CONIFA comes to town
I had never met anyone from Tibet before, never heard of Abkhazia or Karpatalya, but the CONIFA World Football Cup can open your eyes and ears to the s…
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Great Reputations: Manchester City 1967-70 – Mercer and Allison’s alchemy
There have been more successful Manchester City teams in recent years, and certainly more expensive, but it is unlikely that any of the 21st century Ci…
Great Reputations: Dynamo Kiev 1974-75 – the Soviet school of science
You only need see pictures of Chernobyl to understand what happens when science goes wrong. The world’s greatest nuclear disaster took place 150km from…
The Non-League 100: Enfield 1967-70
Until the last 20 years or so, Enfield were a huge name in the non-league game, from their triumphs in amateur football through to the club’s Conferenc…
Great Reputations: Newcastle United 1968-69 – the last chorus of Blaydon Races
Newcastle United fans like to think of their club as one of the truly big footballing institutions in the country, and in terms of the Magpies’ support…
Soccer City: Montevideo – a football heritage site longing for success
It is the largest city of the world’s most successful and sometimes overlooked national football team. No, it is not Berlin, Madrid or Brasilia, but Ur…
A £400 transfer to Fulham. Why?
Call it Premier League fatigue, economics or just a case of marginalisation. I have bought a season ticket for Fulham for the 2018-19 season and frankl…