What are the makings of a truly top top stadium? The history of the ground? The support of the home fans? The pitch? capacity? Iconic moments? If you guessed that all the aforementioned are important indices in categorizing stadiums, you are correct. Today, we look at the ten most iconic stadiums in the world. They are the best of the rest in...

Loans are very important for players. fringe players can get game time, less financially buoyant clubs  get quality and cost-effective first team players or squad members and young stars who needed a run of games are born. While thousands of loan deals have been made in the modern era, only a few have worked out well with great results. As the January...

As part of a new initiative we will be highlighting the careers of some of the players that made us fall in love with the beautiful game. Every week we will take a look at the career of a football legend worthy of honour and profile their amazing stories. This week we look at the career of one of...

Diego Forlan. Sergio Aguero. Radamel Falcao. Diego Costa. Antoine Griezmann. These players all have something in common. Yes, if your guess was that they were all superb Atletico Madrid forwards always destined to leave, you are right. Los Colchoneros have always somehow been able to replace these magnificent strikers. With Manchester United ready to splash the cash for Greizmann...

On a day set aside to celebrate affection, there will certainly be no love lost as several European heavyweights restart hostilities in a bid to become the continent’s top dogs. The UCL has been missed and what better way to restart things with some midweek love? Tuesday February 14, will see Barcelona travel to the Parc des Princes for the...

The top 10 highest earning footballers take home a combined £3.5bn per week. Where all this money comes from is a story for another day. 4 out of this number ply their trade in China. Prior to their big money moves, their football was just… meh. 2 are enormously talented (Cristiano Ronaldo & Lionel Messi). 2 others are important...

This weekend will see Liverpool face-off at home against Tottenham Hotspur. This comes off the back of a winless January in the League for the Reds. Their last 2 wins came against Manchester City and Everton but that was so long ago. Mid-December to be precise, which hints Jurgen Klopp’s men may have forgotten something vital in the past. Invariably,...

It is often assumed that central defenders usually get better as they mature and can concentrate better during games. At what age do they normally peak though? I’d say it seems this age is around 24/25. Before that, it’s expected to see their play usually riddled with mistakes and concentration lapses. This situation is often misleading as some start out...

Roy Keane. Patrick Vieira. Gennaro Gattuso. These are names linked with mental resilience in football. Emotional stories abound of recovery from career threatening injuries. Examples include, Henrik Larsson’s, Ruud Van Nistelrooy’s or Aaron Ramsey’s. Additionally, there are “mentally tough examples” of people who had difficult beginnings from Carlos Tevez to Alexis Sanchez to Luis Suarez amongst others. All three groups...

May 2, 2016. Jamie Vardy, a player who had spent the majority of his career in the lower rungs of English football, had his Leicester City teammates over to watch the Tottenham Hotspur fixture against Chelsea. Spurs needed a win to keep the title race alive. Anything else and Claudio Ranieri would see his men crowned champions. After the North...