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…
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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…
The 1:1 Ruling In Football
Football contracts and transfers on the face of it seem fairly straightforward, however, there are many other intricacies that should be taken into account when…
What Does a Football Sporting Director Actually Do?
There won’t be many things that modern-day football fans miss about the sport’s more formative years. The age of the game being incredibly slow, full…
Liverpool on Verge of Signing Defender Giovanni Leoni
This summer is shaping up to be one of the very best in the history of Liverpool Football Club. Sadly, as we know only too…
Is Northern Irish Football Heading Towards Full Professionalism?
For football fans, the idea of whether or not the teams that they support are professional is something that seems entirely natural. After all, you’re…
Shelbourne Player Sparks Ire After Champions League Win
It goes without saying that the politics of Northern Ireland are complicated at best. You need only do even the scantest bit of research into…