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

WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTIN Although I was only 15, by the end of my first full...

REVIEW BY PAUL McPARLAN - @paulmcparlanMany commentators acknowledge that Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby was the book that made writing...

Belgium's current crop of elite players has been saddled with the dreaded 'Golden Generation' tag, so in part 3 of...

BY DAVE BLACKNewcastle United fell to a 1-0 loss at home to Brighton & Hove Albion on Saturday on a...

Part 2 of our 18 for 18 series looking back at football in 2018 sees CHARLIE MORGAN take a swipe...

BY JOE CARROLL - @Joe3CarrollAshwood City might be a fictional football club, but try telling their fans they’re not real.They’re...

BY MATTHEW CRISTMuch has been made of the rivalry between Manchester United and Arsenal over the past twenty years or...

In the first part of our 18 articles looking back at football in 2018, GARY THACKER examines the rekindled love affair between...

BY TOM EVANSI started watching football the year the game changed forever: 1992 – the birth of the Premier League....

It seems only right that when we were approached to review a book with our name in its title (nothing...

WRITTEN BY JEFF MARTIN, EDITED BY PETE MARTINI was born in Old Swan, Liverpool in 1943. My father was a...

BY CIAN MANNINGThe League of Ireland had been dominated by Dublin clubs; from its establishment in 1921 to the 1940s....

A photo essay by David ShawOn a blustery afternoon in February, over 40,000 Eintracht Frankfurt fans entered the Commerzbank-Arena to...

BY CRAIG STEPHENOne spring Monday morning, Lokomotiv Plovdiv president, Alexander Tasev, like most football bosses around Europe, sat in his...

BY TOM OWENLast week it was revealed that Declan Rice may be about to make a U-turn and declare himself...

BY CRAIG STEPHENA stunning strike by a young Celtic striker against the then world’s best team six years ago remains...

BY COLIN WESTONThere are many short-lived competitions throughout the history of the English leagues. The Watney Cup, the Simod (later...

BY GARY THACKEREast Stirlingshire Football Club is based in the town of Falkirk in Scotland’s Central Lowlands, and without doubt,...

BY DAVE LONGLiterally in the middle of nowhere, in the grounds of a renovated 17th century castle in the Parisian...

BY MARK KOHN-HEATONMalta is a small island nation in the Mediterranean with a rich culture and a turbulent colonial past....

By Antun KatalenićHaving recorded their first European away win in a decade, Rangers must be feeling pretty good about themselves...

This article originally featured in Issue 19 of The Football PinkIn a run-down corner of South London ‘exists’ a very...

BY DAVID VERMANHe galloped towards the enclosing Atalanta defence with inimical force. Having intercepted the ball in his own half...

This article appears in Issue 18 of The Football PinkMANUEL VETH uncovers the storied history a football city that never...

BY JIM KEOGHANNarratives are always spun around football. Results and seasons are shaped almost as much by how they are...

This article first appeared in Issue 14 of The Football Pink magazine.Editor MARK GODFREY examines of the history of Auchinleck...

BY CRAIG CAMPBELLThe day Euro ‘96 started was the day my dog committed suicide. This is a true story. Zico,...

BY CRAIG STEPHENNumbed by repetitive failure over more than two decades, I had long resigned myself to neglecting the Saturday...

BY CRAIG CAMPBELLIf you're British football fan and of a certain age, there's a goal that's bound to be burned...

This article originally featured in Issue 16 of The Football Pink. Get it here and listen to the podcast on English...

BY GARY THACKERGoing back a few years or so, outlandish results and scoring feats were not that unusual, especially during...

BY CRAIG CAMPBELLJanuary 1985: Middlesbrough manager Willie Maddren cuts an angry figure as he leaves the dugout. He's just seen...

Here we are; the last instalment of JAMES EVANS’ series on the evolution of pairs of linked football grounds. To round...

In part seven of his series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; in this episode we look...

In the sixth part of his series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; in this instalment we...

In the fifth part of his series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; and it's back to...

In the fourth part of his series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; gone are the plastic...

In the third part of his series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; two of the most...

In the second part in his new series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; this time...

In the first of a new series, JAMES EVANS examines the evolution of pairs of stadiums across the world; starting...

BY GARY THACKEREngland had won the World Cup in 1966 and offered up a more than reasonable defence of the...

BY CRAIG CAMPBELLDisintegration. It's not a word usually prescribed for football managers, at least not in public anyway. With the...

BY BRIAN BENJAMINTactics in football are always constantly evolving. From the WM formation right through to the tika taka that...

BY PETER KENNY JONESIn January 1973 a little-known football match occurred which pitted a combined Britain, Republic of Ireland and...

BY CRAIG CAMPBELLIn the Mill House pub they still talk about the debatable penalty that denied Hartlepool a place in...

BY CRAIG CAMPBELLAn away fixture at Grimsby Town. The hinterlands of voodoo Lincolnshire, especially if you're a club with ambition....

BY NEIL JENSEN. THIS ARTICLE ORIGINALLY APPEARED ON GAME OF THE PEOPLE AND FEATURES ON BOX TO BOX FOOTBALLTorino’s first successful...

BY PAUL BREENSometimes, even the wildest of social media rumours can touch on deeper more uncomfortable truths. If we were...

BY JIM KEOGHANWhen two football teams take to the pitch, it used to be the case that the only fans...