Reviews

Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 Official Preview

7th September 2010 / Games / Footy Matters

As we eagerly anticipate the next instalment of the legendary arcade title check out the official taster of what to expect below. It promises many changes from the 2010 edition that seemed to have lost out to arch-rival FIFA’s offering. Producer’s Konami claim better passing with an improved ‘through-pass’ feature and closer ball-control in addition
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England Home Kit 2010-12

4th September 2010 / Kit / Footy Matters

A ‘new-look’ England opened their qualification campaign for the 2012 European Championship in sparkling style. We are, tongue-firmly-in-cheek, referring to the brand new England Home Jersey which debuted against Bulgaria at Wembley. It is a nice kit we must admit but will glorious white and royal blue be the colours of failure yet again come
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The Guardian Book of Football edited by Mike Herd

26th August 2010 / Books / Rowan Farnham-Long

Reading every copy of The Guardian from the last fifty years is both impractical and possibly just a little time-consuming. Reading this book featuring ‘fifty years of classic reporting’ makes much more sense.

Ingerland – Travels With A Football Nation

7th December 2009 / Books / Claire Gibson

As England fans prepare to pack their bags for South Africa, Claire Gibson reviews ‘Ingerland’ as Mark Perryman taps into the psyche of England fans in the lead-up to Euro 2004, focusing on what it means to be an ‘Ingerland’ fan.


 

Chapped Legs and Punctured Balls

1st December 2009 / Books / Rowan Farnham-Long

The FIFA computer game include a feature for modern-day children to create themselves as a player and earn a place in the starting XI of a Premier League football team, but is this even close to creating your own, real-life team?