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 story of Colne Dynamoes is a classic case of “too much too quickly”. You could regard it as a testimony to the democratic nature of football or you could merely brush it aside as another club ...

DULWICH HAMLET, one of non-league football’s most celebrated names with a rich and colourful history, unusual strip and a modern social movement that has seen crowds soar from a very lowly position, ...

WORLD Cups are full of conspiracy theories, but the third edition of the competition, held in France in 1938, was played against a backdrop of international tension, gathering clouds of war and the ...

Title day at Anfield – Lawrenson’s header sets Liverpool on their way to another title on May 15, 1982. Photo: PA AFTER FINISHING fifth in 1980-81, Liverpool – despite being crowned European champions ...

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 ...

POST-WAR Britain, a land of austerity, near-bankruptcy and rationing. Football was enjoying a boom in attendances, brylcreem proliferated the dressing rooms and players enjoyed a Woodbine at the final ...

NOTTS COUNTY were one of the founder members of the Football League but success has eluded them at the top level. Here’s four of their most interesting teams. 1891-1994: FA Cup winners and almost the ...

FOOTBALL is a sport built around nostalgia. We remember our heroes, draw comparisons between the past and today and don the rose-tinted glasses of experience to complain about contemporary trends and ...