Having vanished from all records by 30, in her short life, Emma Clarke would fight fiercely and proudly for the growth of women’s football
Month: February 2019
In the annals of history, beyond Messi, Ronaldo and Eusebio, only one man’s records will likely never be broken. That man is Fernando Peyroteo
They influenced Corinthians in Brazil and Real Madrid in Spain, and inflicted Manchester United’s biggest defeat: this is Corinthian FC
For a nation that later gave us Maradona and Messi and some of football’s greatest clubs, its roots are owed to a humble academic from Glasgow
Try as they may, in almost a century of football, nobody has been able to break Everton legend Dixie Dean’s most famous goalscoring record
Between breaking a crossbar in half and having the “Who ate all the pies?” chant directed at him, William Foulke was actually a pioneering goalkeeper
Happy birthday LaLiga – the all-encompassing machine that now attracts a billion viewers a year. It wasn’t always that way, though
It’s hard not to think that Darko Pančev’s career could’ve been different if only he’d chosen a different club for his big move back in 1992
To some they’re destroying a game growing faster than ever, but the reality is that Indonesia’s violent ultras are the product of years of corruption
In the pantheon of great Scottish managers, Jim McLean’s name is rarely mentioned. But for his work at Dundee United, it certainly should be
Arsenal were so good that if the league’s top scorer Henry didn’t get you, one of Pires, Wiltord, Ljungberg, Kanu or Bergkamp inevitably would
In Kevin Keegan’s three seasons in the Bundesliga he managed to win the Ballon d’Or twice, play in the European Cup final and release a top-10 smash hit
In a game governed by how deep your pockets are, a selecton of clubs around Europe are enjoying a resurgence thanks to a smart development policy
Few managerial debuts at Real Madrid will ever be stranger than that of Wanderlei Luxemburgo, the man who took charge for six insane minutes
Football’s original Battle of Britain, when Leeds met Celtic in the 1970 European Cup semi-final, it was a tie that would go down in legend
In the world of sport, we have a tendency to dichotomise rivalries that define their eras. The mercurial genius of Ayrton Senna fought against the cold pragmatism of the ‘Professor’, Alain Prost. Poster…
The air is warm and the sky is blue. Mount Etna, Europe’s largest active volcano, broods on the horizon, looming menacingly over the city. The smell of fresh fish combines with the…
He should be considered one of the world’s greatest coaches, but for all his talent and success, Raymond Goethals is forever associated with scandal