EXPECTATION can be like an anvil on the back of a footballer. It has always been the case, no matter how sizeable the ...

CLIMATE change is a great hoax, apparently – words from the head of the most influential country on the planet. When someone ...

ASK any fan from the north and they will tell you the real passion in the game is found in cities like Liverpool, Manchester ...

IT IS barely two years since the Friedkin group took over at Everton, but they seem to have had enough – the word on the ...

THE REPUTATIONS of the Premier League, Manchester City, English football, the Football Association and arguably every club in the entire structure are at stake. The image of the modern game, with its ...

FORMER domineering centre-half, Bill Brace, anticipates how dressing room dialogue might be in the modern age. He speaks from experience. It’s half-time and the team are 1-0 down. The mood is tense.

OVER € 10 billion was spent on player transfers in the last summer window and once more, the Premier League was leading the way. Over 50% of global deal value and 60%-plus of all domestic transfer ...

THEY are being called cheats, charlatans, fraudsters and people that have worked against the integrity of the game. Long debates are taking place about the punishments that should be handed out to ...

IT’S no surprise that European football revenues have grown by 146% since 2009, from € 11.6 billion to € 28.6 billion, but less obvious has been the increased importance of commercial income to major ...

ON and off the pitch, it seems as though Manchester United have lost their way again. They have started the 2026-27 season badly (one win from five) and they have just reported a pre-tax loss of £ 47 ...

TRANSFER fees still make headlines, but the football public have become accustomed to players changing hands for astronomical figures and they have watched records such as £ 10 million, £ 50 million ...

PARAGUAY isn’t exactly a footballing backwater – it is set to be one of the many 2030 World Cup venues, after all – but it is among South America’s less visible nations. That said, they reached the ...