ON 28 APRIL 2012, Southampton completed their rapid leap to the top tier of English football…
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REAPING IMPROVEMENT AND SUCCESS year after year is a tricky scheme to accomplish for even…
Several months after World War Two had been declared a victory Great Britain and its allies,…
“This story should be told. Everyone is always talking about the Netherlands of 1974 and 1988, but they skip 1978, which was a great side”
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As featured on Guardian Sport WHEN SOUTHAMPTON SIGNED MARIAN PAHARS from Skonto FC, Latvia, in March…
GYLFI SIGURDSSON IS THE ICELANDIC VERSION OF TIGER WOODS according to top pundit Hjörvar Hafliðason. “Sigurðsson…
Football has always been a game of binaries, of rivalries, of winners and losers. The victors…
As colleagues and peers from the world of football stood up and applauded as he left…
David Beckham crouched low in front of the MLS Cup, a Cheshire grin etched across his…
As featured on Guardian Sport “Yes, the actual Joe Cole,” the tweet read. “Seriously, Joe Cole.…
We all marvel at the skill determination and single-minded focus of individuals that achieve greatness across the…
FOR A CLUB WHOSE LONGEVITY IN ENGLISH FOOTBALL’S TOP DIVISION stands second only to Arsenal, Everton…
The story of Diego Tristán is an all-too-common tale, one that has beset numerous players across…
THE MENTALITY OF ICELANDIC FOOTBALL PLAYERS is something that foreign managers have often addressed. The number…
As featured on Guardian Sport Pre-tournament training camps have always been a vital ingredient for success…
The 2005/06 season would prove the catalyst for so many changes at Tottenham and Arsenal – but only after an almighty battle between the two