The meaning of Zlatan – ‘the golden one’ – has always revealed a lot about…
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Club Deportivo Leganés, a small team from a quiet suburb in southern Madrid, will this…
A witty, jovial man, Jimmy Johnstone stands tall as arguably Celtic’s greatest player; a great dribbler who tormented a generation of defenders
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The story of the European Championship’s emergence to global prestige starts with humble beginnings and…
As the referee blew the final whistle to confirm arguably England’s most ignominious result for…
In the small Benelux country of Belgium, the national football team, Les Diables Rouges (the…
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A bustling café looks out onto a marina harbouring luxurious yachts and boats exclusive to…
RECENT YEARS HAVE seen the last nails knocked into the coffin of Romanian football. It…
Few winners of the European Championship are as celebrated as France’s class of 2000, boasting Zidane, Henry, Trezeguet and Deschamps
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It was a moment of pure beauty. As Swedish referee Jonas Eriksson awarded Slovakia a…
In August 2004, Shelbourne played Deportivo La Coruña in the third qualifying round of the…
Picture the scene: an apprentice footballer walks into his manager’s office to learn his fate.…
GOING INTO the game, Aston Villa had suffered three successive defeats and were looking more than…
“I DON’T FEEL pressure … I don’t give a toss about it. I spent the…