An international career which doesn’t quite match up domestically…
Category: Feature Articles
APOEL NICOSIA: The Cypriot Minnows Who Dared To Dream
Their journey to the knockout rounds of the Champions League was no fluke, no happy accident…
Clarence Seedorf: Champions League Royalty
The boy from Suriname is royalty. European footballing royalty…
FIFA Chooses South Africa: From The Sublime To The Corrupt
The deafening, monotone drone of vuvuzela-wielding natives is not enough to lessen the cries of corruption years later…
UEFA Champions League Stats and Facts
For the third time in a European Cup Final, it’s Liverpool vs Real Madrid. Six-time winners vs fourteen-time victors. Jürgen Klopp vs Carlo Ancelotti…
Francesco Totti: Omnia vinicit amor
‘Were gladiators alive today, fighting to keep their head above ground and to satisfy those that watched them, Francesco Totti would be the noblest of them all…’
Gabriel Batistuta: Crossing The Street
The textbook number 9 who turned out for both Boca and River Plate…
Calciopoli Scandal: Referee Designators as Desired Pawns
The Calciopoli scandal which reared its ugly head in 2006 would rock Italian football to its core. The final findings nine years later would tear up the original script entirely…
Graeme Souness: cult-hero status in Galatasaray’s dugout
Souness’ Turkish adventure was certainly noteworthy…
Copa Del Rey: the butcher meats Diego Maradona
Sights fixed on Barcelona’s £5m record signing, and the Goikoetxea welcome he was about to receive…