It’s fair to say that English clubs have had, at best, mixed success when it’s come to signing players from the Dutch league, the Eredivisie. For every Robin van Persie, there’s been a Jozy...

At some point in your football-following life, you will no doubt bemoan the lack of originality about newer grounds. “They all look the same,” they say. “They’re generic and soulless,”...

You’ve seen it happen at almost every home game you’ve ever been to that’s it practically part of the match day routine. As your heroes make their way onto the hallowed turf before entering...

Football can be a peculiarly cyclical game. As one team revels in their unprecedented highest heights in one era, another may simultaneously stoop to their lowest nadir, only for roles to reverse...

It’s often said that receiving most of the blame is an occupational hazard of being a goalkeeper. Let the ball past you, and whatever the circumstances, it’s almost always primarily your...

The word ‘professional’ was initially almost a taboo word in football. Teams would arrange their own matches, with plenty guilty of breaking the amateur rules in place at the time. Then, in...