Golden Oldies: Five top-class footballers still going strong at 35 or over
The careers of professional footballers are now longer than ever before with sports science keeping players at their physical peaks well past previous norms,…
Five of the Best
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Five of the Best
Ranking the winning points margin in each of Europe’s top five leagues title races in 19/20
Premier League fans often laud England’s top tier as the most competitive league in world football, but Liverpool’s runaway title success this season did…
Five of the most pointless Premier League transfers from the 2019/20 campaign
As with every new season, 2019/20 saw some good transfer and some bad ones, but there were also moves that just made you wonder…
Ranking the five attackers with the most goals over the last two Premier League seasons
Jamie Vardy was named as the winner of the Premier League’s Golden Boot this season following an impressive individual campaign, the Foxes forward enhancing…
Lampard losing it, Mourinho’s mood swing, Xhaka’s wild rant: The maddest moments of the 2019/20 Premier League season
This season has not only been the longest in the history of English football, but it might also be the maddest. Having the entire…
No ‘I’ in ‘Team’: Five of the best team goals in Premier League history
There are many different ways to score a goal, but perhaps none give Premier League managers as much satisfaction as a beautifully crafted team…
Five of the worst Premier League signings from last summer’s transfer window
There can be no underestimating the importance of recruitment to Premier League managers with England’s top clubs spending more money than ever before, the…
Ranking the five midfielders with most goal involvements across Europe’s top six leagues in 19/20
Midfielders capable of providing goals with regularity are worth their weight in gold to leading sides, whether that be registering on the score sheet…
Disasters! Ranking the five most error-prone goalkeepers in Premier League history
The presence of a reliable goalkeeper can be the difference between a good team and a great one, with a side’s number one capable…
The Ultimate Champions: The five outfield players to play every minute for a Premier League title winning side
Virgil van Dijk’s importance to the Liverpool side has been well documented since the centre-back’s move to Merseyside two-and-a-half years ago, the Dutch defender…
Goals, Goals, Goals: The five highest scoring teams in Europe’s top five leagues this season
Europe’s major leagues have now reached the conclusion of their domestic campaigns and it’s been another unforgettable – if unprecedented – season on the…
Sprint Kings: The five fastest players during the 2019/20 Premier League season
The 2019/20 Premier League season reached its conclusion last week and it proved one which will be almost impossible to forget, a campaign of…
Ranking the six best Premier League signings of 2019/20
Another season of Premier League football has reached its conclusion and the 2019/20 campaign proved one that will – for many reasons – live…
Ranking the five oldest winners of the Premier League Golden Boot
Jamie Vardy capped a stellar individual season for Leicester by securing the Premier League’s Golden Boot for the first time during the 2019/20 campaign,…
Five of the Best – Chelsea vs Arsenal games
Games between Arsenal and Chelsea are not, perhaps, the first games that come to mind when thinking about feisty London derbies but make no…
Ranking the five favourites to sign Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha
Often heralded as the best player outside the top-six, Crystal Palace winger Wilfried Zaha is once again set to dominate the transfer headlines again…
Ranking the five clubs with most titles across Europe’s top five leagues
As the domestic campaigns draw to a close in each of Europe’s top five leagues, we now know which way the league titles have…
Ranking the five favourites to sign Aston Villa playmaker Jack Grealish
Jack Grealish’s late goal against West Ham last weekend effectively sealed his boyhood club’s survival in the promised land, Aston Villa pulling off one…