One of the scourges of modern football is time-wasting. A team turns up with no intention of actually trying to play the ...

Football supporters love nothing more than to show their love and appreciation for the side that they support. If the opportunity arises, they also don’t mind taking a dig at their rivals too. The joy ...

It is hard to credit now but in the 1960’s and the early 1970’s Blackpool was almost the British equivalent of Las Vegas with its swinging nightlife and range of exotic attractions that catered for ...

Few topics in modern football ignite as much debate as the idea of taking Premier League matches overseas. For years, the Premier League has been celebrated as the most watched and commercially ...

Football clubs have long and illustrious histories. Even those that haven’t enjoyed the same sort of success as the biggest teams in the land still have the kind of culture within supporters that ...

Boca play with a very fluid 4 3 3 in which many players interchange positions. Peruzzi and Fabra are both very attacking fullbacks who try and get forward at every opportunity. Barrios is deployed as ...

Football supporters use songs and chants to show their appreciation for the players who line up in their club’s colours on a weekly basis. Middlesbrough fans are no different, showing their love and ...

A big part of the joy of the terraces at football matches is the communal expression of thoughts and feelings. Whilst terraces in their literal sense only exist in the lower leagues or in Europe now, ...

The history of Sunderland AFC is one that has been filled with disappointments and close calls far more than it has with joy and excitement. Although the Black Cats have won the top-flight title six ...

There’s nothing in soccer quite like a free kick. One player standing over the ball, the wall lined up, the keeper yelling orders, with the whole stadium waiting to see if magic’s about to happen.

Manchester United are one of the biggest and most successful football clubs in the history of the English game. When they have been successful in the past, the club’s passionate fans have backed them ...

72 hours between matches, at least one day off per week, and three weeks of holiday after a season. A few of the measures FIFA wants to introduce to protect players from the congested calendar. It is ...