Category: History
In the summer of 2011 a twenty four year old man was playing non-league football for Stocksbridge Park Steels in the eighth tier of English football while working shifts …
There is a specific type of football tragedy that goes beyond a bad season or a poor run of results. The kind that unfolds over years, that involves decisions …
There are moments in football that make you angry in a way that goes beyond a bad result or a poor refereeing decision. A deeper anger. The kind that …
I want to tell you about a conversation I had with my dad sometime around December 2015. We were talking about the Premier League title race, the way we …
There is a version of Vinnie Jones that everyone knows. The photograph with Paul Gascoigne. The booking after three seconds against Chelsea that stood as a record for years. …
I was not old enough to fully understand Eric Cantona when he was playing. I was a kid in South London more concerned with Crystal Palace’s survival battles than …
Let me ask you something. Think about the last big transfer you got excited about. A player running down his contract, signing for a new club on a free, …
I want to tell you something about Manchester City that younger football fans probably do not fully appreciate because they have grown up watching them win everything. In 1998 …
I was eleven years old. I was sitting on the sofa in our living room in South London with my dad, way past the time I should have been …
I never saw Brian Clough manage a football match in person. I was too young, and by the time I was old enough to properly understand what I was …
