Category: Features
A Tale Of Two Cities: Barcelona’s Desire And Real Madrid’s Complacency
“Numbers don’t lie,” said Real Madrid’s all-time leading top scorer. The best player in the world won almost every major trophy available to him and h [...]
Rückrunde Under Way As Transfer Rumours Go Astray – Bundesliga Zeitung
After a suitably long break, the BuLi’s back in town. I’ll refrain from continuing to adapt Thin Lizzy lyrics, but will unapologetically not refrain f [...]
Real Madrid 2017/18 – A Holistic Tactical Analysis
Thousands of words have been written over the past month regarding the spectacular collapse Real Madrid suffered in the second half of El Clasico, and [...]
Watford Leading The Way As Market For South American Talent Expands
In the early 20th century, European clubs began to take advantage of the footballing revolution in South America.
The continent had started to dev [...]
The Best & Worst of Liverpool is Enough to See Off City
If you had just landed on Earth from a planet somewhere in the furthest reaches of Andromeda, and knew nothing about how Liverpool played football, th [...]
The Invincibles – Preston North End 1888/89 & Arsenal 2003/04: Which Was The Greater Achievement?
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There have only ever been two teams that have gone an entire English league season undefeated: Preston North End in the inaugural Football Leag [...]
From Prolific to Horrific – 6 Months of Real Madrid
Once regarded as arguably the finest side to put on the famous white shirt of Real Madrid in the modern era - a steamroller of a side - Zinedine Zidan [...]
Can The Returning Jack Wilshere Make Southgate’s Squad?
With the groups drawn and preparations underway, the countdown to the 2018 World Cup has begun, and 23 seats on England’s plane to Russia are up for g [...]
Coutinho Arrives As Barca Build For The Future & Defeat Levante
The summer of 2017 turned out to be a blessing in disguise for Barcelona. If their fans knew that they would effectively be getting Philippe Coutinho, [...]
Barcelona Back At The Top Thanks To Ernesto Valverde
Narratives are proven to aid memory, but in football they can often skew it. Perhaps even more so in the modern era of football where the latest stats [...]