Vive la Revoluce! Zdenĕk Zeman, Foggia and the Serie A tactical rebellion
“If you score 90 goals then it shouldn’t really worry you how many are conceded.” Zdeněk Zeman Italy’s Serie A in the early 1990’s was…
Paolo Maldini
The National Football Museum: A Journey From Robbie Savage To Pelé
One week ago, on a bright and chilly morning in Manchester, I found myself walking through the city centre. I didn’t know where to go…
Serie A Preview: Week 22
Chievo vs Juventus Juventus travel to Chievo in a rich vein of form and will fancy themselves to come away with all three points. Chievo…
That Single Sampdoria Scudetto
Serie ‘A’ in the 90s was a thriving dreamland for players and fans alike. It was a competition where teams were still awarded just two…
Il Derby Della Madonnina, Italy’s Most Famous Derby
One of the many aspects of football which makes it such a unique sport, is its ability to bring communities, cities and countries to a…
Xabi Prieto: A Real Sociedad legend that after two decades is still at the top of his game
One-club men are all too few and far between in football these days. The likes of Ryan Giggs, Paul Scholes, Paolo Maldini, and more recently,…
Anatomy of a Champion: Paolo Maldini
In June, Paolo Maldini made his professional tennis debut on the ATP Challenger Tour in Italy, aged 49. He and his partner lost a doubles…
Money Balls-up: The Most Expensive XI
The football world has gone mad. Bonkers. We live in a world where John Stones and Kyle Walker’s combined transfer value is worth over £100…
The World Cup Calendar, June 18th. Diabolical Decisions in Daejeon.
Italy v South Korea. 2002. The Daejeon World Cup Stadium. Perhaps one of the most controversial games in the history of the World Cup. To…
Serie A’s Modern One Club Men
In the wake of Francesco Totti’s retirement, the value of one-club players has never been greater. Before the explosion of transfer fees in the last…
Athens Ten Years On: The Highs and Many Lows of AC Milan
Two days shy of the tenth anniversary of AC Milan’s Champions League triumph in Athens, the Rossoneri return to European football after a three-year absence….
Juventus: How the Old Lady Became a Modern Superclub
If you bet £100 on Juventus to win Serie A at the start of the season, you would probably still have precisely £100. Predicting them…
Coverciano – The Italian Job
Coverciano, also known as Casa Italia, located in Florence Italy, is the central training ground and technical headquarters of the Italian Football Federation. Footballing nations…
Chris Waddle’s French Adventure
Chris Waddle was one of the most underrated English players of his time. A player who never seemed to be played in the right position…