Apr
4
A short history of Ole-Gunnar Solskjaer and his wheel
December 19 2018: Wheel Status: At the Wheel (L-plates on) Solskjaer begins his ten…
UK & Ireland
Mar
25
Altrincham’s FA Cup glory of 1986: how a non-league team earned a league level reputation
The 1980s was fun, football was dark and there was the eroding of the USSR, and the …
Mar
12
“And still Ricky Villa!”
Once upon a time, many moons ago, in a land that seems so far, far away, there lived…
Mar
10
Intergalactic Stefan Schwarz and the ‘Space Clause’
Ask a Premier League footballer what he’d be if he wasn’t a Premier League footballe…
Mar
3
Jay-Jay Okocha – So good they named him twice
Artist In Residence is a series of articles showcasing the work of a specific artist…
Mar
2
How Damien Duff terrorised the Spanish
This article was first featured in Issue 5 of the Box To Box magazine on the 2002 Wo…
Mar
2
The Agrarian Theme: English football and its farmers complex
British football’s slang lexicon has never been short of insults. From plastic fans…
Feb
28
Jeff Stelling and the football knowledge panopticon
In March 2019, Sky Bet’s punt on their latest TV ad landed them in something of a sp…
Feb
24
Ally McCoist: an Ibrox idol with a poacher’s instinct
Autumn 1992 and the ‘Battle of Britain’ European Cup clash between Leeds United and …
Feb
23
Nick Hornby on Fever Pitch, football, and the past
It takes some people an entire career to make their name. For some, it might never h…