Before the start of every Champions League final there are always so many questions. Who’s going to start? Who will be fit? What formation is most likely to ensure you can’t possibly concede? But surely most importantly, people ask – what’s the ball going to be like?
moreLauded as the most environmentally-friendly and technologically-advanced kit in football’s history, Nike rolls out its Considered Kits design to the French national team in some style
moreOver 134 FA Cup campaigns squeezed into one book. What more could the football fanatic want?
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In this commemorative 83-page souvenir magazine, Liverpool supporters’ seemingly constant desire for self-reverence is exploited in a sharp and concise manner
moreDiagnoses of the England football team tend to rely on some form of class cliche, or call to mind images of the Battle of Britain and Agincourt to support why the English consistently fall short in major tournaments. Brilliant Orange works, largely because it is under no illusions; the Dutch are the architects of their own downfall
moreGot an essay you need to distract yourself from? Or perhaps a window you need to minimise when your boss looms over you? Alex Lawson takes a look at a couple of cheery footy diversions
moreWilson’s tales travelling behind the old Iron Curtain – often meeting cartoonish people or prising himself from a freezing press seat with a wallpaper scraper – are never mawkish and always pitched at the right level
moreDon’t let the rain and cold dampen your performance – stay warm and dry with the new ColdGear winter wear by Under Armour
moreWith FA fines and media vilification likely for any boss who decides to veer away – even for a second – from the carefully plotted tab A into slot B style post-match analysis erudite and cutting punditry from managers seems a dying art. Brian Clough had sheds loads of both
moreOne quote sums up the charm of the book perfectly, on a Lithuania v Latvia match, Kuper remarks – “The fans were wandering around in shirts with Western logos, any Western logos: one man’s shirt said: ‘Royal Mail – Stoke-on-Trent – MLO.”
moreAs we eagerly anticipate the next instalment of the legendary
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