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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...

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...