In 1977, Beckenbauer opted to step away from his place at the heart of the Bayern Munich defence, to accept a bold move to the New York Cosmos. Despite coming to the natural end of his time at the peak of European football, it was expected he would r

There’s a reason they call football ‘the world’s game’. When you boil it down to its core elements it’s a very simple sport, with the only prerequisites to participate being something one can fashion into a ball and some objects to form a rudimentary

Of the many tactical innovations we have seen in recent times, none have had the same sort of impact or revolutionised the way football is played to quite the same extent as the rise of the modern-day full-back. Long gone are the days of full-backs b

The status of club legend is protected ferociously by fans across the globe with the accolade reserved for special individuals who are etched into the annals of team folklore. The belief of needing to be a genuinely transformational figure allows for

The man who might eventually lead us all to footballing glory, and deliver us from the worst drought since the American Dust Bowl, is Gareth Southgate. Gareth is a nice guy, and is perceived by some in that typical English way, as having done a good

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Nobody can begrudge Jurgen Klopp for wanting to take some time out to himself after nine years in charge of Liverpool and winning practically everything there was to win. Just hours after the shock announcement from Anfield, Xavi Hernandez confirmed

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It hasn’t even been three years since Italy lifted the European Championship trophy at Wembley after defeating England on penalties in a dramatic and tense final. Since then, another catastrophic failure to qualify for the World Cup stained the legac