JORDAN HENDERSON JUST CAN’T WIN OVER THE MAJORITY IT SEEMS. To some, he can’t pass, can’t dribble and doesn’t have a fixed position. He has underwhelmed for England, doesn’t really offer much in…
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This feature is part of the Academy Way MANCHESTER CITY FOOTBALL CLUB HAVE MANY REASONS TO BE BOASTFUL. They are the reigning Premier League champions, have assembled a first-team squad brimming with star…
AS BRUISING MIDFIELD LAWRIE SANCHEZ cemented himself into English football folklore by heading in the winning goal against Liverpool in the FA Cup final in 1988 – a connection from a set-piece,…
SOUTHAMPTON FOOTBALL CLUB HAVE RECEIVED MUCH PRAISE in recent seasons for the success of their academy and their sustained challenge for a UEFA Champions League position. Currently floating around the top six positions,…
This feature is part of The Academy Way THE TRULY ICONIC FOOTBALL CLUBS ARE DEFINED BY THEIR ABILITY to dominate on and off the pitch. Perhaps no other enterprise is as results-driven…
Few men have won the adulation and love of the Newcastle faithful quite like Kevin Keegan. This is the love-affair between a city and its Messiah
Part I: Eric Cantona: the early French years The making of Cantona the legend in England actually started with an ill-fated and short-lived spell at Sheffield Wednesday. Cantona didn’t feel right at Hillsborough and…
“Fuck Betis” boomed the respectable-looking but somewhat eccentric Englishman to his bemused Barcelona players in the Camp Nou dressing room. He then proceeded to take them by further surprise as he aimed a perfectly…
Bobby Robson was what is a known as a true football man. True football men are a rare breed. Their names and faces are etched in the memory of football’s illustrious and chaotic history,…
THE ISLES OF SCILLY IS AN ARCHIPELAGO lying 28 miles south of Cornwall with five inhabited islands – St Mary’s, Tresco, St Martin’s, St Agnes and Bryher – creating a total population…
ARGUABLY THE MOST ICONIC FOOTBALL PHOTOGRAPH ever taken was snapped nowhere near a football pitch. One of the most indelible images of the 1914 World War One Christmas truce is that of an…
Bobby Moore – England’s greatest defender – spent his last moments in football in the wilderness of amateur Danish football
As featured on Guardian Sport In today’s modern climate of highly paid footballers, fans outside of England are deprived of one of the game’s greatest pleasures, namely the wandering superstar. Gone are the…
THE WORLD FAMOUS DUTCH CLUB Ajax of Amsterdam have had and well-known managers since their formation in 1900. Recently, the holders of the role have read like a who’s who of Dutch playing…
I recently found myself watching a replay of the 1988 FA Cup final between the ‘Crazy Gang’ of Wimbledon and a heavily favoured Liverpool side on late-night television. As the footage cut out,…
As featured on Guardian Sport Upon arrival in cities, the first port of call for generations of Irish migrants, with the possible exception of the nearest public house, would have been a place…
Barely an hour had passed before the inquest began. A brace from Luis Suárez had given Uruguay a vital 2-1 victory over England, all but confirming another underwhelming exit from an international tournament…
Twenty-two years ago my brother and I bought our first console, the Super Nintendo, and our first game was Super Soccer. There were only eight directions you could run or pass in –…