Iconic Duos: Shevchenko and Rebrov – Dynamo Kyiv’s devastating double-act
Dynamo Kyiv carried a fearsome reputation in European football during the late nineties, with the Ukrainian side emerging to pose a genuine challenge to…
Legends
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Legends
Noughties Nines: Adriano – The Emperor who lost his groove
A sense of what might have been will always be associated with the tale of Adriano, a footballer of extraordinary talent who failed to…
Iconic Performances: Peak Rooney sparkles in the San Siro
Wayne Rooney’s career proved a tale few in English football are ever likely to forget. He was the precociously gifted wonderkid who burst onto…
Midfield Magicians: An elegant enigma, Rafael van der Vaart
Football fans often gravitate towards mercuriality, so commonly an attribute associated with cult heroes, past and present. Football, after all, is an entertainment business,…
Iconic Duos: Robben and Ribery – The wing wizards who defined a decade
For a decade full-backs often travelled to Bavaria with a sense of dread and trepidation, faced with arguably their most difficult assignment of the…
Five of Cristiano Ronaldo’s greatest goals
Cristiano Ronaldo isn’t short when it comes to the old goal catalogue. Football’s greatest goalscorer has shattered records during a career that has spanned…
Noughties Nines: Carlos Tevez – El Apache
The career of Carlos Tevez was a rollercoaster in almost every sense. It captivated and thrilled, with highs, lows and the right amount of…
Golazo Merchants: The Boss of Bosses, Alan Shearer
Premier League fans have witnessed some of the game’s true greats since the division’s inception in the early nineties. Still, even after three decades…
Deadline Day Folklore: When Peter Odemwingie rocked up to Loftus Road only to get locked out
It was the deadline day era of microphones shoved through car windows, groups of supporters outside stadiums and everlasting speculation about who will sign…
January 2011 – The story of the greatest Deadline Day ever
Transfer Deadline Day has provided the Premier League with some unforgettable moments and the epic days of years gone by. Days of Jim White…
Iconic Duos: Raul and Morientes, a perfect pairing separated too soon
Real Madrid’s illustrious history has been built by a number of era-defining strike partnerships, from Di Stefano and Puskás to Butragueño and Sanchez. Among…
Midfield Magicians: Juninho Pernambucano, free-kick master
Juninho Pernambucano will forever be associated with the art of free-kick taking. There have been a wealth of players before and since with wondrous…
Noughties Nines: Peter Crouch – The genial giant
At risk of sounding like a broken record, Peter Crouch never really looked like a Premier League footballer. Both in appearance and demeanour, he…
Midfield Magicians: Barcelona’s beating heart, Xavi
Xavi Hernández can claim to be the brain behind arguably the greatest side club football has ever witnessed. Perhaps a sentiment that is also…
David Ginola wasn’t a great goal scorer, but a glamorous scorer of great goals
When one thinks of David Ginola, a few things come to mind: flair, ingenuity, good looks. And goals. And when a footballer is defined…
Arjen Robben: The ‘one-trick pony’ who couldn’t be stopped
Arjen Robben was a footballer who scaled huge heights and played the game with a devastating simplicity that proved impossible to stop. His career…
Iconic Duos: Baby Aguero and peak Forlan ripping up La Liga for Atletico
Atlético Madrid’s return to the summit of Spanish football has been one of the most fascinating revivals in recent memory. The roots of Los…
Midfield Magicians: The under-rated metronome, Michael Carrick
Sir Alex Ferguson possesses one of football’s greatest minds, with the manager’s mistakes few and far between during a record-breaking career at Manchester United.…