Football
Football Manager 2020: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Football Manager 2020 is officially released on 19 November but users have been able to play the beta version of the game [ ... ]
533 Minutes Without Conceding, Courtois Finally Looking The Real Deal At Madrid
Never before had a ‘Galatico’ signing pitched up in the Spanish capital with so little fanfare. The routine [ ... ]
Fairytale Football To The Brink Of Relegation - What Happened To Östersunds?
Few teams have caught the European football imagination in recent years like Ostersunds did. They were the tiny [ ... ]
Trouble & Strive For 'The Old Lady' As Disconnect Between CR7 & Sarri Grows
Juventus needed a goal. But Maurizio Sarri decided that Cristiano Ronaldo, arguably the finest goalscorer of all time, [ ... ]
The Kosovo Kids Named Tony Blair & Their Nation's Love For All Things England
England fans and players are used to arriving on foreign soil to hostile receptions. So it has come as a pleasant surprise [ ... ]
Book Review: Mark Bright, My Story
As a player, Gary Lineker once expressed his relief that his career was taking place at a time that dwarfed the wages paid [ ... ]
Don't Listen To The Sceptics Ole, Resigning Memphis Depay Is A No-Brainer
Manchester United have made some poor signings since Sir Alex Ferguson retired in 2013, but Memphis Depay shouldn’t [ ... ]
Neil Lennon's Proving His Critics Wrong By Bringing The Fun-Factor Back To Celtic
The ticker-tape had barely settled on the Hampden Park turf following confirmation of Celtic’s historic Treble Treble [ ... ]
The Premier League Players Proving Patience Is A Virtue
Sometimes players just need to be given a chance. Many are written off too readily or simply struggle to make an impact [ ... ]
A Most Northern Dream: Finland And Pukki Homing In On First Ever Major Finals
As Euro 2020 enters its final qualification stages, you would be forgiven for losing track of the maths of it all. Play [ ... ]
Argentina Riding A Wave Of Optimism Ahead Of Messi's Return Against Brazil
The early signs for Argentina were bad. Really bad. A lifeless defeat to Colombia in the opening game of their 2019 Copa [ ... ]
The Sportsman Quiz Round 8: How Well Do You Remember The Past Week Of Sport?
Another week of sport has flown by and it was certainly another crazy seven days! The quiz this week will test you on everything [ ... ]
Raheem Sterling Condemns England Fans' Booing Of Joe Gomez
Raheem Sterling has condemned the actions of the England fans who booed defender Joe Gomez as he came on in the 7-0 win [ ... ]
'Restless Rudi' & 'El Loco' - Managers Who Deserve To Be Immortalised In Movies
Sir Matt Busby and Howard Kendall have both been the subject of new documentary releases this week, and there are strong [ ... ]
Gerrard, Lampard Or Scholes? Here's England’s Best XI Of The Premier League Era
Yes, yes, we know, football didn’t start in 1992 and England’s greatest players never played in the Premier [ ... ]
Two Hitmen, One Offer: Tino Asprilla And The Cartel's Plan For Opposition 'Keeper
In a storyline that could be put straight, slapbang in the Netflix series ‘Narcos’, football has revealed a [ ... ]
QUIZ: The Briefest Of Pinnacles - Name Every England One Cap Wonder Since 2000
Playing for your country is the ultimate aim for most footballers and over England's 147 years of international [ ... ]
Zlatan Ibrahimovic Confirms LA Galaxy Exit After “Conquering” MLS
Swedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic has confirmed his time at LA Galaxy is over after two seasons in the MLS. He broke the [ ... ]
From Oxford To The Olympics - The British Manager Taking New Zealand To Tokyo
“You sit at home every four years watching it and you just don’t get many opportunities in your life to become [ ... ]
Mayhem, Mutiny & Massive Strops - Life At Napoli Under Aurelio De Laurentiis
The English media has been awash with drama over the last couple of days – well, drama by their standards, after Raheem [ ... ]
Banks Or Seaman? Captain Marvel Or Sir Bobby? England's GOATs Decided
England will play their 1000th international game on Thursday night when they take on Montenegro at Wembley in a Euro 2020 [ ... ]
Pressure On Neville Increases Despite Lionesses' Return To Winning Ways
"We should be beating Czech Republic by more than 3-2,” was Phil Neville’s honest assessment after England’s [ ... ]
Neil Warnock - The Promotion King You Either Love Or Hate
‘You pick Lescott. If one of the others scores, I don’t f*cking blame you. You pick your f*cking man up and [ ... ]
Sterling Admits He's In The Wrong After Clashing With Joe Gomez At England Training
Raheem Sterling has admitted he was in the wrong having been dropped for England’s Euro 2020 qualifier against Montenegro [ ... ]
The Ultimate England Football Quiz: How Well Do You Know The Three Lions?
England will make history on Thursday when they become the first international team to reach 1000 games. The match at Wembley [ ... ]
Sir Matt Busby: The Man Behind A Football Behemoth
Sir Matt Busby was one hell of a man. Having built one great Manchester United side only to see it decimated by a horrific [ ... ]
Can You Name The Teams The Last Time Manchester City Beat Liverpool At Anfield?
Liverpool and Manchester City will take on each other this weekend in the most hotly anticipated game of the Premier League [ ... ]
Why Klopp Is Holding Most Of The Cards Ahead of Liverpool v Man City
They were the runaway title contenders last year and are fast becoming the two modern giants of English football. Liverpool [ ... ]
Is Wolves vs Aston Villa The New Midlands Rivalry? We Asked The Fans...
It's the big one in the Midlands on Sunday as Wolves host Aston Villa in the Premier League. But just how serious [ ... ]
Leandro Trossard Proves Patience Is Key As He Grabs Premier League Chance
Patience is a virtue, particularly for Leandro Trossard. The Brighton winger sealed a £15million move to the Premier [ ... ]
Gattuso? Ancelotti? Moyes? The Hunt For Inter Miami's First Manager Is On
It was all the way back in December 2013 that Major League Soccer first admitted the existence of a clause in David Beckham’s [ ... ]
Emery Must Learn From Lessons Of The Past If He Wants To Revitalise Arsenal
Emery In, Emery Out, Gooners Shake It All About. At this point, you could be forgiven for thinking Arsenal were a professional [ ... ]