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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...

As COVID-19 continues to lockdown the globe, football is no exception to the changes in reality and society that this...

Republican or nationalist? Castilian or Catalan? Messi or Ronaldo? These are just a few of the inextricable couplets which have...

FIFA describes itself as a non-profit organisation, ‘For the Game. For the World.’ However, with the gap becoming ever bigger...

A black professional athlete from a European country who has performed on the grandest stages in his sport says he...

A League football is a relatively new concept compared to the top flights of Europe, but many don’t know it...

As four-time winners of the World Cup, possessor of some of the most beautiful shirts in international football history and...

Crystal Palace and Brighton hold one of the most peculiar derbies in the country. Separated by almost 50 miles and...

Calcio may sometimes take criticism for the lack of some aspects that other leagues might have. But it should never...

The third-place playoff at the World Cup is often seen as an afterthought, a meaningless game before the much-awaited final....