It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not because of presents, snow or stuffing your face and giving your liver a good kicking, but because Christmas, nowadays, is synonymous with lots and...

Always take reported transfer fees with a pinch of salt. With so many forces at play in deals these days, it’s little wonder that so many are reported as ‘undisclosed’, and that clubs as...

“It’s not the game it used to be,” you will probably have heard football fans of a certain age say. But it’s not just the advent of selfie sticks, diving and half-and-scarves that has seen...

Garth Crooks’ transition from footballer to pundit, it is fair to say, has not been without a fair few forks in the road.  Take his often baffling team of the week segments for BBC Sport,...

In a word: no. The 20 top-flight clubs’ turfs vary in dimensions, but (pardon the pun) does that make it a level playing field? Should there be regulations for single-size pitches across the...

Much as managers understandably hold a clean sheet in high regard, there is nothing quite like a great flurry of goals, at least from the neutral’s point of view. Before 2007, the Premier League...