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The Liverpool class of 1987/88, featuring Aldridge, Barnes and Beardsley, is rightly considered by many to have been the greatest English club side ever
Social media has become something of a breeding ground for letting the average supporter know…
Illustration by Alex Noriega WHEN I LEAVE my flat to go to work later on…
PELÉ, RONALDO, SÓCRATES, GARRINCHA: Brazil has had its fair share of legends, players so great a…
Guillermo Stábile ran up the pitch, hoping for someone to pick him out. As the…
Sam McGuire caught up with former Liverpool, Wigan and Watford academy coach Tim Lees, now…
I. Stade de France, 12 July 1998. It was a cathartic moment that struck an emotional…
On Thursday Independiente del Valle will play Boca Juniors in the semi-final of the Copa…
It’s always hard if you’re seen as the sidekick in a successful partnership. Ricardo Carvalho…
The meaning of Zlatan – ‘the golden one’ – has always revealed a lot about…
Building a respectable reputation in any line of work requires time, effort, the right results and…
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
IT WASN’T LONG AGO that the only Belgian name mentioned in relation to a transfer deal…
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…