Very few players could ever dream of hitting such big heights and of doing what Stan Collymore could do. And he did it all in his own way
This feature is part of Virtuoso If “comparison”, as former United States President Theodore Roosevelt said, “is the thief of joy”, it’s a wonder that so many football fans are so obsessed…
This feature is part of Virtuoso Few things in sport are as sad, are as poignant, as watching an adored individual or team suffer a historic fall. To this day, there persists…
This feature is part of Duology English football loves tradition. At least, it used to. An FA Cup replay on a muddy pitch, a giant-killing, a midfield hard man, an old-fashioned winger…
Illustration by Federico Manasse Pelé trails him by 32 goals, Cristiano Ronaldo by 24, and Messi by 45. Indeed no footballer, past or present, can dream of matching Ali Daei’s tally of…
“BEAUTIFUL VIEW. Magnificent desolation.” Some will recognise those, considering the circumstances, remarkably sparse words. Many others, for good reason, won’t. Buzz Aldrin’s utterance, moments after becoming the second man to step on…
Illustration by Federico Manasse These days the Austrian national team is more likely to be on the receiving end of a shock result – like the 2-1 loss to Iceland at Euro…
Illustration by Federico Manasse The 1982 World Cup may just have boasted more great teams, players and matches than any other since. Champions Italy, the brilliant France of Platini, Giresse and Tigana,…
Illustration by Federico Manasse Few footballers are remembered for one moment of genius quite like Teófilo Cubillas is for his impudent, outside-of-the-boot free-kick against Scotland at the 1978 World Cup. It is…
Illustration by Federico Manasse It’s a curiosity that while Egyptians Mohamed Salah, Mohamed Elneny, Mido, Amr Zaki and Ahmed Elmohamady are all readily familiar to fans across Europe, comparatively few would instantly…
Illustration by Federico Manasse. Check out more of his work here SADDAM HUSSEIN WAS NOT PLEASED. And when Saddam Hussein was not pleased, bad things tended to happen. The object of his…
With 493 appearances for Liverpool and 19 trophies along the way, Ronnie Whelan is an unquestionable legend. Yet he’s still underrated in some quarters