“FOOTBALL IS THE WORKING CLASS BALLET.” The hallowed and revered words of Alf Garnett. There’s…
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WHY HASN’T THE UNITED STATES produced a world-class player in the men’s game? That question…
At his best, Damien Duff was an outstanding player, a shining light for Blackburn, Chelsea, Fulham and Ireland. We celebrate the dazzling winger’s career by looking back at what made him so special and the memorable memories he gave us.
Few players with the CV that Gerard Piqué boasts divide opinion quite like the Spaniard. From his pro-Catalan public statements to his defending, which sways from world class to erratic, we examine how the Barcelona star polarises the football world.
For many the European Cup final of 1960 between Frankfurt and Real Madrid remains the greatest club game ever. This is the story of the remarkable Eagles from Hesse.
“They may only be Istanbul’s third club in the eyes of so many unaware of their defining history, but let’s never forget that they were Constantinople’s first club long before they were Istanbul’s third.”
It was meant to be the start of a bright chapter for Slovakian football, and in particular 1.FC Košice. In the end it was the first instance of a club accumulating zero points from their six Champions League games. And worse was to follow still for the Slovak champions.
‘That was Cruyff’. So many things in football are indeed Johan Cruyff. Senior TFT writer Jon Townsend, a man heavily influenced by Cruyff as a player and now coach, looks back in celebratory fashion at the beautiful gifts the Dutch legend left behind.
Raised in Wales to Italian parents, Giorgio Chinaglia took a unique route to reach the top of football. We look back at the remarkable career of the man voted Lazio’s greatest player and who scored over 200 official goals to become the greatest import seen at the New York Cosmos.
As something of a vagabond journeyman, Luca Toni has carved out an unlikely career as one of the continent’s most effective goalscorers. We celebrate his rise from obscurity to dominance at the World Cup, goals at Bayern Munich and longevity at Verona.
In a world of oligarch owners and billionaire sheikhs, many corporations are pulling out of football as they simply can’t compete. But is it possible; can a major corporation sustain a club’s position at the top? We take a close look at Samsung-owned K League side Suwon Bluewings.
Dutch football and those that hail from its shores are known to have little cutting edge,…
The Baltic nation of Latvia is generally known for three things: being part of the Soviet…
The goal was scrappy. Patrick Kluivert, on as a late substitute, slipped and stumbled through the…
Södertälje is an industrial city 19 miles from Stockholm with a population of 86,000. But…
THERE ARE FEW images that evoke memories of Serie A in the 1990s better than the…
It was supposed to be one of the greatest innovations football had ever witnessed. For the…
In a football world where multi-million dollar contracts are signed every day and every half-decent player…