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Fabio Capello appeared to be on the brink. Two victories in his last 10 games in…
Here’s a revelation that should come as little surprise to most people: Ireland and Iceland are…
THE SIGHT OF A BRAZIL TEAM in full samba flow invokes something in football supporters that…
To take a hurried look at Chinese football and then condemn it as a spectacle inferior…
The opening weekend of the football season is one when hope, however temporary, triumphs over all…
FOOTBALL IS CAPABLE OF BEING PURE THEATRE, producing storylines that would be tossed aside by…
Nothing in football compares to the crushing feeling of defeat when a team is relegated. Sometimes…
In 1988, The Firm, a prime example of in-your-face realism – directed by Alan Clark –…
ITALIAN FOOTBALL IS GOING THROUGH somewhat of a transitional phase, with both Milan sides failing to…
NOTHING LASTS FOREVER. If a footballer’s legacy to the game is to be summed up…
Described by Reuters as “bedlam”, a special train was leaving Paddington Station in London, on June…
THE 2015 UEFA EUROPEAN UNDER-21 CHAMPIONSHIPS get underway on June 17 and with the absence of…
As featured on Guardian Sport It all started on a dreary night inside a half-empty, cheerless…
If footballers were like fine wine, maturing with age, then the prestigious Toulon Tournament award for…
IT’S EARLY EVENING on the west coast of Ireland when I pick up the phone to…
In the words of Greek philosopher and scientist Aristotle: “Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.” There is no…
FOR THE GENERATION OF FOOTBALL FANATICS FROM WHENCE I CAME, the summer of 2015 will be…