Remembering every Noughties PFA Young Player of the Year
Our next look at the PFA Young Player of the Year award takes us to the turn of the millennium, remembering the players voted…
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Remembering the season Kevin Phillips ripped up the Premier League and won the European Golden Boot
English football has a long tradition of producing great goalscorers and the Premier League has played host to some of the most iconic figures…
Premier League transfer depression could be a further boost for academy graduates
Like so many aspects of society at the moment, football is facing uncertainty with some very turbulent months in store for the sport. According…
Podcast: Picking the ultimate Ballon d'Or XI
We managed to convince The Football Faithful podcast crew to take a break from binging on Netflix over the weekend to record a podcast…
Franco Baresi – 10 of the best quotes on the imperious AC Milan and Italy defender
Few players see their achievements recognised with the retirement of their shirt number, fewer still at clubs of the gargantuan size of AC Milan.…
Remembering the six times clubs successfully defended the Premier League title
Winning the Premier League title is the ultimate accolade for England’s leading sides, but a wider perception of greatness if often believed to be…
Tweets of the Week: Robertson's bromance, Aguero's flex and the worst tackle ever
The best tweets of the week from the world of football, featuring Liverpool’s Andy Robertson, Man City striker Sergio Aguero, Martin Tyler, Roy Keane…
Revisiting the 93/94 Premier League Team of the Year
Our latest nostalgic trip down memory lane continues with another look at past editions of the PFA Team of the Year, the Premier League’s…
Remembering the top five goalscorers from the 2001/02 Premier League season
The Football Faithful’s look back through the Premier League archives continues with a rewind to the 2001/02 season, a campaign which saw Arsenal’s Arsene…
Alessandro del Piero – 10 of the best quotes about the Juventus and Italy legend
The career of Alessandro del Piero saw the forward become a legendary figure for both Juventus and Italy, becoming the all-time record goalscorer and…
Five of the best perfect hat tricks in Premier League history
Scoring a Premier League hat-trick of any type is certainly worth celebration, but there remains a mystique around the art of the fabled perfect…
90’s Football Hall of Fame: Ooh aah Paul McGrath
Paul McGrath was a football legend for Manchester United, Aston Villa and Ireland during the eighties and nineties. The Irishman, who could perform excellently…
UEFA’s Champions League plans threaten the Premier League model and must be resisted
For a long time now the elephant in the room of the Premier League success story has been talk of another seismic football breakaway.…
Clough’s farewell, Cantona’s kung-fu kick and the most iconic imagery of 90’s Premier League football
Football photography has managed to capture some of the most memorable and iconic moments in the sport’s history in a way that has ensured…
Picking the best XI from players to have won the Ballon d’Or
Hypothetical dream XI’s are a regular conversation amidst football fans and here at the Football Faithful we’re no different, though this latest line up…
Five of the best English players of the last 30 years to never win major honours
They say the game is all about glory, but some players never get a chance to savour its sweet taste. Over the years some…
The immortal Jock Stein and the A74 highway crash
“You Are Now Immortal Jock” Bill Shankly – Liverpool F.C. Manager On the 5th of July 1975 in the early hours of the morning…
Remembering the five top goalscorers from the 2000/01 Premier League season
Next in our run through past Premier League seasons is the 2000/01 campaign, a year which saw Manchester United continue their dominance of the…