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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...

In the final part of our look back at football in 2018, GERRY JOHNSTON remembers 10 of the game’s most...

CHRIS MARSHALL attempts to answer the question: “Is this the dawning of a new golden era for Scottish Professional Football...

Part 16 of our 2018 recap comes courtesy of IAN CUSACK as he looks at the changes forced upon one...

BY CONOR KETLEYIn recent months, you’d be forgiven for putting the lack of fans in the stands at the Stade...

JAMES JOHNSON runs through the runners and riders for the 2018 Ballon d’Or award to see if the Messi/Ronaldo era...

Even the most casual observer of the current football scene can hardly have failed to notice the impact that the...

After winning the World Cup in 2014, Germany were not able to defend their title in Russia this year. Partly,...

ALEX BROTHERTON looks at MLS and whether 2018 represented a turning point for the league’s image and profile on a...

WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTINThe end of my playing and managing career did not mean my losing...

After a string of poor results for Real Madrid, RYAN PLANT looks at how the European Champions have looked lost...

In the tenth part of our 18 for 18 compilation looking back at football in 2018, MATTHEW MATHER remembers the...

PAUL BREEN looks at Liverpool’s reasons to be cheerful after a year that’s seen them become serious and expected title...

2018 has seen the possibility of a breakaway European Super League look increasingly likely. In part 8 of our 18...

BY CRAIG STEPHENPerhaps it was the Lincoln Red Imps’ surprise victory over Celtic in the first leg of a Champions...

In part 7 or our 18 for 18 series, GARY JORDAN looks at an issue that tugged at the hearts...

BY DAVE LONGChelsea, Manchester City and Paris Saint-Germain are the most famous high-profile clubs to have been taken over, heavily...

Here’s MARTIN CLOAKE on the concept of what winning at football means in 2018 in the latest instalment of our...

WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN As I had got married and was planning a family, at the...

REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN - @paulmcparlanWhilst the Mediterranean countries of France, Italy and Spain have been the subject of numerous...

BY GARETH LLOYDClutching tickets for Chesterfield vs Wrexham, we’re wandering somewhat aimlessly through the deep blue region of Derbyshire with...

BY PHIL WITHALLThe Dutch contribution to the football landscape can’t be ignored. From the concept of ‘Total Football’ to players...

To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article...

To celebrate our nomination for 2018 Fanzine of the Year at the Football Supporters Federation awards, we’re publishing an article...

In a previous issue of our quarterly fanzine, we featured the covers of just a handful of the thousands of old...