Features
Ending the backpass farce
BRIAN CORRY ON A FOOTBALL LAW CHANGE THAT BREATHED NEW LIFE INTO THE GAME It’s mine: Denmark’s Peter Schmeichel claims the ball in the Euro 92...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 month agoFEARS FOR OUR GAME
States of Play –How Sportswashing Took Over Football, by Miguel Delaney, published by Seven Dials, Price: £22 THE Independent’s chief football...
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Book Reviews
/ 1 month agoA DECADE TO REMEMBER
Don’t Cry For Me, Next Door Neighbour, by Michael Fahey, published by Legends Publishing, Price: 12.99 IN Don’t Cry For Me,...
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Fans View
/ 3 months agoFlint Mountain FC and the joys of Welsh football
The club intrigued me as I had never come across a team with ‘mountain’ in the name and from the outset...
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EFL
/ 3 months agoThe highs and lows of following a match on social media
One of the best aspects of football is that we follow our teams through thick and thin, in all kinds of...
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoPREVIEW: Go To War, by Jon Spurling
My new book is about 1980s football, in particular its prime movers and shakers at clubs like Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa,...
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoJoe McGinniss: Recalling ‘The Miracle of Castel di Sangro’
If the study of football was on the national curriculum, then Joe McGinniss’ The Miracle of Castel di Sangro would be...
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoREVIEW: Come on Marine! by Barry Lenton
Come on Marine! A personal history of the Mighty Mariners - Barry Lenton, published by Barry Lenton, price: £32.
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoREVIEW: Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom by Adam Hurrey
Extra Time Beckons, Penalties Loom: How to use (and abuse) the language of football - Adam Hurrey, published by Headline, Price:...
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoREVIEW: Badger’s Football Slang & Banter by Niall Edworthy
Badger’s Football Slang & Banter - Niall Edworthy, published by Badger Books, price: £9.99.
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoREVIEW: Benno, My Life in Football by Dave Bennett
Benno: My Life in Football - Dave Bennett with Rich Chamberlain, published by Pitch Publishing, price: £25.
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoREVIEW: Panini Legends by Greg Lansdowne
Panini Legends: A Celebration of the World's Greatest Football Stickers - Greg Lansdowne, published by Bloomsbury Sport, price: £16.99.
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Book Reviews
/ 3 months agoREVIEW: Head for the Floodlights, by Giles Goford
Head for the Floodlights: Around the 92 in the 1980s - Giles Goford, published by Conker Editions, price: £16.
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Fans View
/ 3 months agoAn ode to the fractious border between home and away fans
Here follows a passionate footballing ode to that small strip of seats, that unstable gap, which separates away fans from home...
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Features
/ 5 months agoA groundhopper’s guide to good grub
Trevor Heft discusses an important and tasty part of the matchday ritual...
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Features
/ 5 months agoSwedish shock: Recalling England’s home humbling by Sweden
Colin Allan recalls when England were stunned on home turf by Sweden 65 years ago...
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Book Reviews
/ 5 months agoBook review: Munichs by David Peace
DAVID Peace has had varying degrees of success with his three football novels.
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Book Reviews
/ 5 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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EFL
/ 5 months agoVoices of the Vic: Jonny Brick on Watford fan podcasts
Jonny Brick listens in as Watford fan podcasts try to make sense of where the club they love finds itself...
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Book Reviews
/ 7 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
/ 7 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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Book Reviews
/ 7 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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Fans View
/ 7 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
/ 8 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
/ 9 months 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
/ 9 months 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
/ 9 months 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
/ 9 months 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
/ 9 months 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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Book Reviews
/ 9 months agoScottish Treat
Back o the Net! Why we love Scottish fitba, compiled and edited by Donald C Stewart and Paul Goodwin, published by...
