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Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part 12)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
The Football Pink’s Greatest: Match Experience
While football was eventually restarted after the first wave of the pandemic, sadly it remains a hollow viewing experience right...
Liverpool’s co-managers: An experiment that was doomed from the start
By Rob Doolan “To give Gérard and his team a real chance, I have to walk away.” With those words...
Back to the ‘Eighties: 1981 and “We’re all Under Pressure”
The year is 1981 and it’s the latest in our look-back series. Forty years on and memories and recollections of...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part 11)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
Leipzig away: More than a football match
By Daniel Merriman For someone who is sentimental, studied history and is now, not coincidentally, an Immigration, Asylum and Human...
The Football Pink Podcast: Greatest Managers
In this week's episode of the podcast, Roddy Cairns is joined by a number of our writers, who discuss who...
The Football Pink’s Greatest: Commentary Lines
When you think of many of the most iconic moments in football, it often isn't just the images that play...
Book review: From the Jaws of Victory: A History of Football’s Nearly Men
The summer of 2016 was an incredibly rough period for many people of these fair shores. On the 23rd of...
The Football Pink Presents: Pele
Look, we don't want to get into a whole debate over who the greatest footballer of all time is -...
Ole Gunnar Solskjær: How he could successfully emulate Sir Alex Ferguson
When talking about the world’s greatest ever manager to have ever lived, two names spring to mind in a split...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part 10)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
The Football Pink’s Greatest: Goalkeepers
Goalkeepers are often one of the most under-appreciated, and most heavily criticised players on a football pitch. When they play...
It’s all in the name: Famous namesakes
As the quasi-famous and somewhat tedious football chant goes, “There’s only one (insert player of choice)”. But is there? The...
Pulisball: Stoke City and Tony Pulis in the Premier League
16th August 2008. Bolton Wanderers 3 Stoke City 1. It was Stoke's first top-flight fixture in 23 years, and it...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Nine)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
Des Linton exclusive interview: “They said I could play but I didn’t kick a ball. I didn’t go near it”
In a generic fixture in 1997, Des Linton leapt into the air when an opposition player made a dangerous challenge....
The Football Pink Podcast – Foxes and Pharaohs: The bitter tale of Algeria v Egypt
In this week's episode of the podcast, host Roddy Cairns is joined by This week, Roddy is joined by Jack...
The Football Pink Presents: Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona. Manchester United legend. Possibly, the first cult hero of the Premier League. The ultimate maverick, adored by the...
Liverpool v Manchester United in the FA Cup: Eight of the Best
With Liverpool and Manchester United both currently in the hunt for the title for the first time since 2009, the...
Frank Lampard’s sacking: A defeated battle to transform Chelsea’s ruthless culture
Take yourself back to May 2004. On paper, it was Chelsea’s most successful season in the Premier League. Claudio Ranieri...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Eight)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
20 Years on from that Final Day: the mixed fortunes of Leeds, Bradford, and Wimbledon after May 2000
On May 10, 2000, the Dons went down, Bradford stayed up, and Leeds went to Europe. The effects of that...
Averages, riots and a stadium on fire: Argentina’s promedios relegation system explained
By Amos Murphy How to find fun during hours and hours of lockdown misery is a question we have all...
Ballon d’Or: The controversial player of the year award
The English game has always been a provider of big names to the beautiful game. From Sir Bobby Charlton to...
Roy Wegerle: The First Great American Player
The great revival of football – or soccer – in the United States began with their hosting of the World...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Seven)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
My life in football: An anecdotal reflection
By Joe Miller Throughout my time in the beautiful game, I have met some interesting and some not some so...
The Football Pink’s Greatest: Villians
While most people watch football as a positive experience, as a release from outside pressures and troubles, there will always...
Wimbledon: The Crazy Gang years
For fans over a certain age, mention Wimbledon and the infamous ‘Crazy Gang’ will soon work its way into the...
The world according to Championship Manager 89/90 (Part One)
Join me if you will. It’s time to go back. Way, way back. In 1989/90 I believe I was about...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Six)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
The physio: The manager and his partnership with the medical team
When then-Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho became embroiled in an internal row with club doctor Eva Carneiro in the club’s first...
Paolo Rossi: And the horns went quiet in Norton Street
By David McGaw Ten thousand natives, descendants and friends of the vibrant Italian diaspora within the harbour city blared horns...
Phil Parkes exclusive interview: ‘People don’t realise how good 1970s soccer was’
On 22nd July 1981, spectators inside the Spartan Stadium cluster together to form a modest crowd of just over 11,000....
Willie Hamilton: A Legacy Lost In Time
While Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, it is often overlooked as the capital of Scottish football. The fierce city...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Five)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
Graham Taylor: A true gentleman
When Graham Taylor sadly passed away in 2017 the tributes rightly poured in for one of British football’s nice guys....
Lutz Eigendorf: The Beckenbauer of the East. Accident or murder?
Lutz Eigendorf, dubbed the ‘Beckenbauer of the East’ was last seen on 5th March 1983 drinking at his local bar,...
Absence 3: Paris Saint Germain before the money came in
French football has historically not been a place to splash cash, nor have teams dominated for huge lengths of time....
Arrivederci: Exports to Serie A in the 1980s and 1990s
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Italian football did not enjoy a particularly good reputation. Perceived to be overly defensive...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Four)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
Fallen fighter on their way back up: Borac Čačak
By Rhys Hartley It’s a familiar story that clubs overspend looking for glory only to be lumbered with huge debts...
Winning when it counts: Remembering Huddersfield Town’s bittersweet unbeaten run
By Cameron Pope In the eyes of many a neutral, West Yorkshire club Huddersfield Town will long be the lower-division...
‘Protect the player’: The negligible problem football suffers from in player welfare
It happened all so suddenly. Willian whipped in a corner into the near post. David Luiz challenged to win the...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Three)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...
Ich bin ein berliner: The story of an exciting Oberliga season in the eighties
Eastern Europe in the ’70s and ’80s was a dark and mysterious place to us in the West. Contrasting ideologies...
Christmas: Santa Claus, jingle bells and if you’re lucky a home fixture
Christmas is a time of celebration and festivities for most people, but not for football managers, player and staff. It’s...
Back to the eighties: 1982
1982 was the year a small island in the South Atlantic Ocean most people had never heard of hit the...
Diary of a refugee football club secretary (Part Two)
In January 2018, Ullet Road Church Rebels were formed in Liverpool. The Rebels are the first club to field an...