce Grobbelaar and Edwin van der Sar have all saved penalties in a European Final. However, the efforts of another will surely...
I wanted to be…Francisco Marinho: The Life and times of an innovative full back
A new hero
There are two things that many football fans can relate to. The first one, as a child, the dream to be...
How Not to Run a Football Club: The Spencer Day Story
Shots Fired
Aldershot FC was a club established in 1926, set up by garrisoned soldiers in the North Hampshire Town. They would spend much of...
Brazilian Blushes: The Maracanazo Story
Brazil are the only country in football history to play in every single World Cup tournament, from its inception back in 1930, to the...
Boyz II Tielemans
The Young Pretender
Youri Tielemans is just a boy with respect to the others I’ve written about in this series. Born on 7th May 1997...
The Beautiful Game Versus The Black Dog
The life of a footballer, or indeed any professional athlete, is one fans envy; the glory, the money, the fact they’re being paid to...
