Everyone knows about Villarreal, the ‘Yellow Submarine’ that has won the Europa League and seen the likes of Diego Forlán, Juan Román Riquelme and Santi Cazorla don their kit, but few know that there is another La Liga team whose nickname is ‘Yellow Submarine.’   On September 8, 1910, Cádiz CF defeated Cádiz Sporting Club…

With seven German championships, five DFB-Pokals, and one UEFA Cup, Schalke have emerged as one of the most successful clubs in German football since their founding in 1904, but they currently sit one point above last place after drawing 2-2 to Borussia Dortmund. After earning promotion last season, Schalke could be set to drop back…

With the 2022-23 season being literally filled with football, most fans will focus on the main events, like the World Cup and the Champions League. This is quite a good thing for Valencia, as their disastrous season has gone somewhat under the radar. They currently sit in the 19th position in the La Liga table, having…

It seems that nicknaming your team The Red Devils is a surefire way to guarantee your club’s success. Manchester United seem the most obvious example, but there is a host of other teams who share this nickname. Al Ahly, America de Cali and Hapoel Tel Aviv have trophy cabinets overflowing with honors. AC Milan could…

We tend to think of the Copa Del Rey as a purely Spanish affair, which probably sounds like the most obvious statement ever. This statement however is wrong, because nearly 100 years ago, two foreign teams were invited to play in the tournament and one of them actually won it.   The Copa Del Rey…

It’s difficult to look further than the dominance of PSG in recent years, the club was acquired by Qatar Sports Investments in 2011 and have embarked on a relentless spending spree in an attempt to obtain silverware. To some degree, it has been successful as Les Parisiens have won eight Ligue 1 titles since the…

Rival fans and football snobs call them a plastic club and pill pushers, but Bayer 04 Leverkusen is an institution of football that has stood for more than 100 years. As the more eagle-eyed of you might have spotted, the club has a 04 in their name and their badge, marking the year 1904. One…

Fulham are the oldest professional football club founded in London, but have not had a history as glamorous as clubs like Arsenal, Spurs or Chelsea have. Despite this, they are, if nothing else, a very likable club. The atmosphere at their stadium, Craven Cottage, is just what a football romantic could wish for. The Cottagers…

Since the arrival of Qatari money, PSG have mostly dominated Ligue 1, but during the first few years of their Qatar Sports Investment takeover, it’s fair to say Les Parisiens struggled. In the 2011-12 campaign, the newly super-wealthy club spent €82 million under Carlo Ancelotti’s leadership. The Ligue 1 champions that year? Montpellier. Yes, La…

Arthur Schopenhauer, a German Philosopher in the 19th century stated in his work “On the Sufferings of the World” that “unless suffering is the direct and immediate object of life, our existence must entirely fail of its aim”. Being born as a human means that suffering is the general rule of life and not the…