Football
Five Premier League New Boys That Are Set To Take Next Season By Storm
A swift summer transfer window is on the cards, with just 48 days between Premier League seasons due to extenuating circumstances. [ ... ]
FC Gueugnon, PSG And One Of The Biggest Upsets In French Football History
A $1 billion operation. The most financially powerful club in world football. The possessor of the two most expensive players [ ... ]
Bobby Robson And The Most Glittering Chapter In Ipswich Town’s History
Few in Ipswich could have predicted what was to come when Bobby Robson replaced Bill McGarry at the helm of the Suffolk [ ... ]
Miners To Majesty: Understanding The Brilliance Of The Royal Blue Of Schalke 04
Committed, proud, loud and brave. The Royal Blue. They’re coming for you. And what a shade of blue it will be when [ ... ]
The Sportsman Interviews Weekend On His Latest Collaboration With FC Schalke 04 
Ninety minutes is usually all that separates the football fan from experiencing the spectrum of emotion; the change from [ ... ]
Pulisic, Fernandes And The Premier League New Boys Who Tore It Up This Season
The Premier League 19/20 is finally wrapped up, the final day of the season duly providing all the thrills and spills the [ ... ]
How Tearing Down The Twin Towers Destroyed The Magic Of Wembley
On July 26, 1998, plans for a new Wembley were revealed to the world, promising a national stadium that the country [ ... ]
Here's To The 2019/20 Premier League Season: Five Moments That Made It Memorable
It all began on August 9, 2019. 353 days later, a fortnight shy of a full entire year, the 28th Premier League season has [ ... ]
Why Figo To Madrid Is Still Football's Most Controversial Transfer 20 Years On
We’ve had Neymar, Sol Campbell and Carlos Tevez but on this day in 2000, Luis Figo completed the most controversial [ ... ]
James Brown In Japan: Around The City That Turned To Football In Its Time Of Need
There is a freshness to the air in the Earthquake Memorial Park in Kobe harbour in Osaka Bay. For those of us used to going [ ... ]
Japan’s Seismic Soccer Success That Helped Heal A Hurt Nation
Japan experienced the biggest heist in the nation’s history on May 12, 2011. The perpetrators entered an office wearing [ ... ]
Remembering Laurie Cunningham: The Football Pioneer Whose Legacy Will Live On
In 2016 the English Heritage scheme erected a blue plaque in Stroud Green, North London to celebrate the life and footballing [ ... ]
Five Bona Fide English Stars Who Plied Their Trade Down The Divisions
Wayne Rooney: record-goalscorer for club and country. At Manchester United, the Croxteth prodigy performed, with 253 goals [ ... ]
President Vs Player: One Year On From Rebel Rapinoe Being On Top Of The World
"I'm not going to the f*cking White House. No, I'm not going to the White House. We're not gonna be invited. [ ... ]
Sun, Sand And Bicycle Kicks: The World Of Beach Football Deserves Your Attention
The dying minutes of the game, down one goal. Former Liverpool midfielder Jamie Redknapp composes himself, the ball has [ ... ]
Book Review - King Eric: Portrait Of The Artist Who Changed English Football
Leeds. Irwin. £1million. Title. Double. Palace. Kick. Ban. Seagulls. Return. Liverpool. Double. Sunderland Collar. [ ... ]
Replacing Rapinoe And Morgan? The Ladies Who Can Light Up The 2023 World Cup
Write off 2020. The best thing about it is remembering how good 2019 actually was. One of the undeniable highlights [ ... ]
Wembley Woe: When England Lost To Germany At Euro ‘96
In the summer of 1990 England tasted their first ever penalty shootout heartbreak when they went out on spot-kicks to West [ ... ]
From Van Basten's Volley To Müller Magic: When The Olympiastadion Struck Gold
It has been 15 long years since a football was kicked at the Munich Olympiastadion in official club competition but the [ ... ]
The Danish Club Giving Locked Down Fans The Ultimate Virtual Match Experience
English football fans got their first taste of the ‘new normal’ this week as the Premier League made its long-awaited [ ... ]
Henry, Rodgers And Klopp: Remembering Liverpool’s Love Affair With Moneyball
“We're here to win,” declared Mr. John W. Henry, in November 2010.  The Liverpool Football Club of [ ... ]
The Wrath Of Oliver Kahn: Germany's Greatest (And Angriest) Goalkeeper Ever
'Der Titan'. 'Vol-kahn-o'’.  In order to get on his good side, we’d first like to wish [ ... ]
Stadiums, Prodigies And No Diana Ross: Why We Can't Wait For The 2026 World Cup
On the surface, 2014 wasn’t much different to today’s world of 2020. There was a space exploration breakthrough [ ... ]
Banks, Pele And The Greatest Save Of All-Time 50 Years On
Bobby Moore is marking Tostão. Moore leaves him to cut out Jairzinho who has just received a marvellous curving through [ ... ]
Cruyff, Ajax And The Start Of The Golden Era Of Total Football
It is somewhat ironic that an institution named after a renowned hero of the Trojan War would first conquer Europe by defeat [ ... ]
The Five Football Matches That Will Forever Make Old Wembley Better Than The New
Wembley. The two-syllable word that is perpetually stretched to three when crowds flock to the national stadium of England. [ ... ]
Two Fish, German Tennis And Elton John: Gazza's Finest Moments Off The Pitch
Paul Gascoigne is still perpetually competing for a place on the podium as one of the best English footballers in history. [ ... ]
Matt Busby: From The Mines To Manchester United Majesty Via A Meat Truck
It’s the late 1960s, Sheffield. A crowd patiently awaits the arrival of Matt Busby for a Football Association [ ... ]
Cantona And Culture: The Five Greatest Performances Of King Eric
“As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods, they kill us for their sport. Soon the science will not only be able [ ... ]
Get Ready For A Nostalgia-Fest With Italia '90 Podcast Vincerà!
Hosted by Mark Godfrey and running from June 8th to July 8th, Vincerà! is a 24-part podcast series to celebrate the [ ... ]
Best Kept Secrets: A Man United Legend, Joan Collins And Beatrix Potter’s Sister
Maradona good. Pelé better. George Best. You’ve heard it countless times. You’ve also heard the fable [ ... ]
Kendall, Big Dunc And Me - Meet The Fan Who Became Friends With Everton's Greats
This article first appeared in The Sportsman on 15/12/19 Ray Parr is an Everton icon. He was there when the Toffees lifted [ ... ]