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Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi? Messi 10 or Ronaldo 7? It is a debate which rages on in pubs, clubs, cafes, places of work and anywhere else any football loving fans care to assemble to discuss who in their opinion is the best? Everyone has their own unique opinion on each, I mean that’s what […]
No better place to begin with than in Spain, where Barcelona manager Luis Enrique announced his decision to quit the club at the end of the season. The announcement came in stark contrast to his side’s 5-0 win over Celta Vigo. The Catalan club now sit top of the table, a point above Madrid, who […]
Perhaps you followed the fortunes of the Green and White Army at France during the summer of 2016 but if you’re not yet a keen follower of the Northern Irish domestic scene then you could be forgiven for not knowing the clubs even enter the European competitions. For 2016-17 the NIFL Premiership Winner will qualify […]
FC Barcelona manager Luis Enrique announced, this week, his decision to step down as manager and, naturally, the rumours about his succession started swirling in, with a lot of renowned names being linked with this dream job. One of those was the name of the Sevilla manager, the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli. And it’s easy to […]
Kevin Grosskreutz is a man used to controversy. From urinating in a hotel lobby to being charged with assault for throwing a kebab at a Cologne fan, the World Cup winner is known for causing a stir. However, it appears that controversy has finally got the better of him. Earlier this week, Grosskreutz’s was hospitalised […]
The Northern Ireland Football League Premiership takes a break this week to make way for the quarter finals of the showpiece of Northern Irish football: The Tennent’s Irish Cup. As luck would have it the magic bag and balls (no sniggering in the back, please) managed to draw three feisty derby matches out of the […]
During the late 1980s and the 1990s, every kid kicking about a football in the streets would dream of playing in the Serie A. It was the best league in the world at that time. Italian clubs were then the wealthiest in Europe and most of the best players of the world used to play […]
After the 1992 European finals there was great hope for Sweden. They had made it to the semi-finals before eventually being knocked out by Germany 3-2. But there was excitement from the supporters. This was perhaps their best team since the 1958 World Cup when they were beaten 5-2 by Brazil in the final. The […]
This weekend begins Major League Soccer’s 22nd season. The U.S. league which was created to help land the 1994 World Cup bid has gone through growing pains and a number of awkward phases. This is after all the league that used to settle matches with penalty kick shoot outs. Now, as it tries to assert […]
The Championship Playoff final is often billed as the most lucrative game in world football but what about those teams who target slightly higher than the playoffs? What about those sides who are going for automatic promotion to the Premier League? Surely the games that these sort of teams play against each other could have […]
December 2011. Sitting last in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football, AS Monaco was facing the worst crisis in their history only seven years after their successful run in the Champions League where they were only beaten by Mourinho’s super FC Porto in Gelsenkirchen. Known for its opulence and richness, the Principality attracts […]
Costa? Benzema? Falcao? These imperious forwards aren’t even in the top ten for goals scored in the top five European leagues from 2014/15 onwards, so who really is the greatest goal scorer in the world at this moment in time? Looking at goals scored since the 2014/15 season, it is a very difficult task in […]
