With little over 15 minutes left of the derby, Cesc Fàbregas stood beside the corner flag watching impatiently as a substitution was announced. Drawing 1-1 at home to their fiercest rivals Tottenham,…
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This feature is part of Duology “Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp!” The Dutchman cannot be mentioned without this immortal piece of commentary from the 1998 World Cup coming to mind, but…
This feature is part of Duology Despite both standing at six-feet something, one cut a willowy, sleek silhouette while the other appeared compact in stature. ‘Hard men’ though they were both perceived…
This feature is part of Duology Arsène Wenger once said that football should be an art; his Invincibles proved it. His undefeated squad were good at most things. They had the goalkeeper,…
Given the propensity for the game’s club owners and managers to routinely pursue change in the name of progression, it is not uncommon for the fans of any football club to wave…
The presence of loyalty is scarce in modern football, but often you get a glimpse of genuine adoration from a player towards a club. Cologne was the home away from home for…
There was a time towards the turn on the Millennium that clubs in Britain, and indeed the England national team, were crying out for a poacher. The now almost forgotten art of being…
One September evening in 1998, Arsène Wenger sat down to watch some of his Arsenal players represent England in their Euro 2000 qualifier against Sweden in Stockholm. David Seaman and Tony Adams…
We begin in the French town of Le Havre. The town’s French character does not meet the eye obviously, with the city eschewing both Paris’ famous Haussmannian architecture and the sunshine endemic…
SO SYNONYMOUS WAS Tony Adams with Arsenal that they immortalised him in bronze outside the Emirates Stadium. The statue captures his iconic celebration following his goal against Everton in 1998, where he…
Illustration by Brandon Layzell THE TITLE OF Marcel Proust’s epic seven-volume masterpiece À la Recherche du Temps Perdu has been variously translated as either ‘In Search of Lost Times’ or ‘Remembrance of Things Past’.…
Growing up as a Manchester United fan in the era of the Arsenal Invincibles, I perhaps would have been excused for disliking Thierry Henry. The Frenchman was the archetypal player to strike fear…
In 2013,Readers Digest confirmed what everybody already knew. In 16 cities across the globe, they arranged for a stooge to drop their wallet in a crowded space, somewhere it was bound to be…
CERTAIN FOOTBALLERS DISPLAY AN ABILITY and grace that draws admiration from fans of all clubs. A level of talent that crosses allegiance and attracts appreciation. Santi Cazorla is the perfect example. Injury has…
THE CAMP NOU SIGHED IN UNISON as Samuel Umtiti hobbled off the pitch against Celta Vigo. With Argentine stalwart Javier Mascherano already out injured, the Blaugrana returned to worrying about centre-backs, as…
WITH JUST OVER AN HOUR PLAYED in an under-23 match between Arsenal and Manchester City, a late foul has resulted in what the media claimed was a “mass brawl”. The incident has…
REWIND TO THE TENDER YEARS OF THE NEW MILLENNIUM, cast your gaze across the green grasses of the Premier League’s stadia, and there, dancing across them, you would inevitably find a pair…
Illustration by Federico Manasse If you didn’t know who he was, you would perhaps take one look at Nwankwo Kanu and think he was anything but a footballer. His appendicular skeleton looks…