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In 1987, Peru lost its number one ranked club side and biggest hope for the future of the national team. We look back at the nation’s greatest footballing tragedy.
How intelligent spending, long-term thinking and fan power transformed the club from the brink of extinction to Premier League powerhouse.
TO THE OUTSIDERS LOOKING IN, the sight of a teary 34-year-old, with his right forearm and…
This feature is part of The Fleeting Fraternity As defining moments go, having a spike pierce…
THINK OF SEMI-FINALS BETWEEN FRANCE AND WEST GERMANY and the mind will stray to a balmy…
There is no doubt at all in my mind that we live in an era…
Illustration by Luigi Coari Platini, Brady, Baggio, Del Piero, Tevez; all footballers blessed with authenticity and…
THE TERM ‘WONDERKID’ IS OFTEN USED when referring to a talented young footballer. A player that…
ARRANGING A TRIP TO SAN MARINO IS QUITE THE CHALLENGE. There is no train station in…
“What are we going to do with Steaua? The fans have split up. The supporters are…
NIKITA PAVLOVICH SIMONYAN IS A NAME THAT, while relatively unknown to young people today, holds a…
IT’S NO SECRET THAT BIG TOURNAMENTS CREATE BIG PLAYERS. To this day football fans all over…
A Moneyball approach, we examine the analytical detail that has brought FC Midtjylland success and is poised to do the same at Brentford.
From the depths of a 31-0 defeat, we look back at the remarkable redemption of American Samoa and their first competitve victory despite being FIFA’s lowest ranked side.
Elegant, intelligent, incisive and a match-winner; terms that can be applied to the greats of the…
The story of Derby’s campaign will always remain a soft-centred tale for the neutral fan, a plight that is unlikely to happen again in the Premier League
This feature is part of The Fleeting Fraternity Football is a game that can be…