Jack Murray discusses an exciting season ahead for the League of Ireland Premier Division, with a number of clubs holding strong title aspirations.

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Up next in the World Famous Player Comparison series is a slightly controversial one. England defenders and definitely not best friends, Rio Ferdinand and John Terry. Two of the best defenders in ...

Sunday, December 21 represented a new low in the tumultuous history of Gateshead FC. The turnout for their National League fixture against Eastleigh was 431. Fewer than 400 of them were home fans. The ...

The parameters for declaring a nationality when playing English football are being a UK resident, having English parents, or having English grandparents. It is so broad that it often gives the players ...

Gone are the days when April Fools’ Day involved telling a really crappy joke and punching your mate on the arm when they fell hook, line and sinker for whatever yarn you had just spun. The internet ...

When PSV Eindhoven secured the treble of Dutch League, Dutch Cup and European Cup in May 1988, it was typical of a brief period of unprecedented egalitarianism in the European game. As surprising as ...

Despite a 2-1 defeat at Ternana with a game to go in the 2016/17 season, the Serie B title was SPAL’s if Benevento could beat promotion rivals Frosinone. Fabio Ceravolo struck late for Benevento, and ...

With so much to cover, it feels more appropriate to dissect 1994/95 in two parts. This article will cover the domestic side of the game, with Europe to follow. In 1994/95, the most significant change ...

The wait is over. The FIFA Club World Cup and their glorified friendlies are over and proper football is back. All over the world, leagues have resumed. Barcelona kick started their La Liga defence ...

Perhaps co-incidentally, or maybe as part of a compromise for this to happen, another change to the criteria saw the runners up of the best ranked nations also competing in the second qualifying round ...

David Hardman continues his look back at the 1996/97 season as three different teams took out the three domestic cups in England.