Taking exclusively from Calcio II, no man in Fiorentina history has soared to such heights as the unmistakable, often unstoppable, Gabriel Batistuta
As one of the most respected and varied illustrators in the game today, Dan Evans’ guides us through his journey into football art
Working with major clubs and mwedia outlets, Dave Flanagan has forged a reputation as one of football’s most versatile and talented artists
While many football-loving artists are preoccupied with showing only the glitz and the glamour of life on and off the pitch, capturing a player’s good side and playing up to their polished…
This feature is part of Virtuoso Like many footballing institutions, Arsenal are not without their fair share of adulated alumni; an array of impenetrable defenders, a collection of tantalisingly talented midfield maestros…
This feature is part of Virtuoso “Fackin’ hell,” came the unexpected salutation, uttered with the unique cadence only a cockney-imitating-Spaniard can. La Roja’s oft indomitable goalkeeper Andoni Zubizarreta had wasted no time…
This feature is part of Virtuoso Together, Arsène Wenger and Thierry Henry symbolised an era. For Arsenal, for English football, for all the game and every willing devotee of energetic, expressive, evocative…
There is no such thing as an English footballer playing abroad at the peak of his powers today. Scour the globe in search of an Englishman plying his trade on foreign soil…
There exists a very simple equation that goes a little something like: Football + Cartoons = David Squires. Or perhaps it’s David Squires + Football = Cartoons. Or … Squires x Cartoon?…
Though Real Madrid have never been afraid to cast their nets overseas in search of talent, and the number of first-rate foreigners to have been handpicked to represent the club throughout its…
For more than two decades now, Getty images photographer Michael Regan has been waking up bright and early, going about his morning routine almost as though he were an ordinary human being, before grabbing…
British illustrator and graphic designer Mark Johnson certainly knows a thing or two about harnessing the nostalgia of vintage kits and iconic players from classic eras of football, all in the name…
“Look at this kid, number 7, on the training pitch. Come and watch him for a minute.” Rio Ferdinand reminisces about the occasion his manager Sir Alex Ferguson eagerly called him to…
With little over 15 minutes left of the derby, Cesc Fàbregas stood beside the corner flag watching impatiently as a substitution was announced. Drawing 1-1 at home to their fiercest rivals Tottenham,…
Today, Omar Momani is arguably the most renowned football cartoonist on the planet. As the artist in residence at Goal, the world’s largest online football publication, his work is routinely seen by…
This feature is part of Duology Should any team be so blessed as to hold within their ranks a truly outstanding pair of players; a twosome for whom simply sharing a field…
This feature is part of Duology Zinedine Zidane was a one-off. With or without the ball under his spell, he would float around the pitch as though he were merely skimming its…
This feature is part of Duology Despite both standing at six-feet something, one cut a willowy, sleek silhouette while the other appeared compact in stature. ‘Hard men’ though they were both perceived…