Varela was loved by Uruguayan football fans like few others. The hero of a nation who had done more than most to deliver their finest hour
In 2004, without a single domestic league title to their name, Cienciano scaled the peaks of South American football – and I was there
Arriving in England as children with only their mother alongside them, George and Ted Robledo would go on to become pioneers in Newcastle
No qualification process for the World cup is as intense, bizarre and brilliant as the South American qualifiers
For its size, Uruguay remain the ultimate over-achievers in football, harnessing their famed Garra Charrúa to devastating effect
My love of Colombian football was ignited by one astonishing passing move, and by Carlos Valderrama, the man whose genius had made it happen
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This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE This is the day that Danish football came of age. After the sour ending to their debut night against France, now the Danes have served notice…
When the Nazis rolled into Austria in 1938, everything would change. But the legendary Wunderteam reserved one last heroic act of greatness for them
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 early days of his time in Barcelona, Steve Archibald made a significant impact, winning the hearts and minds of colleagues and fans alike
For Canadian football, it is hoped the Atlético Ottawa experiment leads to benefits at a local level, rather than serving as an offshoot of the mother club
In the midst of a brilliant Denmark’s unlikely path to glory at Euro 92, hero Kim Vilfort was battling personal demons that must’ve the stuff of nightmare
Jean-François Domergue only scored two goals in nine games for France – but they’re immortalised in Les Bleus history like few others
Over the course of the 2000s, how strikers played changed vastly, and much of this was down to the attributes Didier Drogba brought to his game
They’d witnessed near-misses and years spent in the wilderness, but for Finland fans, few things will ever compare to qualification for Euro 2020
Young, angry and with talent rarely seen before, Diego Maradona would score 115 goals in 167 games for Argentinos Juniors, most while still a teenager