Scotland Has A Few Years To Save Its Pride and Joy!

In the opening decade of the European Cup, a Scottish club reaching the latter stages of the competition was to be...

Henry the latest superstar to cross the Atlantic for League One-standard football

First it was Beckham, then, albeit on a lesser scale in terms of coverage, Freddie Ljundberg. Now, another Premier League great...

Since when did Germany and Holland swap shirts?

The typical characteristics of a German team: Efficient, dull, ‘big tournament team’, lucky, hard-working. The typical characteristics of a Dutch team:...

Formations: Never Before…Never Again

Tactical innovation has played a gargantuan role in the development of football over the last century. Only a scarce number of...

The Future’s Bright – The Future’s Orange

Best Young Right-Back Gregory Van Der Wiel   A graduate of the famed Ajax youth academy system, Gregory Van Der Wiel...

Rising Star: Fabio Coentrao

What a difference a year makes. This time last year, many Portugal fans would barely have heard of Fabio Coentrao. Fast...

A Between the Sticks Look at the World Cup

As we have seen already at this tournament, a solid goalkeeper can be the difference between success and failure. And being...

Luis Suarez – The next big thing?

Date of Birth: 24 January 1987 (age 23) Height: 181 cm Position: Forward/Striker Current club: Ajax (captain) International Caps: 34 International...

Players of the World Cup – Maicon (Right-back)

Maicon BRAZIL Right-back Full name: Maicon Douglas Sisenando Date of birth: July 26, 1981 Place of birth: Criciúma, Brazil Club: F.C....

How South America stole Africa’s thunder

South Africa 2010 was supposed to mark the end of one era and the beginning of another, more promising, for the...