THE WORD ‘LEGEND’ IS THROWN ABOUT IN MODERN FOOTBALL too frequently for some. The criteria…
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SUPPOSE YOU’RE IN AN AMSTERDAM COFFEE SHOP and you happen to be sharing a table…
MOST DEFINITIONS OF A GENUINELY WORLD-CLASS CENTRE-FORWARD would assume a minimum of 30 goals per…
FOOTBALL IN INDIA IS GROWING ALL THE TIME. Right now, the place is abuzz with…
It seems incredible but in the space of 747 short days, Bristol City went from the First Division to the Fourth – and that only tells a part of the story
If one were to step into the boots of Dimitar Berbatov, the scene would perhaps…
MUNICH, 9 OCTOBER 1999: Germany are playing Turkey in a European Championship qualifier. During the…
Illustration by Federico Manasse The headlines the morning after seemed hyperbolic, but those that witnessed…
YOU MAY BE HARD-PRESSED TO FIND MANY ENGLISH FOOTBALLERS willing to take the plunge and…
FOOTBALL IS A FICKLE WORLD. When a club is doing well, all seems plain sailing,…
It is the sign of a true footballing great when they are revered long after…
LAND OF MY FATHERS swept through the cold St David’s Day air, the Swansea Male…
FOOTBALL DOESN’T CARE WHERE YOU’VE COME FROM. It doesn’t care how hard you’ve worked, or…
WHEN STEPHEN CONSTANTINE TOOK CHARGE of the Indian national team for the second time, he…
Illustration by Federico Manasse ON THE LAST OCCASION Barcelona announced the acquisition of an expensive…
ON THE HILLY COUNTRYSIDE of Serra Riccò, deep inside the bowels of a parish church,…
WHEN JAMIE HOPCUTT ACCEPTED AN EMAIL INVITATION to an open football trial in December 2011,…
FOOTBALL IS A FLUID GAME. At times at the highest level, it’s a game where…