The Goal Has Been The Same Size For 150 Years – Should It Be Made Bigger?
Every few decades in football, some conversations resurface as arguments and proposals get revisited. While there are only murmurings right now, the last time the…
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What If The Two Points For A Win System In Football Was Still The Same Today?
Those old enough to remember will know that up until 1981, teams were awarded two points for a win and one for a draw and…
Football Matches That Have Been Called Off For Strange Reasons
Over the years, we have had our fair share of football matches called off – usually due to inclement weather – not that unusual at…
Great Footballers Who Have Played With Disabilities
Arguably an interesting one and probably not something that gets widely talked about, though there are actually a number of footballers who have, or actually…
Anders Limpar Time Travel Prank: One Of The Best Practical Jokes Ever Pulled On A Footballer
Over the years, we’ve heard about footballers being jokers and funny personalities – a couple who took it too far, some right up to the…
How The Footballers’ Battalion Came To Be
Perhaps from left of centre this one, though at the outbreak of the Great War (1914-1918), more commonly known as World War 1, arguments sparked…
Footballers Beginning With The Letter ‘Q’
For many people, there is a lot of intrigue about names. In football, especially the Premier League, we have seen many different nationalities of players…
Funny And Controversial Football Songs and Chants
In the UK at least, we have developed a knack of creating football chants and/or replacing lyrics of famous songs to something more topical. Many…
The Christmas Day Football Match Lost To Fog
We all remember Christmas for many reasons – some people have particular traditions that they partake in, others travel, while there is a considerable following…
Football Fan Terminology Explained: Turncoat, Journeyman & On the Beach
Football isn’t on the same level as a sport such as cricket when it comes to using words and terms that might not be all…