Looking at Luton’s recent past, Kenilworth Road hasn’t always been such a positive and passionate place. The 2008-09 season saw The Hatters fall down to the National League, a 30 point deduction due to financial difficulties effectively sealing their fate before a ball was even kicked.   Managed by club legend Mick Harford at the…

Late September loomed for Chris Hughton’s Nottingham Forest and after steering the former European Cup holders clear of relegation the season prior to that – the goalposts had moved and expectations shifted.   Targeted for the following season was to build towards an achievement that the Essex-born boss had completed twice beforehand with Brighton and…

There is a widely used adage often attributed to Mark Twain that says “history rarely repeats itself, but it often rhymes.”  The parallels between the past of one of Ligue1’s most celebrated clubs and their present-day-roller-coaster season are eerily similar.    As the full-time whistle blew & another international break was beckoned into the footballing-…

Brash, bizarre, but in its own way brilliant. Alan Pardew dancing on the Wembley touchline whilst his players and staff run amok around him will forever be immortalised in FA Cup history. But not even Icarus would fly close enough to the sun so as to produce such stiff dance moves with 12 minutes of…

In a season of few highs and sustained lows for Turkey’s big three, it is without a doubt that Galatasaray has suffered most, domestically at least, sitting in the bottom half of the league and 32 points off the top.    While intense rivals Fenerbahçe are also failing and last seasons’ champions Besiktas are languishing…

In Northern Zealand, about 30 minutes in car from the center of Copenhagen, a small Danish town has become host to one of Europe’s most exciting talent factories.   The city is Farum, and it is home of FC Nordsjælland, a young and forward-thinking football club that has been spitting out great football players at…

Aston Villa had been disappointing in the 2021–22 Premier League season prior to the winter transfer window: 14th place with 22 points halfway through the season was nothing to boast about, especially given the club’s high aspirations following a stellar summer transfer window.   The record-breaking departure of Jack Grealish for £100 million in the…

On May 7th 2012, Anatolín Alcaraz headed home a Jean Beausejour corner to secure a 1-0 victory for Wigan over Blackburn Rovers – confirming the Latics’ Premier League survival, while condemning their local rivals to relegation.   It signified Blackburn’s first relegation in over ten years, but that wasn’t the start, nor the end, of…

Enjoy Bundesliga Content & want it delivered straight to your inbox every Friday? Sign up for Adam Khan’s free German Football Newsletter!   Having taken just 1 draw out of their final 5 matches before the winter break, Borussia Mönchengladbach’s Christmas holiday should have been the wake-up call for manager Adi Hütter, and his out-of-form…