There was a time towards the turn on the Millennium that clubs in Britain, and indeed the England national team, were crying out for a poacher. The now almost forgotten art of being…
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Ajax Amsterdam are one of the most successful football clubs in the world and the most famous of the Netherlands’ club sides. Famed for their highly successful youth academy, the early to…
WHEN THE ONES YOU CALL YOUR OWN want nothing to do with you, it can best be described as a haunting, hollow feeling. When Gym Class Heroes’ lead singer Travie McCoy sings…
IMAGINE MANUEL NEUER plucking the ball out of the air, dropping his shoulder into the onrushing centre-forward, dribbling basketball-style downfield, then rocketing a shot from the halfway line. Bit far-fetched? Back in…
THE PREMIER LEAGUE IS BACK with a bang but few transfers over the summer have divided opinion as much as the return of the prodigal son to Goodison Park. Some people say…
When Kevin Campbell arrived at Everton in 1999, they were facing the real threat of relegation. Months later, they were safe, and Campbell was a hero
In July 2014, goalkeeper Tim Howard became a worldwide sensation overnight after more than 10 years as one of America’s leading elite athletes. His record-breaking 15 saves for the United States in…
Illustration by Federico Manasse. Check out more of his work here Passion often brings out the rawest of human emotions. It’s what drives us, and in many senses, what defines us. In…
Illustration by Federico Manasse “It’s going to need a bandage, love.” Brilliant, just what I was hoping for. It’s September 1986 and I was just about to start my second season with Hornsea…
It was possibly the most significant goal ever seen at Carrow Road, the home of Norwich City. Yet it did not mean a thing to the home team, who by then had…
WHAT MAKES A GOOD MANAGER? For some, it’s an innate ability to motivate a group, a natural charisma that can unite a team around a common goal. For others, it’s tactical acumen…
When the conversation topic turns to footballing legends, those that spring to mind are generally the quintessential one-club men – Francesco Totti, Ryan Giggs and Steven Gerrard, for example. None of these players had…
IT WAS 23 JANUARY 2004 and Manchester United had finally got their man. Over £12 million was the eventual fee United paid Fulham for Louis Saha – brought in to lessen the…
This feature is part of The Tsars of Football ANDREI KANCHELSKIS HAS NEVER BEEN AFRAID to take on a challenge in his career in football, and he has had a fair few…
SOME PLAYERS HAVE what is referred to as “it” – the gusto, the stuff, the goods, the flair, the swagger – whatever you want to call it, when you see it, you know…
As featured on Guardian Sport “I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE FANTASTIC FOR THE LEAGUE. He’s going to bring a very successful football philosophy, without a doubt it will affect a lot…
THE THIRD ROUND OF THE FA CUP is an occasion that footballing romantics savour for a whole variety of reasons. Despite the competition’s fall from grace in recent years – as the country’s…
Everton of the mid-1980s were one of Europe’s finest sides, and their class of 1985 ranks as one of the great club teams in English football history