The “big name”, “big money” signing. The new player that gets the fans excited, puts bums on seats in stadiums and boosts season ticket sales. No matter what level of football you follow,...
Posts by Thomas Smith
The quality of the surface on which football is played is obviously vitally important. Gone are the days of the mud bath pitches that yesteryear’s top players were forced to play on; today, most...
Football is all about skilful play, great goals and players who can get the crowd on the edge of their seats, right? Well, yes. But let’s face it, part of the allure of the “beautiful game”...
If you look at the statistics, you will learn that cricket is the second-most watched sport in the world behind football, which will probably come as a surprise if you are Mexican, Japanese,...
Europe and South America are widely accepted as being the two strongest continents in world football. Italy are the current European champions, having won Euro 2020 (played in 2021), while Argentina...
While the nicknames of some football clubs are pretty much self-explanatory - United, City, the Reds or the Blues - others require a little more explanation. For every United there’s a Gunners or...