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If you’ll forgive me for veering momentarily towards the preposterously pretentious, we must briefly visit…
For more than half a century, a few managers from the West of Scotland had…
THROUGHOUT ITS GLORIOUS HISTORY, many of the beautiful game’s most revered talents have cemented their…
For most fans and players, football in the Olympics plays second fiddle to the World…
Many believe that the last great Battle of Britain took place between Rangers and Leeds in 1992. This is the story of an epic two ties
This summer the Copa América will celebrate it’s 100th birthday with the Centenario tournament in the United States. However, it was in the 99th year of the famous competition’s existence that one of the continent’s most significant sporting stories occurred.
MONEY BUYS QUALITY. Quality in football is, to a large extent, determined by the individual…
Statement: Glenn Hoddle is a footballing genius. I think he’s up there with the very best…
After a resurgent Liverpool’s victory over Bournemouth, Jürgen Klopp was antagonised by one tabloid journalist…
It’s a spring day in 1962 and an almighty rainfall is pouring down on The…
IT’S A RARE THING in football that a player who only appeared 30 times for…
MANY PEOPLE SEE THE DEFINING GOAL of John Barnes’ career as the one he scored…
Be honest, you’ve been there too. Shouting at the telly in frustration and annoyance as…
FOOTBALL ARRIVED QUIETLY ON SPANISH SHORES through British workers employed at the Rio Tinto Mine…
THE STADIO DELLE ALPI was a cold, cavernous, characterless stadium. The architectural monstrosity was designed…
Discussions of pioneering black athletes almost inevitably descend into common tropes about breaking race barriers,…
Although there were still several hours left until the game would actually begin, thousands were…