It would make for some team: Samir Handanović would keep goal behind a defence consisting of Mauricio…
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As featured on Guardian Sport The Basque County of Spain is an oft-celebrated component of world…
The Italy of 1921 is far removed from the Italy of the present day. The political…
FOOTBALL AS WE KNOW IT is changing before our very eyes. Ticket prices are rising and…
THE WORLD FAMOUS DUTCH CLUB Ajax of Amsterdam have had and well-known managers since their formation…
As featured on Guardian Sport Players who represent a lot of clubs in their careers can…
CAUTION: FOR YEARS THAT WAS HOW CLUBS reacted upon their promotion to the Serie A. The…
The weather is tough, transport is expensive and the population is tiny, but football is flourishing on the world’s largest island
IT WAS THE SECOND GAME OF THE 1962 WORLD CUP. Hosts Chile lined-up against Italy…
I recently found myself watching a replay of the 1988 FA Cup final between the ‘Crazy…
WHEN FIFA WAS FORMED IN 1904 its membership was comprised of only seven teams, all from…
FOOTBALL IS A FICKLE GAME. For every promising youngster that makes the grade, there are twenty who…
As featured on Guardian Sport Upon arrival in cities, the first port of call for generations…
As featured on Guardian Sport THE NUMBER 10 INSIDE LEFT for Cork Celtic that day zipped…
Barely an hour had passed before the inquest began. A brace from Luis Suárez had given…
As featured on Guardian Sport FAR AWAY FROM the headline-dominating transfers of Luis Suárez to Barcelona…
Middlesbrough had money and a bright young manager in Bryan Robson. Juninho, Emerson and Ravanelli arrived and the top flight was never the same again
EVERYONE IN THE CIRCLE IS FOCUSED ON THE BALL. Never mind the damp and miserable conditions,…