Remembering every PFA Player of the Year from the Noughties
Arguably the greatest individual accolade in English football, the PFA Player of the Year award is the ultimate honour that can be bestowed upon…
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Why Mikel Arteta and Arsenal should ignore demands for big name recruitment this summer
Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta’s recent admission that his side could do nothing during the next transfer window would undoubtedly have received a lukewarm reception…
Five of the greatest hat-tricks in Premier League history
Scoring a hat-trick at the highest level is an accolade usually reserved for only the game’s very best, with England’s top tier having seen…
Remembering the six top scorers from the 97/98 Premier League season
Our rewind through the Premier League years continues with a look at the 1997/98 season, a campaign which saw Arsene Wenger’s Arsenal conquer English…
Aston Villa’s 1994 League Cup triumph: Big Ron, Dalian Atkinson, and ending United’s treble dreams
In 1994, Aston Villa secured glory at Wembley – and stopped Manchester United from making unprecedented history in the process. If there has ever…
Tactical Analysis: Arsenal’s legendary Invincibles
For all of Liverpool’s dominance this season, a 3-0 loss to Watford spoiled their quest to repeat the heroics of Arsenal during the 2003/04…
Remembering every 90’s BBC Goal of the Season winner
With a lack of football at present amid the current global pandemic, what better time to rewind through the archives and look at some…
Ranking the five best defensive records that didn’t win the Premier League title
The most successful manager in Premier League history – Sir Alex Ferguson – once proclaimed that whilst ‘attack wins you games, defence wins you…
Tweets of the Week: ‘Greedy’ footballers, the Queen’s Rant, and will the real Kammy please stand up?
The best tweets from the world of football this past week, featuring a game of political football, the Queen addressing the 1994/95 Leyton Orient…
Ranking the five teams to wrap up Premier League title the earliest
Liverpool’s record-breaking run towards the Premier League title has been halted – alongside life as we know it – amid the coronavirus crisis, with…
Now That’s What I Call Quite Good – The story of six football indie tunes
A music scholar once wrote, the art of song writing can be broken down into three essential building blocks: ‘Lyrics, Chords and Melody’. Over…
The Sound of Waltzing Matilda in Saigon: The birth of Australian soccer in the Vietnam War
“I had prayed to God that this thing was fiction.” – Colonel William Wilson, a combat veteran who investigated the massacre at My Lai.…
Five highest scoring Premier League players who still couldn’t prevent their sides from being relegated
Surviving in the Premier League can often be determined by a team’s goal threat, with a regular source of goals vital for any side’s…
Ten of the most exciting stadium developments in English football
They say you can’t stop progress. The world keeps turning, life keeps moving on, and things change, for better or worse. In football, and…
Tactical Analysis: Guardiola’s Manchester City centurions
With Liverpool’s primacy in the Premier League this season, it’s easy to forget that just two seasons ago, Pep Guardiola led Manchester City to…
Remembering the five top goalscorers from the 96/97 Premier League season
The 1996/97 Premier League season followed a memorable summer for English football, England’s run to the last four of a home European Championships having…
Rating the five Brazilians to feature in a PFA Team of the Year
Arguably the most respected footballing nation on the planet, Brazil have produced some of the game’s all-time greats throughout the years with many a…
Ranking the five clubs with the most clean sheets in Premier League history
Behind any great side is a successful defence and the Premier League era has witnessed some brilliant backlines throughout its near three decade history,…