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In the eleven qualification campaigns since the 1998 World Cup, poor management, squad in-fighting, an abrasive fan culture and general...

As Scotland’s players, coaches and fans left the Stade Geoffroy-Guichard, beaten 3-0 by Morocco on 23 June 1998, few likely...

October 2020 will mark 10 years since Fenway Sports Group (FSG), headed by John W Henry, took complete ownership of...

A leader's assistant should be just as influential as the man in charge himself. An assistant should be able to...

By Bradley Hughes On June 15th 2004, the Czech Republic were lining up to play Group D’s opening match of...

Two years after the disappointment of Saint-Etienne in 1998, the nine-year-old version of myself fell in love once again with...

Hoisted onto the shoulders of Brazilian defender Júlio César, Roberto Baggio, captain of Juventus, was the hero. Charging towards their...

In September 2008, the collapse of a core inner-working of America’s investment banks sent doomsday-like reverberations across the world’s financial...

A final, a champion and a trophy - these seem like three core ingredients for a cup/knockout tournament in any...

The UEFA Champions League Final of the 1992/93 campaign stands out as being one of the competitions most notable fixtures...

During these difficult days of lockdown, one might be tempted to trawl through the myriad of footballing websites and forums...

Gordon Strachan, former Scotland, Celtic and Southampton manager who is now technical director of Dundee FC, made headlines recently when...

As COVID-19 continues to lockdown the globe, football is no exception to the changes in reality and society that this...

Perhaps you think of Sevilla Fútbol Club as one of the top teams in Spain. This may be due to...

During an unprecedented time in all our lives, the significance of football has been placed firmly into perspective. Despite various...

Generally speaking, the world lines of football run adjacent to each other, angled at a similar trajectory as football advances...

Before the pyramid For many years, you would have been forgiven for assuming that the Scottish football scene consisted of...

1950 World Cup: A Brazilian Tragedy Moacyr Barbosa was heralded as one of the finest goalkeepers in the world throughout...

The prospect of two immediate rounds in a season without any real form of jeopardy hardly interested anyone, and not...

‘Get rid!’, ‘Play the way you’re facing!’ ‘What are you, a girl?’ ‘Keep it simple!’ ’Who wants it?’ Get stuck...

This article originally featured on Tale of Two Halves on January 4, 2019 Ever had the idea of getting into...

“When we got him, my god, it felt like Jesus Christ was arriving” This was a comment made by a...

On 14 October 2010, Malcolm Alexander Allison shuffled off his mortal coil and put in a transfer request to the...

BY LUCAS GILLARD In this week of European finals, it’s impossible to ignore the spectre haunting Baku, Madrid, Munich, Manchester,...

BY BIKASH MOHAPATRAFrank de Boer definitely deserved a better send off.It was his sixth season at the helm of affairs...

BY JIM KEOGHANIn the wake of Liverpool and Tottenham Hotspur reaching the Champions League Final, the thoughts of their fans...

BY ONUR BILGICJuly 9th, 2006. Berlin’s Olympic Stadi­um. The 110th minute of the World Cup final. A short dialogue takes...

This article first appeared in Issue 21 of The Football Pink fanzine in late 2018Mesut Özil is a magnet for...

BY GARY THACKERInto the tail-end of the ‘Swinging Sixties’ England thought itself to be the beating heart of world culture....

BY ZACH REESThis is not so much a story about the game of football as it is a story of...

·       Film explores city’s sporting success in the ‘80s amid political and cultural upheaval·       Features interviews with Lord Heseltine, Peter...

BY MATTHEW O’CONNOR-SIMPSONSituated in an affluent suburb of Manchester, West Didsbury and Chorlton are among the most interesting football clubs...

BY BIKASH MOHAPATRAIt’s a strange coincidence.Maybe destiny played a major part.No matter how one perceives or chooses to describe it...

BY ALEX JACKSONThere was something interesting about West Ham United’s dramatic 4-3 victory over Huddersfield Town on March 16th. It...

BY NATHAN O’HAGANWalter Smith’s managerial reign at Everton was characterised by dwindling crowds, dour football, and financial constraints as rigid...

This article first appeared in Issue 21 of The Football Pink fanzineGERRY FARRELL looks back at how the UK government...

REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN - @paulmcparlanWhy would anybody be attracted to the concept of writing a history of England’s fraught...

BY GARY THACKERIn the 1998-99 season, Middlesbrough were a second-tier club. Relegation had cost them the services of such international...

This article first appeared in Issue 13 of The Football Pink fanzineSTEVE RINGWOOD revisits the days of post-war Europe, propaganda...

This article first appeared in Issue 17 of The Football Pink fanzineHARRY COLLINS goes on the trail of a man...

This article first appeared in Issue 19 of The Football Pink fanzineBefore you can be empowered you need to be...

This article first appeared in Issue 20 of The Football Pink fanzineIn 1994, he was the best player in the...

REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN @paulmcparlanTurkey as a footballing nation has been unforgivably neglected by the soccer literati during the course...

BY PUNEET GORASIAMartin Scorsese – a master of filmmaking – and Arsène Wenger, have much in common. More precisely, the...

I arrived late at the Albert Camus Bar on George Street on a foul, wet, black Saturday in the first...

BY LUCAS GILLARDFootball in Berlin is a microcosm of the ethnic, social, political, and historical dystopia that was Germany’s 20th...

BY GARY THACKERMany pub landlords have stories to tell. They’ve heard thousands and retold them all in any number of...

I met Gordon in the Homo Ludens Bar, at the west end of George Street, on a bright and windy...

This article originally appeared in Issue 21 of the now defunct Football Pink fanzine.With England’s success at the World Cup...

This article originally appeared in Issue 21 of the now defunct Football Pink fanzine.The British are used to feeling hated...