Category Football

Time is a sparse commodity for football managers these days. Unless you deliver instant results, you’re generally hounded out of the door, with not a second thought given to whether you were ever capable of turning the tide back in…

In the modern game, where hundreds of millions of pounds are often frittered away almost as an afterthought, it may surprise you to know that, last year, 77 of the 98 clubs in Europe’s ‘Big Five’ leagues (England, Spain, France,…

They say the biggest sporting events can cause a great legacy for the host nation. Just look at how some of the venues from London’s 2012 Olympic Games have been put to good use, for example. But for Qatar, hosting…

With six changes to their name since forming in 1881 Leyton Orient have surely exhausted the deed polls by now. And despite all the different titles they’ve gone by, the unusual suffix ‘Orient’ seems to have stuck for the London…

Football has changed a great deal since its first set of regulations, the ‘Cambridge Rules’ were agreed on in 1848. Indeed, back then, there were no referees, whistles, corner kicks, crossbars or penalty spots. Even as recently as the summer…

From the doldrums of Swedish football, to the top-flight, to Europe, to managing a Welsh club in England’s second division, to the Premier League; Graham Potter’s career in the dugout has been nothing if not unconventional. After a nomadic playing…

It’s the biggest sport on the planet, played by more than 240 million people around the globe. Whether it be on the street, in the park or on the pitch, you’re never far from a game of football. But have…

With the Premier League’s ‘big six’ seeming to solidify itself even further year on year, teams who have broken in to the highest echelon of the table are becoming more and more of an anomaly. Here are five teams that…

For as much as football in England may be dripping with wealth nowadays, these riches don’t exactly trickle down the pyramid from the Premier League as much as you may expect, or as much as they probably should. It is…

In May 2014, they finally did it. Having begun as an amateur outfit, before languishing in the lower reaches of German football for years, SC Paderborn won promotion to the top table, the Bundesliga, for the first time in their…