Stories

STEPHEN BRANDT looks at the history of football in the north east corner of the USA and its enduring appeal,...

BY MARK CARRUTHERS Who could possibly forget it? A day when the World Cup was finally won by England, writing...

CHRISTOPH WAGNER remembers his modest playing days in Germany and wonders whether or not ‘incentives’ to referees can help swing...

BY MARK CARRUTHERS Just for a moment picture this scenario. You’re a manager at a big club in the Premier...

In the wake of Thomas Hitzlsperger’s recent announcement that he is gay, Piers Barber argues there is still much to...

Taken from THE FOOTBALL PINK ISSUE 2, LAYTH YOUSIF eulogises about the stylish but unconventional German football legend whose individuality...

BY BOLTON FAN, GILES METCALFE The last 10 years have seen a mixture of massive highs and crushing lows for...

BY STEVEN BELL The recent news from Spain regarding the European Commission’s (EC) investigation of a select few Spanish football...

BY STEPHEN BRANDT It’s pretty funny to think about the old North American Soccer League and what it influenced in...

With match-fixing very much in the news in recent months, MARK GODFREY looks back at English football’s most famous betting...

BY GEORGE YOUNG And they say Islam is the religion of Turkey. No. Ignore the mosques and the minarets. Without...

BY GILES METCALFE The one-cap wonders: the club of notable and infamous players who made a solitary full international appearance...

BY GILES METCALFE The 2013 edition of BDO’s annual survey of Football Finance Directors (FDs) has discovered that an alarming...

BY MARK GODFREY The great and the good assembled on an otherwise unremarkable Sunday afternoon, the season barely over and...

BY JAMIE WHITEHEAD Saturday's announcement from BT Sport that exclusive coverage of the Champions League and Europa League had been...

BY STEVEN BELL "The high-income tax of 75%, which was included in the 2013 draft budget of France, will have...

BY MARK GODFREY The Football Pink brings you an interview with former Manchester United and Aston Villa full back, John...

BY CHRIS LASH It is June 2011. Orest Lenczyk, the manager of Śląsk Wrocław, has managed to guide the side...

BY STEPHEN BRANDT It’s 1977, and New York City is a scary, weird place. Son of Sam is on the...

BY ROB McCARRY Despite the best efforts of all involved over the past few to ensure that Scotland’s future footballers...

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

BY CHRIS LASH My first memories of football stretch back to the 1986 World Cup. I recall having a lovely...

BY MARK GODFREY OK, as epic journeys go it’s not quite up there with any of Scott or Shackleton’s adventures...

BY MARK GODFREY Crivvens! Jings! Help ma boab! OK, enough of the racist patter (its OK though i'm qualified to...

BY PETE SPENCER A club which wins their domestic League 15 times in 22 seasons, finishing 2nd on a further...

BY MARKUS HORN This weekend, FSV Frankfurt will kick-off their sixth consecutive season Germany's second division (Bundesliga 2). Currently only...

BY PETE SPENCER In 1958 Northern Ireland became the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup when they reached...

For several years, German football fans have successfully fought to maintain relatively cheap tickets in the country's new, modern arenas,...

Bernard Tapie, the controversial business tycoon who was jailed following the Marseille match-fixing scandal of the early nineties, finds himself...

In recent years, football fans across Europe have paid increasing attention to the positive development of the German Bundesliga. During...

In any club’s Golden Age there’s usually one particular season when everything just comes together. 2013 was the year it...

BY ALEX STEWART In one of those articles that academics love to write about a minute, previously unnoticed literary discovery,...

On June 7th the Libyan national team will play its first World Cup qualification match in their national stadium since...

With just one year to go until the start of the FIFA World Cup in 2014, host nation Brazil finds...

The club was first inaugurated in the 1918-1919 season and for that season only, operated in the old Victory league,...

Everton chairman Bill Kenwright is facing the dilemma he wished he'd never have to; choosing the successor to David Moyes....

Two former graduates of Drumchapel Amateurs have been hitting the headlines in a big way recently. Plenty of famous names...

Milan’s Gazetta dello Sport is today dominated by Juventus and the securing of their second Scudetto in two years. It is the...

On the final day of the League 2 season, Aldershot Town’s 2-0 defeat to Rotherham United, who were promoted off...

On April 20th prior to their home game with Montrose, the owners of Scottish Third Division club Clyde F.C. overwhelmingly...

FC Barcelona 5 - 0 RCD Mallorca DESPITE the humidity in Catalonia on Saturday evening, it rained goals as Barcelona...

With a fiery attitude on the pitch, the work rate of a pitbull terrier and the infamous assault upon an...

Brazilian footballers get everywhere these days. Look at any top league around the world and the proliferation of stars from...

Coventry City have become the latest English League club to hit a financial brick wall as their plight has reached...

I consider myself to be a lucky chap. Work takes me abroad a lot and whenever I know I have...

In January 2013, the Football Association launched its celebrations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the organisation’s birth back in...

Ever heard the story about the Glasgow based football club who ran into financial calamity and went bust? Of course...