From the frequency of one-cap wonders in early decades to its decline and rebirth recently, playing just once for England is a unique and proud moment
Month: May 2020
Long before Sindelar, Meisl and Austria’s brilliant Wunderteam, Josef Uridil was a hero for the masses, a man whose goals united an ailing nation
In the history of Bayer Leverkusen, no man has done more, seen more or won more at the club than former goalkeeper and all-round hero, Rüdiger Vollborn
Mourinho reinvented Chelsea and the Premier League: astute analysis, unconventional formations, below-the-belt mind games, and a new tactical blueprint
In 2010, Mesut Özil was untouchable for Werder and Germany. He was elegant, audacious and daring. He was, and always will be, unapologetically, Özil
It’s been a unique and difficult rise to the top of the women’s game for Chioma Ubogagu, now set to star for Real Madrid. She explained all in an open chat
It has taken over a century, but in Papu Gómez and Josip Iličić, Atalanta’s goddess has some players befitting of her beauty
Featuring a goat that’s named after one of the club’s greatest managers, the 1. FC Köln logo is one of German football’s most interesting and recognisable
When George Raynor retired, he knighted in Sweden but barely remembered in England. But why? After all, he’s the first Englishman to reach a World Cup final
An Everton fan for over five decades, Paul Mc Parlan recalls the day an FA Cup tie at Notts County in 1984 changed so much for the despondent Blues