Blackpool’s solitary season in the Premier League was certainly an eventful one. Under the eccentric…
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Matthew Le Tissier: the last golden boy of a golden era
One look at the psychedelic maelstrom of noise and colour was enough to convince me to turn back…
John Fashanu: the brutal but gifted footballer whose success gave way to scandal
John Fashanu is a tough man, and a tough man with a big smile is…
Nii Lamptey: the next Pelé whose life descended into turmoil
The name Pelé generally conjures a sense of wonderment – images of goalscoring exploits and breathtaking…
The rise of shirt sponsorship in English football
Look at photos or videos of the great footballers from the early-to-mid twentieth century –…
The rapid decline of the once-great poacher Mateja Kežman
The modern football fan can be ruthless, stark and unforgiving. He or she lives in a…
The unravelling of Gérard Houllier’s Liverpool
It was March 2002 and Liverpool were flying high. As the 2001/02 Premier League season…
The complete story of Paul Pogba and Ravel Morrison’s diverging careers
“Look at this kid, number 7, on the training pitch. Come and watch him for…
Where does Carlos Tevez, from the insane to the incredible, rank amongst his generation’s best strikers?
There is nothing glamorous about him. His body, hunched and taut, is soaked in a different…
How the underrated Brian McClair ended a Manchester United scoring hoodoo 30 years ago
When Brian McClair joined Manchester United in the summer of 1987, he wasn’t just a…
Unfit, awkward and inconsistent: the unbridled genius of Georgi Kinkladze
Long before Aguero, Silva and De Bruyne called the Etihad Stadium home, there was Maine…
The relationship between cricket and football, from the dark arts to the stranglehold of money
Football is the people’s game. It’s one for the masses, easily accessible to people of…
The Nicklas Bendtner delusion
With little over 15 minutes left of the derby, Cesc Fàbregas stood beside the corner…
The dark days are over: Joe Royle’s revolution at Manchester City between 1998 and 2001
Frank Clark’s playing career could not have ended any better. In his final competitive game,…
Demba Ba and the long journey from multiple rejections and rumours to Champions League hero and silverware
When Demba Ba suffered a horrific leg break while playing for Shanghai Shenhua in 2016,…
The master and the apprentice: Dennis Bergkamp and Thierry Henry at Arsenal
This feature is part of Duology “Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp! Dennis Bergkamp!” The Dutchman cannot…
The contrasting brilliance of Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidić
This feature is part of Duology Every great team is, for the most part, built…
Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton: the original SAS and one of English football’s most underrated partnerships
This feature is part of Duology Blackburn Rovers fans pine for the glory days when…