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Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the sixth in a series of articles adapted and extracted...

In the protracted campaign for World Cup qualification, a little luck can go a long way. Panama are one of...

Russia 2018 is on its way, and in a misty-eyed look back at past finals, Craig Stephen recalls one of...

DANNY LEWIS reminisces about the importance of the game to him growing up in the new entry to our 'What...

This article appears in Issue 17 of The Football Pink Fast cars, fast planes and deadly weapons all led one...

BY DAN DAVISON Real Betis are turning heads this season. Whilst fierce city rivals Sevilla have regressed from where they...

KEVIN ROSS explains 'What Football Means To Him' for our series of the same name, and once you've read it,...

BY ALL BLUE DAZE On the first day of September 2017, as the autumnal chills were beginning to wrap their...

FRANCESCO MISTRULLI returns to the site with another imagining of a footballer confessing his life's loves and sins. This time an...

In the first of our 'What football means to me' series, MARCO JACKSON tells us why any sport lover needs...

Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the fourth in a series of articles adapted and extracted...

BY JAMES BOOTHFERRY You've not made it as a city until a pop song has been written for you. New...

In the next part of our Sibling Rivalry series, DAN DAVIS looks at a pair of hugely successful Dutch brothers...

Back in the 90s, Newcastle and Sunderland emerged from their slumbers to reach the Premier League. Two big local lads...

BY STE McGOVERN At the end of the 1993 season, Bryan Robson reached the pinnacle, experiencing the greatest moment of...

Here GERRY FARRELL explores the complex story of the Xhaka brothers - Granit and Taulant - and how one can...

Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the third in a series of articles adapted and extracted...

In the second part of our new series looking at football's more interesting sets of brothers, ALL BLUE DAZE recalls the...

Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the second in a series of articles adapted and extracted...

With Issue 18 'Hotbeds Vol. 1' out soon, here's ALEX JACKSON with his experience of one of Germany's footballing hotbeds...

WORDS AND IMAGES BY MARC BOAL Isafjordur is an 11-hour round trip (by car) from Iceland’s capital, Reykjavik, so I...

BY JOSHUA SCHNEIDER-WEILER Gwendolyn Oxenham is the author of the new book, Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold...

BY MARK GODFREY Rue du Dr. Bauer in Saint Ouen – a small, largely residential suburb on the northern fringes...

Pete Martin is a traveller, author, journalist and coach. This is the first in a series of articles adapted and...

BY JOZEF BRODALA When you think of the creation of most football clubs, it seems aeons away. Most of the...

The following is an excerpt from Learning Curve by Chris Evans, which follows the untold story of Loughborough University FC and focuses on their weird...

BY KARAN TEJWANI When Sepp Blatter pulled Qatar’s name out of the envelope to hand them the hosting rights for...

We've made you wait for part 9 of our 'Football on the small screen' series, but here it is. SEBASTIAN...

This season, The Football Pink is going to take you back to season 1978-79 in the old English First Division;...

Bada bing! Here's DAN WILLIAMSON with the next part of our football on TV series, looking back at an often...

Nicking villains, sinking pints and pulling birds; with some time travel thrown in for good measure. Life on Mars was...

In the next instalment of our football on TV series, PAUL McPARLAN remembers a 1960s show that tried - and failed...

MARCO JACKSON is transported back to a time of Britpop, lad culture and Cool Britannia to experience love and the heartbreak...

The second part of our new series looking at football in fictional TV shows examines The Manageress; almost 30 years...

In the first of a new web series looking at the impression football has made on fictional television, MATTHEW CRIST...

BY RYAN PLANT Back in the 1930s, a political question in Malta divided the football fandom in the country. In...

BY MARK GODFREY It probably hasn’t escaped your attention that something quite noteworthy is happening in the Walton district of...

This article first appeared in Issue 14 of The Football Pink FEARGAL BRENNAN runs us through the history of a...

BY KEVIN O'NEILL For the modern generation of football fans, imagining Manchester City scraping around the transfer bargain basement seems...

This article originally appeared in Issue 9 of The Football Pink Not many referees mete out justice on the pitch...

BY RYAN PLANT Last season, José Callejón cemented himself as one of the most dangerous players in Italy’s Serie A at...

BY GREG KITCHIN These odds years are the worst, aren’t they? Years ending in 1, 3, 5, 7 or 9...

BY RYAN PLANT When John Barnwell’s Wolverhampton Wanderers met Brian Clough’s Nottingham Forest at Wembley in the 1979-80 League Cup...

The world’s greatest sporting tournament kicked off in 1930 when hosts Uruguay walked off with the inaugural World Cup in...

BY LORENZO MALATERRA Right now, there is a man riding his bicycle all along the Italian peninsula, from the southern...

This article first appeared in Issue 15 of The Football Pink When fame and fortune turned to decline and despair,...

This article first appeared in Issue 14 of The Football Pink ALEX LEONARD looks at the upbringing of Scotland’s most...

This article first appeared in Issue 12 of The Football Pink In the build up to the famous Euro 96...

BY BRUNO RODRIGUES Lucas Pratto is a very particular man. A single look at the Argentinian forward is enough to...

BY KARAN TEJWANI Recent years in football have seen attacking dominance by Spanish rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid, with the...