Nostalgia

We’ve all heard of the term ‘American Dream’. A person succeeding despite the odds with grit, hard work and determination...

The phrase 'too good to go down' has been used for many years, sometimes accurately and sometimes with blind loyalty....

  My Love For Italian Football. Italian football is known for its revolutionary defensive tactics or catenaccio (the chain), which...

In the eleven qualification campaigns since the 1998 World Cup, poor management, squad in-fighting, an abrasive fan culture and general...

It's fair to say that when it comes to growing up a Scotland fan, I got my timings horribly wrong....

“Tonight at half-past eight o’clock, a number of gentlemen met at No. 3 Eglinton terrace for the purpose of forming...

As the season progressed into the early weeks of 1993, Sky continued to pour bucket-loads of money into hyping and...

In the eleven qualification campaigns since the 1998 World Cup, poor management, squad in-fighting, an abrasive fan culture and general...

“And then dance and drink and screw Because there's nothing else to do.” – Pulp, Common People The nineties gave...

Let me take you back in time... to the summer of 1992 to be precise. Sky Television had just taken...

In normal times, those with a footballing affliction would be starting to think about pre-season in June and July, looking...

Interestingly, over the last decade, the nature of football has changed. From a tactical standpoint, the next generation of managers...

You may not know this, but there was a time when Carlisle United were top of the league. The English...

The movers move, the shakers shake, the winners rewrite history (New Model Army, High, 2007) Having a teenage son take...

“I’d have went to the moon”, she said, with a steely, sincere gaze. “If they’d played football there, I’d have...

On 26th May 1989, Anfield prepared itself for one of the most climactic final day showdowns in English football history,...

Since the 1930s Turin's Juventus have also been considered one of the beautiful game's powerhouses. Between 1930 and the present...

It was Mark Twain who said the truth is stranger than fiction. His argument was that while fiction exists within...

Hoisted onto the shoulders of Brazilian defender Júlio César, Roberto Baggio, captain of Juventus, was the hero. Charging towards their...

Super Sunday is well ingrained into the fabric of televised football in this country. But it wasn’t always the case....

While most football fans will be familiar with the iconic Adidas predator boot, which we all sported at one stage,...

It’s not exactly a time to shout about at the moment for Huddersfield Town. Relegated from the Premier League on...

A final, a champion and a trophy - these seem like three core ingredients for a cup/knockout tournament in any...

The UEFA Champions League Final of the 1992/93 campaign stands out as being one of the competitions most notable fixtures...

June 1st 2020 marked one year since Liverpool made it six in Madrid. This leads me to think back across...

British football is full of stories. Some we know well, others we recall occasionally, whilst some have been forgotten about...

Liam Togher - the Republic of Ireland, 1988 England's 1966 World Cup winner Jack Charlton was the man who guided...

Ordinarily, May would see the climax of the club season both domestically and abroad, but the blight that is Covid-19...

Loon pants and bar scarves, feather cuts and Oxford bags, Doc Martens and butcher’s coats – and badges. Lots of...

In summers when something is needed to fill the void between football seasons and your club’s transfer market activity is...

It was to be David O’Leary’s day. The Irishman would break George Armstrong’s appearance record for Arsenal, as he played...

The North American Soccer League (NASL) was the major professional league in the States between 1968 and 1984. Its popularity...

On a warm afternoon at the Santiago Bernabéu in June 2007, David Beckham had played his last game for Real...

Has your club had them? Those heady days of success and silverware; remember when the rest of the world sat...

Before Rinus Michels’ Holland could meet Valeriy Lobanovskyi’s USSR in the Euro 1988 final, they had to face each other...

Eight years on from the final in Munich, this piece takes a look back at some of the stories that...

A jigsaw with a missing piece... Let me paint you a picture… Let’s pretend you are the manager of one...

As we all struggle to come to terms with the lack of football to capture our imaginations at present, football’s...

Cameron Brooks - 2012 Champions League semi-final second leg - Barcelona v Chelsea Chelsea, Barcelona. It’s a rivalry that has...

It’s tempting to think that the replica football kit has been around forever. Truthfully it's a bit more recent than...

"Her riveting and sometimes shocking lyrics are getting the recognition they deserve” - Time Out Magazine Minnie Birch, the folk...

Generally, the best football teams have a life cycle of about three to five years. That is probably the limit...

Football is a game of fine margins and the differences between success and failure, glory and despair, exaltation and scorn...

To get you that football fix that is ever so elusive at the moment, we began this series in which...

INTRODUCING YOUR CONTENDERS Scottish football is almost unrecognisable now from the force it was in the early 1980s. Although ‘Ally’s...

In 2018, a collaboration between Football Shirt Collective and INARIA led to a limited-release football shirt being produced as part...

15th March this year marked the 40th anniversary of Wolverhampton Wanderers’ victory in the 1980 League Cup final. It was...

For over twenty-five years I had worked with Roy of the Rovers as a sub-editor, editor and group editor. Since...

Similarities unquestionably existed between Rinus Michels’ Ajax and Rinus Michels’ Holland (both in terms of tactics and personnel), however, according...

From a Premier League perspective, the name Carlos Tevez is synonymous with controversy. To some, it corresponds to treachery and...