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WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PETER MILES I love football grounds; big or small, grand or rudimentary, I just love them. They are a focal point
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WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PETER MILES I love football grounds; big or small, grand or rudimentary, I just love them. They are a focal point
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Upon entering West Auckland, a modest village in County Durham, a sign proclaims ‘home of the first world cup’. While not entirely
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Migration from Africa to Europe remains very much in the news, so PAUL BREEN
BY CHARLIE HATCH In American folklore, when the British redcoats came to Massachusetts in 1775 during the Revolutionary War, the message amongst the colonists was
Brian Clough’s rancour towards Leeds United – and Don Revie – is the stuff of legend. His disastrous 44-day reign as manager at Elland Road
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink PAUL GRECH looks back to 1920s fascist-regime Italy and an incident between two northern
BY JAMES RODGERS East Germany has become something of a footballing wasteland in recent years. The facts speak for themselves; with no clubs from the
BY MARTIN CLOAKE Manchester City fans who travelled to yesterday’s game against Arsenal received what must have been a welcome Christmas present. City subsidised the
BY MARTIN CLOAKE When my generation became aware of Jimmy Hill he was already part of the establishment. He presented Match of the Day, he
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Some chairmen fancy themselves as being bigger than the club they own. This is
This article first appeared in Issue 7 of The Football Pink ALEX STEWART analyses the poem v. by Tony Harrison and asks what lessons can
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Mental illness is still quite a taboo subject, despite society’s efforts to try and
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Season 1994/95. Blackburn Rovers were crowned Premiership champions, Everton won the FA Cup and Eric Cantona went kung-fu crazy. However, slipping quietly
Image Credit: BBC Sport Euro 2016 won’t begin until early June, but it’s already becoming one of the major talking points of European football. That’s
BY PAUL McPARLAN “Luggy†is a really strange title for a book and does little to attract the casual buyer. Luggy is the nickname by
BY MARK GODFREY – EDITOR While a galvanized Arsenal turned on the style to dismantle Olympiacos in Piraeus on Wednesday to advance to the knockout
The crowd’s wild celebrations, the whirling helicopter ecstasy of a shirtless wing wizard, and that oh-so-masculine exposed hairy chest – it was a wonder goal that
The Danish sportswear brand Hummel were synonymous with great football kits in the 1980s. One only has to think back to the exhilarating Denmark national side
BY DAVID MARPLES Football can be a grubby, sordid and deeply squalid affair sometimes. But once in a while, there are moments, games, goals and
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink is a managerial rarity. He is, all at once, a young Dutch football manager (aged just forty-three), currently employed, and
In the first of a new series, we look back at classic matches from the past, and to kick off, we go back to St.
BY JOSH MASON I never thought, while watching Monday Night Football on Sky, that the tired-looking Mancunian would be entering the Mestalla stadium as anything
BY JAMIE WARD “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight.†– Jeff Stelling Around the globe, football teams that have incorporated
The guys at Art of Football are doing a nice line in T-Shirts, hoodies, sweaters and prints, so I thought I would partake in something from
BY CHRIS ETCHINGHAM As countries go, there are few that can match the sheer stunning beauty of Andorra. Nestled firmly in the Pyrenees between France
Pontiffs, Mussolini and casinos – part five in THE OUTSIDERS looks at an Italian club playing in Switzerland BY GLENN BILLINGHAM “And this is Campione
Next stop in THE OUTSIDERS series takes us to the tiny state of Liechtenstein. BY JEZ ROBERTS William Cook, writing in the weekly conservative magazine
The third instalment of our mini-series THE OUTSIDERS, we visit a city with a turbulent past and a club who switched allegiances to mirror those
Next up in our series THE OUTSIDERS, meet a team who are separated from their own country by metres yet play their football on ‘neutral’ territory.
Welcome to the first instalment of our new mini-series on teams who play their football in a country that is not their own. Meet THE OUTSIDERS
BY MARK GODFREY We are a third of the way through the Premier League of 2015/16 already, so it seems as good a time as
BY MARK GODFREY When I was a lad, I was a half decent footballer – you wouldn’t think so to look at me now, and my
BY CHRIS ETCHINGHAM On 13th July last year, over 74,000 fans crammed into Brazil’s Maracana Stadium to see Germany beat Argentina to win the World
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Great football, great cuisine, but it’s getting a little too predictable. Image from here. Every May, there’s a special occasion held in
Whether through a connection or a conversation, football provides a platform and language for exchange and understanding around the world. It’s a sport that binds the
The winners of the 2015 Football Blogging Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony at Hotel Football in Manchester. The awards, created to reward
The football world is obsessed with transfers and possible surprise moves; it all boils down to multi-million dollar pay cheques, club rivalries and a never-ending
Last week, STEVE MITCHELL – @barafundler – had the great pleasure of meeting an Everton legend – the one and only Bob Latchford. With the recent
BY JEZ ROBERTS In 1980, Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister, The Empire Strikes Back was the number one grossing film in the UK and
BY PAUL BREEN Charlton Athletic fans are the latest to join up with a growing trend to make the scarf a vital part of public protest.
BY JACK ROBINSON Today, the Albanian national team visit Kosovo for what will surely be the most amiable of all the international friendlies being played
BY CHRIS CLARK “De er Rode De er Hvide De er Dansk Dynamit†This song reverberated around the Copenhagen stadium as an all-action, fearless attacking
BY MARK GODFREY Imagine a man so handsome and dashing, a maverick who bent the rules and fractured a few minor laws all in the
This article appears in Issue 8 of The Football Pink For the first, and possibly only time, an England World Cup song surmounted the seemingly
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Barry Hughes belongs to a very rare British footballing fraternity. Having made a name, and a sound, for himself overseas, he remains
BY DAVID MARPLES July 1st 2014 was a very sad day. The band responsible for the greatest football song ever packed away their guitars and
BY SEAN MAKIN Everyone loves an underdog; just 10 miles south of the two Manchester clubs lies Stockport County, a self-confessed ‘friendly club’ that are
BY DAN ROBERTS The not so great man who used to run FIFA once said that ‘football and politics should not mix’. In fact he
Without a doubt, Manchester United are one of the biggest football clubs on the planet. The 13-time Premier League champions have dominated both English and
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic. Oranje’s Euro 2016 dream is over before is begins. Image from here. Â Much like the Dutch national
WORDS AND PHOTOS BY PETER MILES I love football grounds; big or small, grand or rudimentary, I just love them. They are a focal point
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Upon entering West Auckland, a modest village in County Durham, a sign proclaims ‘home of the first world cup’. While not entirely
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Migration from Africa to Europe remains very much in the news, so PAUL BREEN
BY CHARLIE HATCH In American folklore, when the British redcoats came to Massachusetts in 1775 during the Revolutionary War, the message amongst the colonists was
Brian Clough’s rancour towards Leeds United – and Don Revie – is the stuff of legend. His disastrous 44-day reign as manager at Elland Road
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink PAUL GRECH looks back to 1920s fascist-regime Italy and an incident between two northern
BY JAMES RODGERS East Germany has become something of a footballing wasteland in recent years. The facts speak for themselves; with no clubs from the
BY MARTIN CLOAKE Manchester City fans who travelled to yesterday’s game against Arsenal received what must have been a welcome Christmas present. City subsidised the
BY MARTIN CLOAKE When my generation became aware of Jimmy Hill he was already part of the establishment. He presented Match of the Day, he
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Some chairmen fancy themselves as being bigger than the club they own. This is
This article first appeared in Issue 7 of The Football Pink ALEX STEWART analyses the poem v. by Tony Harrison and asks what lessons can
This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Mental illness is still quite a taboo subject, despite society’s efforts to try and
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Season 1994/95. Blackburn Rovers were crowned Premiership champions, Everton won the FA Cup and Eric Cantona went kung-fu crazy. However, slipping quietly
Image Credit: BBC Sport Euro 2016 won’t begin until early June, but it’s already becoming one of the major talking points of European football. That’s
BY PAUL McPARLAN “Luggy†is a really strange title for a book and does little to attract the casual buyer. Luggy is the nickname by
BY MARK GODFREY – EDITOR While a galvanized Arsenal turned on the style to dismantle Olympiacos in Piraeus on Wednesday to advance to the knockout
The crowd’s wild celebrations, the whirling helicopter ecstasy of a shirtless wing wizard, and that oh-so-masculine exposed hairy chest – it was a wonder goal that
The Danish sportswear brand Hummel were synonymous with great football kits in the 1980s. One only has to think back to the exhilarating Denmark national side
BY DAVID MARPLES Football can be a grubby, sordid and deeply squalid affair sometimes. But once in a while, there are moments, games, goals and
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Jimmy-Floyd Hasselbaink is a managerial rarity. He is, all at once, a young Dutch football manager (aged just forty-three), currently employed, and
In the first of a new series, we look back at classic matches from the past, and to kick off, we go back to St.
BY JOSH MASON I never thought, while watching Monday Night Football on Sky, that the tired-looking Mancunian would be entering the Mestalla stadium as anything
BY JAMIE WARD “They’ll be dancing in the streets of Total Network Solutions tonight.†– Jeff Stelling Around the globe, football teams that have incorporated
The guys at Art of Football are doing a nice line in T-Shirts, hoodies, sweaters and prints, so I thought I would partake in something from
BY CHRIS ETCHINGHAM As countries go, there are few that can match the sheer stunning beauty of Andorra. Nestled firmly in the Pyrenees between France
Pontiffs, Mussolini and casinos – part five in THE OUTSIDERS looks at an Italian club playing in Switzerland BY GLENN BILLINGHAM “And this is Campione
Next stop in THE OUTSIDERS series takes us to the tiny state of Liechtenstein. BY JEZ ROBERTS William Cook, writing in the weekly conservative magazine
The third instalment of our mini-series THE OUTSIDERS, we visit a city with a turbulent past and a club who switched allegiances to mirror those
Next up in our series THE OUTSIDERS, meet a team who are separated from their own country by metres yet play their football on ‘neutral’ territory.
Welcome to the first instalment of our new mini-series on teams who play their football in a country that is not their own. Meet THE OUTSIDERS
BY MARK GODFREY We are a third of the way through the Premier League of 2015/16 already, so it seems as good a time as
BY MARK GODFREY When I was a lad, I was a half decent footballer – you wouldn’t think so to look at me now, and my
BY CHRIS ETCHINGHAM On 13th July last year, over 74,000 fans crammed into Brazil’s Maracana Stadium to see Germany beat Argentina to win the World
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Great football, great cuisine, but it’s getting a little too predictable. Image from here. Every May, there’s a special occasion held in
Whether through a connection or a conversation, football provides a platform and language for exchange and understanding around the world. It’s a sport that binds the
The winners of the 2015 Football Blogging Awards have been announced at an awards ceremony at Hotel Football in Manchester. The awards, created to reward
The football world is obsessed with transfers and possible surprise moves; it all boils down to multi-million dollar pay cheques, club rivalries and a never-ending
Last week, STEVE MITCHELL – @barafundler – had the great pleasure of meeting an Everton legend – the one and only Bob Latchford. With the recent
BY JEZ ROBERTS In 1980, Margaret Thatcher was the Prime Minister, The Empire Strikes Back was the number one grossing film in the UK and
BY PAUL BREEN Charlton Athletic fans are the latest to join up with a growing trend to make the scarf a vital part of public protest.
BY JACK ROBINSON Today, the Albanian national team visit Kosovo for what will surely be the most amiable of all the international friendlies being played
BY CHRIS CLARK “De er Rode De er Hvide De er Dansk Dynamit†This song reverberated around the Copenhagen stadium as an all-action, fearless attacking
BY MARK GODFREY Imagine a man so handsome and dashing, a maverick who bent the rules and fractured a few minor laws all in the
This article appears in Issue 8 of The Football Pink For the first, and possibly only time, an England World Cup song surmounted the seemingly
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Barry Hughes belongs to a very rare British footballing fraternity. Having made a name, and a sound, for himself overseas, he remains
BY DAVID MARPLES July 1st 2014 was a very sad day. The band responsible for the greatest football song ever packed away their guitars and
BY SEAN MAKIN Everyone loves an underdog; just 10 miles south of the two Manchester clubs lies Stockport County, a self-confessed ‘friendly club’ that are
BY DAN ROBERTS The not so great man who used to run FIFA once said that ‘football and politics should not mix’. In fact he
Without a doubt, Manchester United are one of the biggest football clubs on the planet. The 13-time Premier League champions have dominated both English and
BY GLENN BILLINGHAM Netherlands 2-3 Czech Republic. Oranje’s Euro 2016 dream is over before is begins. Image from here. Â Much like the Dutch national
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