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Book Reviews
/ 8 months agoBook review: Boot money & end of shamateurism by Jeff Brooks
JEFF Brooks has written three books about the club he supports, Tooting & Mitcham United, and it was while he was...
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Book Reviews
/ 10 months agoBrian Moore Saved our Sundays – The Golden Age of Televised Football by Matt Eastley
Matt Eastley’s book is a joyously nostalgic journey through the golden days of regional televised football in the 1970s.
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Book Reviews
/ 10 months agoThe Claret Pals by Evan Baldock
Published by the Book Guild Ltd, price: £8.99 They say you should write about what you know and Evan Baldock has...
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Book Reviews
/ 10 months agoFoul and Fair by Steve Coach
Published by the Book Guild Ltd, price: £9.99 Anyone who has been involved in kids’ football will know that it can...
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Fans View
/ 10 months agoNewcastle United: The Cathedral on the Hill and Unforgettable Memories
When you say the words Newcastle United, it conjures up thoughts of entertaining football, famous names and famous managers, but ultimately...
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Fans View
/ 11 months agoFor the love of the game #6: Stuttgart Scotland Euro 2024: A Photographer’s Journey – An ode to joy; a prelude to despair.
The half-built Neues Schloss (new palace) rises like a stone monolith in the distance as the poet feathers the parchment gracefully....
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Features
/ 1 year agoSchoolboy Stars
Colin Allan recalls the early days of some of English Football's true greats Despite their future successes, several famous footballers regarded...
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Features
/ 1 year agoProgramme Peril
Jake Gunton on the battle for a football institution to stay relevant in the modern age As of 2024, over 12...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoScottish Treat
Back o the Net! Why we love Scottish fitba, compiled and edited by Donald C Stewart and Paul Goodwin, published by...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoA Different Ending?
Extra Time: Euro 96 Reloaded, by Andrew Males, Price: £9.99 Wouldn’t it be great if we could somehow turn the clock...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoBuzzing Bees Book Review
Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford FC, by Alex Duff, published by Constable, Price: £22 (hardback) Alex Duff’s book...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoStickers Showcase Book Review
TIFO: The Art of Football Fan Stickers, by Ryo Sanada and Suridh Hassan, published by Soi Books, Price: £14.99 A glance...
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Features
/ 1 year agoGoing down the Rabbit Hole
David Williams tells is about his hunt for classic Euros mascots Most men have a midlife crisis of some sort. Buying...
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Europe
/ 1 year agoPunditry and the Three Lions
Based on material from his book BanterAnalysis, Jonny Brick advises you not to mute the experts during the forthcoming tournament Never...
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Features
/ 1 year agoPolitical Football
Adam Catell on the fallout from Darlington's dip into a different world Football and politics have historically not mixed well. I...
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Features
/ 1 year agoRoaring Dragons
With Wales missing out on the 2024 tournament, Tom Williams remembers the glory of Euro 2016 When I was six years...
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Features
/ 1 year agoArne Slots In
Daniel Moffat examines the career of the man entrusted with replacing the legendary Jurgen Klopp in the dugout...
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Features
/ 1 year agoWe’ve gone too VAR to stop
Callum Humphrey says it's too late to chuck the much-maligned technology in the bin Has there ever been a subject in...
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Fans View
/ 1 year agoFor the love of the game #5 Part 3: KV Kortrijk
Prologue Willem kneels on the lush Flanders grassland, his pike resting on the turf and his goedendag at 45 degrees to...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCAREER CHANGE
Whether it’s Vinnie Jones starring in a Guy Ritchie film or Dion Dublin co-hosting BBC’s Homes Under the Hammer, life after...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoSAMBA SUCCESS
O Jogo Bonito! Brazil’s 1970 World Cup Samba Party, by Gary Thacker, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £18.99 GARY Thacker’s latest...
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Features
/ 1 year agoIF CRUYFF HAD JOINED FOXES!
Matthew Mann imagines what life would have been like at Leicester City with the Dutch superstar in their ranks... THE period...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoLAYING FOUNDATIONS
We Were Really There: The Rebirth of Manchester City, by David Bernstein with Tim Rich, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £25...
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Features
/ 1 year agoCARTOON CAPERS
Our resident artist Bob Bond laments the demise of the match cartoonist Tomorrow I’d like you to do Horwich Railwaymen’s Institute...
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Features
/ 1 year agoHAPPY WITH OUR LOT
Watford fan Jonny Brick is quite content with his team never going up and never going down When Declan Rice scored...
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Features
/ 1 year agoHOWARD’S WAY
LIFELONG BIRMINGHAM CITY SUPPORTER KEITH DIXON RECALLS WHEN HOWARD KENDALL HELPED SAVE THE BLUES FROM RELEGATION HALF A CENTURY AGO... AS...
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Fans View
/ 1 year agoFor the love of the game #5 Part 2: Lille
I’ve left Darren asleep in the room and gone down for breakfast early. There’s no rush to get going today, but...
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Fans View
/ 1 year agoFor the love of the game #5 Part 1: PSV Eindhoven
A plump spectre stoops uneasily as he prepares to ascend into the incandescent white light, high above the chanting crowd. His...
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Features
/ 1 year agoTHE POWER OF PUNDITRY
Jonny Brick gives five reasons why punditry, or 'banternalysis' as he calls it, remains a key pillar of today's football coverage......
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Book Reviews
/ 1 year agoPURE FOOTBALL
Gordon Milne: Shankly, My Dad and Me, with Steve Younger, published by Pitch Publishing, Price: £25 IN HIS engrossing football memoir,...