All good things must come to an end, and in football, quite a lot of badly run football clubs come to an end too. Believe it or not, there are more than 40,000 association clubs […]
Nowadays, mention the name ‘Ronaldo’ and most people will assume that you’re speaking about Cristiano Ronaldo, the former Manchester United and Real Madrid forward who was accused of rape, won five Ballon d’Ors and then […]
There’s nothing quite like a good FA Cup upset. While the Premier League clubs may lift the trophy most years, it’s the early rounds — before the giants enter — where the competition truly comes […]
When Panini launched the first international World Cup album in 1970, not even the Panini brothers could have foreseen how popular it would eventually become. Now, the market of football trading cards, trading card games, […]
Footballers tend to be passionate people. You can see as much on the pitch when things aren’t going their way. They are also young and very well paid, relatively speaking, and this combination can lead […]
The 2002 clash between Sheffield United and West Bromwich Albion will go down in history as one of the most chaotic games of football ever seen. So many players were either sent off or injured […]
The average professional football boot weighs between 200-250 grams – about 40% lighter than boots from the 1990s. That represents about 30 years’ worth of progress, but people have been playing organised football since the […]
Football is always evolving. If you could watch a game back in 1900 it would be unrecognisable from a game today. I’m not talking about how the ball has changed or the lack of sponsorship […]
There have been some absolute belters over the years haven’t there? Football songs and chants have provided some brilliantly funny moments, and some not so funny ones, too, but then, football fans aren’t known for […]
Back in the 1970s and 1980s, the old football firms were big news. Hooliganism was known internationally as ‘The English Disease’, perhaps unfairly given the prevalence of the Italian and Spanish Ultras, the Argentine Barra […]
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