Player Profiles

In the late nineteen seventies, a young player from the north-east of England secured what he believed would be his...

Liverpool won their 18th league title at the end of April 1990. Less than two months later Jordan Henderson was...

Last time out I highlighted a few bugbears of mine that have been languishing deep within my footballing soul and...

If one was to discuss who the greatest player to have graced White Hart Lane across the last decade, a...

Reigning Ligue 1 champions Lyon looked likely to kick-off their title defence with a routine win against EA Guingamp, but...

There are many different ways of getting to know someone. For some, there is no more efficient ice breaker than...

The sun is beginning to set on my first day in Rome and I’m hungry. My wife and I have...

In part one I managed just about to sum up Gerrie Mühren’s career, his brother Arnold will be the focus...

Dutch football has blessed us with some great footballers, amazingly they also have a strong history in providing great families...

Forty years ago Graham Roberts was plying his trade at non-league Weymouth when out of the blue Tottenham Hotspur manager,...

He shouldn’t happen to teams like Huddersfield, Jordan Rhodes. The form he found himself in was the stuff that young...

Long before Charlie Nicholas was sitting here thinking on Sky Sports’ football scores round-up he was a prodigious footballing talent....

It is commonplace these days to hear how ‘tired’ players are; how they need a ‘rest’; or how the ‘fixture...

The annals of history are littered with tales of footballers whose careers did not go in quite the direction as...

In the first part of this focus on Michael Owen, we covered his emergence as one of the best young...

Yesterday, we woke to the sad news of the death of Michael Robinson. A lovely man, he managed the unusual...

I loved Michael Owen. Still do. I realise for many reds this is sacrilege. Many cannot forgive him for ‘engineering...

In the beautiful city of Cancún, Mexico, on the shores of the Caribbean Sea, Carlos Alberto Vela Garrido was born...

To many Andriy Shevchenko was one of the best strikers in the first decade of the 21st century. His career...

The rivalry that exists between North London giants Arsenal and Tottenham is such that any player brave enough to make...

Football is a funny old game. One minute you're on top of the world, invincible and carefree. The next, you're...

To a normal football audience, Inter signing Christian Eriksen wasn't as special as it was for the nerazzurri faithful. From...

Manchester United's Premier League clash against Wolves at the weekend could be marred by Anti-Glazer protests in the second half....

Brian Clough was known to always get his man when it came to transfers. Able to try all sorts of...

Calcio may sometimes take criticism for the lack of some aspects that other leagues might have. But it should never...

Author: Yuri Vasilyev When you do not have lemons… you can still make lemonade. What would you do as a...

“They called him Gabigol but we called him Gabi-no-gol.” It’s almost too good of a nickname. All a not-bitter-at-all ex-manager has to do is...

This is the third part of our series on Kevin Keegan and his Liverpool career - you can read part...

This series on Kevin Keegan started with part one on taleoftwohalves.uk - part two was originally published on November 6,...

This series on Kevin Keegan initially ran on taleoftwohalves.uk - this piece was published on September 28, 2019 I am...

This is the second part of our tribute to Martin Peters, who sadly passed away last weekend. The first part...

Football was again in mourning this weekend at the sad news of the death of one of the most liked...

Professional football has had several powerhouses since its early days. The great Uruguay side of the 1930s, then came Brazil,...

Author: Yuri Vasilyev On 31st of August of 1997 Serie A season-opener for Inter was a home game against Brescia....

Some would have us believe the nickname 'The Black Pearl' is, at best, politically insensitive if not downright incorrect, yet...

It was November 4, 2000, and Leeds United were playing Liverpool at Elland Road. In a high scoring game that...

On a frigid Sunday afternoon in mid-January 2018, Arsenal found themselves on the south coast, taking on a Bournemouth side...

As part of our relaunch of The Football Pink, we are introducing you to some of the work previously published...