Forget Half-and-Half Scarves: Football’s more Authentic Club Friendships
Banners and flags at football grounds across the world have become part of the furniture over recent decades, most commonly used to show affection for…
Abroad
hummel promotes equality in sport with world record match on Mt. Kilimanjaro
Equality in sport is always a big topic, so to try and raise awareness 30 women from 6 different continents came together on June 24th…
The Definitive Guide to Multi-Club Ownership, Episode 6: Roland Duchâtelet
Episode 1 – Introduction to MCOs + The Pozzo Group Episode 2 – City Football Group Episode 3 – FC Nordsjælland Episode 4 – Atletico…
The Definitive Guide to Multi-Club Ownership, Episode 5: Red Bull
Episode 1 – Introduction to MCOs + The Pozzo Group (link to episode 1) Episode 2 – City Football Group (link to episode 2) Episode…
The Definitive Guide to Multi-Club Ownership, Episode 4: Atletico Madrid
Episode 1 – Introduction to MCOs + The Pozzo Group (link to episode 1) Episode 2 – City Football Group (link to episode 2) Episode…
The Definitive Guide to Multi-Club Ownership, Episode 3 – FC Nordsjaelland
Episode 1 – Introduction to MCOs + The Pozzo Group (here) Episode 2 – City Football Group (here) The story of FC Nordsjaelland begins back…
The Road Less Travelled
Quiz question: can you name any player in the world who has played for both Queens Park, in the lower leagues of Scotland, and Konyaspor,…
The Definitive Guide to Multi Club Ownership, Episode 1: Introduction and The Pozzos
I first took an interest in Multi Club Ownerships (I like to refer to them as MCOs) back in the summer of 2012 when the…
Club Deportivo Zuñiga and Renzo Sheput
Club Deportivo Zuñiga are a football club in Lima, currently playing in the third tier of Peruvian Football. In the past, they were one of…
The small club in Belgium, uncovering some of Europe’s finest players
The port city of Antwerp, Belgium has exported goods all over the world since its construction in 1811, handling tens of thousands of goods every…
Vasilis Hatzipanagis, ‘The Greek Maradona’
It’s very hard to go unnoticed in modern football. Worldwide TV coverage and YouTube has meant that even players from far-flung corners of the world…
The day “Ulubatli Souness” planted the flag
Graeme Souness had been out of work for over a year after resigning from the manager’s position at Liverpool. He had been linked to various…
Andres Escobar and the life lost to an own goal
Andres Escobar was a centre back for Altetico Nacional and Colombia. A player with 51 caps for his country and 222 appearances for his club,…
Much Adu about nothing?
Back in 2004 there was a lot of noise from America, as D.C. United had signed an unknown 14-year-old in the MLS Super Draft. Fast…
Goodbye Philipp, and thank you.
June 9th 2006 18:00, I am sitting with my best friend watching the opening match of the World Cup. It wasn’t my first World Cup,…
The Euro Roundup – Forwards in Form
Away from the crazy land of English football, several European teams picked up important victories as they push towards their respective league titles. Many top…
Chinese Whispers Getting Louder
Whisper it quietly but there is a new player in the world of Football, that said it doesn’t take the biggest afficionado to know that…
Red Bull gives clubs wings…
When Sheffield FC were formed way back in 1857, they became the first football club to be independent from any school, hospital or other organisation….
Is Spain Back To Their Underachieving Level Or In Transition
Regarded as perennial underachievers for long, Spain broke the duck in 2008 when they secured the Euro championship beating Germany 1-0 in the final of…
Poor Showing In Europe This Week Further Shows Serie A Is In Decline
In what was termed one of the biggest matches of the game week, it turned out to be a simple walk away for the German…