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The best tweets from the world of football this past week, featuring the Spurs documentary, the Lionel Messi situation at Barcelona, what Harry Maguire said to the Greek police, Gareth Bale head-swinging antics, and lots of Shane Duffy, for some reason.  We can only applaud Rashford for keeping up the …

Former Celtic striker and Manchester United cult hero Brian McClair is the latest inductee into the 90’s Football Hall of Fame. Nicknamed “Choccy” by his teammates because his surname is reminiscent of a chocolate eclair, the Scot enjoyed a trophy-laden decade at Old Trafford where he scored 127 goals and …

Mikel Arteta has insisted that Kieran Tierney is ‘not going anywhere’ following speculation he could be set for a summer departure. The Scotland international has endured an injury-hit first season at Arsenal, though has impressed since football’s return last month, featuring in all seven of the Gunners’ post-shutdown fixtures. The …

Pele once called football “the beautiful game”, but it isn’t always as attractive to watch as that famous line makes it out to be.  Many games of football don’t adhere to that adage. Some matches are so ugly, violent and dirty that they enter the history books, gaining notoriety for …

Mikel Arteta has lavished praise on Kieran Tierney and admits the ‘humble’ Arsenal full-back has been ‘one of the positives’ since his arrival as manager. Tierney was injured following Arteta’s appointment as the Gunners’ head coach in November, but has since returned to the side following the Premier League‘s restart …

The Bundesliga becomes the first major league to make its return this weekend, in what is likely to be a much different spectacle to the usual excitement of one of Europe’s most fascinating competitions. Several young British talents have ventured over to Germany in recent years in search of first-team …

Steven Gerrard has reiterated his commitment to Rangers and insists he is ‘hungry to continue’ at the club, opening up on his determination to bring end Celtic’s ‘domination’ of Scottish football. Gerrard celebrated two years in charge of the Ibrox side this week following his move into first-team management, with …

Mikel Arteta is relishing the prospect of Kieran Tierney returning to full fitness and believes the full-back can bring ‘something special’ to Arsenal after an injury-hit debut campaign. Tierney made the move to the Premier League in a £25m deal from Celtic last summer but has struggled with injury problems …

“You Are Now Immortal Jock” Bill Shankly – Liverpool F.C. Manager On the 5th of July 1975 in the early hours of the morning a Mercedes car heading North through Lockerbie on the A74 collided with another car driving the wrong way on the motorway. On impact the driver of …

In his kitchen at Bellefield Avenue, West Derby then Liverpool manager Bill Shankly had a vision, one which would carry a psychological impact on every opposition. The vision was ‘all red’, a red for danger, a red for power, a red for football domination. In the dressing room at Melwood, …