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Newcastle United are not a club short on cult heroes. Over the years, St James’ Park has seen them arrive in all shapes and sizes. From the magic and mayhem of Faustino Asprilla, the boisterous and bolshie Temuri Ketsbaia, and the cherished inspiration of Jonás Gutiérrez. Nothing defines a club …

Aritz Aduriz recently announced his retirement from the game, the Athletic Bilbao forward calling time on a career that saw the 39-year-old only fulfil his potential into his latter years. The Spaniard is amongst a rare group of players widely referred to in footballing circles as late bloomers, players whose …

The latest inductee into the 90’s Football Hall of Fame is Sheffield Wednesday icon Benito Carbone. Affectionately known as ‘Benny’, the Italian playmaker arrived at Wednesday from Internazionale in 1997 and a plate of the driest-looking pasta was immediately thrust into his face for a misguided photo shoot with then …

One of La Liga’s foremost clubs, Valencia, has struggled this season. Despite emerging from a Champions League group with Ajax and Chelsea, they were eviscerated by Atalanta in the Round of 16 and have faced a lackluster domestic campaign. However, one bright spot in an otherwise unremarkable season has been …

Portuguese football has long been dominated by the powerhouse clubs of the nation, the league’s ‘big three’ of Benfica, Porto and Sporting Lisbon having shared all but two of Portugal’s top flight titles ever played. The latter of the leading trio may have fallen some way adrift during the course …

The current Premier League season has proven one impossible to forget, a campaign which has seen records shatter and a global pandemic halt football as we know it. Even before we were thrust into the midst of an unprecedented crisis, there was a selection of high-profile players watching on from …

Even just a few weeks ago it seemed outlandish that the major football leagues in Europe could return to action anytime soon. The UK has been one of the nations worst hit by the coronavirus pandemic, Spain was similarly wracked by it, while Italy was the epicentre of it in …

Tony Yeboah’s time in English football may have only been a brief affair, but there is no doubting the indelible mark the forward left on the Premier League. Our latest piece in a series of the Premier League’s greatest Golazo merchants takes us to the tale of Yeboah, an African …

Even in an era when more substitutes are allowed than ever before, the value of the fabled utility-man can not be underestimated in Premier League squads. The Swiss Army Knife of any squad, the utility-man may be a dying breed but it is a player who should long be celebrated, …

Few clubs can match Arsenal’s record of signing terrible centre-backs in recent years, a club once famed for its defensive prowess now often a laughing stock within the Premier League. The north London side’s decline from title contenders to mediocrity is a sad reality for one of English football’s grand …