In the first of a new series, Steve Mitchell and Mark Godfrey look back at English football in season 1990/91. Episode 1 picks up in
Steve and Mark are joined by Peter Hooton – lead singer of The Farm and editor of the legendary fanzine The End – to look
Belgium’s current crop of elite players has been saddled with the dreaded ‘Golden Generation’ tag, so in part 3 of our 18 for 18 series,
BY DAVE BLACK Newcastle United fell to a 1-0 loss at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday on a day that seemed to
Steve and Mark are back, this time looking at the month when it all kicked off big time in the English First Division. In what
Part 2 of our 18 for 18 series looking back at football in 2018 sees CHARLIE MORGAN take a swipe at the men who have continually lined
BY JOE CARROLL – @Joe3Carroll Ashwood City might be a fictional football club, but try telling their fans they’re not real. They’re the club that
BY MATTHEW CRIST Much has been made of the rivalry between Manchester United and Arsenal over the past twenty years or so; spats involving the
In the first part of our 18 articles looking back at football in 2018, GARY THACKER examines the rekindled love affair between England fans and the national
BY TOM EVANS I started watching football the year the game changed forever: 1992 – the birth of the Premier League. The Hillsborough disaster and
It seems only right that when we were approached to review a book with our name in its title (nothing to do with us, obviously,
WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN I was born in Old Swan, Liverpool in 1943. My father was a Sergeant Major in the
BY CIAN MANNING The League of Ireland had been dominated by Dublin clubs; from its establishment in 1921 to the 1940s. Dundalk became the first
A photo essay by David Shaw On a blustery afternoon in February, over 40,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans entered the Commerzbank-Arena to see their team play
BY CRAIG STEPHEN One spring Monday morning, Lokomotiv Plovdiv president, Alexander Tasev, like most football bosses around Europe, sat in his expensive car about to
BY DAVID COWLISHAW England’s recent World Cup run may have a lot to answer for. As Southgate’s men progressed through the tournament, scenes of people
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL By the time I got to see Billy Whitehurst in the flesh his reputation was diminishing. Like all players with a physical
BY DAVE LONG England left the pitch after the FIFA World Cup semi-final in Moscow to raucous adulation from their travelling fans, the run to
This article first appeared in Issue 16 of The Football Pink JOE CARROLL examines the rise of a game that gave us all the opportunity
BY TOM OWEN Last week it was revealed that Declan Rice may be about to make a U-turn and declare himself an Englishman, despite making
BY CRAIG STEPHEN A stunning strike by a young Celtic striker against the then world’s best team six years ago remains seared into Craig Stephen’s
BY COLIN WESTON There are many short-lived competitions throughout the history of the English leagues. The Watney Cup, the Simod (later Zenith Data Systems) Cup,
BY GARY THACKER East Stirlingshire Football Club is based in the town of Falkirk in Scotland’s Central Lowlands, and without doubt, their most famous ex-manager
BY SAM FRANCE If you had happened across VfB Stuttgart’s training pitch on an autumn evening in 1948, you may have found yourself surprised to
BY FERGUS DOWD ‘I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.‘ – Eduardo Galeano When
BY DAVE LONG Literally in the middle of nowhere, in the grounds of a renovated 17th century castle in the Parisian countryside lies a site
BY MARK KOHN-HEATON Malta is a small island nation in the Mediterranean with a rich culture and a turbulent colonial past. Located just 60 miles
BY MARK GODFREY It’s been an eventful few months for Anthony Johnson. In April he and his long time management partner, Bernard Morley, celebrated guiding
By Antun Katalenić Having recorded their first European away win in a decade, Rangers must be feeling pretty good about themselves as they prepare to
BY DAN WILLIAMSON Follow sport at any level and you will be acutely aware of the difficulties of making it to the top. The talent,
BY DAVE LONG May 1997: I’d not long turned 18 and was present at a rain-soaked Saltergate, home of Chesterfield, to see my team –
BY MATTHEW CRIST With the news that Amazon will be showing 20 live Premier League games from the 2019/20 season while La Liga and Serie
This article originally featured in Issue 19 of The Football Pink In a run-down corner of South London ‘exists’ a very real, very punk, very
BY SAM WILSON It is no lie that politics and football often have their lines blurred; encroaching on the territory of one another. Usually, its
Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the ninth and last in a series of articles adapted and extracted from his latest book “Fantafrica”.
BY GARY THACKER Ivan Osim – often popularly known as ‘Ivica Osim’ – was born in Sarajevo in 1941. The son of a Slovene-German father
BY DAVID VERMAN He galloped towards the enclosing Atalanta defence with inimical force. Having intercepted the ball in his own half some two minutes earlier,
BY ALEX JACKSON For the sport of association football, the United States of America has long been regarded as the final frontier. There are many
This article appears in Issue 18 of The Football Pink MANUEL VETH uncovers the storied history a football city that never sleeps, and of the
This article originally appeared in Issue 19 of The Football Pink In the heart of Amsterdam, two men decided they’d have a go at setting
Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the eighth in a series of articles adapted and extracted from his latest book “Fantafrica”.
Picture the scene… Harry Maguire, Leicester and England centre back, gets the call from Gareth Southgate that he has made the final 23 man squad
BY JIM KEOGHAN Narratives are always spun around football. Results and seasons are shaped almost as much by how they are interpreted as they are
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL Of all the tributes on social media dedicated to Neale Cooper yesterday, the one that got me the most was from a
This article first appeared in Issue 14 of The Football Pink magazine. Editor MARK GODFREY examines of the history of Auchinleck Talbot, the kings of
A photographer from Liverpool has secured a place as a contestant on the popular Sky Arts show Master of Photography. With a portfolio focusing that
2018 sees the 80th anniversary of the Basque national team who became a Mexican club side on a tour of Europe and Latin America during
BY GAVIN BLACKWELL We haven’t quite reached the end of the club season and again we see mass culls of staff effecting people’s livelihoods. Every
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL The day Euro ‘96 started was the day my dog committed suicide. This is a true story. Zico, my German Shepherd, was
Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the seventh in a series of articles adapted and extracted from his latest book “Fantafrica”.
In the first of a new series, Steve Mitchell and Mark Godfrey look back at English football in season 1990/91. Episode 1 picks up in
Steve and Mark are joined by Peter Hooton – lead singer of The Farm and editor of the legendary fanzine The End – to look
Belgium’s current crop of elite players has been saddled with the dreaded ‘Golden Generation’ tag, so in part 3 of our 18 for 18 series,
BY DAVE BLACK Newcastle United fell to a 1-0 loss at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday on a day that seemed to
Steve and Mark are back, this time looking at the month when it all kicked off big time in the English First Division. In what
Part 2 of our 18 for 18 series looking back at football in 2018 sees CHARLIE MORGAN take a swipe at the men who have continually lined
BY JOE CARROLL – @Joe3Carroll Ashwood City might be a fictional football club, but try telling their fans they’re not real. They’re the club that
BY MATTHEW CRIST Much has been made of the rivalry between Manchester United and Arsenal over the past twenty years or so; spats involving the
In the first part of our 18 articles looking back at football in 2018, GARY THACKER examines the rekindled love affair between England fans and the national
BY TOM EVANS I started watching football the year the game changed forever: 1992 – the birth of the Premier League. The Hillsborough disaster and
It seems only right that when we were approached to review a book with our name in its title (nothing to do with us, obviously,
WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN I was born in Old Swan, Liverpool in 1943. My father was a Sergeant Major in the
BY CIAN MANNING The League of Ireland had been dominated by Dublin clubs; from its establishment in 1921 to the 1940s. Dundalk became the first
A photo essay by David Shaw On a blustery afternoon in February, over 40,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans entered the Commerzbank-Arena to see their team play
BY CRAIG STEPHEN One spring Monday morning, Lokomotiv Plovdiv president, Alexander Tasev, like most football bosses around Europe, sat in his expensive car about to
BY DAVID COWLISHAW England’s recent World Cup run may have a lot to answer for. As Southgate’s men progressed through the tournament, scenes of people
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL By the time I got to see Billy Whitehurst in the flesh his reputation was diminishing. Like all players with a physical
BY DAVE LONG England left the pitch after the FIFA World Cup semi-final in Moscow to raucous adulation from their travelling fans, the run to
This article first appeared in Issue 16 of The Football Pink JOE CARROLL examines the rise of a game that gave us all the opportunity
BY TOM OWEN Last week it was revealed that Declan Rice may be about to make a U-turn and declare himself an Englishman, despite making
BY CRAIG STEPHEN A stunning strike by a young Celtic striker against the then world’s best team six years ago remains seared into Craig Stephen’s
BY COLIN WESTON There are many short-lived competitions throughout the history of the English leagues. The Watney Cup, the Simod (later Zenith Data Systems) Cup,
BY GARY THACKER East Stirlingshire Football Club is based in the town of Falkirk in Scotland’s Central Lowlands, and without doubt, their most famous ex-manager
BY SAM FRANCE If you had happened across VfB Stuttgart’s training pitch on an autumn evening in 1948, you may have found yourself surprised to
BY FERGUS DOWD ‘I’m attracted to soccer’s capacity for beauty. When well played, the game is a dance with a ball.‘ – Eduardo Galeano When
BY DAVE LONG Literally in the middle of nowhere, in the grounds of a renovated 17th century castle in the Parisian countryside lies a site
BY MARK KOHN-HEATON Malta is a small island nation in the Mediterranean with a rich culture and a turbulent colonial past. Located just 60 miles
BY MARK GODFREY It’s been an eventful few months for Anthony Johnson. In April he and his long time management partner, Bernard Morley, celebrated guiding
By Antun Katalenić Having recorded their first European away win in a decade, Rangers must be feeling pretty good about themselves as they prepare to
BY DAN WILLIAMSON Follow sport at any level and you will be acutely aware of the difficulties of making it to the top. The talent,
BY DAVE LONG May 1997: I’d not long turned 18 and was present at a rain-soaked Saltergate, home of Chesterfield, to see my team –
BY MATTHEW CRIST With the news that Amazon will be showing 20 live Premier League games from the 2019/20 season while La Liga and Serie
This article originally featured in Issue 19 of The Football Pink In a run-down corner of South London ‘exists’ a very real, very punk, very
BY SAM WILSON It is no lie that politics and football often have their lines blurred; encroaching on the territory of one another. Usually, its
Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the ninth and last in a series of articles adapted and extracted from his latest book “Fantafrica”.
BY GARY THACKER Ivan Osim – often popularly known as ‘Ivica Osim’ – was born in Sarajevo in 1941. The son of a Slovene-German father
BY DAVID VERMAN He galloped towards the enclosing Atalanta defence with inimical force. Having intercepted the ball in his own half some two minutes earlier,
BY ALEX JACKSON For the sport of association football, the United States of America has long been regarded as the final frontier. There are many
This article appears in Issue 18 of The Football Pink MANUEL VETH uncovers the storied history a football city that never sleeps, and of the
This article originally appeared in Issue 19 of The Football Pink In the heart of Amsterdam, two men decided they’d have a go at setting
Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the eighth in a series of articles adapted and extracted from his latest book “Fantafrica”.
Picture the scene… Harry Maguire, Leicester and England centre back, gets the call from Gareth Southgate that he has made the final 23 man squad
BY JIM KEOGHAN Narratives are always spun around football. Results and seasons are shaped almost as much by how they are interpreted as they are
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL Of all the tributes on social media dedicated to Neale Cooper yesterday, the one that got me the most was from a
This article first appeared in Issue 14 of The Football Pink magazine. Editor MARK GODFREY examines of the history of Auchinleck Talbot, the kings of
A photographer from Liverpool has secured a place as a contestant on the popular Sky Arts show Master of Photography. With a portfolio focusing that
2018 sees the 80th anniversary of the Basque national team who became a Mexican club side on a tour of Europe and Latin America during
BY GAVIN BLACKWELL We haven’t quite reached the end of the club season and again we see mass culls of staff effecting people’s livelihoods. Every
BY CRAIG CAMPBELL The day Euro ‘96 started was the day my dog committed suicide. This is a true story. Zico, my German Shepherd, was
Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the seventh in a series of articles adapted and extracted from his latest book “Fantafrica”.
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