A transition is happening in the footballing world in these few days before the final, as we slowly shift our attention from the surprise packages, disappointments and superstars of this World Cup, back to the club game. News outlets are more and more focused on transfer news, as the January silly season is breathing down…

Geoff Hurst vs West Germany in 1966, Diego Maradona vs England in 1986,  Carlos Alberto vs Italy in 1970, Mario Gotze along with James Rodriguez in 2014. These are some of the most memorable and fantastic goals in the history of the World Cup that have been replayed countless times by TV companies as part…

Putting together ‘The Greatest XI in World Cup History’ is both one of the most daunting tasks and dicey propositions in football for obvious reasons:   Recency bias can skew jurors’ judgment to lead them to favor the players they saw in action over the ones they never had the chance to witness. Cultural bias…

Seven seasons is an awfully long time in football. In that same time frame, Graham Potter took Östersund from the fourth tier of Swedish football to the first and into Europe, Leicester City went from League One to Premier League Champions, while Sevilla went from the Segunda to two-time UEFA Cup Winners. But in France…

As Marco Asensio swept home a Marcelo cut-back in the 90th minute of the 2017 Champions League Final, he secured history in more ways than one. His goal capped off a 4-1 win for Los Blancos over Juventus, ensuring Madrid became the first ever team to win back-to-back Champions League titles and stretched their lead at…

Football in Parma is a story of a club propelled from decades of lower league football to a few short years of top-flight status and multiple European trophies – before financial ruin left them trying to sell those very same trophies to stay in business.    Correlations between financial crises and Italian clubs have always…

  “History does not repeat itself, but it often rhymes” – Mark Twain.   When Liverpool were in the process of hiring their 21st-century idol; the man who, like so few others in the club’s history, could guide them to a raucous, unrelenting state of football revelry, there was a remark made by Ian Graham,…

For Phil Thompson, the occasion seemed to demand Gerard Houllier’s return. “Gerard has always known when the time was right for him to come back and tonight was that night,” said the Liverpool assistant manager of the Frenchman’s unexpected reappearance in the Anfield dugout after a little over five months. It was 19 March 2002…

During the weeks and months leading up to the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, we will drop a weekly article that chronicles the history of the most prestigious football tournament on the planet. This series of articles will also allow you, the readers, to revisit all 21 previous editions from different angles and perspectives. We…

During the early-mid 2000s, Real Madrid became synonymous with one word; Galactico. Under Florentino Perez, Madrid operated a policy of signing one superstar every summer, in a bid to conquer European football and create a Harlem Globetrotters-esque squad of the world’s best.   Zinedine Zidane, Luis Figo, David Beckham and Ronaldo all arrived between 2000…