The Football Pink is pleased to have Stranraer midfielder Steven Bell reporting on his side’s fourth round Scottish Cup tie as we continue our journey
BY GILES METCALFE The one-cap wonders: the club of notable and infamous players who made a solitary full international appearance for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
BY GILES METCALFE The 2013 edition of BDO’s annual survey of Football Finance Directors (FDs) has discovered that an alarming number of football club owners
BY MARK GODFREY The great and the good assembled on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday afternoon, the season barely over and done with; rivalries put aside
BY MARK GODFREY It’s that time of the year again when the first “Friendly Derby” (as the media likes to believe it) of the season
BY MARK GODFREY Our Scottish Cup journey rolls on apace with two rounds taking place in November. The third round, which saw us highlight Junior
BY JAMIE WHITEHEAD Saturday’s announcement from BT Sport that exclusive coverage of the Champions League and Europa League had been secured sent shock waves through
BY MARK GODFREY They were so close to glory. Being unavailable to travel to the south western coast of Scotland, I had to watch the
BY STEVEN BELL “The high-income tax of 75%, which was included in the 2013 draft budget of France, will have a disastrous effect on the
BY ASHLEY GREB Like night follows day and day follows night, everything comes to pass, eventually. It’s a simple principal; we’re born, we grow and
BY MARK GODFREY So, we’ve reached ten games gone of the 2013/14 Premier League season and as such, a rather convenient landmark by which to
BY PETE SPENCER Now that England have secured qualification for the World Cup in Brazil next summer there will obviously be the wave of expectation
BY TREVOR KEANE Despite always being a game with a ball and 11 players on each side, modern football has evolved over the years, especially
BY MARK GODFREY The Football Pink brings you an interview with former Manchester United and Aston Villa full back, John Gidman. The 59-year-old Scouser was
BY CHRIS LASH It is June 2011. Orest Lenczyk, the manager of Śląsk Wrocław, has managed to guide the side from Lower Silesia to 2nd
BY STEPHEN BRANDT It’s 1977, and New York City is a scary, weird place. Son of Sam is on the loose, there are blackouts, the
BY MARK GODFREY We have reached the third round of our Scottish Cup odyssey and having followed the good people of St. Cuthbert Wanderers for
This article originally appeared in The Football Pink: Issue 1 available to download here http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ED1WO1A BY BILLY TAYLOR June 2013. During a summer where there
BY ROB McCARRY Despite the best efforts of all involved over the past few to ensure that Scotland’s future footballers are trained to the same
BY CHRIS LASH I sat down outside a Warsaw sports hall on a bright October day to eat some lunch. A Polish acquaintance joined me
BY MARK GODFREY The countdown is on to the Second Round of the Scottish Cup and October 5th sees our chosen side, St. Cuthbert Wanderers
BY MARK GODFREY “Da se ponovno rodim, vjerojatno bih opet bio igrač Hajduka”-“If I were born again, I would probably return as a Hajduk player”
BY MARK GODFREY This article was originally published in issue 1 of The Football Pink magazine http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ED1WO1A The deserted, well-lit motorway, which just moments earlier
BY WILLIAM HEANEY Despite more than a century of competitive football, there have been only 18 occasions when Scotland’s league championship has been won by
BY MARK GODFREY It’s been several weeks since we last dropped in on the Serie A championship in Brazil and in our absence, two clubs
BY MARK GODFREY Last Saturday saw the Scottish Cup of 2013/14 get under way, and as per my resolution, I dutifully drove up to Hawick
BY CHRIS LASH My first memories of football stretch back to the 1986 World Cup. I recall having a lovely wall-chart with all the games
BY MARK GODFREY Having spent two days working in the plush, corporate surroundings of Old Trafford last week (no prawn sandwiches but half decent grub
BY MARK GODFREY OK, as epic journeys go it’s not quite up there with any of Scott or Shackleton’s adventures in Antarctica, but pledging myself
BY MARK GODFREY These are interesting and turbulent times at all levels of the Scottish game, so to learn more I turned to the new
BY MARK GODFREY Everton’s disappointing goalless draw at home to West Bromwich Albion demonstrated very clearly that new manager, Roberto Martinez, has much work still
BY ALEX LEONARD And there we have it. The first weekend of Premier League football for 2013/2014 has passed, and I am thoroughly in love
BY MARK GODFREY So, it’s finally back, riding to the rescue saving me and countless thousands from the hideousness of gardening for the sake of
BY MARK GODFREY Two of Rio de Janeiro’s giants went head-to-head in the latest round of the Brazilian championship, producing a five-goal thriller in the
It’s Fantasy Football time again! I’ve set up a league here http://fantasy.premierleague.com so if you would like to join the code is 992219-296191 Pick your
BY MARK GODFREY Crivvens! Jings! Help ma boab! OK, enough of the racist patter (its OK though i’m qualified to play for Scotland through grand-parentage
BY MARK GODFREY Ronaldinho’s Atlético Mineiro dragged themselves back from a 2-0 first leg deficit to complete an incredible comeback in the Copa Libertadores final
BY MARK GODFREY This week in Brazil, Atlético Mineiro are taking centre stage as they fight with Olimpia of Paraguay for the Copa Libertadores crown.
BY NATHAN CARR On Thursday, England crashed out of the Women’s Euro in bitterly disappointing and underwhelming fashion. They lost to France 3-0 in the
BY MARK GODFREY Atlético Mineiro’s week started off with great jubilation as they reached the final of the Copa Libertadores in dramatic fashion. Trailing 2-0
BY PETE SPENCER In 1958 Northern Ireland became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup when they reached the finals in Sweden. Then
Uncharacteristically for Everton and just a few days after the squad returned from their summer break, the playing roster at Goodison Park has been bolstered
Following the month-long hiatus imposed in Serie A during FIFA’s Confederations Cup, Brazilian league action resumed with the nation split as to whether hosting the
Bernard Tapie, the controversial business tycoon who was jailed following the Marseille match-fixing scandal of the early nineties, finds himself in hot water again with
BY ALEX LEONARD After a record-breaking, treble-winning season, it should be nigh on impossible for Bayern Munich’s year to get any better; there is, if
In any club’s Golden Age there’s usually one particular season when everything just comes together. 2013 was the year it all clicked into place for
BY ALEX LEONARD Since the appointment of Roberto Martinez in early June, his arrival has had time to sink in for the fans of Everton
BY ALEX STEWART In one of those articles that academics love to write about a minute, previously unnoticed literary discovery, Michael Begnal delights in an
Round 5 of the 2013 Brasileirão was completed this week as Brazil’s national championship takes a four week break to allow the spotlight to fall
BY: BRIAN STRAHAN 1988 – At ten years of age you might not have had any real identity. Not that a large plethora of your
The Football Pink is pleased to have Stranraer midfielder Steven Bell reporting on his side’s fourth round Scottish Cup tie as we continue our journey
BY GILES METCALFE The one-cap wonders: the club of notable and infamous players who made a solitary full international appearance for England, Scotland, Northern Ireland
BY GILES METCALFE The 2013 edition of BDO’s annual survey of Football Finance Directors (FDs) has discovered that an alarming number of football club owners
BY MARK GODFREY The great and the good assembled on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday afternoon, the season barely over and done with; rivalries put aside
BY MARK GODFREY It’s that time of the year again when the first “Friendly Derby” (as the media likes to believe it) of the season
BY MARK GODFREY Our Scottish Cup journey rolls on apace with two rounds taking place in November. The third round, which saw us highlight Junior
BY JAMIE WHITEHEAD Saturday’s announcement from BT Sport that exclusive coverage of the Champions League and Europa League had been secured sent shock waves through
BY MARK GODFREY They were so close to glory. Being unavailable to travel to the south western coast of Scotland, I had to watch the
BY STEVEN BELL “The high-income tax of 75%, which was included in the 2013 draft budget of France, will have a disastrous effect on the
BY ASHLEY GREB Like night follows day and day follows night, everything comes to pass, eventually. It’s a simple principal; we’re born, we grow and
BY MARK GODFREY So, we’ve reached ten games gone of the 2013/14 Premier League season and as such, a rather convenient landmark by which to
BY PETE SPENCER Now that England have secured qualification for the World Cup in Brazil next summer there will obviously be the wave of expectation
BY TREVOR KEANE Despite always being a game with a ball and 11 players on each side, modern football has evolved over the years, especially
BY MARK GODFREY The Football Pink brings you an interview with former Manchester United and Aston Villa full back, John Gidman. The 59-year-old Scouser was
BY CHRIS LASH It is June 2011. Orest Lenczyk, the manager of Śląsk Wrocław, has managed to guide the side from Lower Silesia to 2nd
BY STEPHEN BRANDT It’s 1977, and New York City is a scary, weird place. Son of Sam is on the loose, there are blackouts, the
BY MARK GODFREY We have reached the third round of our Scottish Cup odyssey and having followed the good people of St. Cuthbert Wanderers for
This article originally appeared in The Football Pink: Issue 1 available to download here http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ED1WO1A BY BILLY TAYLOR June 2013. During a summer where there
BY ROB McCARRY Despite the best efforts of all involved over the past few to ensure that Scotland’s future footballers are trained to the same
BY CHRIS LASH I sat down outside a Warsaw sports hall on a bright October day to eat some lunch. A Polish acquaintance joined me
BY MARK GODFREY The countdown is on to the Second Round of the Scottish Cup and October 5th sees our chosen side, St. Cuthbert Wanderers
BY MARK GODFREY “Da se ponovno rodim, vjerojatno bih opet bio igrač Hajduka”-“If I were born again, I would probably return as a Hajduk player”
BY MARK GODFREY This article was originally published in issue 1 of The Football Pink magazine http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00ED1WO1A The deserted, well-lit motorway, which just moments earlier
BY WILLIAM HEANEY Despite more than a century of competitive football, there have been only 18 occasions when Scotland’s league championship has been won by
BY MARK GODFREY It’s been several weeks since we last dropped in on the Serie A championship in Brazil and in our absence, two clubs
BY MARK GODFREY Last Saturday saw the Scottish Cup of 2013/14 get under way, and as per my resolution, I dutifully drove up to Hawick
BY CHRIS LASH My first memories of football stretch back to the 1986 World Cup. I recall having a lovely wall-chart with all the games
BY MARK GODFREY Having spent two days working in the plush, corporate surroundings of Old Trafford last week (no prawn sandwiches but half decent grub
BY MARK GODFREY OK, as epic journeys go it’s not quite up there with any of Scott or Shackleton’s adventures in Antarctica, but pledging myself
BY MARK GODFREY These are interesting and turbulent times at all levels of the Scottish game, so to learn more I turned to the new
BY MARK GODFREY Everton’s disappointing goalless draw at home to West Bromwich Albion demonstrated very clearly that new manager, Roberto Martinez, has much work still
BY ALEX LEONARD And there we have it. The first weekend of Premier League football for 2013/2014 has passed, and I am thoroughly in love
BY MARK GODFREY So, it’s finally back, riding to the rescue saving me and countless thousands from the hideousness of gardening for the sake of
BY MARK GODFREY Two of Rio de Janeiro’s giants went head-to-head in the latest round of the Brazilian championship, producing a five-goal thriller in the
It’s Fantasy Football time again! I’ve set up a league here http://fantasy.premierleague.com so if you would like to join the code is 992219-296191 Pick your
BY MARK GODFREY Crivvens! Jings! Help ma boab! OK, enough of the racist patter (its OK though i’m qualified to play for Scotland through grand-parentage
BY MARK GODFREY Ronaldinho’s Atlético Mineiro dragged themselves back from a 2-0 first leg deficit to complete an incredible comeback in the Copa Libertadores final
BY MARK GODFREY This week in Brazil, Atlético Mineiro are taking centre stage as they fight with Olimpia of Paraguay for the Copa Libertadores crown.
BY NATHAN CARR On Thursday, England crashed out of the Women’s Euro in bitterly disappointing and underwhelming fashion. They lost to France 3-0 in the
BY MARK GODFREY Atlético Mineiro’s week started off with great jubilation as they reached the final of the Copa Libertadores in dramatic fashion. Trailing 2-0
BY PETE SPENCER In 1958 Northern Ireland became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup when they reached the finals in Sweden. Then
Uncharacteristically for Everton and just a few days after the squad returned from their summer break, the playing roster at Goodison Park has been bolstered
Following the month-long hiatus imposed in Serie A during FIFA’s Confederations Cup, Brazilian league action resumed with the nation split as to whether hosting the
Bernard Tapie, the controversial business tycoon who was jailed following the Marseille match-fixing scandal of the early nineties, finds himself in hot water again with
BY ALEX LEONARD After a record-breaking, treble-winning season, it should be nigh on impossible for Bayern Munich’s year to get any better; there is, if
In any club’s Golden Age there’s usually one particular season when everything just comes together. 2013 was the year it all clicked into place for
BY ALEX LEONARD Since the appointment of Roberto Martinez in early June, his arrival has had time to sink in for the fans of Everton
BY ALEX STEWART In one of those articles that academics love to write about a minute, previously unnoticed literary discovery, Michael Begnal delights in an
Round 5 of the 2013 Brasileirão was completed this week as Brazil’s national championship takes a four week break to allow the spotlight to fall
BY: BRIAN STRAHAN 1988 – At ten years of age you might not have had any real identity. Not that a large plethora of your
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