What Has Happened to Dutch Football? Where are the Dutch Masters?
England have just won their first match in the Netherlands since they were World Champions. The win in Amsterdam in 1969 was thanks to a…
Edwin van der Sar
Modern Era Legends #2: A Samba Shot Stopper
Welcome back to Modern Era Legends where I look at my footballing idols from the past couple of decades and try to explain why they’re…
Totti, Batigol and Capello: When Roma were kings of Serie A
Roma have garnered a reputation for finishing second in Italy, always the bridesmaid, never the bride. In recent years they’ve been unable to overcome to…
The World Cup Calendar, July 7th. Samba Soccer Trumps Total Football
Apologies to any reader who is tired of reading about the Netherlands, I am aware that this is the third consecutive day that they have…
The World Cup Calendar, June 29th. Total Football Smash And Grab
This World Cup Last 16 game between the Netherlands and Yugoslavia promised to be an entertaining fixture, and it certainly lived up to expectation. The…
The World Cup Calendar, June 25th. Russian Ref Shows Reds
Sometimes in a game of football, a referee just loses control. Crazily enough, in a game in which Russian referee Valentin Ivanov brandished sixteen yellow…
Alberto Gilardino
May 2, 2007. Milan. Manchester United’s Champions League dreams hang in the balance after a narrow 3-2 home win in the Semi-Finals over an imperious…