Five pre-season narratives proven wrong so far this season
Pre-season predictions are often wide of the mark and the current Premier League season has been no different, with a number of narratives having…
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The Last Eight: Assessing each of the Champions League’s quarter-finalists
The UEFA Champions League’s last eight has been finalised as the competition reaches its latter stages. For just the second time in history there…
The mad, bad story of the Battle of Bramall Lane, 20 years on
On March 16th 2002, a Championship game featuring Sheffield United and West Brom was abandoned, due to the home side having too few players…
Champions League Team of the Week
The UEFA Champions League’s last eight has been finalised after the completion of the last-16 ties, this week’s action having provided no shortage of…
Five of the best players to have played for Arsenal and Liverpool
Arsenal host Liverpool at the Emirates this evening, in the latest meeting between two of English football’s most successful clubs. Mikel Arteta’s side take…
Opinion: Roman Abramovich’s exit leaves urgent questions and few answers for Chelsea and English Football
As bombs blaze across Ukrainian skies, the shockwaves of their crisis continue to ripple across the footballing world. Last Thursday, Roman Abramovich was sanctioned by…
Five of the best teams to be relegated from the Premier League
Too good to go down? It’s a phrase that has often been used in the Premier League as underperforming sides find themselves dragged towards…
Champions League talking points: Ronaldo ready for Atletico, Tuchel handling Chelsea chaos
The UEFA Champions League quarter-finalists will be finalised this week as we prepare for the final last-16 ties, the week’s action including both Manchester…
Ten of the most memorable games between Man United and Spanish clubs
Manchester United face Atletico Madrid in the second leg of their Champions League last-16 tie this evening, the Red Devils in a favourable position…
Heroes and Villains: Premier League gameweek 29
Following the latest round of Premier League action, we pick out some of the heroes and villains from the best and worst of the…
Premier League Awards: Ronaldo rises to the occasion, Gelhardt’s gigantic goal
Our weekly Premier League awards honour the best – and worst – of the football action from the weekend. [dugoutvideo id=”eyJrZXkiOiIweUs0aGtqbiIsInAiOiJ0aGUtZm9vdGJhbGwtZmFpdGhmdWwiLCJwbCI6IiJ9″ partner=”the-football-faithful”] Moment of…
Premier League Team of the Week – Gameweek 29
The latest Premier League action proved full of incident and once again we’ve delved through the weekend’s football to compile our divisional Team of…
Remembering the Liverpool XI that ran riot at Old Trafford to secure a famous 4-1 win
Liverpool and Manchester United is arguably the Premier League’s biggest rivalry, the two cites having historically been in industrial and economic competition in the…
Why are magnificent and complex Manchester City dumbed down and dismissed?
Scratch beneath the clickbait and online tribalism and you’ll find a rich vein of footballing discourse prevalent in the mainstream media and beyond. Thankfully,…
Champions League Team of the Week
The line-up for the quarter-finals of the Champions League is beginning to take shape, with Liverpool and Manchester City securing their place in the…
Iconic: Five of the greatest hat-tricks in Champions League history
Karim Benzema produced a special Champions League performance as Real Madrid beat Paris Saint-Germain this week, scoring a stunning hat-trick as the Spanish giants…
Remembering the Leeds team that reached the 2001 Champions League semi-finals
Leeds enjoyed one of the most memorable periods in their history during the early 2000s, as David O’Leary’s talented young side took on the…
Ranking the all-time top five Premier League midfielders for goal involvements
Midfielders are arguably the most complete footballers in any side, often required to make match-winning contributions at both ends of the pitch. The very…