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BY MARK GODFREYThey were the first, but wouldn’t be the last.Former Everton and Manchester City star Joe Royle had been...

BY MARK GODFREYIn my experience, taxi drivers across the world are all very similar. When they have a foreigner in...

BY MARK GODFREYWest Germany 1974. Summer time. The FIFA World Cup. It was a time of change, of things being...

This article appears in Issue 8 of The Football Pink magazine - the Italia '90 25th anniversary edition which you...

BY MARK GODFREYThanks to the patronage of one of this country’s finest ever comic talents, unfashionable Luton Town achieved virtual...

BY MARK GODFREYMay 29th 1985 will go down as one of football’s darkest days. At the Heysel Stadium in Brussels,...

Get Issue 8 of The Football Pink - the Italia '90 25th anniversary special HEREBY RICHARD HALLNostalgia is a term...

BY RAY HARPERAccording to Wikipedia, the Sheffield and Hallamshire Senior Cup is the 4th oldest surviving cup competition in the...

This article originally appeared in Issue 7 of The Football Pink which is available by clicking HEREMore goals than Pele,...

This article is being re-published on The Football Pink courtesy of Iain Duff. You can follow him on Twitter @iainduff...

BY MARK GODFREYTo the English fan, he was an alien; as otherworldly as it could get. Accustomed to a staple...

BY PETER MILESFootball rivalries are endemic across the globe but rarely has a rivalry been so ingrained into a city’s...

This article originally appeared in Issue 5 of The Football PinkLAYTH YOUSIF looks at the contribution made by the men...

This article originally appeared in Issue 5 of The Football Pink fanzine which was released in August 2014 and was...

JOHN O’SULLIVAN uncovers the ex-Soviet secret police chief’s love of football and how it drove him to extraordinarily vicious lengths.Stalin...

BY MARK GODFREYThis week, while I am unavoidably detained in our nation's capital, the funeral of an ex-footballing team mate...

BY STEVEN KAYThe game of football is the only truly global sport: played everywhere by everyone irrespective of social class....

BY MARK GODFREY“Da se ponovno rodim, vjerojatno bih opet bio igrač Hajduka”-“If I were born again, I would probably return...

 BY MARK GODFREYBrazilian footballers get everywhere these days. Look at any top league around the world and the proliferation of...

BY DAVE LONG May 1997: I’d not long turned 18 and was present at a rain-soaked Saltergate, home of Chesterfield,...

BY DAN BILLINGHAM There is one school of thought that argues football has morphed from being a team game to...

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

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

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

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

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 JIM KEOGHAN When two football teams take to the pitch, it used to be the case that the only...

As part of our 1978/79 season series, STEVE MITCHELL recalls the eye-watering deal that shocked the nation. On February 9,...

BY MARK GODFREY In recent years, the story of Patrick O'Connell has been highlighted on various websites and blogs across...

BY STUART GIBBS This summer the Scotland Women’s senior side made history by making their first appearance at a major...

Working on the site from morning till night, that's livin' alright...MARK GODFREY looks at life in a foreign land for...

BY CHRIS SMITH In the history of modern life, the years 1956-58 can certainly be considered important. Britain invaded Egypt...

In part 3 of our ‘Before they were famous’ series, JACOB ROUTLEDGE examines Borussia Dortmund and their many revivals along...

In the second instalment of our 'before they were famous' series, we look at Bayern Munich's rise from the shadows...

In the first of a new series chronicling the bad old days of some of modern football's most successful clubs, GARY THACKER recalls...

This article first appeared in Issue 8 of The Football Pink They arrived at Italia ’90 as the young, vibrant...

This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink PAUL GRECH looks back to 1920s fascist-regime Italy and...

This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Some chairmen fancy themselves as being bigger than the...

BY MARK GODFREY It's so hard to stick to things that you've promised to see through to the bitter end;...

BY MARK GODFREY This year's Road to Hampden....sorry, Celtic Park...is nearing it's conclusion and this blog, following various teams on...

BY MARK GODFREY Our dalliance with Inverness Caledonian Thistle as our Scottish Cup representatives was all too brief as they...

BY MARK GODFREY Finally, we're coming towards the business end of the Scottish Cup and, with any luck, an exciting...

BY MARK GODFREY After their superb, battling display in the first game, Stranraer must rejoin the fight against Premiership rivals...

BY MARK GODFREY Escaping my in-laws place (lovely people by the way) on Saturday lunchtime was something of a relief....

BY MARK GODFREY After a mid-winter hiatus, the Will Hill football betting sponsored Scottish Cup returns and, as such, The...

BY MARK GODFREY As the reflected lights of Catania shimmered brightly across the becalmed waters of the Mediterranean and the...

The Football Pink is pleased to have Stranraer midfielder Steven Bell reporting on his side's fourth round Scottish Cup tie...

BY MARK GODFREY Our Scottish Cup journey rolls on apace with two rounds taking place in November. The third round,...