This feature is a part of RETEUROSPECTIVE It felt like it was never going to arrive. From the moment the two protagonists of international football’s oldest fixture were drawn in the same…
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The point at which the 1980s faded and a bright new 90s began, the 1991 FA Cup final should be remembered for more than just Paul Gascoigne’s busted knee
Gascoigne was an enigma; a strange contradiction in the way that he could exhibit moments of footballing beauty despite being something of an utter lunatic
This feature is part of Duology The heavy touch. The realisation flickers across the face; disbelief mixed with desperation to rectify the mistake. The decision to commit to winning the ball back…
This feature is part of The Football Italia Years To succeed in Italian football, three qualities are said to be required: Fantasi: surprise, imagination and flair. Furbizia: cunning trickery and gamesmanship. Tecnica: technique, skill…
FOOTBALL IS CAPABLE OF BEING PURE THEATRE, producing storylines that would be tossed aside by even the most shameless Hollywood scribe as too implausible. Liverpool in Istanbul in 2005, Manchester United in…