The new fad for missing games after taking the reins at a club is really grinding the gears of PAUL […]

RAMÒN BENÍTEZ remembers when footballers were more willing to espouse their, mainly, left-wing leanings FOOTBALL is … sorry, was a […]

MERV PAYNE laments a fashion disaster that is creeping its way to a terrace near you WHEN it comes to […]

MARK GODFREY remembers King Kev’s bow for the Magpies against QPR in August, 1982. IN the early 1980s there was […]

GARETH ROBERTS suggests the behaviour of Roberto Mancini shows all is not well on the blue side of Manchester THERE’S […]

NEIL COTTON examines the knock-out competitions that football discarded Jaap Stam and Romario clash in the Intercontinental Cup in 1999Wise […]

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the most expensive failures..and some of the greatest cut-price buys Nicolas AnelkaAH, the transfer […]

HUGO GREENHALGH considers the career of one of his favourite players, Mathieu Flamini, and asks whether he left Arsenal too […]

CHRIS DUNLAVY looks at some of the more colourful – and fanciful – club namesBACK in the day, there was […]

STEPHEN ROBERTS looks back at the worst winter British football has endured in recent history AS an ardent football spectator […]

KRISTIAN WALSH GOES BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE TV CREW AT MANSFIELD V LIVERPOOL TO SEE IF THE FA CUP […]

SIMON CRAFT asks should players leave the pitch if they are subjected to racism? After Kevin Prince-Boateng and his AC […]

MARK GODFREY asks if two up top is gone for good ONCE upon a time, a key element to any […]

CHRIS DUNLAVY remembers the tragic events of May 4, 1949 when Torino’s team plane crashed IT was just before 5pm […]

SIMON CRAFT worries that a game that was once a bit of fun is now becoming far too serious RUSHING […]

GARETH ROBERTS RANTSSupporters’ tunnel vision is just the ticket for greedy clubs FOOTBALL, as Jimmy Greaves said on more than one […]

A great year for British sport led to a lot of finger wagging at football, but CHRIS EVANS says its […]

This year marked the tenth anniversary of the January transfer window – an innovation that takes a bit too much […]

ASHLEY GREB laments the circus surrounding the January transfer window OF all the months in the year, I really bloody […]

GARETH ROBERTS RANTSGARETH ROBERTS says you can’t beat The FA Cup third-round draw I’d just watched a decent second-round tie on […]

ALISTAIR MCLAUCHLAN, a Scot living in Ecuador, wonders who’s got it best when it comes to watching football Atahualpa StadiumEVERY […]

They’ve been kicking around for decades, but what exactly is – and isn’t – a fanzine? WILLIAM ABBS tries to […]