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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WITH his narrow moustache and classic dark features, Sandro Mazzola looked every bit the Italian footballer as imagined by those that love to stereotype. He was also an unsung hero at times, ...