DRUG ABUSE, toad-infested football pitches and almost non-existent funding: the conditions outlined above might not…
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NORTHAMPTON IS A perennial middle-of-the-road town. Located almost equidistantly between Birmingham and London, it represents…
A hero of the Wales fans. Chris Coleman had to do things the hard way before finally receiving the credit he deserves as a smart, pragmatic manager
FRENCH CULTURE has always carried an enormous weight of respect. The very foundations of the…
REWIND TO THE TENDER YEARS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, cast your gaze across the green…
Both overrated and underrated, Claude Makélélé’s public perception changes with each passing year. Perhaps it’s…
People like underdog stories. Football fans love them. It is part of that indescribable mixture…
THEY HAVE DONE IT TWICE, but can they do it a third time? That was…
One might think that the group stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup was a complete…
The 2010 World Cup is remembered for all the wrong reasons. Yelping vuvuzelas, squalid football…
Fireworks, smoke from flares and ticker tape filled the Buenos Aires night sky as Boca…
THE DATE ATOP the newspapers read 28 April 1978. On their back pages, the latest…
I once spent most of an evening being eyeballed by Diego Costa. At least that’s…
On the day that legendary Manchester United youth coach Eric Harrison was formally honoured for his…
NOTICEABLY QUIET AND EMOTIONALLY DETACHED, when young Casemiro finally opened up about what had been…
It was hard to tell what was more disconcerting – the abrupt sign warning that…
THE PREMIER LEAGUE IS BACK with a bang but few transfers over the summer have…
When Kevin Campbell arrived at Everton in 1999, they were facing the real threat of relegation. Months later, they were safe, and Campbell was a hero