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This is the story of an international football match causing an international incident, which had ramifications for many years after....

Ask any number of Argentinian football fans who is, in their opinion, the most overrated manager in the country’s history...

El Maracanazo 1989 refers to an incident when Chilean goalkeeper Roberto Rojas attempted to cheat Brazil out of a place...

Post-1945, football was still reeling from the effects of the Second World War. For many countries, they were still in...

If you missed Part 1 of the series, don't forget to take a look here ! As we saw in...

Premonitions about teenage prodigies in football can throw up wildly varying degrees of accuracy. While some golden boys indeed go...

In this week's episode of the podcast, host Roddy Cairns is joined by Liam Togher, to discuss the American Samoan...

In the first part we covered the qualification and group stages for this World Cup. It was the first tournament...

In this week's episode of the podcast, host Roddy Cairns is joined by James Bolam and Football Pink editor Graham...

This piece was originally published by @bettany_sam on Tale of Two Halves As football fans, we will witness certain players...

By Rhys Hartley I’m one of the lucky ones. My partner likes football. She doesn’t love it as much as...

11 April 2001: an Australian team has beaten a Samoan team 31-0 in a competitive international sporting fixture. Here’s the...

In this week's episode of the podcast, host Roddy Cairns is joined by This week, Roddy is joined by Jack...

By Amos Murphy  How to find fun during hours and hours of lockdown misery is a question we have all...

The English game has always been a provider of big names to the beautiful game. From Sir Bobby Charlton to...

The great revival of football – or soccer – in the United States began with their hosting of the World...

By Rhys Hartley  It’s a familiar story that clubs overspend looking for glory only to be lumbered with huge debts...

By Rhys Hartley There are a few grounds that make it onto the bucket list. La Bomboñera, the Azteca, the...

Given the influx of money into Football's top leagues in the last decade, it is hard to imagine any of...

We have mourned the passing of some great players in recent times, but none greater than Diego Armando Maradona. Quite...

Al-Saadi Gaddafi was travelling around Benghazi searching for a solution. National violence had gripped the country for a month: his...

England versus Argentina has become one of the fiercest inter-country footballing rivalries of modern times. There has been a true...

Bruce Grobbelaar is the very epitome of the term ‘character’. In a career lasting more than twenty years, thirteen of...

By Dom Smith “I was born in Darfur, Sudan. I was 11 years old in 2003, when me and my...

For the likes of Paris Saint-Germain and Manchester City, sportswashing has brought success that their supporters could have only dreamed...

By Bradley Hughes On November 18th 2009, Sudan’s second largest city, Omdurman, played host to a rather unique, last-minute international...

As we get older, we more and more often hear people uttering a variation of either, “I thought I had...

Last time out I looked at the old adage that you should never attempt to go back in life. That...

For football weirdos like myself, the standard football media landscape isn’t enough in terms of different content. Don’t get me...

As another summer transfer window rolls on, amongst the dazzling and sensational hot properties making moves across Europe, an Italian...

This article is dedicated to Jimmy Burns, the man who inspired me to read and write football, and whom I...

The repackaging of the European Cup and the English First Division at the start of the 1990s had left Scottish...

“United were punished for not taking their chances.” Bleated Robbie Savage in the commentary box. The Welshman was right, of...

Argentine Football Rivalries (Part 5): El SuperclásicoIt's a Sunday in December 2018 and I'm at home in Bristol. It's cold...

By Cameron Pope It is February 2003. I, a five-year-old boy with an irritatingly squeaky voice and chunky pair of...

Articles in the mainstream media about football in Bristol usually follow a set pattern, invoking the same facts and opinions...

'In a city of legends, something new is rising. This is Austin FC' Austin, Texas. Famously the birthplace of the...

By Edward Carmine Covid-19 has put a halt to fans attending football matches the world over, but what about those...

On 23rd October 2015, the Etihad Stadium hosted the National Football Museum Hall of Fame. British prime minister David Cameron,...

In Part One of this article, I discussed the relative weight to USA and Brazils ability to topple the European...

The city of Guangzhou, in the People's Republic of China (PRC), hosts an annual 500-year-old tradition. Flowers of all types...

In a month where the Court of Arbitration for Sport threw out Manchester City’s two-year ban from UEFA competition, essentially...

Domestic football has found its home in Europe. Despite football being the global game, the most eyes and talent is...

Argentinian football has traditionally been dominated by Los Cinco Grandes: The big five. The five clubs in question all ply...

When you think of the Mexican team C.D Guadalajara, or Chivas as they’re commonly known as, you probably think of...

Avellaneda is a Buenos Aires province bordering Buenos Aires itself. A city in its own right, it's Salford to Buenos...

When recent conversations about how to finish football leagues with fixtures incomplete were going on, there was a lot of...

There was a time when Everton and Liverpool supporters revelled in a uniquely friendly rivalry, so the story goes. The...

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...