Coming from one of the world’s most under-developed countries, it took so much for Saido Berahino to rise – and he might just fulfil his potential yet
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He broke all the La Masia goalscoring records and was dubbed the new Messi, but Bojan Krkić failed to live up to the hype. Why?
Between the tactical thinking of Tony Pulis and Rory Delap’s mega throw-ins, Stoke were once one of the Premier League’s smartest teams
IMAGINE MANUEL NEUER plucking the ball out of the air, dropping his shoulder into the onrushing centre-forward, dribbling basketball-style downfield, then rocketing a shot from the halfway line. Bit far-fetched? Back in…
All logic dictates that Peter Crouch should not have had a particularly successful career. That is not to say he lacks talent – as the old and tired maxim goes, “he’s got…
On the lengthy walk down the Seven Sisters road to White Hart Lane, there’s a banner outside one of the few reasonably priced pubs that wields a picture of Daniel Levy. The caption…
The story of Stanley Matthews is full of lessons. And, much like those loyal to football’s past, I have come to find that Stanley Matthews the person was equally as intriguing as…
THE BRITISH PUBLIC HAVE, in recent times, shunned their own traditional footballing culture with a sort of self-effacing embarrassment, as if watching Jamie Oliver serve a plate of egg on chips to Raymond…
As featured on Guardian Sport WHEN TONY PULIS WAS GIVEN the elbow at the end of last season, many Stoke City fans were happy to see him go. Their team had become a…